Best Indie Short: Seagull by Ned Caderni (UK)
Best Indie Short: Stop Killing Us by Kiana Woodson (USA)
Best Drama Short: Leopards by Michael James Mina (USA)
Best Drama Short: No Room to Grieve by Jendo Shabo (Canada)
Best Documentary Short: 4/8 | Beirut by Patrick Kohl (Germany)
Best Documentary Short: Hong Kong Dialogues by HK Alleys (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Can We Order First? by Anca Vaida and Maia Kipping (UK)
Best Comedy Short: Off The Docks by Kevin Barry and Colin Frederick (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: House Slaughter by Thomas Peck (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Performing Chef by William Oates (UK)
Best Action Short: Umoya by Jason Sterling (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Pigs in a Blanket: A Bloody Tale by Vseant Nath (USA)
Best Crime Short: Faces of the Dead by Rich Whitby (UK)
Best Film Noir Short: Meet Me Inside by Dominique Brownes (Canada)
Best Film Noir Short: Red Carpet by Kevin V. Tudor (USA)
Best Horror Short: Somnambular Tremors by Antonio Arecibo (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Donut Shop by James Rogers-Gahan (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Fujiyama by Brandy Seymour (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: June by Christopher Rohrbeck and Bianca Dovarro (USA)
Best Western Short: Calamity Jane 1882 by Enrique Novials (Spain)
Best Romantic Short: As You Are by Mahima Saigal (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Together and Then by Kingsley Pascal (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Hong Kong Dialogues by HK Alleys (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Reel Look by Michael J. Mina (USA)
Best Student Short: Courage by Nourah Al Hasawi (USA)
Best Student Short: Maude’s Shoulder by Andrew Sindt (USA)
Best Animation Short: Kismet by Amal Abdul-Hussein (Canada)
Best Animation Short: Rushed by Roy de Haan and Bas van den Ing (Netherlands)
Best Children Short: ofGod: Miracles by Artie Romero (USA)
Best Women Short: A Song for Bacchus by Andrea Vaccarelli (Italy)
Best Women Short: Gaslight by Mhairi Calvey (UK)
Best LGBTQ Short: Fuck u Frannie-19 by Frances Wiese (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: I Will Also Get Married by Chandrashekhar Parab and Raunaq Sahni (India)
Best Microfilm: Andy Dixon in Andy Dixon by David Bourke (USA)
Best Microfilm: Stranger Strings by Ava Salomon (USA)
Best Screendance Short: After Dark by Laura Sanchez and Belen Maya (USA)
Best Music Video: The Dying Light by Mr. Corazon (USA)
Best Music Video: Tomorrow by Shaun Parker (Australia)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Pool by Adam Bowers and Hayden Livesay (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Unspoken Sacrifice by Demetrius Toney (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Democracy Sucks by John D. FitzGibbon (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Jakinta by Bettina Gracias (UK)
Best Mobile Short: 2125 by Sean Ian (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Truths Change and Still Remain by Barbara Becker Holstein (USA)
Best Parody Short: World War Who? by Connor White (USA)
Best Director (Female): Linda Notelovitz for Tales of the Fox (South Africa)
Best Director (Female): Tequoia Urbina for Gehenna (USA)
Best Director (Male): Daniel Michael Tomcik for Found (USA)
Best Director (Male): Jye Currie for Victim (Australia)
Best Student Director (Female): Ava Salomon for Stranger Strings (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Sihan Cui for Flushing (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Joao Cueto for The Man of the House (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Niraj Jadav for Khushi (UK)
Best First Time Director (Female): Mhairi Calvey for Gaslight (UK)
Best First Time Director (Female): Pippa White for Chloe Knight (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Christian Elliott and Bruce Mcdonald for Sex Tourism (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Harrison Thomas for Open Mic (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Ambz Negro for Lost Between The Trees (USA)
Best Actress: Kelly Pantaleoni for 40 Seconds (Canada)
Best Actress: Marisa Hood for Two Weeks Notice (USA)
Best Actor: Gregg Weiner for reBOOT (USA)
Best Actor: Rodja Martin Tröscher for Primeday (Germany)
Best Supporting Actress: Amanda Howells for 40 Seconds (Canada)
Best Supporting Actress: Shaylaren Hilton for The Wolf Delivers (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Rishi Dhokia for Khushi (UK)
Best Child/Young Actress: Joi Jarrett for The Unspoken Sacrifice (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Megan Brown for Truths Change and Still Remain (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Ambz Negro for Lost Between The Trees (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Kevin Barry and Amanda Maddox for Off The Docks (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Michael De Nola and Celeste Mancinelli for The Subway Gypsy (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Emma Spurgin Hussey, Simon Pearce, Suzanne Kendall, Simon Pengelly, Tim J. Henley, and Mhairi Calvey for Gaslight (UK)
Best Acting Ensemble: Zoe Ho, Sharmaine Yeoh, Winson Won, Glenn Cho, Amanda Wong, Karinga Wells, and Carlo Yu for Cacti and Weed (Canada)
Best Cinematography: Aleutian Calabay for Ghosted (USA)
Best Cinematography: Ramy Raphael for Tears of Oizys (Lebanon)
Best Editing: Carlos Torres and Karen Torres for Xiety (USA)
Best Editing: Les Owen for In China (USA)
Best Production Design: Marc Haas for Schism: Me, Myself & Authenticity (USA)
Best Production Design: Tom Wyman for Donut Shop (USA)
Best Visual FX: Rusty Hopkins for Fujiyama (USA)
Best Sound Design: Ian Crann for Amends (USA)
Best Sound Design: Rusty Hopkins for Fujiyama (USA)
Best Original Score: Ari Urban and Lloyd Rodgers for reBOOT (USA)
Best Original Score: Eric Van Thyne for Amends (USA)
Best Original Story: Gregg Weiner for reBOOT (USA)
Best Original Story: Sonny P. Louis for Eve (USA)
Best Short Script: Good Luck, Mister Gorsky by Martin Keady (UK)
Best Short Script: Non Scordati Di Me by Frank P Mancuso (USA)






































































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