Best Indie Short: Suspicious Meat by Manuel Marcel (Marzel) (Spain)
Best Drama Short: The Drone Over Corn Fields by Chuanfa Wan (China)
Best Documentary Short: The Secrets of Adaptation by Guyslaine Thalmann (Switzerland)
Best Romantic Short: Buffalo by Freddie Paull (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Eddyct by Jiten Mehta (Australia)
Best Action Short: Reprisal by Daniel Weaver (Australia)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Chaos by Maggie Lee (Australia)
Best Thriller Short: Faction by Shannon Frady and Diånna Martin (USA)
Best Crime Short: All About Frank Avenue by Jing Guo (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Far Away by Rodrigo Urriolagoitia (Bolivia)
Best Fantasy Short: Moonsault by XuZeTian (China)
Best Horror Short: Exit Therapy by Natalie Rose Masciale (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Faction by Shannon Frady and Diånna Martin (USA)
Best Western Short: Barstow Burial by Eric Anderson (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Ghosts of a Long Ago Drawer by Al Germani (USA)
Best Student Short: Tacet by Maria Paula Arboleda (USA)
Best Animation Short: Matter of Time by Ainsley Dye (USA)
Best Children Short: Monkey and Cat by Artie Romero (USA)
Best Women Short: Hawaii by Miaomiao Liu (China)
Best LGBTQ Short: Buffalo by Freddie Paull (USA)
Best Microfilm: Distortion by Fleur Brouwer (Sweden)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Faction by Shannon Frady and Diånna Martin (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Through Your Eyes by Elisa Sofia Fioretti (USA)
Best Music Video: João Ventura Starring Lia Paris: Counterpoint of “Ne Me Quitte Pas” With “Fantasy Impromptu” by Leonardo Fiorito and Alexandre Moretzsohn (Brazil)
Best Director (Female): Katrina Cebreiro for Addict (USA)
Best Director (Male): Fernando Bonelli for Planet Earth Calling Ana (Spain)
Best Student Director (Female): Ziyu Wu for Grassland Stranger (China)
Best Student Director (Male): Jayesh Jaidka for HighBread: C’est La Weed (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Yuzhuo Wang for Sixth Grade (China)
Best First Time Director (Male): Michael Charles Slavich for Let the World go on Sleeping (USA)
Best Actress: Jordan Fassina for That Thing I Had That One Time (USA)
Best Actor: Paul Oakley Stovall for Buffalo (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Berkay Berkman for Your Man Says Goal (Turkey)
Best Child/Young Actress: Ryan Urquidi for Krystal and Rae (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Atticus McDonald for Reflective Blue (China)
Best Acting Duo: Lindsay Chambers and Jenna Levin by By Prudence (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Rafael Pettersson, Natalie Sundelin, Anna Rothlin, and Johan Rudebeck for Thank You for Patiently Waiting (Sweden)
Best Cinematography: Kofi Nsiah for Artist, Act of Love (Ghana)
Best Editing: Richard Higson for Little Hearts (UK)
Best Visual FX: Frank Rogala for Oo La La (USA)
Best Production Design: Judith Longo for Gladys and Dee Dee: Secrets (USA)
Best Sound Design: Bo Pang for Ghazzal (USA)
Best Original Score: Juan Antonio Simarro and Fernando Bonelli for Planet Earth Calling Ana (Spain)
Best Original Story: Yuzhuo Wang for Sixth Grade (China)
Best Short Script: Superbug by Gio Forlenza (USA)
FINALISTS (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
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