Best Indie Short: Partly Hazy by John Brownell (USA)
Best Drama Short: Alice by Vasco Madureira Rocha (Portugal)
Best Documentary Short: The Dolphin Dilemma by Olivia Andrus-Drennan (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Loco Dreams by Wesley Quinn (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Diana’s Electric Tongue by Haroula Rose (USA)
Best Action Short: Botching by Brian Williams (UK)
Best Thriller Short: 1201 by Bobby Jordan (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Botching by Brian Williams (UK)
Best Experimental Short: Three by Scott Petill (USA)
Best Student Short: The Morning Train by Elijah Kimmel (USA)
Best Animation Short: Mango Tree by Morgan Caitlyn Edwards (USA)
Best Children Short: The Radio by Nir Yaniv (USA)
Best Women Short: Nana by Hillary Carrigan (USA)
Best Microfilm: Pipe by David Camero (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Gazel by Ceyda Tanc and Roarke Pearce (UK)
Best Music Video: Symphonic Fantasy: Cine Concert with Animation and Orchestral Magic by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan (Singapore)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Cause Celebre by Patrick John Donnelly (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Lillith & Bert Go Nowhere by Rex Provost (USA)
Best Female Director: Mila Vilaplana for Beneath The Veil (USA)
Best Male Director: Erik Bergamini for Cerebellum (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Morgan Caitlyn Edwards for Mango Tree (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Keunpyo Yoon for To the Hour, Blue (South Korea)
Best Young Filmmaker: India Anne Mitchell for Guiding Light (USA)
Best Actress: Anna Mawn for Direct Action (UK)
Best Actor: Tyler Weisenauer for The Stars in New Mexico (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Eric Kot for Bric-A-Brac (Hong Kong)
Best Acting Duo: Josh Ventura and Trae Romano for 1201 (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Cassidy Krygger, Verity Higgins, Lachlan McKillop, and Roy Barker for Daisy (Australia)
Best Cinematography: Agnese Marsilii for Bloom – The Only Way Out Is Through (USA)
Best Editing: Behdad Esfahbod for Eternal Presence: Journey into the Mind (Canada)
Best Original Score: Manu Martin for Symphonic Fantasy: Cine Concert with Animation and Orchestral Magic (Singapore)
Best Original Story: Brian Foyster for The Last Take (USA)
Best Short Script: The Matt Chat by Benjamin Neuberger (USA)




























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