Best Indie Short: Bunny’s Family by Chuming Wei (USA)
Best Drama Short: For All I Know by Sam Sabawi (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Living Undone by Amanda Kasmira Cryer (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Ramaiann by Vishnu Vinod Pillai (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Bus Stops by David Alan Goudge (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: BC Buds by Rudy Frederick Lenz (Canada)
Best Horror Short: Hansel & Gretel by Boris Plamenov Vasilev (Bulgaria)
Best Experimental Short: I, Doll by Dasol Jeon (South Korea)
Best Student Short: Encore by Jimmy Luong (USA)
Best Animation Short: Echoes by Yusuke Nakamae (Japan)
Best Women Short: Boy Pretty by Lauren Wheeler (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Before The Party by EP Cho (USA)
Best Microfilm: Beyond the Pain by Farah Tagauly and Annaëlle Maillot (France)
Best Music Video: Jenny’s Got a Boyfriend by Bonnie McKee and David Richardson (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Navigating the Clickety-Clack: How to Live a Peace-Filled Life in a Seemingly Toxic World by Keith Leon S. (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Custom Made – The Royal Council by Aaron Sean Umanoff (USA)
Best Female Director: Janelle Christa for Liminal (USA)
Best Male Director: Sam Sabawi for For All I Know (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Hanjin Tian for A Secret (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Yiqing Wei for Welcome (China)
Best First Time Female Director: Elizabeth Yin and Amy Yin for Brothers (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Maximilian Curnow for Out of the Fire (UK)
Best Actor: Jason Zhang for Not Bad (China)
Best Supporting Actress: Andrea Meireles for For: LiLa (USA)
Best Young Actress: Larrah Lambo for Slurpee Trail (USA)
Best Young Actor: Stefano Chiavatti and Chandler Springer for Happy Thanksgiving (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Marly Nichol and Jayda Aslan for Scene Partner (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Julian Nelson, Keilani Elizabeth Rose, Marito Lopez, Mishelle Alvarez, Johnnier Mejia, Kaleigh Osadick, Daniel Joseph, Emi Kamito, Gabriel Prevost, Breanne Williamson, and Remi Sonier for BC Buds (Canada)
Best Cinematography: Simon Reinert for Belly Button – Chapter 2: Mezcal (USA)
Best Editing: Rafael Reis for Liminal (USA)
Best Production Design: Skye Dyken for BC Buds (Canada)
Best Visual FX: Desert Trip (USA)
Best Original Score: Marly Nichol and Jayda Aslan for Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs (India)
Best Original Story: Janelle Christa for Liminal (USA)
Best Short Script: The Housemaid by Rita Prakash (USA)
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