Best Indie Short: Blink of Heart by Mark Ma (China)
Best Drama Short: Wandering Alone by YuRi (China)
Best Documentary Short: The Urgency Of Now by KC Schulberg (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Dripping with Tension by Ben Murphy (USA)
Best Action Short: The Wrong Guy by Alberto Scisco and Andrea Navicella (Italy)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Hannah by Mingyang Li (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Crave by Zac Coats and Dana Kippel (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Eicha: The Book of Lumenations by Adeena Michelle Karasick (USA)
Best Student Short: Cross Bay Bridge by Yihan Yang (USA)
Best Animation Short: Who Lost a Dream? by Asaf Rahamim (Canada)
Best Microfilm: Jessica AI by Jason Chun Lee (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Crew – Episode 1 by Havon Baraka (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Eicha: The Book of Lumenations by Adeena Michelle Karasick (USA)
Best Female Director: Vanessa Williamsen for Behind the Smile (USA)
Best Male Director: Carlos Ramirez for Five Tool Player (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Yihan Yang for Cross Bay Bridge (USA)
Best First Time Female Director: Gabrielle Makower for The Chromo-Zone (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Andrea Antonio Vico for Big Noise (Italy)
Best Young Filmmaker: Sienna Stiefel for Roses Don’t Only Bloom Love (USA)
Best Actress: Carlotta Parodi for Big Noise (Italy)
Best Actor: Eric Peddy for The Need (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Sasha Bystrzhitskaya for Balloons (UK)
Best Ensemble Cast: Dan Rathke, Juliet Chevelle, Shannon Lepard, Tyler Visagie, Lindsay Lewis, and Preston Bounds for Who Invited The Robots? (USA)
Best Original Story: Derek Romrell for To Err (USA)
Best Short Script: Glitch by Sharon Burrell and Darren Lee Murphy (UK)
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