Best Indie Short: Currents by Bailey Spore (USA)
Best Drama Short: Papa Bear by Zara Carter (Australia)
Best Documentary Short: The Sour Apple Murder Case by Mengxiao Gao (China)
Best Comedy Short: Inside the Mind of a Chronic Overthinker by Austin Okazaki (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: One More Day by Toby Griffin (UK)
Best Experimental Short: Ferry Tale by Adam Francis Proulx and Byron Laviolette (Canada)
Best Student Short: Altar Egos by Mayrav Jette Estrin (USA)
Best Women Short: Tears For Enebi by Peter Atigogo, Seunmanuel Faleye, and Godspower Osagie Oshodin (Nigeria)
Best Microfilm: Where’s Roxy? by Vaia Zaganas (USA)
Best Music Video: Last Waltz In The Moonlight by Szymon Wojtkowiak (Poland)
Best Male Director: David Borges for Blood in the Pines (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Yufei Fu for The Painter (China)
Best First Time Male Director: Andi Watson for Viv + Eddie (UK)
Best Actress: Rahmah Zakareeyah for Tears For Enebi (Nigeria)
Best Acting Duo: Julia-Kate Hill and Cam Sullivan-Brown for Currents (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Juliet Chevelle, Trinity Johnston, Georgia Horton, Elena Kent, Michaela Hartnett, Megan Lott, Jen Brown, and Todd Wallace for Wake Up, Dolores! (USA)
Best Cinematography: Tyler Goodwin for Good-Man (USA)
Best Production Design: Wide Awake (USA)
Best Original Score: Guy Edward Slater for You Still See Dead People (USA)
Best Short Script: By Some Chance by Vincent Marano (USA)
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