Best Indie Short: 40 Seconds by Anaïsa Visser (Canada)
Best Drama Short: Bluebell by Sohaila Lindheim (Ireland)
Best Documentary Short: Age Of No Fear by Olga Slobodchikova (USA)
Best Comedy Short: That Was Awesome! by Arlen Konopaki (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Hurricane Flora by Gabriel de Varona (USA)
Best Action Short: Eve by Sonny P. Louis (USA)
Best Thriller Short: The Grand Gesture by Jack Brame (USA)
Best Crime Short: Ladykiller by Ben Newbury (UK)
Best Film Noir Short: Chinatown: Keep Out by Tye Liu (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Meanwhile At A Cabin Somewhere Near Fairplay, CO by Michael Chenette (USA)
Best Horror Short: Meanwhile At A Cabin Somewhere Near Fairplay, CO by Michael Chenette (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Click Next To Continue by Abdul Stone Jackson (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: bun·ny /’bənē/ – lost girl by Anna Martin (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Love, Post-lockdown by Ben Mourra and Lucas Boetsch (UK)
Best Experimental Short: Tales of the Fox by Linda Notelovitz (South Africa)
Best Student Short: Distant by Akhil Deva (USA)
Best Animation Short: Game Over by Guy Ross (Israel)
Best Children Short: The Standoff-Fish by Kingsley Pascal (USA)
Best Women Short: Bathtub Chronicles by Rebecca Ruhm (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Can We Order First? by Anca Vaida and Maia Kipping (UK)
Best Microfilm: Xiety by Carlos Torres and Karen Torres (USA)
Best Music Video: I’m Gonna Be Alright – Pekky Savan by Anisha Savan (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Anomalous by Chinedu Omorie (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Flushing by Sihan Cui (USA)
Best Drone Short: Northern Rivers by David Ondaatje (USA)
Best Director (Female): Rebecca Ruhm for Bathtub Chronicles (USA)
Best Director (Male): Xiaohan Zhang for Miles To Go Before I Sleep (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Anaïsa Visser for 40 Seconds (Canada)
Best Student Director (Male): Devan Fujinaka for Hitman (USA)
Best First Time Director (Female): Sohaila Lindheim for Bluebell (Ireland)
Best First Time Director (Male): Cristian Trujillo García for Broken Window Theory (Colombia)
Best Young Filmmaker: Caleb Reese Paul for The Nexus (USA)
Best Actress: Kelly Kula for Nova (USA)
Best Actor: Daniil Solovyev for The Birdcage (Russia)
Best Supporting Actor: Urii Goroshevskiy for The Birdcage (Russia)
Best Child/Young Actress: Kyriana Kratter (shared with) Raya Sunshine and Abigail Taylor for CopyCats (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Gerson Cueto for The Man of the House (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Matthew King and Dorothea Jones for A Logical Sale (UK)
Best Acting Ensemble: Lee Dawson, Lisa M. Haskins, Alexandre Chen, and Anna Moon for Movie Match (USA)
Best Cinematography: Ali Farahani for A Glimpse (UK)
Best Editing: Scott Roon for The Fixer (USA)
Best Production Design: Alexx Kesh for Bathtub Chronicles (USA)
Best Special FX: James Pitt for The Performing Chef (UK)
Best Visual FX: Sharif Elnaggar for Glitch (USA)
Best Sound Design: Sonant (USA)
Best Original Score: Chromosomes for The Fixer (USA)
Best Original Story: Nick Hayes and Jack Leonard for Ladykiller (UK)
Best Short Script: Fatal Ambition by Angel Connell (USA)
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