Best Indie Short: Little Life by Roshan Buddhika Fernando (Sri Lanka)
Best Drama Short: The Sound Between by Isabella Dominguez (USA)
Best Documentary Short: The Mountains We Climb by Cameron Wilson (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Gift by Alexandra Gavillet (USA)
Best Crime Short: Another Day in New York by Adam Pine (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Who Goes There? by Gage Looney (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Routine by Jim Christopher Govea (USA)
Best Horror Short: When We Were by LaShaunte Wade (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Ether by Christopher Levoy Bower (USA)
Best Western Short: When The Moon Goes Down by Trever Riney (USA)
Best Animation Short: Big Friendly Killbots by Nathan Thomas (Canada)
Best Children Short: Soaring Hoops by Yasheng Tao, Guanzhen Gao, and Yi wei (China)
Best Women Short: Second Shift by Jackie Moore (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Proposal by Jake Santangelo (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Waldn by Fabien Polack (France)
Best Student Short: Topspin by Michael W Zhang (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Corvus by X New Worlds and William Greiner (UK)
Best Female Director: Anika Ji for Mirror Within (USA)
Best Male Director: Adam Pine for Another Day in New York (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Anran Chen for Jane Doe (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Michael Anthony Carter for Baby Boy (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Jackie Moore for Second Shift (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Jonathan Neves, Bruno Cassetari, and Matheus Mathos Pio for Jota Racing Challenge (Brazil)
Best Young Filmmaker: Seung-Heon Ham for Lucid Nightmare (South Korea)
Best Actress: Isabella Dominguez for The Sound Between (USA)
Best Actor: Jesús Castillo for We Are Not the Same (Panama)
Best Acting Duo: Lina Wallenklev and Simon Eriksson for They’re Not Gonna Get Us! (Sweden)
Best Ensemble Cast: Corrina Miller, James Adams, Natara Easter, and Adam Wesley for Playboy (USA)
Best Original Story: Alexandra Gavillet for The Gift (USA)
Best Cinematography: Aris Ziotopoulos for Cherry (Greece)
Best Editing: Eric Burton for Poetic Justice (USA)
Best Production Design: Jessica (Chieh) Ning for Topspin (USA)
Best Special FX: Aaron Eiermann and Heather Grippaldi for When We Were (USA)
Best Sound Design: Noah Kass for Yard Saleing (USA)
Best Original Score: Brad Folkens for The Asset (USA)
Best Short Script: Breaks by Robert Gould Shaw (Spain)
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