Best Drama Short: Expresso by Shea Buckner (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Pina by Alexia Cristina Oliveira Pereira (Brazil)
Best Comedy Short: Olives by Nash Mc Reynolds (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Bulb by Guy Taylor (UK)
Best Crime Short: Bloodbound by Mustafa Abbas (UAE)
Best Experimental Short: Within Rem by Miguel Jacobo (USA)
Best Student Short: Sickness by Xueying Wang, Xinglan Wei, and Yanbing (China)
Best Microfilm: The Shadow by Al Raif (Canada)
Best Animation Short: Roast Apple by Chengrui Lei (China)
Best Children Short: The Magic Shot by Yomi Ogunsola (UK)
Best Women Short: Branded by Sydney Cope (USA)
Best Music Video: Heart’s Too Cold by Luke Angelo (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Nina’s Files by Khrystyna Komarovska and Ardian Maliqi (Ukraine and USA)
Best Female Director: Caitlin Starowicz for Blood Rights (Canada)
Best Male Director: Damon McKinnis for Last House (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Noora Fahad and Eduarda Aun Anguita for Super Sweet (UK)
Best Student Male Director: Ulas Diniz for Vasoline (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Carson Lane for Hole (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Travis Bobbitt for L’ Espionne (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Sydney Wider for Full Mugs of Coffee (USA)
Best Actress: Whitney Ann Jenkins for Epilogue (USA)
Best Actor: Amrit Hansra for Bhangra Baby (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Martyna Frankow and Shea Buckner for Expresso (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Lynette Piper, Pat Weber, Frank Michel, Christian McLean, Rod ‘Danger`Janzen, Gary Grady, Abbey Kelsey, Ben Kelsey, Hannah Weber, Graydon Eskowich, Brent Gelsinger, Mark Malloy, Joel Sopp, Brody Fitzpatrick, Kevin Haynes, Ian Douhaniak, Kim Eskowich, Wendy Eskowich, and Karla Weber for Fossil Record (Canada)
Best Cinematography: Felicia Varlotto for Obscura (USA)
Best Editing: Cynthia Chen and Yuan Hong for Collapse (USA)
Best Original Score: James Boyd-Hoare for Expresso (USA)
Best Original Story: John Norris Ray for The Family Photo (USA)
Best Short Script: Echoes by Xiaoyi Li (China)
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