Best Indie Short: Masala Steps by Rohit Gupta (India)
Best Indie Short: The Plumber by Edzel Rebamontan (Philippines)
Best Drama Short: Bholi by Amitabh S Verma (India)
Best Drama Short: Masala Steps by Rohit Gupta (India)
Best Drama Short: Shots Fired by Hezues R (USA)
Best Documentary Short: A Mind of Winter by Sean Kernan (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Multiple Personality: Reality and Illusion by Jim Myers (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Indescribable by Alessandro Leo (Italy)
Best Romantic Short: Sidepiece by Teddy Tenenbaum (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Backsplash by Al Stoffel (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Dinner with a Stranger by Daniel Fort (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Grave Digging by Tommy Jordan (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Hauntology Practice by Linqian (Elvis) Xia (Australia)
Best Thriller Short: An Eye for An Eye by Kathrene Gawel (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Collapse by Josiah Holroyd (USA)
Best Thriller Short: The Last Goodbye by David Over (USA)
Best Crime Short: Blind Trust by Mann Robinson (USA)
Best Crime Short: Catch Me by Yongnan Zhu (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Voice of Blood by Daniel Akinshola (Australia)
Best Horror Short: Sorrow by Sam Edwards (UK)
Best Horror Short: The Visitor by Ricardo Temporao (Canada)
Best Horror Short: Unknown by Tyler Scott (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Sorrow by Sam Edwards (UK)
Best Mystery Short: Unknown by Tyler Scott (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Artist’s Block by Diego Lacámara (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Tristoff and the Infinite Sadness by William Stancik (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Adhara by Adam Tock (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Volume Control by Giorge Souladze (USA)
Best Western Short: The Good Bad Guys by Michael Thomas O’Donnell (USA)
Best Experimental Short: A Study On Behaviour, Sequences Of Performangst by Mara Palena (Italy)
Best Experimental Short: Metamorphosis by Charles-Edouard Dangelser and Grégoire Vaillant (France)
Best Student Short: Filum by Claudia Hernandez Barragan (Canada)
Best Student Short: Muzi by Yiting Gao (China)
Best Animation Short: Tyrant by Barbara Mones (USA)
Best Women Short: Anchor by Paige Irene Bruns (USA)
Best Women Short: GPS by Ronn Kilby (USA)
Best Women Short: Hers by Matt Holt (UK)
Best LGBTQ Short: Almost. by Elena C. Lockleis (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Odd Bird by Katy Dore (USA)
Best Microfilm: Alleycat by Shira Baron (USA)
Best Microfilm: From the Clear Blue Sky by James Bachelor (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Frank and Lamar by Fred Soligan (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: What is Love? by Jane Martin (USA)
Best Web and New Media: All the King’s Men: 1910 Cornhusker Football by Donnie Dodge (USA)
Best Web and New Media: The Donbass Children by Lubomir Dankov (Bulgaria)
Best Mobile Short: Swimming Upstream by Caren Messing (USA)
Best Music Video: Jump Go by Anne Stott and Lise King (USA)
Best Music Video: Psychosexual: The Devil’s Music (Rock N Roll) by Nathan Cox (USA)
Best Director (Female): Elena C. Lockleis for Almost. (USA)
Best Director (Female): Kathrene Gawel for An Eye for An Eye (USA)
Best Director (Male): Phil Dunn for About (UK)
Best Student Director (Female): Claudia Hernandez Barragan for Filum (Canada)
Best Student Director (Female): Paige Irene Bruns for Anchor (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Yiting Gao for Muzi (China)
Best Student Director (Male): Josiah Holroyd for Collapse (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Linqian (Elvis) Xia for Hauntology Practice (Australia)
Best First Time Director (Female): Frances Wiese for When Life Gives You Oranges (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Katy Dore for Odd Bird (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): J.p edwards for Malign (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Quinn Tucker for Echo (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Chase Bolnick for The Jingle (USA)
Best Actress: Colleen Foy for Green Cobra (USA)
Best Actress: Meejee Kim for Blueberry Flytrap (USA)
Best Actor: Arshia Zeinali for Crusher (Iran)
Best Actor: Raul Morit for The Plumber (Philippines)
Best Supporting Actress: Sofi Manko for Modular Heritage (Canada)
Best Supporting Actor: Dan Gregory for Karmen (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Ellie Piercy and Natasha Alderslade for About (UK)
Best Acting Duo: Jeremy Frandrup and Gabi Del Moral for Catharsis (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Alan Delabie, Eric Roberts, Merrick McCartha, Christina Okolo, Angelique Kenney, Venilda Cintron, Bob Wall, Richard Sumbu, and Gilles Nuytens for Anatomy of An Antihero: Redemption (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Secun de la Rosa, Roberto Millán, Ana Soro, Pablo Escamilla, María José Moreno, and Diego Gurpegui for When the Music Stops Playing (Spain)
Best Cinematography: Kun She for Ashes of Alyssa (USA)
Best Cinematography: Mario Genovese for About (UK)
Best Cinematography: Sean Kernan for A Mind of Winter (USA)
Best Editing: Francis Franco for Modular Heritage (Canada)
Best Visual FX: Artist’s Block (USA)
Best Production Design: Alana Bombino for From the Clear Blue Sky (USA)
Best Production Design: Francesca McGill and Connie Jean, Dramatic Monkey Studio for GPS (USA)
Best Production Design: Tim Ford for Green Cobra (USA)
Best Sound Design: Andre Fenley (Skywalker Sound) for Green Cobra (USA)
Best Sound Design: Evers Pund for Remnants (USA)
Best Original Score: Sebastian Zuleta for Echo (USA)
Best Original Story: Anthony Culanag for Commuter (USA)
Best Original Story: John M Wager for Brooklyn Baby (USA)
Best Original Story: Quinn Tucker for Echo (USA)
Best Short Script: Big Dog by Lola Newman (USA)
Best Short Script: Damnit…???? by Keith Biondi (USA)
Best Short Script: Saving Robin Williams by Lawrence Whitener (USA)
FINALISTS (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
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