Best Documentary Short: Which One Of Us Are You? by Kevin Kudukis (Canada)
Best Comedy Short: Election Day by Salim Souami (France)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Men in Cars by Molly Vernon (USA)
Best Action Short: The Jewelers by Christian Linaban (Philippines)
Best Crime Short: The Jewelers by Christian Linaban (Philippines)
Best Thriller Short: The 4 of Us by John Tanner (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Fish by Jeremy Hsing (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Scheherazade’s Eastern Dream by Katayoun Afrooz (USA)
Best Student Short: By the Sea by Yiqiao Xie (China)
Best Animation Short: Frontline Nurses: Dispatches from the COVID-19 Pandemic by Cynthia N White and Alexander S White (USA)
Best Women Short: Bacon Day by Catherine Ann Taylor (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Zindagi Dobara – Life Again by Amritpal Kaur (USA)
Best Microfilm: Balloons by Sajan Kalathil (India)
Best Screendance Short: The Dancer by Qiongyuan Wu (China)
Best Music Video: Your Skin is the Galaxy by Jose Domingo (Spain)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Badvertisements by Tyler Council (USA)
Best Female Director: Jessica Orcsik for Starry Eyed (Australia)
Best Male Director: Josh Tickell and Rebecca Tickell for Regenerate Ojai (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Helen Chan for Happy Noodle (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Yiqiao Xie for By the Sea (China)
Best First Time Female Director: Jennifer Smith for Finding My Edge (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Riccardo Constant for Caroline (USA)
Best Actress: Tal Chatterjee for Swatch (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Princeton A. Egbe and Louise Rosealma for Caroline (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Tamara Braun, Denise Boutte, Jasper Cole, Robert Craighead, Jennifer Bassey, Angie Kim, and Jermel Nakia for Kombucha Cure (USA)
Best Editing: Kevin Kudukis for Which One Of Us Are You? (Canada)
Best Production Design: Starry Eyed (Australia)
Best Sound Design: Nicholas LaDue for Caroline (USA)
Best Original Score: The Risk Takers (USA)
Best Original Story: Yiqiao Xie for By the Sea (China)
Best Short Script: Tempting Fate by Terry Luke Podnar (USA)
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