Best Indie Short: The Pain of Being by Jes Pace (Malta)
Best Drama Short: Lemonade by Michael Lena (USA)
Best Documentary Short: The Asifa Bano Story by Mina Isabella JafriMalik (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Max & Lilly by Rishabh Sharma (Czechia)
Best Comedy Short: Boss Of The Toss by Chris Harboldt (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Death Witch by Ryan Policky (USA)
Best Crime Short: Operation: Dark Waters by Raul Perez (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Time to Kill by Zachary Padgett (USA)
Best Horror Short: You’re On Your Own, Kid by Michael Matsui (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Press 1 by Danny Erb (USA)
Best Western Short: Devil’s Den by David Woodruff (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Forgotten Country: Relics of Agency (Un País Olvidado: Reliquias de Vigencia) by Alejandra Abad (USA)
Best Student Short: At What Cost by Christine An (USA)
Best Women Short: Baby Something by Nicole F. Amarteifio (Ghana)
Best Microfilm: Oliver by Ilia Smirnov (Montenegro)
Best Music Video: We Are by Diego Salazar Cely (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Hollywoo by Tommy Jay Dwyer and Joseph Anthony Marcello (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Manage This! by Michael Monks and Richard Waterhouse (USA)
Best Female Director: Mina Isabella JafriMalik for The Asifa Bano Story (USA)
Best Male Director: Michael Lena for Lemonade (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Alessia Devecchi for Crowe (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Jonghoon Ahn for Non-done Record (South Korea)
Best First Time Female Director: Yi Chan Wang for This Could Be Us (China)
Best First Time Male Director: Matthew Morley Daniel for Exhibit A (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Hudson Hillin for Newman’s Block (USA)
Best Actress: Nicole F. Amarteifio for Baby Something (Ghana)
Best Actor: Jon Heus for Boss Of The Toss (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: James J LaBonte for The Hit (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Ben Jaeger-Thomas and Vandit Bhatt for Star Night (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Géza Bodor, Lívia Hábermann, Gav Duncan, Hans Peterson, and Kata Sarbó for AI vs Deep State (Hungary)
Best Cinematography: Axel Dahan for On the Paths Awakened (France)
Best Editing: Raul Perez for Operation: Dark Waters (USA)
Best Production Design: Existence (France)
Best Sound Design: AI vs Deep State (Hungary)
Best Original Score: Jackson Wood Brown for Operation: Dark Waters (USA)
Best Original Story: Danny Erb for Press 1 (USA)
Best Short Script: Gasp by Steph France (USA)
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