Best Indie Short: Desert Duet Harmony by Nourah Al Hasawi (USA)
Best Drama Short: O palhaço que há em nós by Eduardo Robalo (Portugal)
Best Documentary Short: Pop-Up Life: Los Angeles by Lynn Q. Yu (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Ben & Tony by Sascha Schneider (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: When You Know by Rachel S. Thomas-Medwid and Brian Drolet (USA)
Best Horror Short: Bialo by Barkın Tunga (Turkey)
Best Fantasy Short: Mermaids, Beaches and Dreams by Bill E Webb (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Vamp Ink by Kassandra Stanley Shostle (France)
Best Student Short: ¡Que Colombianada! by Samuel Vargas (USA)
Best Animation Short: A Whale Whose Found Ashore by Weiqi Li (China)
Best Women Short: Beyond Us by Madeleine Jones (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Non Slut by Shehryar Mir (USA)
Best Microfilm: Waves of Her by Gwenn Hope (USA)
Best Music Video: Seesaw by Jan Bloch and Daniel Bloch (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Zip Away by Steve Gustafson (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Music, Freedom and Mountains by Jose Ignacio Mateis (Bolivia)
Best Female Director: Nourah Al Hasawi for Desert Duet Harmony (USA)
Best Male Director: Andrè Stringer for Bathed In Light (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Madeleine Jones for Beyond Us (USA)
Best Student Male Director: R.J. De León Vega for Pumpkin Guts: Devil’s Night (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Michelle Marakasherry, Tien Pham, and Jihye “JJ” Kim for Hair for You (Indonesia)
Best First Time Male Director: Garral Rell Fly Odunlade for Dee’s Night (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Yuvana Rajiv Panchal for Narcissus (USA)
Best Actress: Jaci Kjernander for When You Know (USA)
Best Actor: Oswaldo Salas for Sonata For A Calendar (Peru)
Best Acting Duo: Stevie Baggs. Jr and Dee Dee L Legette for Dee’s Night (USA)
Best Cinematography: Hugo Vladimir Mancia Landaverde for Delirium (USA)
Best Editing: Mermaids, Beaches and Dreams (USA)
Best Production Design: R.J. De León Vega for Pumpkin Guts: Devil’s Night (USA)
Best Sound Design: Daniel Rodier for Tule (USA)
Best Original Score: Joshua Conway and Leona Sigmund for Endless Exile (USA)
Best Original Story: Jordan Rockwell for Traitor (USA)
Best Short Script: Scoops by Ross Greenlees (UK)
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