Best Indie Short: 7 Hours Behind by Brendan Leung (UK)
Best Drama Short: The Darkness Before Dawn by Myriam Hasson (Israel)
Best Documentary Short: This Is Where It Happened by Chris Foster (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Apple Pi by Ivan Rivero and Jonathan Tippett (USA)
Best Horror Short: Behind The Blackened Heart by Aaron Matthew Lipscomb (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Empathy by Steffi Alte (Austria)
Best Student Short: The Stranger by Minseo Kwon (USA)
Best Animation Short: Now You’re Talking by Paris Chambliss and Emi Canlas (USA)
Best Women Short: Reverb by John Westmoreland and Matthew Westmoreland (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Call Me Mother! by Kerry Iona Cooper (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Pentimento by Daniel Heechan Lim (USA)
Best Microfilm: Tiny Moving Parts by Michaela Friedlander (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Maximum Health Rides: Balancing Act by Ken Grey (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Bodies of Work by Rabia Khan (USA)
Best Female Director: Renfang Ke for Cinders (USA)
Best Male Director: Ashish Sharma for Thirty Seven Dollars (Singapore)
Best Student Female Director: Birdie Gilreath for The Painter (USA)
Best Student Male Director: John Westmoreland and Matthew Westmoreland for Reverb (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Myriam Hasson for The Darkness Before Dawn (Israel)
Best First Time Male Director: Aaron Matthew Lipscomb for Behind The Blackened Heart (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Auset Brooklyn Adams for Black(out) (USA)
Best Actress: Emily Corbo for Seeing Zen (USA)
Best Actor: Landon Brooks for Apple Pi (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Casey Schenk and Jordan Nevels for After Midnight (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Jessie Ray Payne, Cameron Courtney, and Catie Elaine Hankins for The Beep (USA)
Best Cinematography: Weileng Peng for Memory Jar (China)
Best Editing: Alan McLoughlin for Freestyle Finale: Erlend Fagerli’s Last Season (Ireland)
Best Production Design: Losing Ace (USA)
Best Sound Design: Domenica Leon for Why Is It So Dark? (USA)
Best Original Score: Paul Gilreath for The Painter (USA)
Best Original Story: Ashley Tabatabai for Hamdardi (UK)
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