Best Indie Short: Love Sink In Tide by Pengyu Yan and Hongdi Xiao (China)
Best Drama Short: The Caged Bird by Xi Wen Liu (China)
Best Documentary Short: Rising Wings by Harun Kazaz (USA)
Best Romantic Short: A Sorry Love Story by Marcus Liew (Singapore)
Best Comedy Short: Allegro Confuso by Clément de Dadelsen (France)
Best Experimental Short: A World Of Mirrors by Giuseppe Masi (USA)
Best Student Short: An Unofficial Space Mission by Ziyang Liu (China)
Best Animation Short: Foreigner by Giovanni A Lodigiani (USA)
Best Children Short: Great Fortune by Sabia Faden (USA)
Best Women Short: Under by Aloura Melissa Charles (USA)
Best Microfilm: The Dancing Bees by Gwilym Evans (UK)
Best Trailer/Teaser: AËK (Canada)
Best Female Director: Xi Wen Liu for The Caged Bird (China)
Best Male Director: Joseph Paul Alvarado for The River (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Sabia Faden for Great Fortune (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Sara Werner for Lines (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Xiaoxuan Liu for Thousand Paper Cranes (China)
Best Young Filmmaker: Zhenghao Gu for Memoir of Circumstantial Dreams (China)
Best Actress: Julia Wilke for Lines (USA)
Best Actor: Jeff Alper for Yardbird (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Tristan Pfaff, Elie Maalouf, Constance Carrelet, Therese Cremieux, and Benedicte Vrignault for Allegro Confuso (France)
Best Cinematography: Rebeca Durán for The River (USA)
Best Editing: Maedeh Moayyednia for Under (USA)
Best Visual FX: Foreigner (USA)
Best Sound Design: Tyson Dai for The River (USA)
Best Original Score: Alton James for Running Colours (USA)
Best Original Story: Jeff Alper for Yardbird (USA)
Best Short Script: Equal Distribution by David Seader (USA)


















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