Best Indie Short: Scooter by John deCaux (Australia)
Best Documentary Short: Rachel’s Law by Cameron Ilan (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Wedding by Gabrielle Barton (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Glory & Injustice by Jamieson Tabb (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Party Podcast by Tess Paras (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Untitled by Joseph Thomas (USA)
Best Thriller Short: The Creepers by Kasha Fauscett (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Anxiety Overcome by Philippe Hamelle (Luxembourg)
Best Horror Short: Organic by Shadoe Leibelt (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Giving Meat To A Skeleton by Lucas Novak (USA)
Best Student Short: Come Healing by Robert Burns (USA)
Best Animation Short: Teleportation by Susan Mey Lee Lim (Singapore)
Best Children Short: Camp Koba by Kasha Fauscett (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Bleh by Megan Chumbley (USA)
Best Microfilm: Good Night by Jackson Chow (USA)
Best Music Video: I’m Going Away Smiling Iggy Pop by Laurent Mercier (France)
Best Screendance Short: Everything by Daniel Gao (China)
Best Web and New Media: Strings Attached by Andy Wolf, Marie Förster, Jessica Hutchinson, Autumn T. Dang, Inger Berit Grøterud, Johann-Christof Laubisch, and Prarthana Joshi (UK)
Best Parody Short: Vadgevertising by Kate Peterson (USA)
Best Director (Female): Ruitong Zhao for Whenever the Wind Blows (USA)
Best Director (Male): Eslam Hozayen for Saints (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Sakurako Shibata for Body Chronicle (Japan)
Best Student Director (Male): Arnold Shin for Old Neighborhood With Greeny Trees (South Korea)
Best First Time Director (Female): Hope Elizabeth Martinez for Adam (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Chase Yi for Super Dilemma (USA)
Best Actress: Johanna Thea for Disquiet (UK)
Best Actor: Iván Gisbert for Between Here and Gone (Spain)
Best Acting Duo: Liam Leone and Peter Wade for The Joytale (Canada)
Best Ensemble Cast: Lily Sue-Ping, Adam Rowen, Lauryn Russell, and Serena Manouchehri for The Movie Theatre (Canada)
Best Cinematography: David Charles Bird for A. Jacks (USA)
Best Editing: Matthew Chan for Saving Chinatown – The Rise of The Dragons (Canada)
Best Production Design: The Movie Theatre (Canada)
Best Sound Design: Super Dilemma (USA)
Best Original Score: Joe Taylor for Between Here and Gone (Spain)
Best Original Story: Jeph Porter and Michael Lux for Stairs (USA)
Best Short Script: The Apotheosis of Nat Turner by David Isaiah Johnson (USA)
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