Best Indie Short: Digital Skin by Marcus Graham (Australia)
Best Drama Short: Winter by Jody Hart (USA)
Best Documentary Short: A Seduction of Fire & Smoke: Chef Brando Moros by Tuan Zaharan Rahim (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Pâro by Pearce Chadwick (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Detective Tickles by Elizabeth Laidlaw (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: My Conversation With God Didn’t Go So Well by Jimmy Andrews (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Dream With Me by Uros Brkich and William Ansley (USA)
Best Horror Short: Beings by Garrett Russell (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Other Side by Yale Fried (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Another Conversation with God by Jimmy Andrews (Canada)
Best Experimental Short: Waves Seeping Into the Sand by Sakurako Shibata (Japan)
Best Student Short: The Operator by Owen Simon Millman (USA)
Best Microfilm: Crushed by Ella Jerrier and Madeline Tran (USA)
Best Animation Short: Office Pool: Orientation by Rory D.L. Moorer (USA)
Best Children Short: Fireworks! by Roman L Santos (USA)
Best Women Short: Berlin Short by Cat Papadimitriou (USA)
Best Music Video: Distance (The Further Mix) by Bianca Sass (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Office Pool: Orientation by Rory D.L. Moorer (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Up S#!t Creek by Panagiotis Tsaltas (Canada)
Best Mobile Short: Give Me Love by Aabir Vyas (USA)
Best Parody Short: Spy High by Josh Minnie (USA)
Best Male Director: Sanjin Miric for Seven Thousand Souls (Czechia)
Best Student Female Director: Stephanie Cood for Tainted Treasure (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Donna Weng Friedman for Never Fade Away (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Zhiguang (Brandon) Chen for The Break-Up Dinner (Canada)
Best Young Filmmaker: Collin Nelson for The Last Liftoff (USA)
Best Actress: Jada Cintron for Bare Luxuries (USA)
Best Actor: Italo Angel Spotorno for Light On (Chile)
Best Acting Duo: Frank Santorelli and Jordan Tofalo for Love In Space (USA)
Best Cinematography: Aliza Jawahar for In Threes (USA)
Best Editing: Jaire George and Srishti Chakraborty for A Proper Education (USA)
Best Production Design: Grenzen (Germany)
Best Sound Design: Dojo (USA)
Best Original Score: Aris Demetrios: Sculpture From The Heart (USA)
Best Original Story: Daniel Alvarenga for Grenzen (Germany)
Best Short Script: She’s Too Young by L. E. Coleman (USA)
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