Best Indie Short: The Secret Dimension by Jia Cheng Wu (China)
Best Drama Short: Still Waters by Beta Angarole (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Dead On Arrival by Dominic Tierno (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Biased by Andrea Lwin (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Up All Day by Aaron Sprecher (USA)
Best Action Short: Crop Season by Sebastian Nandryka (Spain)
Best Thriller Short: Souls Of Men by Ian Mills Miller (USA)
Best Mystery Short: The Red Death by Rodolfo De Maistre and Alberto Scisco (Italy)
Best Fantasy Short: Las Parcas by Ivan Mulero (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Cinema Vivo by Chris MN (Brazil)
Best Student Short: Do You Still Ask About Me by Daniel Bott (UK)
Best Animation Short: Oliver by Liddy Salter (USA)
Best Children Short: Home with the Nine Little Bears by Woody Yocum (USA)
Best Romantic Short: The Elevator by Victor Santos (Canada)
Best Women Short: Backbasket by Alexie Liu (China)
Best LGBTQ Short: The Elevator by Victor Santos (Canada)
Best Microfilm: Maria by Thaer Alakel (Syria)
Best Music Video: Armstrong by Lane (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Dungo’s Palace by Nathan H Colby (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Everybody’s Got Something by Julia Hamilton Ogilvie (USA)
Best Director (Female): Tanya Jade for Wallpaper (Canada)
Best Director (Male): Stephen Robinson for Season of Victory (USA)
Best Student Director (Female): Merivelle Hannah for When I Met Mia (USA)
Best Student Director (Male): Victor Santos for The Elevator (Canada)
Best First Time Director (Female): LaShaunte Wade for Let Them Eat (USA)
Best First Time Director (Male): Greg Rencken for Killing Kitty (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: Nathan Ronald Goldberg for Sounds of Summer (USA)
Best Actress: Catherine Bergin for Door to Door (USA)
Best Actor: Liam Burke for I Exist Because You’re Here (Ireland)
Best Child/Young Actor: Eric Chang for Li (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Duy Nguyễn and Daniel Sullivan for The Elevator (Canada)
Best Ensemble Cast: Anthony Gavard, Sahira Lee, Alfred Cohen, Baptiste Vaccari, Daniel Fournier, and Didier Benard for Albert Rose’s Funeral (France)
Best Cinematography: Jules Galibert for The Hold (France)
Best Editing: Seth Dunlap for Still Waters (USA)
Best Production Design: Meredith Newby for Pictures Only (USA)
Best Special FX: Ismael Mulero, Awilda Gautier, and Iris Fuentes for Damn (Puerto Rico)
Best Sound Design: Sonora (Colombia)
Best Original Score: Philip Eberhart for Up All Day (USA)
Best Original Story: Florian Sanchez for Albert Rose’s Funeral (France)
Best Short Script: Into the Hands of Sinners by John Kestner (USA)
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