Best Indie Short: Abrazo by Paola Baldion (USA)

Best Drama Short: Enemy No More by Christopher Schultz (USA)

Best Student Short: All-Nighter by Elias Hinojosa (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Before the Oil by Roel Swierenga (Netherlands)

Best Comedy Short: Dog Breath by James Westbrook (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Alone by Carey L Jones (USA)

Best Action Short: Hit-Girl by Kevin Barile (USA)

Best Crime Short: Cerebellum by Erik Bergamini (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: God in the Valley by Christian Colbert (USA)

Best Mystery Short: Vital Instruments by Greg Kase (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Eyecatcher by Jun Shimizu (USA)

Best Horror Short: Business Class by Ugo Melcore and Loris Melcore (France)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Outer Reaches by Karl Redgen (Australia)

Best Fantasy Short: Into the Thicket by Devany Greenwood (USA)

Best Animation Short: Speedman by Joe Bowers (USA)

Best Children Short: Receding by Renee Garcia (USA)

Best Women Short: Lines by Sara Werner (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: 43 York Road by Alex Figueiredo and Charleen Elea (UK)

Best Romantic Short: Under the Willow by Diana Kuanysh (Kazakhstan)

Best Experimental Short: Transcendent by Janelle Christa (USA)

Best Microfilm: It Heads Home by Richard Louprasong (USA)

Best Music Video: Cozey by Mitchell Abraham and Zachary Ostapchenko (USA)

Best Female Director: Paola Baldion for Abrazo (USA)

Best Male Director: Carey L Jones for Alone (USA)

Best Student Female Director: Diana Kuanysh for Under the Willow (Kazakhstan)

Best Student Male Director: David Tschan for Ruby’s Dad (USA)

Best First Time Female Director: Mahée Merica for Ariane’s Baby (UK)

Best First Time Male Director: Michael Joseph for The Forgotten (USA)

Best Actress: Julia Wilke for Lines (USA)

Best Actor: Judah Simard for The Forgotten (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Sophia Nesterova for Receding (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Dana Fares and Mike Sears for Implied Consent (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Dustin Kerns, Bourke Floyd, Bryan Oaks Fuller, and Eliza Roberts for Alone (USA)

Best Original Screenplay: Janelle Christa for Transcendent (USA)

Best Cinematography: Ugo Melcore and Loris Melcore for Business Class (France)

Best Editing: Matthew Organista for Transcendent (USA)

Best Original Score: Greg Nicolett for Enemy No More (USA)