Best Indie Short: Maqluba by Shady Mawajdeh (USA)
Best Drama Short: Fear by Walter Alonso Espinoza (Peru)
Best Documentary Short: The Buckleys: Take It As It Comes by Grant James (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Wants and Needs by Julian Vargas (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Wild Music by Jaymz Bee (Canada)
Best Dark Comedy Short: My Wife’s Paramour by Jett Richards (USA)
Best Action Short: Anywhere by Edoardo Ranaboldo (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: A Ticket to Redemption by Kiriakos Kotsinis (Greece)
Best Mystery Short: In September I Dreamt of Winter by Emil Sallinen (Finland)
Best Horror Short: Welcome Home Eugene! by Noah Jorgensen (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Timeless by Meng Ju (China)
Best Student Short: The Painted Face by Lichen Guan (South Korea)
Best Animation Short: Stages of Lost Freedom by Kamran S Rosen (USA)
Best Women Short: The Imperfect Picture by Coxy Chiara Rodoni (USA)
Best Microfilm: Red Hollow by Revaz-Giorgi Arveladze (USA)
Best Music Video: Intimate Algorithm by Keviin (Brazil)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Cosmic Virtuoso by Scienshell Studio (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Play the Game of Thrones by Leigh Roberts (USA)
Best Parody Short: Play the Game of Thrones by Leigh Roberts (USA)
Best Director (Female): Ewa Bielska for Breaking Iron (USA)
Best Director (Male): Kenneth Yeung for The Harbinger of Death (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Jett Richards for My Wife’s Paramour (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Amyra Soriano for Miss Hot Mess (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): John Scheibe for Perhaps We Wrong Them (USA)
Best Actress: Taylor Rae Cole for Banshee (USA)
Best Actor: Jason Brown for Banshee (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Mimmi Kandler and Johanna Smitz for Safe Harbor (Sweden)
Best Ensemble Cast: Charles Baker, Ethan Darbone, Beau Goodman, and Richard Jones for Outpatient (USA)
Best Cinematography: Kenneth Yeung for The Harbinger of Death (USA)
Best Editing: The Art of Wushu: Darren Deng (USA)
Best Production Design: Dayna Lucas for The Harbinger of Death (USA)
Best Sound Design: The Buckleys: Take It As It Comes (USA)
Best Original Score: Manu Martin and RonJ Josef Danziger for Timeless (USA)
Best Original Story: Yuri Nikolaichuk for Cycle (Ukraine)
Best Short Script: Grandpa by Seth Jarrett (USA)
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