Best Indie Short: Garbage by Di Zhang (USA)
Best Drama Short: Heroes And Puppets by Shang Jung Wu (Taiwan)
Best Documentary Short: Witch, Reborn by Maria Shevtsova (UK)
Best Romantic Short: Mutual by Maverick Garcia (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Love In Space by Jordan Tofalo (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Boss Bitch by Bobby Godas (USA)
Best Crime Short: Under by Abraham Lopez (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Let’s Go Action Squadron! by Paris Brown (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Echoes by Trina Noel Davis and Barry Berger (USA)
Best Student Short: To Mitchell by William Terry Woodward (Australia)
Best Children Short: Rebirth by Frank Kilpatrick (USA)
Best Women Short: Sueños De Mi Hija by Cecilia Romo (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Come Out of the Dream by Yiming Pan (USA)
Best Music Video: Werk by Emilia Mendieta Cordova and Charley Young (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: True Stories With Titles – Episode 1: Space by Rob McLean (Canada)
Best Female Director: Anisha Savan for I’ll Never Be Alive Again (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Lusha Li for The Hallway (China)
Best Student Male Director: Cole Mandras for Only Actors (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Ekaterina Poletaeva for First Thing First (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Vasco Madureira Rocha for Álvaro (Portugal)
Best Young Filmmaker: Carter Stoudt for The Box (USA)
Best Actress: Maria Alejandra Hernandez for What If (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Ava Staggs for Sisterly Love (UK)
Best Supporting Actor: Stash for Love In Space (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Saoirse Maguire for Sisterly Love (UK)
Best Acting Duo: Malia Aniston and Joe Smith for Mutual (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Elsie Lees, Logan Robinson, Miguel Aguiar, Ben Prout, Toby Childs, Isabella Claxton, Mimi McAdams, Phoebe Abraham, Jack Hatherell, Oliver Budakiewicz, Lily Jones, Zach Jones, Lydia Prosser, and Alesha Mutimukulu for Halloween Detectives (UK)
Best Cinematography: Only Actors (USA)
Best Production Design: Jenny Henwood for Halloween Detectives (UK)
Best Original Score: Michael Bryan Stein for Lockdown (USA)
Best Original Story: Christina Eliason for Lockdown (USA)
Best Short Script: Cross Examination by John Kestner (USA)
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