Best Indie Short: Marie – Luise by Hervine De Boodt (Germany)
Best Drama Short: Rekindle by Fan Xun, Lilac (Singapore)
Best Documentary Short: In the Shadow of the Tugtupite by Inuk Jørgensen (Greenland)
Best Comedy Short: The Pickle King by Teodor Falcon (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Bees by Craig Teunissen (UK)
Best Action Short: The Politeness of Kings by Saifi Haroun (France)
Best Thriller Short: Martin by Ginevra Gentili-Elsworthy (UK)
Best Crime Short: Salsero in Purgatory by Antonio De La Cruz (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Patient 27 by Alex Merkin (USA)
Best Mystery Short: A Bullet For Your Thoughts by Stephen Lynch (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Invasion 2040 by Cesar Alejandro Turturro (Argentina)
Best Fantasy Short: Living in Crime Alley by Rob Ayling (UK)
Best Western Short: Run Rabbit Run by Ilya Polyakov (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Suddenly Single in the Suburbs by Denise Parella and Eric Francis Melaragni (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Ursae Minoris by Joana Luz (France)
Best Student Short: A Call Above the Clouds by Leeni Linna (USA)
Best Animation Short: Tricked by Mengyuan Guo, Naicheng Liu, and Suhn Young Chung (USA)
Best Children Short: A Mark on Paper by Claire Yland Li (China)
Best Women Short: A Quiet Odyssey by Jingyao Wang (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Love is Always Losing by Michael L.D. Lena (USA)
Best Microfilm: Checkmate by Marcel Flock and Budbong (Germany)
Best Screendance Short: Aleph by Joao Butoh (Brazil)
Best Music Video: Pröwess: Let It Ride by Scott Roby (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Park by Adam Hinkle (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Until by Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon (USA)
Best Drone Short: Art of Pollution by Milan Radisics (Hungary)
Best Parody Short: Mr Big by Steve Bowker (Australia)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Life Without Parole: The Story of George Martorano by Jill Frechie and John Ricciutti (USA)
Best Director (Female): Ginevra Gentili-Elsworthy for Martin (UK)
Best Director (Male): Stephen Lynch for A Bullet For Your Thoughts (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Li Yuhan for Ting Ting (China)
Best Student Director (Male): Jake Cameron for Free Falling (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Teodora Pampaloni for Babal (Italy)
Best First Time Director (Male): Marcel Grabowiecki for What I Can’t Tell You (UK)
Best Young Filmmaker: Cayla Kushner for Hear, There (USA)
Best Actress: Liu Yi for A Quiet Odyssey (USA)
Best Actor: C. Thomas Howell for A Bullet For Your Thoughts (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Nina Mariko Sandquist for What I Can’t Tell You (UK)
Best Supporting Actor: Patrick Sane for A Bullet For Your Thoughts (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Kyleigh Bakker for Waltz Of The Flower (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Aaron Alonso and Aaron Gaffey for The Climbing Perch (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: EJ Ezeruo, Himie Freeman, Collin Shephard, Laurie Roach, and Jennifer Silverstein for Rules To Rule (USA)
Best Cinematography: Sam Jiahao Zhang for A Quiet Odyssey (USA)
Best Editing: Nazafarin Hassanpour for Radde (Iran)
Best Production Design: Sally Somerville-Woodiwis for Martin (UK)
Best Special FX: Invasion 2040 (Argentina)
Best Sound Design: Julio Cervantes for The Climbing Perch (USA)
Best Original Score: Gigi Meroni and Rafael Krux for Rescue Master Tang (Taiwan)
Best Original Story: David Thomas Jenkins for She (USA)
Best Short Script: Animal in the End by Paul Rowe (USA)








































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