Best Indie Short: Lemons by Matt Handy (Canada)
Best Drama Short: Self Tape by Christopher Newhard (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Cha Cha Charlie by Matt Bieler (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Snap Away: The Search for the Opalescent Arctail by Cole Goco (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Guru by Soroush Hosseini (Iran)
Best Action Short: Miles Ryder by King Bach (USA)
Best Crime Short: Omerta: The Commission Has Fallen by Nolan Tondreau (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Someone Who is Punctual by Haibo Wang (China)
Best Horror Short: Kept by Alex Geschwind and Steven Celestin (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: The Common Good by Stefan Gutternigh and Eva Amann (Austria)
Best Western Short: Kill Them All and Don’t Come Back Alone by Enrique Novials (Spain)
Best Experimental Short: Antiquarius by Jacek Krawczyk (Poland)
Best Student Short: Blue Cow by Tom Foy (New Zealand)
Best Children Short: Space Station Village EP8: Miss You to the Stars by Yi-Feng Kao (Taiwan)
Best Women Short: War on Women by Brooke Malesan (Canada)
Best LGBTQ Short: You’re My Best Friend by Jazmin Vasquez (USA)
Best Music Video: Icons by Sophia Amato and Gary Carr (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Space Station Village EP8: Miss You to the Stars by Yi-Feng Kao (Taiwan)
Best Female Director: Jessy Dong for Unspooling Wind (USA)
Best Male Director: Sean Patrick Bologna for The Mudslingers (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Cole Goco for Snap Away: The Search for the Opalescent Arctail (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Sam Romersa for Smoking in Circles (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Stefan Gutternigh and Eva Amann for The Common Good (Austria)
Best Young Filmmaker: Andrew Emmanuel Santibanez Vela for Bluebook (USA)
Best Actress: Johanna Soudry Blasco for My Baby (France)
Best Actor: Lance E. Nichols for A Touch of Magic (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Page Kennedy for Roberta’s Rules (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Brayden Gleave for The Can (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Anaïs Noveras and Reden Magtira for Good Filipino Kids (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Mia McKenna-Bruce, Simon Manyonda, Tara Fitzgerald, and Geoff Bell for Blue Bell Hill (UK)
Best Cinematography: Katie Mlinek for Familiar (USA)
Best Editing: Natasha Roland for Cha Cha Charlie (USA)
Best Production Design: My Nguyen for Roberta’s Rules (USA)
Best Sound Design: Miles Ryder (USA)
Best Original Score: Familiar (USA)
Best Original Story: Norman Ng for Glass Works (Hong Kong)
Best Trailer/Teaser: One Date by King Bach (USA)
Best Short Script: Beauty Heist by Leeya Rose Jackson (USA)
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