Best Indie Short: Elephant Mountain by Ole Schell (USA)
Best Drama Short: The Trip of Life – Episode 1: Racism by Ivan Drudi (Spain)
Best Documentary Short: Freetown Shakeback by Taylor B Cooper (USA)
Best Comedy Short: The Silver Gun by Ashley Sengstaken (USA)
Best Crime Short: Brothers in Iron by Enrique Vazquez (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Fleeced by Samuel Van Fossen (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Mine by Alisher Mishelyov (Kazakhstan)
Best Horror Short: The Country House and Its Karma by Juan Pablo Bornio (Uruguay)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Pleroma by Chris Browne (Canada)
Best Experimental Short: Shades Of Waves by Varoujan Froundjian (USA)
Best Student Short: All Right by Noah Collins (USA)
Best Animation Short: The Rudabaker by Andrew Vivas Aiton (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Hole by Wonjin Lee (South Korea)
Best Microfilm: Catching the Sun by Rocco Metzger (USA)
Best Music Video: The Girl from Guatemala by Carolann de León and Erick Tran (USA)
Best Director (Female): Carolann de León and Erick Tran for The Girl from Guatemala (USA)
Best Director (Male): Marco Felipe Rossi for Go Fool Yourself (Se Engana que Eu Gosto) (Brazil)
Best Student Director (Male): Matthew Pelton for A Triptych About Water (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Conrad de Menil for Friday Night (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Raia Morgan for Neither One of Us (USA)
Best Actress: Messer Demeke Tadesse for The Trip of Life – Episode 1: Racism (Spain)
Best Actor: Vincent Tissier for Hollywood Nightmare (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Will Sayegh and Jordan Warren for Rorschach (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Eduardo Venosa, Bruno Rods, Helena Cury, Victor Canella, and Rosana Pavinski for Go Fool Yourself (Se Engana que Eu Gosto) (Brazil)
Best Cinematography: Tyler Shoemaker for Merk (Canada)
Best Editing: Alfonso Otero Mireles for 1848 (Mexico)
Best Production Design: Aventurine – Safe (USA)
Best Original Story: Sabrina Velez for In The Wash (USA)
Best Short Script: Full Ride by Daniel Heechan Lim (USA)
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