Best Indie Short: Benjamin by Marco WestWood Gonzalez (USA)
Best Drama Short: Homecoming by Shaughn Tillman (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Peking Opera Overseas by Zhaochen Zhang (USA)
Best Comedy Short: JKG by PK Simone (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: One of Those Murder by Jerry Hadiprojo (Indonesia)
Best Crime Short: Summerholidays by Christopher Connor (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Alice by M.K. Edwards (USA)
Best Horror Short: Print Beat by Valeria Marcon and Lukas Olson (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Utopia by Pablo Adame (Mexico)
Best Western Short: For The Sake Of by The Helmers (Canada)
Best Action Short: The Night of the End of Days by Chris Rakotomamonjy (Madagascar)
Best Experimental Short: Summer Storm by Daniel Colella (USA)
Best Student Short: Idle Weeds by Wendy Zhang (China)
Best Children Short: The Hollow Moon by Eric Robison (USA)
Best Women Short: Suntanned Orange by Peiqi Peng (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Lesson #8 by Alberto Ferreras (USA)
Best Microfilm: A Service to My Gender by Elizabeth Burch-Hudson (Czech Republic)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Last Sound by Gregg DaCosta (USA)
Best Music Video: So Many Divisions: Ya Rahman (“O Beneficient”) by Mohammed Paika (USA)
Best Parody Short: Reservoir Dwarfs by Jack Richardson and Shannon Anthony (UK)
Best Director (Female): Tereza Hirsch for Beyond Her Lens (Czech Republic)
Best Director (Male): Silver Kim for Rise n’ Shine (Canada)
Best Student Director (Female): Gundeep Kaur for The News (India)
Best Student Director (Male): Daniel Colella for Summer Storm (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Ava Ismaiylova for Petrichor (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Kevin Douglas Harris for No No On’nanoko (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Anabella Mortenson for Anywhere Else (USA)
Best Actress: Pascaline Bellegarde for Solange (France)
Best Actor: Roderick Bradford, Jr for One Last Goodbye (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Vaibhav Santosh Madge for White Rope (India)
Best Acting Duo: Nathan Wright and Adam Stones for The Ties That Bind (UK)
Best Acting Ensemble: Utopia (Mexico)
Best Cinematography: Isaac Mccord for No No On’nanoko (USA)
Best Editing: Colton Stock for The Bibcocks’ Incursion (USA)
Best Visual FX: Robert Vigorito for Rise n’ Shine (Canada)
Best Sound Design: Eddie Lopez for Alice (USA)
Best Original Story: Ashley Price for The Ties That Bind (UK)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Telly (USA)
Best Short Script: Manifest (The Artist) by Mila Johansen (USA)
