Best Indie Short: A-Jeeb (Tasteless) by Mantra Watsa (India)
Best Indie Short: Memoirs at a Skatepark by Devin Rojas (USA)
Best Drama Short: Dandelion’s Promise by Andy Bui (USA)
Best Drama Short: This Day That Year by Ritendra Datta (USA)
Best Documentary Short: 10476 by Mohamad Tartoussi (Lebanon)
Best Documentary Short: Winter in Antarctica by Paul North (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Glen by Jeremy Brull (Australia)
Best Comedy Short: Typecast by Blake Studwell (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Girls Are Weird by Colby Herbst (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Picky Peter and the Extraterrestrials by Casey Wayne-Wright (USA)
Best Action Short: Attraction Man by Eddie Eniel (USA)
Best Crime Short: The Jubilee Cake by Wayne Hazle (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Migraine by Frédéric Roussel (Belgium)
Best Mystery Short: The Jubilee Cake by Wayne Hazle (USA)
Best Thriller Short: 1360 Jefferson St by Ignacio Loizeau and Delfina Sanchez (Argentina)
Best Thriller Short: A Firm Decision by Tristan Hamburgh (Canada)
Best Fantasy Short: A Flower Dreams by Robert Asencio (USA)
Best Horror Short: The Wolf by Timothy Barnett (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Brothers by Richard Zelniker (USA)
Best Experimental Short: One1 by Annie Y. Hui (China)
Best Student Short: Tess & Dodi by Allee Stone (USA)
Best Student Short: The Portrait by Emmy Perry (USA)
Best Animation Short: Behind the Glass by Pedro de la Llave (Spain)
Best Animation Short: Forward by Jon Dorais (USA)
Best Women Short: An Artist’s Journey from China to America by BiLan Liao (USA)
Best Women Short: Immigrant Mother by Renee Garcia (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: 75 Cents by Safi Jafri (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Haüs of Sissy by Nate Van Dore (Australia)
Best Microfilm: Sick Day by Charles Le Pere (USA)
Best Microfilm: Taking Up Space by Pimvenus Clark (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Even by Anna K. Long (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Infinite Me by Daniela Agostini (USA)
Best Music Video: Little Secrets by Mik Berthet (USA)
Best Music Video: On a Leaving Plane by Queer Faith and TheMany (Belgium)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Kappin by Tiffany M Harding (USA)
Best Web and New Media: A Peace Of God by Skye Bailey (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Mount Everest: A Fever Dream by Reyna Puri (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Baat ek dopahar ki by Janani Ray (India)
Best Mobile Short: Ghost by Erik Sedwick (USA)
Best Director (Female): April Mendozza for Hollow Hour (USA)
Best Director (Female): Renee Garcia for Immigrant Mother (USA)
Best Director (Male): James Toohey for Dependence (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Jordan Kirchner and Skye Schumacher for Headspace (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Safi Jafri for 75 Cents (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Anna K. Long for Even (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Andy Bui for Dandelion’s Promise (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Cam Marshall for Holy Zombie (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Harlow Schuman for Reflections (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Jake Abraham for Brain Damage (USA)
Best Actress: Delilah Andre for White Dove: The Origin (USA)
Best Actress: Stacy Beckly for Sum of Your Luv (USA)
Best Actor: Connor Trineer for Jon Hamm (USA)
Best Actor: Steve Rodgers for Glen (Australia)
Best Child/Young Actor: Nicolas Noblitt for The Wheelchair Stays In The Picture (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Nomi Abadi and Griffin Crawford for Roadkill (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Brooke Burton, Jessi Melton, Mason Dodson, Mckay Babb, Patrick Grimaldo, Mallorie Noel Lamb, Wes Rowlette, Ellen Smith, Zoe Kelly, and Carolyn Bremer for Finding Mr. Right (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Stephan Junior, Justin Bryant, FBA Gwalla, and Justin Sears Motley for Party To A Crime (USA)
Best Editing: Edward de Carvalho for Silent Without The Sun (Australia)
Best Production Design: The Portrait (USA)
Best Visual FX: Jordan Kirchner and Skye Schumacher for Headspace (USA)
Best Sound Design: Turgut Mavuk for The Coincidental Killing of a Cat by an Unworldly Tune (Turkey)
Best Original Score: Chris Wirsig for Steel Will (USA)
Best Original Score: Glenna Burmer for Nanakorobi (Seven Falls) (USA)
Best Original Story: Adam LeBow for Defense Contract (USA)
Best Original Story: Daniel J Krikorian for Dependence (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Fantasy of Companionship Between Human and Inanimate (Singapore)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Knights of Early Los Angeles (USA)
Best Short Script: Devil’s Ridge by Geoffrey Gould (USA)
Best Short Script: It Takes You by Surprise by John Kearns (USA)
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