Best Indie Short: When The Clocks Stop by Brett Willis (USA)
Best Drama Short: Mi Papa by Andrew Sanchez (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Samudrada Motte (Ocean’s Egg) by Sathwik P S, Dhyan C K (India)
Best Comedy Short: Inflight Inflatables by John Mac Menamie (USA)
Best Crime Short: C For Criminal by Sofie Stolk (UK)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Missing Hearts by Kit Wilson (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Chronicle of Solitude by Michael J Bowman (USA)
Best Student Short: Insomniac by Aaron Hernandez (USA)
Best Animation Short: Rent by Lyubomir Zhelev (Bulgaria)
Best Women Short: The Trial by Agnieszka Preibisz (Poland)
Best Romantic Short: Ember+ by Julia DiLorenzo (USA)
Best Microfilm: Chronicle of Solitude by Michael J Bowman (USA)
Best Music Video: Falling Apart by Louis Maxwell (Ireland)
Best Web and New Media: Ballad of the Millennial Dream by Yuliya Levashova (Ukraine)
Best Female Director: Ally May for The Abiding (USA)
Best Male Director: Ian Harvie for Frosting (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Aaron Hernandez for Insomniac (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Jessica Duclos Lasnier for Split Second (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Michael J Bowman for Chronicle of Solitude (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Tiziano Baita for What Do You Want (Germany)
Best Actress: Alicia Dawn Hampton for The Abiding (USA)
Best Actor: Charles Lednicky for If I Let It Win (USA)
Best Young Actress: Mellony Ledo for What Remains of Us (Australia)
Best Young Actor: Solomon Fezer for What Remains of Us (Australia)
Best Acting Duo: Grace Kaufman and Anita Lashey for Never Leave Before Sunset (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Kennedy Corrigan, Nick Suarez, Autumn Cathey, and Saskia Garel for Angels Trumpet (USA)
Best Cinematography: James Gebilaguin for Lili (USA)
Best Editing: Michael J Bowman for Chronicle of Solitude (USA)
Best Production Design: The Last Wish (Ukraine)
Best Original Story: Brett Willis for When The Clocks Stop (USA)
Best Short Script: Our Team by Joshua Holtzman (USA)
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