Best Indie Short: The Passenger by Ramzi Akram Gharbi (USA)
Best Drama Short: The Lion’s Whip by Martian Angjaya (Indonesia)
Best Documentary Short: Bill Cody’s Arcade Wonderland by Jack Pochop (USA)
Best Romantic Short: The Unicorn that Never Lies by Chandler Riggs and Xavier Jimenez (USA)
Best Comedy Short: So Help Me by Amanda Beardsley (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Turn by Jack H. Wood (USA)
Best Action Short: The Inevitable by Jamaal Fields-Green (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: The Way Women Are by Adam Tuliński (Poland)
Best Horror Short: Brulefer by Martín De La Cruz (Argentina)
Best Experimental Short: Her Life, The Future by Zabaldu Naraé (France)
Best Student Short: Chasing Fame by Lily Ma (USA)
Best Animation Short: Kelly and the Kung Fu Gators by Kristen Gish (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: 47-52 by Jarid Root (USA)
Best Music Video: Traps In My Feed by Lubos Vacke (Czechia)
Best Screendance Short: The Creature 2.0 by Nevena Nikolova and Petar Gerzilov (Bulgaria)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: You Follow Me by Ryan McGilloway (USA)
Best Female Director: Tori Elizabeth Pope for Salomé: Do Not Dance, My Daughter (USA)
Best Male Director: Kai Kurve for Cornerboy (Germany)
Best Student Female Director: Kexin Meng for Pick and Roll (China)
Best Student Male Director: Qing Gan for Peekaboo (China)
Best First Time Female Director: Will Mustin for Yes, No, Goodbye (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Imre Mazlo for Ten Out of the Ten (Hungary)
Best Young Filmmaker: Nate Greven for Trich (USA)
Best Actress: Kim Kopf for 77 (USA)
Best Actor: Trace Talbot for Talk to Your Fish (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Allie-Rae Treharne for So Help Me (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Mark Turcotte for Tap (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Amanda Beardsley and Steve Jacques for So Help Me (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Samantha Simone, Kate Falk, Alex Stene, Will Cary, and Drew Gardner for You Follow Me (USA)
Best Cinematography: Tyler Oaks for Still Life (USA)
Best Editing: Filip Malasek for Traps In My Feed (Czechia)
Best Production Design: Brulefer (Argentina)
Best Original Score: Nick Montopoli for Tap (USA)
Best Original Story: Yakov Olivarria for Benny Bill (USA)
Best Short Script: Secret Lives, Restless Hearts by Esaias Wiseworth Alexander (USA)
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