Best Indie Short: A Lions Heart by Kevin Kapellas and Sara Nunez (USA)
Best Indie Short: Spleen by Maxime Duval (Canada)
Best Drama Short: Over The Ocean by Axel Rydén (Sweden)
Best Drama Short: The Fall by Nathan Horrocks (UK)
Best Documentary Short: Memories of Mortlake by Mark Forbes (UK)
Best Comedy Short: Rebounding by Elisha Lawson (USA)
Best Comedy Short: The Doctor Cares by Dave Beaumler (USA)
Best Action Short: The Local by Dalton Burdette (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Escape by Seungjae CJ Hwang (USA)
Best Crime Short: Rumrunners by Jaleel Sampay (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: The Alert by Brian Kamerer (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Her & Him by Julian Morales (USA)
Best Experimental Short: If Only by John Behring (USA)
Best Experimental Short: See You by Caesar Nie (China)
Best Student Short: Dropping Out by Niko Gonzalez (USA)
Best Student Short: Roses and Red Noses by Zac Vujnov (USA)
Best Animation Short: Yendor – The Journey of a Junior Adventurer by Rodney Matthews and Sarah Matthews (UK)
Best Children Short: Yendor – The Journey of a Junior Adventurer by Rodney Matthews and Sarah Matthews (UK)
Best Women Short: Blue Door by Lorenne Fey and Larry Robertson (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Andrea B by Alessandro Ienzi (Italy)
Best Microfilm: Fall Into My Palms by Bo Nawacharee (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Do It Yerself Dewey – Sweet on Dewey S1 E9 by Bobby Adams and Bryan Ashford (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Growing Peace in the Middle East by Steven Hoffen (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Zone of Silence – Haunted World by Cindy Lynn Carter (USA)
Best Director (Male): Axel Rydén for Over The Ocean (Sweden)
Best Director (Male): Logan Mansberger for Contingency (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Zac Vujnov for Roses and Red Noses (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Matthew Coonis for Huckleberry Jerry (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Steven Hoffen for Growing Peace in the Middle East (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Tristan Cohen for It Always Is (Costa Rica)
Best Actor: Jake Primak for Capeesh (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Xiaowen Jin for Candy Rain (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Ahmed Almokdad and Ramazan Bachak for Reality (Canada)
Best Acting Duo: Sierra Nowak and Kericho Corry for Narc (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Ken Jennings, Andrew Terranova, Anthony Augello, and Steve Greenstein for Covid Ditty (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Krystal Cave, Carina Gun, Sarika Young, Georgie Cufone, Samantha Hughes, Matthew Brice, and Nick Buckland for Finding Freyja (Australia)
Best Editing: A Path (Chile)
Best Editing: Justin Breault for Spleen (Canada)
Best Sound Design: Bogdan Hladiuc for Strigoi (Romania)
Best Sound Design: Sean Hines for Me! You? (USA)
Best Original Score: Jeremy SH Griffith for If Only (USA)
Best Original Score: Luca Palomo for Beautiful Sadness (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Narc (USA)
Best Short Script: Inside by M.D. Tylicki (USA)
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