Best Indie Short: The Fa’a’amu Children by Frank Doucet (France)
Best Drama Short: Ball by Fubao Fan (China)
Best Documentary Short: Meeting the Ones Who Care by Coralie Bonnaire (France)
Best Comedy Short: Quarter Life Crisis by Tyler Wisner (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Evening Class by Michael Clark Haney (USA)
Best Horror Short: Joshua Tree by Rachel Keaton (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Bellatrix by Jacek Krawczyk (Poland)
Best Student Short: Farida by Omnia Hassanein (Egypt)
Best Women Short: Ogygia by Nina Paterson (Denmark)
Best Female Director: Anna Zaitseva for Dating A Suspicious Man (USA)
Best Male Director: Wes Salonen for Invisible String (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Lexuan Kuang for Before I Fall Asleep (China)
Best First Time Female Director: Nina Paterson for Ogygia (Denmark)
Best First Time Male Director: Evan Paasche for Triumph (USA)
Best Young Actor: Dominic Carvalho for Breaking the Tide (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Vidula Khadilkar and Tejal Gokhale for Second Chance (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: John Cristini, Daniel M. Dyer, David Pozay, Kasey Dring, Kat Hall, Luke Griffen, Spence Noble, Jane Crispin, Ella Danziger, and Julia Dietze for End of the 8 (USA)
Best Cinematography: Oleksandr Shvets for You Are Special (Ukraine)
Best Editing: Ben Still for America’s Dermatologist (USA)
Best Production Design: Fabio Del Percio for A Murder Rings Hollow (USA)
Best Sound Design: Amil Hakimdzhan for Nobody Nureddin (Finland)
Best Original Score: Daniel Jones for The Sanguine (USA)
Best Short Script: When The Veils Dance by Tayebe Babaei (Iran)
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