Best Indie Short: Well Past Midnight by Lucas Teichman Dudley (USA)
Best Drama Short: Queen by Przemysław Kulikowski (Poland)
Best Documentary Short: Love Sing Embrace – Among The Mystic Baul Minstrels Of India by Vijali Hamilton (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Ed: A Love Story by Abraham Lopez (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Forced Friendships by Jean-Diar Kalantar (Canada)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Conversations In A Waiting Room by Samantha Ipema (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: The Sara Teasdale Project: In A Garden by Hannah Erin Eakin (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Missing – A True Story by Jesse S (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Meeting Dad by Robert Jarzen (USA)
Best Experimental Short: The Five Legged Ant by Lawrence Ramirez (USA)
Best Student Short: Only So An Hour by Elizabeth Winters (USA)
Best Women Short: Alice in Quarantine by Holiday Mariska Milosevich and Hayden Curtis (USA)
Best Music Video: Ghost by Charles Billot (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Hostel Hollywood by Alexander Clarke Carver (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Cookie Wars: Sugar Cookie Edition by Miles Abraham Broadhead (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Winter Lockdown by Catherine Phillips (UK)
Best Director (Female): Jess Philipps for Lifeline (USA)
Best Director (Male): Shady Mawajdeh for Maqluba (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Haeri Jeon for The Home (South Korea)
Best First Time Director (Male): Julian Vargas for Wants and Needs (USA)
Best Actress: Gemma Ellice for Alice in Quarantine (USA)
Best Actor: Paulo Ribeiro for Just Like Everything Else in This Life (Brazil)
Best Acting Duo: Hyunwoo Im and Yena Lee for The Painted Face (South Korea)
Best Ensemble Cast: Abhimanyu Katyal, Ryan Simantel, Brittney Rae Carrera, and Megan Duffy for Staffed (USA)
Best Cinematography: Jop van de Kam for Required Reading (Netherlands)
Best Editing: Train to Budapest (Italy)
Best Production Design: Marilyn Monroe Flees Her Crypt When Hugh Hefner Is Buried Next Door (USA)
Best Original Story: Shady Mawajdeh for Maqluba (USA)
Best Short Script: Not Our Day Jobs by Vanessa Schanen (USA)



























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