Best Indie Short: Wildflowers by Arda Wuyts (USA)
Best Drama Short: A Sleeper’s Silence by Ross Raventos (USA)
Best Student Short: Your Soul Knows by Niloufar Imanian (Germany)
Best Documentary Short: Brac by Armin Korsos (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Table Talk by Jack Dunlop (UK)
Best Thriller Short: Homeboy by Charles Kennell (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Night Shift by Frederic Robb (Czechia)
Best Animation Short: Repel the Tiger by Ruiqi Wang (USA)
Best Children Short: Chicken In: Stink Fruit by Paul Furminger (Canada)
Best Microfilm: Come As You Are for Xiaolin Mai (USA)
Best Music Video: The Inspiration for a Confetti Storm – From Studio to Stage by Susan Mey Lee Lim and Samudra Kajal Saikia (Singapore)
Best Screendance Short: Too Many Dicks by Zac Vran and Sarah Formosa (Canada)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Chicken In: Stink Fruit by Paul Furminger (Canada)
Best Trailer/Teaser: High Moon by Sean Bridges (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Marcell Leon Viragh for To Shine Again (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Lauren Trujillo and Taylor Trujillo for The Storm (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Frank Muller and Dan Husted for The Independent Newspaper Company (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Olivia Minn for Trapped (USA)
Best Actress: Paige Annette for A Lasting Place (USA)
Best Young Actress: Alani Zaya Hertzog for It’s About Time (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Tom Bayer and Gelareh Shayan for Paint. (Canada)
Best Ensemble Cast: Hayden Roper, Clarissa Cozzoni, Cole Clark, James McCabe, Joseph Hoffman, and Lucy Dismore for The Independent Newspaper Company (USA)
Best Cinematography: Sara Abrantes Schlee for For God’s Sake, Smile! (Germany)
Best Editing: Lisa Morpurgo and the Geometries of the Code (Italy)
Best Production Design: Shin Hee Park for A Lasting Place (USA)
Best Original Score: Yuxuan Liu for The Line Between Us (USA)
Best Original Story: Takai Ginwright for Mantras At Midnight (USA)
Best Short Script: Twelve Minutes by Ben Havis (USA)
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