Best Indie Short: The Female General`s Moustache by Disheng Zhang (China)
Best Drama Short: Everything Is Not What It Seems by Anton Chernonog (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Flo Jo: A Daughter’s Love by Shannon Dion (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Dumdum by Giancarlo Diaz (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Za by Sam Silverstein (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: All We Have to Do is Kill One Guy by Jason Dugre (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: The Knock by Marcus Liversedge (UK)
Best Fantasy Short: Diana: Blood Rage by Adam Seals (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Carlos Gómez Centurión: I Say Mercedario by Raphael Castoriano and Gustavo Travieso (USA)
Best Student Short: You, Protagonist by Zibo Fan (China)
Best Animation Short: Rebirth by Frank Kilpatrick (USA)
Best Children Short: Building a Bridge by Qingning Xiang (China)
Best Women Short: Bliss and Sad by Chenxing Yang (China)
Best Music Video: Claudia Hoyser – Small Town Motels by Tim Leverett, Tony Gross, and Claudia Hoyser (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: What If by Maria Alejandra Hernandez (USA)
Best Parody Short: Let’s Go Action Squadron! by Paris Brown (USA)
Best Female Director: Nicole Sofia for Hamartia (Canada)
Best Male Director: Raphael Castoriano and Gustavo Travieso for Carlos Gómez Centurión: I Say Mercedario (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Qingning Xiang for Building a Bridge (China)
Best Student Male Director: Zetian Xu for So Long, My Daughter (China)
Best First Time Female Director: Emily Teague for Rosé Haze (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Shang Jung Wu for Heroes And Puppets (Taiwan)
Best Actress: Adriana Bermudez for Escape (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Natalie Bendheim and Roy Gutierrez for Meat Cute (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Juliette Cecile, Christina Ledo, and Amy MacKay for 360 (USA)
Best Cinematography: Zichen Zhou for Bliss and Sad (China)
Best Editing: Christian Heflin for Alone (USA)
Best Production Design: Bliss and Sad (China)
Best Sound Design: Paper Line (USA)
Best Original Score: Hamartia (Canada)
Best Original Story: Zetian Xu for So Long, My Daughter (China)
Best Short Script: The Age of Blood by Alexa Salimpour (USA)
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