Best Indie Short: Happy Pals by Ryan Palmer (USA)
Best Drama Short: Father and Son by Ross Raventos (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Gateway to America by Sophia Liu (USA)
Best Romantic Short: The Depths of Love by Heaven Hamilton (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Clemenzia Visits Handel Hendrix House London by Alison Grist and Melinda Hughes (UK)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Jalapeño Business by Kurt Collins (USA)
Best Action Short: Reacher by Dariel Paredes (USA)
Best Crime Short: Baby’s First Hit by Michael Kaycheck (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Clock Shop by Jennifer Sklias-Gahan (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Pizza Hunt by Thomas Lorber and Naomi Frenette (Canada)
Best Horror Short: He Sees You by Zachary Padgett (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Alone Together by Tobin Carter (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Butterfly by Shelley Roxanne (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Cierro los Ojos by Angel Rodriguez (USA)
Best Student Short: Rose Ice Jelly by Jiayi Liu (China)
Best Animation Short: Ghost Writer by Jason Joel Lethcoe (USA)
Best Women Short: L’Inverno (The Winter) by Karin Kelly (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Retreat by Mari SanGiovanni (USA)
Best Microfilm: Slurpee Trail by Missy Greenberg (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Above All by Maleny Real (Mexico)
Best Music Video: Until the Last Minute by Ilya Noyabrev (Ukraine)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Get a Real Job by Sam Lochs and Yogi Paliwal (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Trios by Antonio Orbe (Spain)
Best Female Director: Amanda Kasmira Cryer for Living Undone (USA)
Best Male Director: Dan Goldberg for Belly Button – Chapter 2: Mezcal (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Shelley Roxanne for Butterfly (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Angel Rodriguez for Cierro los Ojos (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Coco Taylor for It’s Not Me, It’s You (UK)
Best First Time Male Director: Rudy Frederick Lenz for BC Buds (Canada)
Best Young Filmmaker: Mellony Ledo for Acting Out (USA)
Best Actress: Maria Karolina for Don’t Read My Diary (USA)
Best Actor: Phillip E. Walker for Sweetest Vacation (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Larissa Marchiori for Sundra (Brazil)
Best Supporting Actor: Harrison Cone for Alone Together (USA)
Best Young Actress: Mellony Ledo for Acting Out (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Zamira Scattolon and Shannon Paradis for Retreat (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Brandon J. Somerville, Annalea Fiachi, Preston Fusci, Amber Li, David Hunter Jr., and Zoe Yale for Happy Pals (USA)
Best Cinematography: Maximilian Curnow for Out of the Fire (UK)
Best Editing: Benji Gerstein for Touch (USA)
Best Production Design: The Ghost of Christmas Prison (USA)
Best Visual FX: Jem Holter for Same Face Different Lens (UK)
Best Original Score: Carlos Durán for Brothers (USA)
Best Original Story: Rudy Frederick Lenz for BC Buds (Canada)
Best Short Script: The Pact by Zach Montou (USA)
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