Best Documentary Short: Following Tupac by Jacob Huberman (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Worst Man by Brandon Arroyo (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Bordeaux by Hüseyin Albayrak (Germany)
Best Crime Short: Welcome Home by Matthew Morley Daniel (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Becoming Harry by Rodney Smith (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Unlucky Lucky by James Alejandro Vera (USA)
Best Horror Short: Birdsong by Lavinia Tan (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Cap and Trade by Michael Marentette (Canada)
Best Fantasy Short: The One in Red by Nicholas Muzzillo (USA)
Best Student Short: Soeur Celeste by IB Asanga (Nigeria)
Best Animation Short: Rumination by Catherine Ngo (USA)
Best Women Short: Soeur Celeste by IB Asanga (Nigeria)
Best Romantic Short: Daydreaming About Love by Joshua VanBatenburg (USA)
Best Microfilm: Antidote Lipstick by Chase Montgomery Fein (USA)
Best Music Video: I’m Back by Ilya Noyabrev (Ukraine)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Dorian by George Sefer (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Beneath the Surface by Yiyun Bian (China)
Best Male Director: Douglas Ryan for No Left Turns (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Yuan Yao for The Stoics (China)
Best First Time Female Director: Kimberly Olsen for The Emerald Purse (South Africa)
Best First Time Male Director: Joshua VanBatenburg for Daydreaming About Love (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Noam Rignault Clement for The Buttercup Mafia (USA)
Best Actress: Kya Garwood for Lucy (France)
Best Actor: Brandon Hoffman for Unlucky Lucky (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Jordan Beltz and Carlee Coulehan for I-Scream (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Annie Carroll, Alex Sherbeyn, Trish Ballard, Kerri Rae, and Paul Gordon for Nimby (USA)
Best Cinematography: Oleksandr Shvets for I’m Back (Ukraine)
Best Editing: Valentin Perrufel for Anomalia (France)
Best Production Design: I-Scream (USA)
Best Sound Design: Soeur Celeste (Nigeria)
Best Visual FX: Nick Roy and Abid Abbas for Cap and Trade (Canada)
Best Original Score: Alvise Carraro for The One in Red (USA)
Best Original Story: James Alejandro Vera for Unlucky Lucky (USA)
Best Short Script: Breathless by Thomas Sargeant (UK)
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