Best Indie Short: Finding Hero by Matt Coole (USA)
Best Drama Short: Old Man and the Mirror by Adam Pine and Sean Pine (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Building Wild Spaces, Connectivity on I4 by Max Freund (USA)
Best Romantic Short: A Sinking Ship by Chris Rogers (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Land of the Free 2.0 by Zuzanna Kucharska (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Happy Campers Camp by Cam Cordell (USA)
Best Crime Short: DJ’s MMP by DJ Ragland (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Whispers by Ming Fen Congdon (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Switched Parallel World by Nathalie laparra (France)
Best Student Short: Cold Water by Akash Reddy Avula (India)
Best Animation Short: Randy Rejects by Parker Yoo (USA)
Best Women Short: Reflections by Julia Cassini (Brazil)
Best Music Video: Our Hands From Fallout: A New American Musical by Alex Teplish and Dmitry Koltunov (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Randy Rejects by Parker Yoo (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Switched Parallel World by Nathalie laparra (France)
Best Female Director: Julia Cassini for Reflections (Brazil)
Best Student Female Director: Yongchen Tan for Those Unsaid (China)
Best Student Male Director: Akash Reddy Avula for Cold Water (India)
Best First Time Female Director: Kathrine Kiersted for The World’s Happiest People (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: William Barrios for Deep Time (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Frankie Sutherland for Just a Walk (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Aaron Conte and Jacy King for Entanglement (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Beverly D’Andrea, Hana Rudoff, and Isabella Edrada for Thirsty Thursday (USA)
Best Cinematography: Oleksandr Shvets for Smoldering-Smoldering (Ukraine)
Best Editing: Gavin Davis for Hugo (UK)
Best Production Design: Stella Bleau for Sybil (USA)
Best Original Story: Nathalie laparra for Switched Parallel World (France)
Best Short Script: Cats Vs Geese: Vs Raccoon by Rachel Santos (USA)
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