Best Indie Short: Body by Kyra Tripulska (Ukraine)
Best Drama Short: The Acting Coach by Ingvill Thorson Plesner (Norway)
Best Documentary Short: RugbyTown – Season 2 by Patrick Guthrie (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Guy-Sight by Jean-Diar Kalantar (Canada)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Johnny Johnny by Jaclyn Lehrer (USA)
Best Action Short: Replicants by Michael Anthony Hel (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: We Need Mirrors by Caleb Turner (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Lucy Is Awake by Joeseph Coleman (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Teleportation by Kevin Ruiz (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Orson by Bobby Paraknight (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Prelude of a Story by Ashley Salman (Chile)
Best Student Short: Hadley’s Home by Kailey Danielle Morand (USA)
Best Animation Short: Redman by Kim Sungjae (Japan)
Best Microfilm: Replicants by Michael Anthony Hel (USA)
Best Music Video: Austin Karimloo by Patricia Luna (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Pitch Is Wac by Stephen Reis (USA)
Best Web and New Media: The Bottle by Nadia Guo (China)
Best Female Director: Grace Marrero for Saving Sanctuary (USA)
Best Male Director: Jacob Hightower for The Last Cowboy (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Olivia Lige Wuri for Faye & Lexi (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Kim Sungjae for Redman (Japan)
Best First Time Female Director: Jen Lytle for Moments of Truth: Scattered Pictures (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Preetu Kolla for The Assassin (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Mia Denaé Brathwaite for Monotony (USA)
Best Actress: Sophie Jordan Collins for Burden (USA)
Best Actor: Andre Landzaat for The Acting Coach (Norway)
Best Supporting Actress: Vanja Djekic for Stone Soup (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Morten Rudå for The Acting Coach (Norway)
Best Acting Duo: Kent Randell and Cynthia Zitter for Ham Sandwich (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: André Landzaat, Denise Trankalis, Morten Rudå, Ed Lesemann, Casper Andreas, Lavleen Kaur, and Frida Vhile Hansen for The Acting Coach (Norway)
Best Cinematography: Osman Fider Arslan for The Assassin (USA)
Best Editing: Gillian Howard for Forecast (USA)
Best Production Design: Christa Leblanc for Orson (USA)
Best Visual FX: Hashem Al-Ghaili for Hiroshima (United Arab Emirates)
Best Sound Design: I. J. Buznego for Odyssey (Mexico)
Best Original Score: Eshu Deva for The Assassin (USA)
Best Original Story: Ryan Serrano for The Jump (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Sign of the Times by Andrew H. Walker (USA)
Best Short Script: Before The Fog by Elise Marenson (USA)






























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