Best Indie Short: The Cover Girl by Yuki Kobayashi (Japan)
Best Drama Short: Allegro Moderato by Maria de Valukhoff (Latvia)
Best Documentary Short: Getting Off The Wheel by Ming Kwang Hun, Jeremy Ho, and Gary Thong (Singapore)
Best Comedy Short: The Delegate by Morgan Bramwell (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Standing Up by Gagandeep Singh Gill (USA)
Best Action Short: The Experiment by Hugo Will (USA)
Best Thriller Short: No Volveré (I Won’t Come Back) by Jan Bross (Mexico)
Best Horror Short: What’s Inside by Michael Giraldo (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Hard Break by Kaitlyn Maher (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Box’d by Alisa Taubkina (Russia/Ukraine/USA)
Best Animation Short: Struggle Bug by Maya Murman (USA)
Best Women Short: Child Check by Natalia Warchol (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Stai Bene by Sean Daniel Cunningham (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Maybe by August Beatrice Macdonald (USA)
Best Experimental Short: The Painter by Tony Clemente (USA)
Best Student Short: Night of Melancholia by Fozhan Gharib (USA)
Best Microfilm: The Ruby-Red Butterfly by Chris Clarence (Germany)
Best Music Video: The Deeper It Cuts by Colby Hulet and Evan Harris (USA)
Best Screendance Short: 88 Flesh Red by Cláudia Tatinge Nascimento (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Viscountess and Maidservant (Episodes 1-4) by Greg Lastrapes (USA)
Best Web and New Media: The Wind We Shared by Samuel Chan (Macao)
Best Female Director: Lorena Stefania De Maddalena for We’ll Be Right Back (Switzerland)
Best Male Director: Brian Timoney for The Homecoming (UK)
Best Student Female Director: Jayde Dauley for As He Went (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Gagandeep Singh Gill for Standing Up (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Fu-Ling Kuo for Unread Goodbye (Taiwan)
Best First Time Male Director: Fan Zhewei for The Right Way (China)
Best Actress: Maya Koshaba for Child Check (USA)
Best Actor: Krystian Bester for Future Days (USA)
Best Young Actress: Kulrisa Puangpairoj for Who Are You Now? (Thailand)
Best Acting Duo: Alycia Debnam-Carey and Austin Amelio for Lovebug (Germany/USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Amigo Kapoor, Charles Gould, Ulysses Julio, Kristin Wallace, Natalia Varni, and Ray Buffer for Standing Up (USA)
Best Original Story: Ben Hess for An Iris Wild (USA)
Best Cinematography: Magnum Ng for Getting Off The Wheel (Singapore)
Best Editing: Gary Thong for Getting Off The Wheel (Singapore)
Best Production Design: Unread Goodbye (Taiwan)
Best Sound Design: Ian James Minshull for Revved Up: The Iron Circuit (USA)
Best Original Score: Kelly Joe Richardson for Metzengerstein (USA)
Best Short Script: The Higher to Heaven You’ll Be by Justin V. Ricci and Lolia Etomi (USA)
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