Best Indie Short: The Witch Pricker and the Hare by Brynn Mitchell (USA)
Best Drama Short: What We Carry by Lindsay Watson (USA)
Best Documentary Short: 27 Minutes by Alexander Sworik (Canada)
Best Romantic Short: Tumhare Khat – Your Letters by Gautam Chaturvedi (India)
Best Comedy Short: Magas (Fly) by Ashkan Nasseri (Canada and USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Desert Inn by Yuanhao Zhang (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Rachel’s Room by Matilde Ebeian (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Moloch by Felix Geiger (Germany)
Best Experimental Short: Found in Khanom by Pimdao Panichsamai (Thailand)
Best Student Short: Hide and Seek by Xiyuan Qiao (China)
Best Microfilm: Part of Four by Wei Yi (China)
Best Animation Short: The Family Photo by John Norris Ray and Maria Victoria Sanchez (USA)
Best Women Short: Fender by Jy Prishkulnik and Sophie Anne Miller (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Cockroach by Justice Maya Singleton and Liliana Padilla (USA)
Best Music Video: My Love by Ilia Noyabrov (Ukraine)
Best Male Director: Yuanhao Zhang for Desert Inn (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Jy Prishkulnik and Sophie Anne Miller for Fender (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Sathya Narayanan R for Thaye Yashoda (India)
Best Young Filmmaker: Cici Jingwen Xu for The Recipe (Canada)
Best Ensemble Cast: Erica Dade, Andrew Bernard, Laura Ault, Barry Katz, Fern Katz, Carl Rimi, Tammy Boothby, Chris Anderson, McKenna Dannemann, and Spencer Hanan for Upside Down (USA)
Best Cinematography: Yuanhao Zhang for Desert Inn (USA)
Best Editing: Kyle Sanborn for The Ornament (Canada)
Best Production Design: Huixin Luo for Desert Inn (USA)
Best Sound Design: Minica Casbara for Fender (USA)
Best Original Score: Matthew Bouwmeester for Romance Anónimo (UK)
Best Original Story: Ashkan Nasseri for Magas (Fly) (Canada and USA)
Best Short Script: Taking Pictures by Brian Silberman (USA)
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