Best Indie Short: Zenith by Christopher Yager (USA)
Best Drama Short: Moth by Allyn Quigley (Ireland)
Best Documentary Short: Ashes to Ashes by Taylor Rees and Renan Ozturk (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Self Servers by Eliezer Vergara (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Harvey Wallbanger by Abdul Stone Jackson (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Cemetery Tales: A Tale of Two Sisters by Chris Roe (USA)
Best Action Short: Greif by Estevan Carrion and Matthew McDonald (USA)
Best Crime Short: Bite Me! by Sergei Safiullin (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: In the Midst of Love by William Sung (Australia)
Best Fantasy Short: Time Crisis by David Zhang (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Eva by Roy Huang (USA)
Best Horror Short: The Haunting of Pottersfield by Andre Dixon (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Whispers by Bruno Dayan (USA)
Best Student Short: Broken Bird by Rachel Harrison Gordon (USA)
Best Animation Short: Mountain by Gabriel Thomas Ayache (Israel)
Best Women Short: The Last Man on Earth by April Phillips (New Zealand)
Best LGBTQ Short: To Bleed True by Karl Richter (USA)
Best Microfilm: Ostinato by Luke Luoh (China)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: VAL by Valentine Aprile (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Raveage by Courtney James (Canada)
Best Music Video: Mountain by Gabriel Thomas Ayache (Israel)
Best Director (Female): Sarah Clark for Killing Irma (USA)
Best Director (Male): Casey de Fremery for Fallen Angels (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Mahaut De Coustin for Trapped (Canada)
Best Student Director (Male): Seth Gabrielsson for Hoodies (Australia)
Best First Time Director (Female): Flavia Coffari for Constellatio Gemini: You Are Never Alone (Italy)
Best First Time Director (Male): Michael Austin Nicolo for You’re Already Here (USA)
Best Actress: Maggie McCaffery for How I Learned to Breathe Out of Water (USA)
Best Actor: Brooks Hall for F.Y.D. (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Duncan Armstrong for The Last Man on Earth (New Zealand)
Best Child/Young Actress: Hailey H. Zhao for Leaving (China)
Best Child/Young Actor: Ivaylo Stefanov for Life in Four Seasons (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Matthew Cwern and Roy Huang for Eva (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Damien Boisseau, Anne-Laure Gruet, Anne-Hélène Orvelin and Stefen Eynius for Funeral (France)
Best Cinematography: Justin Arbabi for Zenith (USA)
Best Editing: Justin Arbabi for Zenith (USA)
Best Production Design: Makahla Harapat for Aphasia (USA)
Best Sound Design: Daniel Ivanov and Ivan Kirishev for Life in Four Seasons (USA)
Best Original Score: Clayton Worbeck for Vicky’s Not Here (USA)
Best Original Story: Sarah Clark for Killing Irma (USA)
Best Short Script: The Squirrels in the Attic by Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid (USA)
FINALISTS (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
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