Best Indie Short: Unthinkable by Dave Taylor (USA)
Best Drama Short: I Exist Because You’re Here by Ingrid Machado (Ireland)
Best Documentary Short: 15 – I. M. Faneromenis by Aris Katsigiannis (Greece)
Best Comedy Short: Taking Out The Trash by David McAbee (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Killing Kitty by Greg Rencken (USA)
Best Action Short: Las Parcas by Ivan Mulero (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Beautiful Violence by Joey Medina (USA)
Best Thriller Short: True Crime by Kai Brown (USA)
Best Mystery Short: The Secret Dimension by Jia Cheng Wu (China)
Best Horror Short: Good Times, Bad Moon by Kristian Taylor-Wood (Australia)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Orbital Christmas by Mitsuyasu Sakai (Japan)
Best Experimental Short: Numdi Oodi True History by Angel Galmes Sureda (Spain)
Best Student Short: The Royal Twenty Centers by Stéphane Auguste Adrian Duvernois (Canada)
Best Animation Short: Space Race by Shane Dioneda (USA)
Best Children Short: Go Lesson by Xue Li Ming (China)
Best Women Short: Pictures Only by Charles A. Honeywood (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Drag Queens Must Die! by Robby Kendall (USA)
Best Microfilm: Sea by Sergio Martínez Villar (Spain)
Best Parody Short: Stalled Trek: The City On the Edge of Foreclosure by Mark R Largent (USA)
Best Director (Female): Beta Angarole for Still Waters (USA)
Best Director (Male): Francisco Ramirez for The Huntsman and the Hound (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Vittoria Alonso and Bailey James for The Women of Colour Project (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Xue Li Ming for Go Lesson (China)
Best First Time Director (Female): Ingrid Machado for I Exist Because You’re Here (Ireland)
Best First Time Director (Male): Jia Cheng Wu for The Secret Dimension (China)
Best Young Filmmaker: Merivelle Hannah for When I Met Mia (USA)
Best Actress: Xu Haipeng for The Secret Dimension (China)
Best Actor: Moiba Mustapha for Still Waters (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Rosalyn R. Ross for Still Waters (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Kayden Tokarski for Message from the Mermaids (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Bill Dawes and Eric Blake for Beautiful Violence (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Deja Anderson Ross, Jessica Gillespie, Jennifer A. Goodman (Karum), Estavion White, Melba Brown, and Darian Tene for Pictures Only (USA)
Best Cinematography: Kenneth Yeung for The Huntsman and the Hound (USA)
Best Editing: Ryan de Quintal for The Huntsman and the Hound (USA)
Best Production Design: Julia Santiesteban for Las Parcas (USA)
Best Special FX: Danielle Onesto, Jessica Selvaggio, and Becky Walton for Let Them Eat (USA)
Best Sound Design: Johnny Martini for The Huntsman and the Hound (USA)
Best Original Score: KC Balasarangan for Puram (India)
Best Original Story: Metîn Ewr for The Wheel (Turkey)
Best Short Script: End Of Days by Danny Alex (USA)
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