Best Indie Short: The Missing Image by Maxime Pargaud (France)
Best Drama Short: Gem by Justice Ornan Abadah (Ghana)
Best Documentary Short: Peace Wilderness Man by Tim Millard (Autralia)
Best Comedy Short: The Surgical Treatment by David Gray (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Viaticum by Derek Frey (USA)
Best Crime Short: Unknown Asset by Wilson Lamont (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Forsaken Mercenary by William Hellmith and Jynafer Yanez (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Forsaken Mercenary by William Hellmith and Jynafer Yanez (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: The Last Wish by Ilya Noyabrev (Ukraine)
Best Experimental Short: You Spell Danger by Sangbuma Fofung (USA)
Best Student Short: Chimera by Mandy C White (USA)
Best Animation Short: Mina by Jake Skelly (Ireland)
Best Women Short: The Abiding by Ally May (USA)
Best Music Video: Country Couture by Dustin J Robison (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Kaleb & Ms. Kelsey by Andrew A Cano (USA)
Best Male Director: Sathwik P S, Dhyan C K for Samudrada Motte (Ocean’s Egg) (India)
Best Student Female Director: Mafalda Lorijn for Disco Boy (UK)
Best Student Male Director: Haoran Chen for Spacecape (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Anita Lashey for Never Leave Before Sunset (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Wilson Lamont for Unknown Asset (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Solomon Fezer for What Remains of Us (Australia)
Best Actress: Emily Mutimer for On the Seventh Day I Was Late to Spin Class (USA)
Best Actor: Jackson Whitaker for On The Way (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Eric Lutz for When The Clocks Stop (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Igor Rubashkin and Mykhailo Kukuyuk for The Last Wish (Ukraine)
Best Ensemble Cast: Eric Lutz, Angel Garet, Mary Garet, Luca Soleimanpour, Kara Soleimanpour, Leo Soliemanpour. Andrew Tamarkin, Seth Goodfellow, Carissa Tajudeen, Christopher Sánchez, Grant Merritt, Louie Espinosa, Jacklyn Dardarian, Priscilla Välldejuli, Danny Richmond, Miguel Rivermax, Sammy Elliot, Angie Xifaras, Jennifer Nicole Leon, William Murphy, Logan Saldana, Kevin Johnson, and William Murphy for When The Clocks Stop (USA)
Best Cinematography: Mateusz Tomczyk for Return (Poland)
Best Editing: Lena Popilieva for Voices of Tomorrow (USA)
Best Production Design: Hungyu Kuo and Yijia Sun for Turn (USA)
Best Sound Design: Jake Skelly for Mina (Ireland)
Best Original Score: Labroe Lee Po Yue for Mint Condition (Hong Kong)
Best Original Story: Amit Barnathan and Mila Stephan for Say Something in German (Germany)
Best Short Script: Connection at the End of the World by Sean Slimak (USA)
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