Best Indie Short: Red Candle by Paul Persic (Canada)
Best Drama Short: The McHenry Trial – Don’t Judge a Kid by Their Hoodie by Ken Sagoes (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Every Day Burns by Aidan Jung and Tyler Murgo (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Memories of Rio by Thassilo Weber (Brazil)
Best Comedy Short: Out With It by Jaci Kjernander (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Casserole Brigade by B. Rain Bennett (USA)
Best Thriller Short: The Cartoon by Tom White (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: The Holdover by Max Nelson (USA)
Best Mystery Short: More Awake than You Could Dream Of – Mystery in the Ortsmuseum Binningen by Werner Beetschen (Switzerland)
Best Horror Short: Closet Space by Stephen McKinnon (Canada)
Best Fantasy Short: Lonelyboy by David Doucette (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: L A R A by George Blagden (UK)
Best Experimental Short: Realm of Unknowns by Sean Ryan (USA)
Best Student Short: Nowhere, Forever by Anike Niemeyer (USA)
Best Animation Short: Luba by Helena Giersz (USA)
Best Children Short: Deep Fears by Ryan Chu (USA)
Best Women Short: Jadzia by Kk Araujo and Ariane Porto (Brazil)
Best LGBTQ Short: He/She by Norah Xi (China)
Best Microfilm: Clones by Rafael Cortes (UK)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Visions of a Vivid Life by Levi Eddie Aluede (UK)
Best Web and New Media: Are you there, Andy? by Holly Lehren (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Whisper Lake by Brian Reilly (USA)
Best Parody Short: Bag Your Face by Keith Eyrich (USA)
Best Director (Female): Hemma Kearney for Two Worlds, Not One (UK)
Best Director (Male): Jordan A. Roman for Cuddle Buddies (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Vivian Full for The Escape Room (Canada)
Best Student Director (Male): Fabrizio Gómez for Photographs (Paraguay)
Best First Time Director (Female): Eteri Nioradze for Please, Have a Seat! (Russia)
Best First Time Director (Male): Markus Thorington for Rum Go! (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Ali Soltanian Fard Jahromi for Vampria: The Toothless Vampire (New Zealand)
Best Actress: Brady Rubin for Late Shift (USA)
Best Actor: Ervin Musabelliu for The Dark Web (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Nichole Stull for Affective (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Leo Goodman for The Holdover (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Calli Jennings for Lonelyboy (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Katy Jordan and Paul Gilmour for The Weekend (UK)
Best Acting Ensemble: Michael Zuccola , Eduardo Refael, Terry Donahue, Michael Dell’Orto, Courtney Danforth, Christine Altan, and William Galatis for Out With It (USA)
Best Cinematography: Nathaniël Siri for Willie in the Sky (USA)
Best Editing: Sara Page for Revenge of the Supermom (Canada)
Best Visual FX: Lonelyboy (USA)
Best Production Design: Sara Page for Revenge of the Supermom (Canada)
Best Sound Design: Eric Johnson for Epoch (USA)
Best Original Score: Ryan Powell for Heavenly Care (USA)
Best Original Story: Daniel Henry Kaes for Empty Shelf (UK)
Best Short Script: Siren by Kehan Ye (China)








































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