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Best Indie Short
Abrazo by Paola Baldion (USA)
Implied Consent by Vic Huber (USA)
The Forgotten by Michael Joseph (USA)



Best Drama Short
90 Miles by Leslie Lluvet and Santiago Calogero (USA)
Dear Ernie by M.D. Walton (USA)
Enemy No More by Christopher Schultz (USA)



Best Student Short
All-Nighter by Elias Hinojosa (USA)
Everything Is Not What It Seems by Anton Chernonog (USA)
On the Paths Awakened by Axel Dahan (France)



Best Documentary Short
Before the Oil by Roel Swierenga (Netherlands)
Now I Am Old and Do Not Need the Moon by Dasha Bough (USA)
The Perfect Shot: Antarctica by Quinn Halleck (USA)



Best Comedy Short
Dog Breath by James Westbrook (USA)
Rancho Mirage by Thomas Peck (USA)
The Last Cowboy by Jacob Hightower (USA)



Best Dark Comedy Short
Alone by Carey L Jones (USA)
Superdead by Brian Jarvis (USA)
Therapist of the Year by Abel B. Padilla (USA)



Best Action Short
Foolproof by Sean Swaby (USA)
Hit-Girl by Kevin Barile (USA)
What Doesn’t Kill (Make’s You Ugly) by Noam O Vardi (Israel)



Best Crime Short
Calabasas Criminals by Brennan Karem (USA)
Cerebellum by Erik Bergamini (USA)
The Drop by Jack Parr (UK)



Best Film Noir Short
Blue Bell Hill by Geoff Bell (UK)
God in the Valley by Christian Colbert (USA)
Haptic by Baz Black (Ireland)



Best Mystery Short
Press 1 by Danny Erb (USA)
ReBirth by William Brooke (UK)
Vital Instruments by Greg Kase (USA)



Best Thriller Short
Bonding by Luke Rex (USA)
Eyecatcher by Jun Shimizu (USA)
MK Ultra Violence by Jay Curtis Miller (USA)



Best Horror Short
13 Steps by David Lawrence (USA)
Business Class by Ugo Melcore and Loris Melcore (France)
The Warbling by Quentin Ferrant (Canada)



Best Sci-Fi Short
Departure by Sam Siske (USA)
Outer Reaches by Karl Redgen (Australia)
Space Ryder by Jeff Sloniker (USA)



Best Fantasy Short
Double Nickel by Mark Tomov (USA)
Into the Thicket by Devany Greenwood (USA)
The Moonman by Xi Wenting (China)



Best Animation Short
Speedman by Joe Bowers (USA)
Symbiotic by Arianna Ahrabinejad (USA)
What a Match by Björn Granberg Ahlmark (Sweden)



Best Children Short
Receding by Renee Garcia (USA)
Ruby’s Dad by David Tschan (USA)
The Last Piece of the Fallen Leaf by Yoko Chen (China)



Best Women Short
Ariane’s Baby by Mahée Merica (UK)
Lines by Sara Werner (USA)
Self Service by Keshet Gadish (Israel)



Best LGBTQ Short
43 York Road by Alex Figueiredo and Charleen Elea (UK)
Copenhagen Rendezvous by André Palacios Tingberg (Denmark)
The Bridges We Cross by Iris van Dongen (UK)



Best Romantic Short
Next, Please by Rishav Kapoor (India)
Thandi Bayara by Sidh Bhoj (India)
Under the Willow by Diana Kuanysh (Kazakhstan)



Best Experimental Short
Peculiar Encounters at the Drive In by Dustin James Leighton (USA)
Re:birth by Laticia Fan (Taiwan)
Transcendent by Janelle Christa (USA)



Best Microfilm
It Heads Home by Richard Louprasong (USA)
Monster In the Closet by Neil Miguel Watson (USA)
No Flies On Me by Lars Magnus Holmgren (Australia)



Best Music Video
Cozey by Mitchell Abraham and Zachary Ostapchenko (USA)
Epicity by Goldwyn Thandrayen (USA)
Gold In Them Hills by Jeremy Johnstone (USA)



Best Female Director
Leslie Lluvet and Santiago Calogero for 90 Miles (USA)
Paola Baldion for Abrazo (USA)
Renee Garcia for Receding (USA)



Best Male Director
Carey L Jones for Alone (USA)
Greg Kase for Vital Instruments (USA)
Ugo Melcore and Loris Melcore for Business Class (France)



Best Student Female Director
Diana Kuanysh for Under the Willow (Kazakhstan)
Keshet Gadish for Self Service (Israel)
Yoko Chen for The Last Piece of the Fallen Leaf (China)



Best Student Male Director
Anton Chernonog for Everything Is Not What It Seems (USA)
Axel Dahan for On the Paths Awakened (France)
David Tschan for Ruby’s Dad (USA)



Best First Time Female Director
Janelle Christa for Transcendent (USA)
Mahée Merica for Ariane’s Baby (UK)
Sara Werner for Lines (USA)



Best First Time Male Director
Jeff Sloniker for Space Ryder (USA)
Michael Joseph for The Forgotten (USA)
Noam O Vardi for What Doesn’t Kill (Make’s You Ugly) (Israel)



Best Actress
Anne-Sophie Picard for Business Class (France)
Julia Wilke for Lines (USA)
Rebecca Klingler for Dear Ernie (USA)



Best Actor
Hollis Edwards for 50 Ways to Kill Your Lover (USA)
James Bascomb for Dog Breath (USA)
Judah Simard for The Forgotten (USA)



Best Child/Young Actress
Angie Estevao for Hit-Girl (USA)
Kylee Bacon for Ruby’s Dad (USA)
Sophia Nesterova for Receding (USA)



Best Acting Duo
Dana Fares and Mike Sears for Implied Consent (USA)
Jake B. Miller and Jonathan Tanigaki for Enemy No More (USA)
Kathleen O’Grady and Paola Baldion for Abrazo (USA)



Best Ensemble Cast
Dustin Kerns, Bourke Floyd, Bryan Oaks Fuller, and Eliza Roberts for Alone (USA)
Ilyas Sukhanov, Amina Yessimzhan, Zhanarbek-Uly Aaron Myrza, Slam Aitbol, Rauan Ahmedov, Aitkul Pazylova, Kulumshyn Ahylbai, Gauhar Nurova, Amangeldi Nurov, and Tynymova Aigerim for Under the Willow (Kazakhstan)
Jessica Kinsey, Michael Howarth, Mark Farrelly, and Phil Zimmerman for ReBirth (UK)



Best Original Screenplay
Diana Kuanysh for Under the Willow (Kazakhstan)
Janelle Christa for Transcendent (USA)
Paola Baldion and Ray Figueroa for Abrazo (USA)



Best Cinematography
Chris Darnell for Space Ryder (USA)
Matt Devino for 13 Steps (USA)
Ugo Melcore and Loris Melcore for Business Class (France)



Best Editing
Jun Shimizu for Eyecatcher (USA)
Matthew Organista for Transcendent (USA)
Ugo Melcore for Business Class (France)



Best Original Score
Francis Galluccio for 13 Steps (USA)
Greg Nicolett for Enemy No More (USA)
Maria Rubel for Business Class (France)



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