Best Indie Short: Caroline by Jack Highberger (USA)
Best Drama Short: One Small Step by Brian Timoney (UK)
Best Documentary Short: Pinheiro: Ep04 – Abyss by Thomas Dunzendorfer (Austria)
Best Crime Short: The Plan by Angelo Donzella (Italy)
Best Mystery Short: Sneak by Xujiao Zhang (China)
Best Experimental Short: Formats.mov by Tianying Yu (USA)
Best Student Short: Killing A Vice by Eduardo Machado (USA)
Best Animation Short: Contracting the Cooties by Skylar Levine and Maya Bayewitch (USA)
Best Women Short: In The Shadows by Kaitlyn Cardona (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: The Chase by Kat Dubrow (USA)
Best Microfilm: The Man Who Couldn’t Clap by Hyunoh Chang and Josh S Rose (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Passage by Jigme Tenzin Salto (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Tap Talk Ep. 4 – Meet the Crew: Out of Sight, Out of Mind, Part II by Ryan Bijan (USA)
Best Female Director: Caitlin Johnston for She Made It (Australia)
Best Male Director: Thomas Dunzendorfer for Pinheiro: Ep04 – Abyss (Austria)
Best Student Female Director: Madeleine Jones for Orpheus (Germany)
Best Student Male Director: Eduardo Machado for Killing A Vice (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Kaitlyn Cardona for In The Shadows (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Xujiao Zhang for Sneak (China)
Best Actress: Kalyn Elizabeth Wood for Screaming Silence (UK)
Best Actor: David Lancelin Guerrero for Les Comediens (France)
Best Supporting Actor: Jamall Johnson for The Wrong Side of Reasonable (Canada)
Best Child/Young Actress: Charli Curtner for Silhouette (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Brandon Lee and Tony Jollet for Dead Money (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Allan Whitehead, Komal Patel, Danny Narvaez, Michael Brodsky, Robert Putnam, Tyler Horn, Lexy Monty, and Nicolas Burgos for The Shepherd (USA)
Best Cinematography: Gábor Szebeni for The Low and Mighty (Hungary)
Best Editing: Kat Dubrow for The Chase (USA)
Best Production Design: Side Quest (USA)
Best Sound Design: Oliver Bignell for Screaming Silence (UK)
Best Original Score: George Ivanovich for Love of Magdalena (Ireland)
Best Original Story: Péter Karácsony for The Low and Mighty (Hungary)
Best Short Script: Try a Waffle Cone by Miachel Pruett (USA)
























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