Best Indie Short: Wait for the Dog by Ian Rowe and Dillon Petrillo (USA)
Best Drama Short: It’s Probably Me by Erik Almas (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Into the Circle by Meg Griffiths and Scott Faris (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Rememory by Andres Irias (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Perfect Misunderstanding by Chaitanya Godsay (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Tools of Refinement by Nikki Vacval (Canada)
Best Action Short: Clean Up Crew by Jean-Diar Kalantar (Canada)
Best Thriller Short: Professional Experience by Marco Felipe Rossi (Brazil)
Best Film Noir Short: Cycle by Nick Palodhick (USA)
Best Horror Short: Mommy by Emily Wahlund and Matt Knudsen (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Amaterasu by Christine Papalexis (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Living Altars by Peggy Peralta (USA)
Best Student Short: The Way You Smile by Bricen X (USA)
Best Animation Short: Timeless by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Me+You by Felipe Garcia-Pena (USA)
Best Microfilm: On The Vine by Kyle Primack (USA)
Best Music Video: What Would You Do – Titus Rodes by Tommy Abraham (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Litter by Matt Beebe (Canada(
Best Web and New Media: Korean Genocide by Seung-il Chon (South Korea)
Best Director (Female): Wendy Wang for Quest for Love (USA)
Best Director (Male): Ian Rowe and Dillon Petrillo for Wait for the Dog (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Yu Zhang for Someone in Time (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Pamela Jikiemi for IRL (UK)
Best First Time Director (Male): Christopher Houlston for Journey Home (UK)
Best Young Filmmaker: Alexander McDaniel for Guns and Stuff (USA)
Best Actress: Jennifer Martin for Journey Home (UK)
Best Actor: Cory Shanbom for The Meditater (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Rachel Taggart for Jonnie Sunset… (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Pascal Bulot for A Youtuber and a Demon (Germany)
Best Child/Young Actress: Emma Camila for Mosquito (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Gavi Singh Chera and Kush Khanna for Temple (UK)
Best Ensemble Cast: Victims (China)
Best Cinematography: Front Porches (USA)
Best Editing: In The Depths (New Zealand)
Best Production Design: What Would You Do – Titus Rodes (USA)
Best Special FX: Reverse the Punishment (USA)
Best Visual FX: What Would You Do – Titus Rodes (USA)
Best Sound Design: Luis Pérez for Let Me Ride (Spain)
Best Original Score: Quest for Love (USA)
Best Original Story: Brown Frown the Clown for Rock Hard with the Clown (USA)
Best Short Script: Mothership by Soroush Hosseini (Iran)
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