Best Indie Short: After Reuniting by Piao Jinghao (South Korea)
Best Comedy Short: Priceless: Pool Party by Maxwell Innis II (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Motel Room Six by Aron Cagan (USA)
Best Action Short: Knight Owls by Ron Aldrin Bilon (Philippines)
Best Horror Short: Harlowe’s Well by Jack H Wood (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Urban Cowboy by Dustin J Robison (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Mastermind by Mason Beals (USA)
Best Student Short: Sybil by Stella Bleau (USA)
Best Microfilm: Hugo by Rianne Cloudie (UK)
Best Screendance Short: Lines by Svetlin Travis (Netherlands)
Best Female Director: Stephanie Keelan for StreetVet (UK)
Best Male Director: Jack H Wood for Harlowe’s Well (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Stella Bleau for Sybil (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Zoltan Gergely Szabo for Release (Hungary)
Best First Time Female Director: Ming Fen Congdon for Whispers (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Aron Cagan for Motel Room Six (USA)
Best Actor: Gennadii Omelianiuk for Just Matthew (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Kate Surinskaya and Monaye Moyes for Whispers (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Darrell Battle Jr, Nicholas Sorillo, Lila Jay, Keith Bartley, Shayla Navarro, Avalon Rose, Candace Bridges, Gregg Martin, and Ashley Chatman for Priceless: Pool Party (USA)
Best Cinematography: Wen Zhihao for Black Sheep (China)
Best Editing: Ron Aldrin Bilon for Knight Owls (Philippines)
Best Production Design: Entanglement (USA)
Best Visual FX: William Barrios for Deep Time (USA)
Best Sound Design: Nadav Shelly for Whispers (USA)
Best Original Score: Aaron Dillon for Deep Time (USA)
Best Original Story: Gennadii Omelianiuk and Dmytro Malkov for Just Matthew (USA)
Best Short Script: IV EFF by Lindsey Brannon (USA)
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