Best Indie Short: Living Proof by Tina Farris (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Stuck In The Mud by Victor Palm (Sweden)
Best Romantic Short: The Leap by Zoe Loftowski (USA)
Best Comedy Short: He Ain’t Up by Danny Reyes (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Give Me Some Sugar by Alexander Castaneda (USA)
Best Crime Short: Aww, Shit! by Gibbs Ryals (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Eraser by Marcello Fiorenzo Valerio (Italy)
Best Horror Short: The Carnival by Syed Shadan (India)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Refresh by Ashley Ephraim (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Almost a Masterpiece by Robert Belinoff (USA)
Best Student Short: Pier 35 by Raina Liwen Yang (USA)
Best Animation Short: My Cat Lucy by Kate Vaillant (USA)
Best Women Short: Being Born by Satoshi Tanaka (Japan)
Best LGBTQ Short: RE by Kenneth Robins and John McBride (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Dichos by Mary Angélica Molina (USA)
Best Director (Female): Bonnie Foster for Murder in Monte Nido (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Raina Liwen Yang for Pier 35 (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Tina Farris for Living Proof (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Victor Palm for Stuck In The Mud (Sweden)
Best Young Filmmaker: Ekaterina Olegovna Stepanova for Pralaya (Cyprus)
Best Actress: Kathrene Gawel for The unNatural Order (USA)
Best Actor: David Bianco for Refresh (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Chris Wu and Sean Alexander James for Angel Wings (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Danny Reyes, Rodney Connors, Jessica Osorio, Trammel Robinson, and Dan Nufer for He Ain’t Up (USA)
Best Cinematography: Angelo Clarizio for Letters to Axél (USA)
Best Editing: Victor Palm for Stuck In The Mud (Sweden)
Best Production Design: A Woman’s Voice (Canada)
Best Visual FX: Till This Day (Bulgaria)
Best Sound Design: Heloise Magny for Keep Painting, Mom (Canada)
Best Original Score: Christopher Anthony Harrison and Evan Sarver for Aww, Shit! (USA)
Best Original Story: Becca E. Davis for The unNatural Order (USA)
Best Short Script: Box of Emotions by Caitlin Goh (Australia)
























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