Best Indie Short: The Wind by Nikolas Gelios (Australia)
Best Drama Short: Forgive by Brittany Reeon Lee (USA)
Best Documentary Short: A Terrorist or a Cry for Help? by Dereka Bennett (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Be Happy by Carlos Polania Moreno (Canada)
Best Comedy Short: The Midnight Retaliator by Peter Hajdu (Canada)
Best Mystery Short: Conversations in Dreamland by Spencer Ventresca (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Pale Blue Dot by Dimitar (Mitko) Stafidov (Bulgaria)
Best Fantasy Short: A Day with Death by E.J. Winsper (USA)
Best Experimental Short: The Lost by Jiaqi Liu (UK)
Best Student Short: Opa by Merivelle Hannah (USA)
Best Women Short: Lifaafe (Envelopes) by Anindita Ghosh and Neeraja Rao Arun (Singapore)
Best LGBTQ Short: The Guest Bedroom by Rob Campoy (USA)
Best Microfilm: Pipe by Daniel Milligan (Canada)
Best Music Video: F**k Your Face – I Dont Konform by Anne Welles (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Banter by Charles Brent Shaphren (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Woman in the Floral Helmet by Taoquan Fu (USA)
Best Female Director: Anne Welles for F**k Your Face – I Dont Konform (USA)
Best Male Director: Ahsan Minhas and Marwan Bakri for Sukoon (Addiction of Silence) (Saudi Arabia)
Best Student Female Director: Merivelle Hannah for Opa (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Sam Sanders IV for Just One Small Thing (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Mari SanGiovanni for The Sibling Rule (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Cameron Tough for Chasing the Dragon (Australia)
Best Young Filmmaker: Aiden Thomas Rodgers for Slings and Arrows (USA)
Best Actress: Maria Fernanda Veja for Be Happy (Canada)
Best Actor: Ary Satish for Take Care (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Bren McElroy and Shannon Paradis for The Sibling Rule (USA)
Best Editing: One Baby, Please! (Canada)
Best Production Design: Pale Blue Dot (Bulgaria)
Best Sound Design: Jerry Fuentes for It Listens (USA)
Best Original Score: Cristóbal Delgado Candela for Be Happy (Canada)
Best Original Story: Brittany Reeon Lee and Wooju Lee for Forgive (USA)
Best Short Script: Brain Fog by Eric White (USA)
























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