Best Indie Short: Growth of A Photographer by Yuejie Wang (China)
Best Indie Short: The Secrets We Keep by JuanJose De La Cruz (USA)
Best Drama Short: Knight by Robert Asencio (USA)
Best Drama Short: Satiety by Anna Rust (UK)
Best Drama Short: What Tiger Wishes by Chris T.W. Anderson (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Alamogordo, Center of the World, Trinity 1945 by Larry Sheffield (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Flotsam by Kjell Redal (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Suklal’s Hunt by Hamilton Pevec (USA)
Best Comedy Short: #SundayFunday by Nickolas Nielsen (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Bucko & Junior by Jordan Rader (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Egg by Jiahuiwu (China)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Velvet Flowers by Jordan Pease (USA)
Best Action Short: Back Alive by Terry Taneie and Kei Kosugi (USA)
Best Action Short: Prisoner by Amit Dhuga (Canada)
Best Thriller Short: Pastiche by Shivaan Makker (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Ye Old Bay by Nicholas A Kennedy (USA)
Best Crime Short: Manhood by Sebastian Francis and Kevin Chappell (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Fools by Jimmy Prosser (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Ye Old Bay by Nicholas A Kennedy (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Mid Ridge Ct by Raymond Dimmitt (Canada)
Best Mystery Short: Milk by Robert Vaughn (USA)
Best Horror Short: Requiem by Dylan Lei (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: I Left My Heart In Pluto by Dario Antepara (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Voices by Jake Hart (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Rolling Motions by Ethan Hasse (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Your24… by Lovie Johnson (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Hungry by Linda Notelovitz (South Africa)
Best Experimental Short: My Bed by Lauren Vroegindewey (USA)
Best Student Short: Fences by Keldon Duane-McGlashan (USA)
Best Student Short: Redial by Audrey Schied (USA)
Best Student Short: Rifle by Qi Zhu (USA)
Best Animation Short: Guardian by Graham Gillett (USA)
Best Animation Short: Tank Talk #2 – Who Ate Carl? by Mike Salva (USA)
Best Children Short: Shipwreck by Lisa Cole (USA)
Best Children Short: What I Learned on Lovett Street by Stacia Ahlers (USA)
Best Women Short: Crane Wife by Lauren Vroegindewey (USA)
Best Women Short: Dates by Elisabeth Lecaye (France)
Best Women Short: Leaving In Waves by Yuri Choe (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Elude by Alejandro Santora (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: The Sound of Silence by Tracy Nganare Gotoas (France)
Best Microfilm: Paradox by Preetham Tiwari (India)
Best Microfilm: So, What Do You Think? by Jeffrey John Eyamie (Canada)
Best Microfilm: Sunday by Joud AlAmri (USA)
Best Music Video: All Night Long by Jason W. Gordon, Ethan P. Johnson, Michelle Molineux, Luke Wohlgemuth, Nathaniel J. Wohlgemuth, and Jay Slay (Canada)
Best Music Video: Nostalgia Trap by Mark Sousa and Sam Gannuch (USA)
Best Music Video: The Kite by Ziwei Li (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Tank Talk (Episodes 1-5) by Mike Salva (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Artist Formerly Known as Lucifer by Tom Carroll Armstrong and Jeffrey Frost (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Life Moves Pretty Fast by Ru Howe (UK)
Best Web and New Media: Stephie With A Why by Mirra Kardonne (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Three Calls by Luiza Galina, Cissa Tarasconi, Joe Zumba, and William Stancik (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Corona Days by Farah Chaya (Lebanon)
Best Mobile Short: Shipwreck by Lisa Cole (USA)
Best Parody Short: Unstoppable by Joud AlAmri (United Arab Emirates)
Best Director (Female): Linda Notelovitz for Hungry (South Africa)
Best Director (Female): ShanzDev and Marc LeCuyer for PNW Indy Wrestling Spotlight (USA)
Best Director (Male): Alexander Sworik for Hou’ley (Canada)
Best Director (Male): Inuk Jørgensen for In the Shadow of the Tugtupite (Greenland)
Best Student Director (Male): Keldon Duane-McGlashan for Fences (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Qi Zhu for Rifle (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Anna Rust for Satiety (UK)
Best First Time Director (Female): Audrey Schied for Redial (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Dylan Lei for Requiem (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Toby Lord and Tim Elwin for Distressed (Australia)
Best Young Filmmaker: Alejandro Santora for Elude (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Derek Champnella for The Cookie (USA)
Best Actress: Anna Rust for Satiety (UK)
Best Actress: Denise McDonald for Suddenly Single in the Suburbs (USA)
Best Actor: Jacob Brethen for Love is Always Losing (USA)
Best Actor: Vincent Jerome for Living in Crime Alley (UK)
Best Supporting Actress: Stephanie Patout for Julia (France)
Best Supporting Actor: Dustin Michaels for Ronnie the Milkman (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Mateo Gomez for Salsero in Purgatory (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Ruby Monroe for Shipwreck (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Elijah J. Estrada for The Sand Route (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Magali Heu and Louise Pasteau for Dates (France)
Best Acting Duo: Margaux Lakdar and Brandon Jordan for 10 Photographs (Canada)
Best Acting Ensemble: Taylor Kottke, Hannah Bear, Hannah Sloan, Amr Nabeel, Ryan Kanfer, Calvin Seabrooks, Emily Moreno, Dylan Skolnik, Jackie Li, and Clayton Conroy for Date. (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Theo White, Anna Sylvester, Carla Valles, Jerry March, Sean Maycock, and Smith Francois for Rear Views (USA)
Best Cinematography: Inuk Jørgensen for In the Shadow of the Tugtupite (Greenland)
Best Cinematography: Joao Butoh for Aleph (Brazil)
Best Editing: Carl Eneroth for Searching for The Real Sound (Sweden)
Best Editing: Nicholas Maher for You And The Thing That You Love (USA)
Best Editing: Tom Turner for The Res Publica Story (UK)
Best Production Design: Brandon Jordan fro 10 Photographs (Canada)
Best Production Design: Fools (USA)
Best Production Design: Joao Butoh for Aleph (Brazil)
Best Visual FX: Aleksandar Sretkovic for Voices (Canada)
Best Visual FX: Way Down Below – A Lament for our Times (Australia)
Best Sound Design: Carlos Dohrn for The Ghost Writer Show – The Call of Cthulhu (Brazil)
Best Sound Design: Searching for The Real Sound (Sweden)
Best Original Score: Carlos Rodriguez Rodriguez for Tricked (USA)
Best Original Score: Elia Cmiral for Altered Mind of 20-20 (Czech Republic)
Best Original Score: Puddle of Infinity for In the Shadow of the Tugtupite (Greenland)
Best Original Story: Alejandro Vogt for Ronnie the Milkman (USA)
Best Original Story: Arthur James for The Church Up Peaky Road (USA)
Best Short Script: Grounded by M.D. Tylicki (USA)
Best Short Script: My Kill Eye by Levi Gramblicka (Canada)












































































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