Best Indie Short: Foulmouth by Taylor Alden Thompson (USA)
Best Drama Short: Song of the Same Night by Kary H Sarrey, Jason J Sarrey, Jay Y Rho, Ryan Foregger, Yong Duk Jhun, and Lai Tsz Alson Yeung (USA)
Best Documentary Short: A Humboldt Story by Derek Muller (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Ghosted by Emelie Claxton (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Viskar I Vinden by James Newman (UK)
Best Action Short: Rain of Freedom by David Camero (USA)
Best Crime Short: Rain of Freedom by David Camero (USA)
Best Horror Short: Gary by Michael Rognlie (USA)
Best Western Short: Injustice by Martin Zambrana (Bolivia)
Best Experimental Short: Crowd by Recep Akar (Turkey)
Best Student Short: I See You by Shuyi Dong (China)
Best Animation Short: A Viral Spiral by Steve Cutts (Netherlands)
Best Children Short: Synthetic Me by Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, and Samudra Kajal Saikia (Singapore)
Best Romantic Short: Eject by Shahnam Sojoudizadeh (USA)
Best Women Short: Kid by Sonalii Castillo (USA)
Best Microfilm: The Papers by Jess Carson (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Vast – Analysis Paralysis: The Overthinker by Sheridan M Swayngim (USA)
Best Music Video: Florida by Simon Davies (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Can’t Run by Logan Shaw (USA)
Best Director (Female): J. Kiernan O’Brien for The Yellow Wallpaper (USA)
Best Director (Male): Cevahir Çokbilir for Ant And Human (Turkey)
Best Student Director (Female): Xu Ran for Trace of a Butterfly (China)
Best Student Director (Male): Alon Sadeh for Quality Group (Israel)
Best First Time Director (Female): Wu Kejia for Salvation (Singapore)
Best First Time Director (Male): Danh C Nguyen for HMU – Hit Me Up (USA)
Best Young Filmmaker: WeiDuo Feng for Lend (China)
Best Actress: Sole Bovelli for The House of The Butterfly (USA)
Best Actor: Brian Yuran for Bengal (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Tricia Cruz for The House of The Butterfly (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Khalil Lewis for Willingness and A Black Suit (USA)
Best Acting Duo: Graziella Paisan and Marc Bonnin for Yéyé (Spain)
Best Ensemble Cast: Sabah El-Amin, Candice Callins, Lonyé Perrine, and Yolanda Snowball for Do Something (USA)
Best Cinematography: Osman Fider Arslan for Agent Death (USA)
Best Editing: Nolt Vutthisak for Spaceman (Thailand)
Best Production Design: Pedro Jaen R. for Adam In Aeternum (Spain)
Best Sound Design: Gary (USA)
Best Original Score: Eric Boyles for The Shed That Was Red (USA)
Best Original Story: Inbal Selah for The Tailor (Israel)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Cupcake (USA)
Best Short Script: Should Be Giraves by John S McCloskey (USA)
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