Best Indie Short: The Vampires by Daniele Marchioni (Italy)
Best Drama Short: Ant And Human by Cevahir Çokbilir (Turkey)
Best Documentary Short: Bring Them Home by Rike Boomgaarden and Tamara Jatchvadze (USA)
Best Comedy Short: The Snail by David Charles Bird (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Are There Bobcats in New Jersey? by Vogue Giambri and Aiden Ulrich (USA)
Best Action Short: Caught by Jessica DeLeon and Veto Swarn (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Three Stops by Tati Golykh and Anton Ernst (USA)
Best Thriller Short: A Face on the Ceiling by Rob Campoy (USA)
Best Horror Short: Guest by Georgy Keburiya (France)
Best Sci-Fi Short: HMU – Hit Me Up by Danh C Nguyen (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Faultline by Ella Mikayelyan and Gabriella Vore (USA)
Best Student Short: Safe And Sound by Chang Hao (Taiwan)
Best Animation Short: White Fatigue by Josh Norton and Jane Wu (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Fotos by Arnaud Rivaille (France)
Best LGBTQ Short: Honey by Rachel Jacob (USA)
Best Microfilm: Injustice by Martin Zambrana (Bolivia)
Best Screendance Short: Whoever You Are by Javier De Frutos (UK)
Best Music Video: Running To You by Ari Takahashi (Italy)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Shoulders of Giants by Quinn Early (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Welcome Home by Daniela Di Salvo (Canada)
Best Director (Female): Rike Boomgaarden and Tamara Jatchvadze for Bring Them Home (USA)
Best Director (Male): Michael William Hogan for Breaking & Entering (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Samantha Ferrand for The House of The Butterfly (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Luisa Gherdaoui for Smoking (Belgium)
Best First Time Director (Male): Felipe Castilla for They Prefer Richards (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Ahan Kadam for Sunsets (USA)
Best Actress: J. Kiernan O’Brien for The Yellow Wallpaper (USA)
Best Actor: Koren Solomon for The Tailor (Israel)
Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Zacapa for Closure (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Allen Maldonado and Joel Rush for 11-95 (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Erin Westfall, Alan C Jones, Hyrum Yeakley, Neb Joyner, Eric D Ellis, Ryan Sorensen, Aaron Witt, Max Knudsen, Jordan Gore, Alexander Sproule-Fendel, and Harley Miranda for Did/Didn’t (USA)
Best Editing: Jonathan Cuartas for They Prefer Richards (USA)
Best Production Design: Cai-Tong Weng for Safe And Sound (Taiwan)
Best Sound Design: Steve Yeaman for Rain of Freedom (USA)
Best Original Score: Will Anderson for The Yellow Wallpaper (USA)
Best Original Story: Aziz Chennaoui and Mahdi Chetila for Korrinty (Tunisia)
Best Trailer/Teaser: The Shoulders of Giants (USA)
Best Short Script: Dead Mother’s Numbers by Warren Paul Glover (Australia)
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