Best Drama Short: Are You Feel Better by Agree Ye (China)
Best Documentary Short: The Story of Mama Butterfly by Yuqian Cao (China)
Best Comedy Short: Getting Involved by Ross Ewan Milne (UK)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Dead Bird Hearts by Thomas Ryan RedCorn (USA)
Best Crime Short: Hares and Foxes by Roman Mendez (Ireland)
Best Mystery Short: Ondhu Kaadina Madhyadholage by Nithish Prajwal and Amogh Ravindra (India)
Best Sci-Fi Short: I Was Never Here by Marissa High (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: The Show Must Go On by Brooks Petershack (USA)
Best Experimental Short: The Girlfriend Project by Ayeshah Rose (Australia)
Best Student Short: Hand that Feeds by Matthew Dunlap (USA)
Best Animation Short: Samira’s Camera by Paula Kweskin (USA)
Best Children Short: Beasts by Sunna Jona Gudnadottir (Iceland)
Best Women Short: Flesh Peddler by Jacquie DiTroia (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Let Me Fall by Jenny Thach (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Second Hand News by Cristián Ortiz (USA)
Best Microfilm: The Story of Mama Butterfly by Yuqian Cao (China)
Best Screendance Short: The Eyes of the Ocean are Always Swollen by Ari Kim (USA)
Best Music Video: Freaky by Christian D.K. Long (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Lizzy’s Plan: 3 Peas in a Podcast by Jeremy Mowery (USA)
Best Parody Short: Skidmarx by Chris Spinas (South Africa)
Best Director (Female): Ana Carolina Francisco for A Movie Theater Called Hope (Brazil)
Best Director (Male): Thomas Ryan RedCorn for Dead Bird Hearts (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Yuqian Cao for The Story of Mama Butterfly (China)
Best Student Director (Male): Matthew Dunlap for Hand that Feeds (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Sunna Jona Gudnadottir for Beasts (Iceland)
Best First Time Director (Male): Ethan Thomson and Austin Cieszko for Shock, Drugs, Anger, Love (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Quinn Friedman for A Rose from the Ashes (USA)
Best Actress: Halle Curley for As It Was (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Zeiana Andrade for Let Me Fall (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Viktor Benóny Benediktsson for Beasts (Iceland)
Best Acting Duo: Kayden Brenna Tokarski and Dylan Sharon for I Miss Her, Too (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Shani Shockley, Azur-De, JP Payton, and Ratoya Banksc for Save A Life (USA)
Best Cinematography: Sam DelFavero for Shock, Drugs, Anger, Love (USA)
Best Editing: Talia Pasqua for Rayleigh Scattering (USA)
Best Production Design: Untitled (USA)
Best Visual FX: Zane Vieira for When You Leave (USA)
Best Original Score: Christian Tejera and Walker Klauda for As I Promised You (USA)
Best Original Story: Rafael Henrique Lima for Tóxico (Brazil)
Best Short Script: Stages by Claire Haines (USA)






























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