Best Drama Short: Haval by Payam Laghari (Iran)
Best Drama Short: I Sold My Soul by Jason Jimenez (USA)
Best Drama Short: Size Up by Rigo Garay (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Castells by Pedro de la Fuente and James Worsley (UK)
Best Documentary Short: Grassland Stranger by Ziyu Wu (China)
Best Documentary Short: Los Espartanos by Elliot Morgan Constable (Australia)
Best Romantic Short: Percy and Becky Meet for Lunch by Pete Macnamara (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Peanut by Jose Feng (USA)
Best Comedy Short: T.I.O.L.I. Revolt: We’re Not Going To Take It (Or Leave It) by Andrew Cromartie and Janet Forest (USA)
Best Comedy Short: The Garden Party by Ryan Moore (USA)
Best Action Short: Betrayal by Jerry Garcia (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Darling, You’re So Mean To Me by Tyler Townsend (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Guess What? by Jay LuMarr (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Hegel Road by William Stancik (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Chains by Seng 2kx (USA)
Best Thriller Short: The Decoding Game by Timothy Chen (Taiwan)
Best Film Noir Short: Small World by Brandon Russell (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Why Me? by Shaha Mag (USA)
Best Crime Short: Betrayal by Jerry Garcia (USA)
Best Mystery Short: In A Foreign Place I Was by Robbie Racine (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Ed Gein In Hollywood by William Stancik (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Happiness Without Colors by Farida Gamal (Egypt)
Best Fantasy Short: Mac/Beth by Gabrielle Giacomo (USA)
Best Horror Short: Doomsday by Rajdev (India)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Dolorem by Caitlyn Robbins (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Hail by Leszczynski D Joseph (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Life Support by Shayan Ebrahim (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Artist, Act of Love by Kuukua Eshun (Ghana)
Best Experimental Short: In The Garden by Dominique Carrieri (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Nass Dym and Fire by Bartosz Sikorski (Poland)
Best Student Short: Dinner Blue by Yifu Li (China)
Best Student Short: It Had to be You by Grant S. Anderson and Neo Wagner (USA)
Best Student Short: What We Talk About When We Talk About Lights, Camera, Action by Jianle Liu (China)
Best Animation Short: Rapper Cow: Moo Moo Cow by Lealani Teano (USA)
Best Children Short: Rapper Cow: Moo Moo Cow by Lealani Teano (USA)
Best Women Short: Nebraska’s Calling by Kathryn Ferentchak (USA)
Best Women Short: That Thing I Had That One Time by OJ Reyes (USA)
Best Women Short: Weiner Police by Sofia Lynch (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Dinner Blue by Yifu Li (China)
Best Microfilm: Blood Brotherhood by Marcus Marcelli (USA)
Best Microfilm: Teens of Style by Joshua S Lembke (USA)
Best Microfilm: The Tapper by John Riggs (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Border Patrol by John Lopez (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Karmachakra by Rajorshi Basu (India)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Response: How Puerto Ricans Are Restoring Power to the People by Juan C. Dávila (USA)
Best Web and New Media: 11,565 Kilometres Project by Beichen Zhang (USA)
Best Web and New Media: His Only Tool by Colton Ray Phillips (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Toyo and Seytsu and Executive Order 9066 by Richard Kuras (USA)
Best Music Video: Huo Zhe by Kino Lee (Taiwan)
Best Music Video: Spanish Flowers by Ness Tomaselli and Fernando Yanes (USA)
Best Parody Short: Ed Gein In Hollywood by William Stancik (USA)
Best Parody Short: Rain Man Parody by Richard Ruisi (Germany)
Best Director (Female): Gabrielle Giacomo for Mac/Beth (USA)
Best Director (Female): Kuukua Eshun for Artist, Act of Love (Ghana)
Best Director (Female): Shelby Dillon for Self-Creation (USA)
Best Director (Male): Christopher Hall for Bryers Cucumber Tostino’s (USA)
Best Director (Male): Freddie Paull for Buffalo (USA)
Best Director (Male): Rodrigo Urriolagoitia for Far Away (Bolivia)
Best Student Director (Female): Ainsley Dye for Matter of Time (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Alexis Aleccia Cruz for She’s the Anchor (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Lu Meng for When Grapes Grow on a Willow Tree (UK)
Best Student Director (Male): Grant S. Anderson and Neo Wagner for It Had to be You (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Jianle Liu for What We Talk About When We Talk About Lights, Camera, Action (China)
Best Student Director (Male): Rodney Kimbangu for Unfulfilled (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Ashley Rebecca Farley for Diamonds and Rust (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Guyslaine Thalmann for The Secrets of Adaptation (Switzerland)
Best First Time Director (Female): Léa Sassi for Daisy Desire (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Igor Correa for Daily Dose (Brazil)
Best First Time Director (Male): Jason Jimenez for I Sold My Soul (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Jiten Mehta for Eddyct (Australia)
Best Young Filmmaker: Sal Allarakhia for Flux (United Arab Emirates)
Best Actress: Joy Maki DeTore for Unfulfilled (USA)
Best Actress: Julia Aku for Daily Dose (Brazil)
Best Actress: Sharlene Hartman for Daisy Desire (USA)
Best Actor: Freddy Karn for Negative Space (USA)
Best Actor: Mustafa Ragheb for Happiness Without Colors (Egypt)
Best Actor: Tommy Walker for The Pick-Up (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Jose Useche for Size Up (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Sal Allarakhia for Flux (United Arab Emirates)
Best Acting Duo: Brittany Butler and Ryan Urquidi for Krystal and Rae (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Josh Archer and Eric Anderson for Barstow Burial (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Mustafa Ragheb and Mohamed Hamza for Happiness Without Colors (Egypt)
Best Acting Ensemble: Tina Alexis Allen, Tommy Beardmore , Adam DeCarlo, R. Ward Duffy, Allison Poccia, and Patricia Mauceri for Diamonds and Rust (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Yooha Na, Soi Shin, Minjeong Park, and Semi Lim for Closed (South Korea)
Best Acting Ensemble: Yurika Foster, Alfred E. Rutherford, Maxime Bailleul, Thompson Newkirk, Joe Chan, Chris Young, Skyler Wang, and Dianna Martin for Faction (USA)
Best Cinematography: Leonardo Fiorito for João Ventura Starring Lia Paris: Counterpoint of “Ne Me Quitte Pas” With “Fantasy Impromptu” (Brazil)
Best Cinematography: Oleg Shevchyshyn for Tomorrow (USA)
Best Cinematography: Stanislava Oben for Harmony (USA)
Best Editing: Andrew Cromartie for T.I.O.L.I. Revolt: We’re Not Going To Take It (Or Leave It) (USA)
Best Editing: Lu Meng for When Grapes Grow on a Willow Tree (UK)
Best Editing: Sacha Bastos for João Ventura Starring Lia Paris: Counterpoint of “Ne Me Quitte Pas” With “Fantasy Impromptu” (Brazil)
Best Visual FX: William Stancik for Ed Gein In Hollywood (USA)
Best Production Design: A.JP Anand for Doomsday (India)
Best Production Design: Haley King and Tia Anae for By Prudence (USA)
Best Production Design: Xuecheng Tian for Sixth Grade (China)
Best Sound Design: By Prudence (USA)
Best Sound Design: Kaan Orgunmat for Distortion (Sweden)
Best Sound Design: Simon Richards for Music Box (UK)
Best Original Score: Flora Cheng for Dolorem (USA)
Best Original Score: Rajorshi Basu for Karmachakra (India)
Best Original Score: Tony Verderosa for Faction (USA)
Best Original Story: Caitlyn Robbins for Dolorem (USA)
Best Original Story: Jiten Mehta and Giordano Paola for Eddyct (Australia)
Best Original Story: William Stancik for Hegel Road (USA)
Best Short Script: The Reaping by Lauren Gouin (Canada)
FINALISTS (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
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