Best Indie Short: Pulzaar by Miki Háromöthét (Hungary)
Best Drama Short: Sis by Brooke Markham (USA)
Best Documentary Short: The Present by Timothy Dhalleine (Chile)
Best Romantic Short: The Taste Of Chili Sauce by Yushan Liu (China)
Best Comedy Short: Function at Strawberry Junction by Kaleb Manske (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: How To by Chloe Dykstra (USA)
Best Horror Short: The In-Between Place by Noah Sokolsky (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: The Film by Nadia Guo (China)
Best Experimental Short: Gidi Gidi Gi by Iye Teblu (Colombia)
Best Student Short: Miss Windy by Yonglin Han (China)
Best Children Short: Knightlights & Teddy Bears by Mackenzie K. Wertman (USA)
Best Women Short: Eve Groves by Tristan Loraine (UK)
Best LGBTQ Short: Above the Water by Yuxiang Xie (UK)
Best Microfilm: Learn to Luv Me by Tim Bills and Charles Hand (USA)
Best Music Video: Getting Along by Scott Dobson and Michael Phillip Wojewoda (Canada)
Best Female Director: Adriana Kostetska for Unique Beauty (USA)
Best Male Director: Benjamin Pollack for What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Lindsey Formes for Arlene (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Yushan Liu for The Taste Of Chili Sauce (China)
Best First Time Female Director: Mitch Chieu Quan Truong for Dawn of Skates (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Yu-Le Chang for Shadow Under the Bed (Taiwan)
Best Young Filmmaker: Sirui Wang for Patriots (China)
Best Actress: Hannah Coffman for Breakdown (France)
Best Actor: Michael Paone for Breakdown (France)
Best Supporting Actress: Hannah Baxter-Eve for Eve Groves (UK)
Best Child/Young Actress: Kayden Tokarski for My Melancholy Baby (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Romyn Smith for Suspended (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Natasha Dewhurst and Derrick DeBlasis for Just Us (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: Nathaniel Kweku, Hannah Connally, Luc Rosethal, Ryan Nuss, and Bobby Reed for The Brunos (USA)
Best Cinematography: Solitary Waves (France)
Best Editing: The Film (China)
Best Visual FX: Lars Magnus Holmgren for No Flies On Me (Australia)
Best Sound Design: Ten Thousand Days (Canada)
Best Original Score: Greg Nicolett for Enemy No More (USA)
Best Original Story: Lael Pollack for Just Us (USA)
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