Best Indie Short: Raven by Moises Barragan and William Diament (USA)
Best Drama Short: Mankind by Mohammadreza Nourmandipour (Iran)
Best Documentary Short: A Valley Divided by Madeline Gunderson (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Falafel by Nikita Hattangady (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Meet The Girl by Dennis Ricks (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Came With Cuffs by Issah Contractor (Canada)
Best Film Noir Short: Roll the Dice by Bao Yu (China)
Best Mystery Short: A.M. by Anderson Marroquin (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Fives by Alan Cameron (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: The Lady of the Bay by Roger Mittnacht (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Breathing Hole by Lee Jae-seok (South Korea)
Best Student Short: A Morning, A Mother & A Boy by Katrine Weber (Denmark)
Best Animation Short: K.I.T. by Brandon Hill (USA)
Best Children Short: The Dress by Nicole Waszak Mendez (USA)
Best Women Short: Back to Tibet by Bei Lameng (China)
Best LGBTQ Short: His He by Youning Jiang (USA)
Best Microfilm: Shades of White by Jason Riker (USA)
Best Screendance: Unveil by Emily Wein (USA)
Best Music Video: Lover Gone by Alexander Dell’Aquila (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Another Time, With Paul – Ep1 Gender & Identity by Elena Saurel (UK)
Best Web and New Media: Back Home by Kaiyang Jiang (China)
Best Mobile Short: Back Home by Kaiyang Jiang (China)
Best Parody Short: Scallywag In Space – Episode Unknown by Marco Marcus (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Street Wanderer (Argentina)
Best Director (Female): Sassy Mohen for Fear Actually (USA)
Best Director (Male): Brendan Henry for Ain’t Goin’ Out Like That (Canada)
Best Student Director (Female): Simone Walsh for Forget Me Not (UK)
Best Student Director (Male): Alan Cameron for Fives (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Feng Tian Xun for Although I Am Retired (China)
Best First Time Director (Male): Nicholas Peter Yee for Magdalene (UK)
Best Young Filmmaker: Georgia Sasso for Consent: How Rape Culture Affects Teen Development and Relationships (USA)
Best Actress: Liang Dan Ni for Although I Am Retired (China)
Best Actor: Elliot Wesley for A Will to Change (Canada)
Best Supporting Actress: Joni Adahl for Permafrost (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Skylar Dominique for 846 (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Jack Botros for A Child’s Prayer (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Aphrodite Camello and Kevin Mikel Dewitt for Palm Sunday (USA)
Best Acting Ensemble: Amanda Bright, Amit Shah, Adjoa Andoh, Pearl Mackie, Charity Wakefield, Doreene Blackstock, Vinegar Strokes, David Newman, and Joseph Fletcher for The Lennox Report (UK)
Best Cinematography: Brandon Veen for Permafrost (USA)
Best Editing: Trees Under Water (Germany)
Best Production Design: Ravin Raori and Yuqing (Alice) Liu for Counterproductive (UK)
Best Visual FX: Buzz Off (USA)
Best Sound Design: Oska Zervoudakis for Lucky, Lucky (Australia)
Best Original Score: Grace Fisher for A Critter Fable (USA)
Best Original Story: Nathaniel Porter for Permafrost (USA)
Best Short Script: Pal by Michael Mau (USA)
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