Best Indie Short: Run by Lemore Syvan (USA)
Best Drama Short: Embered Youth by Shannon Haly (Ireland)
Best Documentary Short: The Future has been Bad by José Miguel Jiménez (Ireland)
Best Romantic Short: One More Last Kiss by Kayla Wang (Canada)
Best Comedy Short: Coffee by Sungho Chun (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: C’est La Vie by Taniel Kilajian (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Reflected by Jacquelyn Ferguson and Ryan Harr (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Luna by Niklas Hermansson (Sweden)
Best Horror Short: Unseeing Evil by Jaye Adams (UK)
Best Fantasy Short: Love Spell by Emily Robyn Clark (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: If You Love Her, Let Her Go by Ilan Zerrouki (France)
Best Experimental Short: Luna by Niklas Hermansson (Sweden)
Best Student Short: Luzi and the Nameless Generation by Elias Gandy (USA)
Best Animation Short: Waste Away by Elly Stern (USA)
Best Children Short: My Hero is You by Chaz Bottoms and Maya Adam (USA)
Best Women Short: Time & Days by Alessia Buiatti (Italy)
Best LGBTQ Short: Color Me Blue by Lucas Camusso (USA)
Best Microfilm: The Marooned by Zijo Crossmood (Australia)
Best Music Video: Oh Jerusalem by Daniel Finkelman (Israel)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Oddly Popular by Fred Gallo (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Bleachers by Clare MacDonald (UK)
Best Mobile Short: By God, There’ll Be Dancing! by Vineesha Arora Sarin (USA)
Best Director (Female): Tori Savage for House Guests (Australia)
Best Director (Male): Bide Yuan for Gone with the Ocean (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Maryann Lonergan for The Fall Line (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Huntr McMillan for The Believer (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Emilie Tommasi for The Gliwensbourg Chronicles (France)
Best First Time Director (Male): Scot Sax for Playback Is A Bitch (USA)
Best Actress: Maria Katre Osler for Mo (USA)
Best Actor: Bill Karnovsky for C’est La Vie (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Brent Gutierrez for Fugitive Zero (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Kyriana Kratter for Dr. Daddy (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Evan Clarke for The Making Of Alex (UK)
Best Acting Duo: Leopold Schill and Frederik Dahnk for Ole, Benni und der Rest des Universums (Germany)
Best Acting Ensemble: Leopold Schill, Frederik Dahnk, Helena Prison, and Ferdinand Ranninger for Ole, Benni und der Rest des Universums (Germany)
Best Cinematography: Kazuhiro Kiuchi for The Menu for Tomorrow (Japan)
Best Editing: Mohammad Khaki for Paradoxical Dream (Iran)
Best Visual FX: If You Love Her, Let Her Go (France)
Best Production Design: You’re the Kinda Guy (USA)
Best Sound Design: Luna (Sweden)
Best Original Score: Adrian Cermak for The Last Pizza (China)
Best Original Story: Alejandro Victorero and Patricia Chavez for The Ties That Bind Us (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Count Dominion – Hands Of Time (USA)
Best Short Script: River City by Harold L. Brown (Canada)
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