Best Indie Short: On a Strange Day by Akira Matsuda (Japan)
Best Drama Short: Magic Kingdom by Nelson Ng Chak Hei (Hong Kong)
Best Documentary Short: The Flying Gold of Arabuko by John Davies (UK)
Best Romantic Short: Neext! by Leoni Tenius (UK)
Best Comedy Short: Silent Date by Julianna Guill (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire by Marcus Liversedge (UK)
Best Thriller Short: Beyond the Cracks by Daniel Bruington (USA)
Best Crime Short: A Deadly Charter by Hank Slaughter (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Into the Light by Saulo Guilherme Senra (Brazil)
Best Mystery Short: State of Mind by Lachlan Carney (Australia)
Best Fantasy Short: Tumbili by Brando Benetton (USA)
Best Horror Short: Tales of a Falling Man by Luca Nicolosi and Andrea Dragoni (Italy)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Flight by Stefan Fleischlig-Tangl (Austria)
Best Experimental Short: To A God Unknown by Samantha Casella (Italy)
Best Student Short: Violent Nights by Christian Ghosn (USA)
Best Animation Short: Bada by Songji Kim (South Korea)
Best Children Short: Independence Day at the Museum by Jeffrey Ault (USA)
Best Women Short: Micky by Aimee Hoffman (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Stalls by João Dall’Stella (USA)
Best Microfilm: At the Turn of a Century by Majid AlYousif (Bahrain)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Fuzz and Malloy by Daniel J. Pico (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Capitaine by Johann Vorster (South Africa)
Best Music Video: Jeremy Stern: BHC by Moira Fett (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Botched by Thomas C. Baker (USA)
Best Parody Short: It’s Nothing by Nicolas Mourgère (France)
Best Director (Female): Moira Fett for Practice (USA)
Best Director (Male): Dylan Snyder for Room 566 (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Hongjia Yang for Say It to the River (China)
Best Student Director (Male): Hengrui Zhang for After Night (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Li Hagman Schmalenbach for Champagne and Cyanide (Sweden)
Best First Time Director (Male): Ari Shapiro for Haven (USA)
Best Actress: Mikhala Hoffman for Micky (USA)
Best Actor: Jason Farries for The Voodoo Man (UK)
Best Supporting Actor: Charles Scatolini for Ravage (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Megan Ashley Brown for Secrets, A Coming of Age, Selfie Film (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Tiego Newton for 2:59 (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Josephine Starte and Graham O’Mara for I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire (UK)
Best Acting Ensemble: Matthew Rhys, Jan Anderson, Maxine Evans, Julian Lewis Jones, Vas Blackwood, Michael Socha and Alexa Davies for Down the Caravan (UK)
Best Cinematography: Taylor Mcintosh for Magic Kingdom (Hong Kong)
Best Editing: Aevid Unsgaard for Man Looking for Job (Sweden)
Best Visual FX: Cameron Carson for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Interview (USA)
Best Production Design: Annie Lilieholm for The Reading Room (USA)
Best Sound Design: Steve Arm for Room 566 (USA)
Best Original Score: Ia Erlandsson for The Curtain (Turkey)
Best Original Story: Nora Mariana for Alina (USA)
Best Short Script: Out of the Mist: Battle in the Middle Realm by Theresa Wilson (USA)
FINALISTS (OFFICIAL SELECTION)
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