Best Indie Short: Miniature Chess by Phil Cheney (USA)
Best Drama Short: With New Eyes by George Leontakianakos (Greece)
Best Documentary Short: Music Lives Here by Polina Stepanova (Russia)
Best Romantic Short: Black Coffee by Vito Lyles (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Banana Split by Robbie Ryde (Australia)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Jerome and the Poets by Mark Koenig (USA)
Best Thriller Short: To Walk Amongst You by Darren Brade (UK)
Best Mystery Short: Agape by Hyeongwoo Lee (USA)
Best Crime Short: Pace by Danny Miller and Danny Miller (UK)
Best Horror Short: Stalkers by Dongjun Kim (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Gaia by Juan Zuloaga Eslait (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Fix by Yan Pi (USA)
Best Experimental Short: The Great Parody by André Carvalho (Germany)
Best Student Short: In Vitro by Mackenzie Thomson (UK)
Best Animation Short: My Sketchy Recollection by Mark Stephen Smith (USA)
Best Women Short: Corked by Lori Shockley (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Los Angeles Fever Dream by Charles Sharman-Cox (UK)
Best Microfilm: Night Drive by Arjan Atwal (Canada)
Best Music Video: Wonderful Mother Mary by Alexander James (USA)
Best Screendance Short: De-Eschatology by Charly Santagado and Eriel Santagado (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Dollhouse Series: Part 4 by Michael Davis (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Answers To Everything – E6 “Hard R Friday’ by Greg Lakhan (USA)
Best Parody Short: 51: After the Raid by Gregory Pricoli (USA)
Best Director (Female): Johanna Ort for Wiley (UK)
Best Director (Male): Landon Coats for Motel 32 (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Ashley De Grandy for Metanoia (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Nick Azzaro for Melodrama (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Penelope Yeulet for Luther, Michael and Her (UK)
Best First Time Director (Male): Axel Rydén for 2132 (Sweden)
Best Young Filmmaker: Madeleine Hansen and Anya Warrier for Powerless (USA)
Best Actress: Mattie Driscoll for Breaking Up for the Modern Girl (Canada)
Best Actor: Yannis Sarakatsanis for With New Eyes (Greece)
Best Supporting Actress: Lin Yuping for Gone With The Tree (China)
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Chestnut for Time Crisis (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Victoria Diamond and Alexandre Dubois for The Gentle Art Of Violence (Canada)
Best Acting Ensemble: Mark Koenig, Bimini Wright, Janette Johnston, Meggin Stailey, Rachel Prather, and Maria Maloney for Jerome and the Poets (USA)
Best Cinematography: Kyle Shaddeau for Shoulda (USA)
Best Editing: Savannah Greydanus and Arjan Atwal for Night Drive (Canada)
Best Visual FX: The Owl Break (France)
Best Production Design: Vitoria Mitsuyo Wada for Stalkers (USA)
Best Sound Design: Lake on the Mountain (Taiwan)
Best Original Score: Christian Laszlo for After Life Vacation (Spain)
Best Trailer/Teaser: The Cloaking (UK)
Best Original Story: LA.H for Not Today (Ireland)
Best Short Script: A Minor Malfunction by Cheng Yang (USA)
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