Best Indie Short: Exposure by Cesar Ramirez (USA)
Best Drama Short: The Memory Album by Cameron Ryan Soedi (Canada)
Best Documentary Short: I Am This Dark World’s Light by Jonathan Sawyer (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Laiba by Kaveh Taherian (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Grim by Clayton Conroy (USA)
Best Crime Short: Early Bird by Ziqi Yang (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Elteney by Markus Schnatmann (Germany)
Best Fantasy Short: Three AM by Jeff Wolverton (Canada)
Best Experimental Short: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly AKA Twittersphere by Ayesha Khan (UAE)
Best Student Short: Drama Boy by Steven Chau (Canada)
Best Animation Short: Understanding Delirium by Cynthi N White and Alexander S White (USA)
Best Women Short: Nay So by Nikaya Manley (USA)
Best Microfilm: Deconstruct, Start Over by Anthony Soto (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Johnny by Amir Rogers (USA)
Best Female Director: Mae Breazeale for Ráoshù (USA)
Best Male Director: Marcel Flock for Dine and Die (Germany)
Best Student Female Director: Sofia S Lomax for The Heel (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Kelsey Barry for Take Your Mark (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Clayton Conroy for Grim (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Shane Lawrence Unger for Indistinguishable (USA)
Best Actress: Bethezel Rivera for Like Father Like Daughter (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Ara Jacquez for Like Father Like Daughter (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Maximillian Cherry for Buoy (UK)
Best Acting Duo: Bo Hong Fu and Tristen Huang for Drama Boy (Canada)
Best Ensemble Cast: Victoria Lenhardt, Lydia Newcastle, Cameron Staffen, and Reece Presley for Diabolika (Canada)
Best Cinematography: Hayden Koh for Drama Boy (Canada)
Best Editing: Aleksei Solomin for Toska (Russia)
Best Production Design: Paulina Radomska, Aleksandra Wojcik, Olek Steblik, and Agnieszka Orbanek for Elteney (Germany)
Best Original Score: Michael Murphy for Swindle (Australia)
Best Original Story: Emilie Anderson for Shayna Punim (USA)
Best Short Script: Checked Out by Amy Santos and Sara Siggard (USA)
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