Best Indie Short: Ditto by Suresh G (India)
Best Drama Short: Somewhere In Germany by Jamie Cook (USA)
Best Documentary Short: ICED Out of America by Michael Nigro (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Trader Verdinkle: The Underpinnings Of An Understudy by Tom Everett (USA)
Best Thriller Short: You Still See Dead People by Neo Wagner (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Heads and Tails by Donovan Kidd and Lachlan McClellan (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: The Forgotten Door by Anzor Mulkoev (USA)
Best Experimental Short: A Touch of Clash by Moe Taylor (USA)
Best Student Short: By The Memory Lake by Jiaen Song (China)
Best Animation Short: Hexapod by Axel Kinnear (Canada)
Best Women Short: Eye Of The Beholder by Mohammed Alansary and Norah Mansor (Saudi Arabia)
Best Microfilm: The Painter by Yufei Fu (China)
Best Music Video: Wtchcrft – Let’s Get This Party Over With by Fanny Ketter (USA)
Best Male Director: Roman Daniel Rütten for Wide Awake (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Maria de la Cruz Rudloff for Shallow End (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: JM Salamone for Good-Man (USA)
Best Actress: Samantha Slater for You Still See Dead People (USA)
Best Actor: Carl Welch for The Last Rehearsal (UK)
Best Ensemble Cast: Carl Welch, Vivien Monory, Vanessa Bailey, Byron Lyon, Sophie Lyon, Carling Ernstzen, Lisa Ronkowski, Harriet Phillips, Daniel Rodriguez, Ian Pink, and Lauren Fletcher for The Last Rehearsal (UK)
Best Cinematography: Devin Bora and Bailey Spore for Currents (USA)
Best Editing: Felix Donahoo for Papa Bear (Australia)
Best Production Design: Good-Man (USA)
Best Sound Design: Jack Schneiderman, Todd Wallace, and Zoe Marshall for Wake Up, Dolores! (USA)
Best Original Score: Teona Teoni Lagvilava for Agnus Dei (USA)
Best Original Story: Tom Everett for Trader Verdinkle: The Underpinnings Of An Understudy (USA)
Best Short Script: World With No Bargains by William Mariano (USA)
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