Best Indie Short: Just Another Summer by Ryan Little (USA)
Best Drama Short: Closure by Dan Marcus (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Sfumato by Amirali Mirderikvand (Iran)
Best Comedy Short: 8 Easy Steps by Julian Clark (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Bystander by Sam Wall (USA)
Best Action Short: Creeping Occupation by Revaz-Giorgi Arveladze (Georgia)
Best Thriller Short: C by Zac Villanueva (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Kiss of Night by Benj Gibicsar (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Cracks by Ece Cakiroglu (USA)
Best Horror Short: The Devils Hour by Elroy Dsouza (India)
Best Sci-Fi Short: E.Y.E.S by Demetre Ramos-Davis (USA)
Best Western Short: Arizona 1878 by Manuel Olaya (Spain)
Best Romantic Short: How Was It For You? by LIM (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Dead Or Not? by Iasonas Sigma (Dimitris Sdrolias) (Greece)
Best Student Short: C by Zac Villanueva (USA)
Best Animation Short: Boy Scientist by Susan Lim and Samudra Kajal Saikia (USA)
Best Women Short: Access Granted by Ana Worrel (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: 8 Easy Steps by Julian Clark (USA)
Best Microfilm: Not Here, Nor There by Fletcher Turale (Australia)
Best Music Video: Atomic: Ad Initivm by Veronica Faye Kirzhner and Juan-Carlos Cambon Blanco (Spain)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Big Time by Rob Margolies (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Hot Snacks by Anna Mae Gordon and M. Louis Gordon (USA)
Best Mobile Short: The 2020 Kid by Daniel Lucca Parenti (USA)
Best Director (Female): Darah Golub for Slow Burn & The Muse (USA)
Best Director (Male): Josef Steiff for Jesse James (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Luke Alexander Harris for The Memory Palace (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Ece Cakiroglu for Cracks (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Ryan Watson for The Ivory League: Confessions of a Black Faculty (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Ilana Grollman for Headspace (USA)
Best Actress: Jessica Sharples for Jen, 28 (USA)
Best Actor: Rich Henkel for Innocent Chat (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Rayven Symone Ferrell, Vivia E. Armstrong, Terra Strong, Ajia Munns, and Ellis E. Fowler for Latasha Harlins: A Rose That Grew from Concrete (USA)
Best Cinematography: Austin Ahlborg for Lotus (France)
Best Editing: Chris Friend for Geneva Jacuzzi’s Casket (USA)
Best Production Design: Arizona 1878 (Spain)
Best Visual FX: Chris Friend for Geneva Jacuzzi’s Casket (USA)
Best Sound Design: Geneva Jacuzzi’s Casket (USA)
Best Original Score: Alan Bucki for I Am Here (Poland)
Best Original Story: Matthew Ryan Wilson for Just Another Summer (USA)
Best Short Script: Resigned by Katherine Luna Gate (Italy)
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