Best Indie Short: The Colors of Shade by Imhotep Coleman (USA)
Best Drama Short: The Air Between Us by Newton Mayenge (USA)
Best Documentary Short: It’s All About Lowridin’ by Estevan Oriol (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Haunted Harmony by Genevieve Mairiko Wilson and Christopher Bryan Gomez (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Alchemy of Strangers by Joshua Longfellow Wright (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Demesne by Juaquin Sebastian Rosales (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Why Her by Jonathan Elia and Tommaso Furgione (Italy)
Best Fantasy Short: Eternal Eclipse by Julen X. Chavarria (USA)
Best Student Short: Dugout Canoe by Wang Hongzhen, Chen Qisheng, Weng Jiali, Xu Yuan, and Lì Zixuan (China)
Best Women Short: Mukti by Neha Srivastava (India/USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Mayfly by Jun-Ting Zhou (USA)
Best Microfilm: Ash and Mira Present: Cooking Up Love by Dan Rathke (USA)
Best Music Video: Nadie Sabe (No One Knows) by Elias Weinstock, Roman Gonzalez, Christian Mondragón, and Mattthew Mesa (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Save Our Well by Stuart Berry and Harry Davies (UK)
Best Web and New Media: Imagine a World Without Pain by Alina Zheng (USA)
Best Parody Short: Ash and Mira Present: Cooking Up Love by Dan Rathke (USA)
Best Female Director: Rachel Keaton for Joshua Tree (USA)
Best Male Director: Sam Anderson for Character Actor (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Flora Jiang for Blue Hour (China)
Best Student Male Director: Wang Hongzhen, Chen Qisheng, Weng Jiali, Xu Yuan, and Lì Zixuan for Dugout Canoe (China)
Best First Time Male Director: Frank Doucet for The Fa’a’amu Children (France)
Best Young Filmmaker: Samantha Leeds for The Upright Hustle (USA)
Best Actress: Genevieve Mairiko Wilson for Haunted Harmony (USA)
Best Actor: Daniel Jiawei Li for Mayfly (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Knight Padilla and Malia Daito for Demesne (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Joy Villa, Trish McDougall, Dan Allalemdjian, and Jeremy Lifsey for An Unwelcome Guest (USA)
Best Cinematography: Nicolás Torre Spika and Julián Kominek for Character Actor (USA)
Best Editing: Dirk van Sloten for Haunted Harmony (USA)
Best Production Design: You Are Special (Ukraine)
Best Visual FX: Patrick McNerney for The Sanguine (USA)
Best Original Score: Joshua Pacey and Oliver Lodge, with Hiatus for S I C K (UK)
Best Short Script: Hannah and the Honeydew Shortage by Daniela Di Salvo (Canada)
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