Best Indie Short: They’re Not Gonna Get Us! by Daniel Ståhl (Sweden)
Best Drama Short: 21 Days to Save a Life by Ben Rawlins and Issac Stevic (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Abu Jabal by Bisan Owda (Palestine)
Best Comedy Short: Too Closely Dublin by Jason H Munden and Ashlieya Mariano (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Dig-Man by Kevin Strader (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Digital Detox by iClic Collective (Italy)
Best Fantasy Short: Agent of the Damned by Aidan Wiess (USA)
Best Animation Short: To Wake in Gardens by Emma Renee Breslauer (USA)
Best Children Short: Present by Francisco Zotto (Brazil)
Best Women Short: & That Fifth by Toy Sandeep Sinha (India)
Best Romantic Short: Unfinished by Emily Almagro Birkholtz (South Africa)
Best LGBTQ Short: All this Time by Lilwen Faulkner (UK)
Best Experimental Short: Conscious | Unconscious by Fiona Nellist (USA)
Best Student Short: Impact by Madison Wake (USA)
Best Microfilm: Mel by Jared Johnson (USA)
Best Music Video: Jessica Lockwood – Headliner by Logan Gaulton (Canada)
Best Web and New Media: Make A Wish by Hakan Kemixiz (Türkiye)
Best Mobile Short: If You Are Reading This… by Clive Hawkins (USA)
Best Female Director: Bisan Owda for Abu Jabal (Palestine)
Best Male Director: Christopher Andrew Schultz for Serenity’s Song (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Temiti Winona Clarke for Together (France)
Best Student Male Director: Jax Azad for Mr. Sandman’s Funhouse (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Emma Camille Ignacio for Ginger (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Ben Rawlins for 21 Days to Save a Life (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Grayson Sale for Selling a Prison (USA)
Best Actress: Virgilia Giambruno for Love Yourself And The Sky Will Help You (France)
Best Actor: Maciej Bartoszewski for The Porcelain Doll (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Ian Fraser Ernsberger and Chris Johnson for The Ultimatum (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Catherine Kozumel, Eric Newcombe, Ben Rawlins, Natalie Gerene, Ree Renee, and Randen Jones for 21 Days to Save a Life (USA)
Best Original Story: Sean Niu for Ill Defined Shadows (USA)
Best Cinematography: Riley Ater for Mr. Sandman’s Funhouse (USA)
Best Editing: Jake Santangelo for Liminal (USA)
Best Production Design: Madison Wake for Impact (USA)
Best Sound Design: Fiona Nellist for Conscious | Unconscious (USA)
Best Original Score: Jon Hatch for Second Shift (USA)
Best Short Script: The Nine Lives by Jason A. Green (USA)
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