Best Indie Short
Azadi by Anshul Vijayvargiya (India)
Come Another Day by Molin Liu (USA)
July 4th, 2020 by Joe Juanyao Zheng (China)
Rooftop by Byung Chan Jang (USA)
The Missing Peace by Michael Raymond-James (USA)
Best Drama Short
Harbor by Keegan Duncan (USA)
Hoteling by Ryan Buffa (USA)
Nerot Shel Shabbat by Lital Mizrahi (USA)
Satya by Naveen Vijay Krishna (India)
Until He’s Born by Qingxuan Wang (China)
Best Student Short
Brooklyn by Timur Guseynov (USA)
Cherry Kompot by Teddy Robert Schaffer (USA)
Here by Mark Lynch (Ireland)
Best Documentary Short
Dawn Ready by Jennifer Jo Cawley (USA)
Lifeline by Jelle Krings (Netherlands)
We Are Flying Stars by Todd Antony (UK)
Best Comedy Short
Festival by Michael Bromberg (USA)
Frank and 3 by Charles A Ullrich (USA)
The Life of Lester Wink by Cassidy C Harrison (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
Blue Marks by Gal Salomon (Israel)
Frontman by Hamilton McAfee (USA)
Love and Substances by Lukas Treudler (Germany)
Best Dark Comedy Short
Casa Paraíso by Mateo Sicilia (USA)
Still Scattered by Dominic Burgess and Jeff Lorch (USA)
The Suck by Chris Merrill (USA)
Best Action Short
Daylight by Peter Cornwell (USA)
Mother Trucker by Jessa Zarubica (USA)
Punjabi Protector by Daniel Locicero (USA)
Best Crime Short
Brotherly Blood by Alejandra Lopez (USA)
Exhibit A by Matthew Morley Daniel (USA)
Poppy by Gabriel Caswall (USA)
Best Film Noir Short
Night Hawkes by Atlas Ferrera (USA)
Pascal Ball by Ai Xin (China)
Plastic Soul by Nathan Schiele (USA)
Best Mystery Short
Catacombs by Chad Cunningham (USA)
Level 664 – To Get Rid of Conscience by Gábor Klacsán (Hungary)
The Meeting Spot by Lauren Sick (USA)
Best Thriller Short
Just For Now by Victor Kuchmaner and Elliot Wilks (USA)
Pay Back by Steve Ramsden (UK)
Your Time Has Come by David Durán (Spain)
Best Horror Short
Scratch by Michael Trainotti (USA)
Wake by Sean Carter (USA)
Watchtower by Fox Hughes (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
Ensouled by Moe Najati (UK)
Go-Chi by Lolly Sawant (India)
Nemorise by Vladi Haivoronski (Canada)
Best Fantasy Short
Beverly Hills Exorcist by Rem Scobell (USA)
The Exiles by Chris Jamerson (USA)
Two Breaths by Kateryna Kurganska (USA)
Best Western Short
Chinatown Cowboy by Jaafar Alnabi (USA)
Out on a Limb by Filip Kojic (USA)
Unforgiven by Justin Suttles, Bryan Tan, and Jesse Scimeca (USA)
Best Animation Short
Canelo by Jordi Ayguasenosa and David Calderón (Mexico)
New Idea by Marko Bosanac (Serbia)
The Winning Lottery Ticket by Natasha Price (UK)
Best Children Short
CR7 by Azad Chandran Anesh (India)
Elm by Kay Qiao (USA)
Paper Flowers by Todd Lien (USA)
Best Women Short
Giselle by Lauren Goetzman (USA)
Retrieval by Fatimah Asghar (USA)
What You Left in the Ditch by Tucker Bliss (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
Alpha 27 by Nick Azzaro (USA)
Fairlane by Luca Leggieri (USA)
Untied Knots by Claire Yland Li (USA)
Best Microfilm
Cry Like a Guy by Anthony Rubinstein (UK)
Glance by Luka Bazeli and Dasha Gorodenska (USA)
Twilight Reverie by Liuming Cao (China)
Best Experimental Short
Circulation by Yun Yan Zeng (China)
Epinephrine by Crosbie Theodora Roper (USA)
I Am Moving by Diego Clericuzio (Italy)
Best Music Video
Alone In My Dreams by John Frost (USA)
If You Show Me (Alice) – Annabel (lee) by Tyler Hubby (USA)
Pretty Please by Vanessa Zamarripa (USA)
Best Screendance Short
Left by Joseph Lim, Anne Wang, and Yoshi (Singapore)
Somber Tides by Chantal Caron (Canada)
Tides by Xinge Li and Ginny Jiang (China)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
La Terre Appelle Mathilde by Anthony Coveney (Canada)
Pike by Alex Klaus (UK)
When The Party Is Over by Joren Slaets and Renate Raman (Belgium)
Best Female Director
Fatimah Asghar for Retrieval (USA)
Jessa Zarubica for Mother Trucker (USA)
Lauren Sick for The Meeting Spot (USA)
Best Male Director
Byung Chan Jang for Rooftop (USA)
Joe Juanyao Zheng for July 4th, 2020 (China)
Sean Carter for Wake (USA)
Best Student Female Director
Kateryna Kurganska for Two Breaths (USA)
Qingxuan Wang for Until He’s Born (China)
Yuzhu Lan and Yutong Wang for Slough (UK)
Best Student Male Director
Lukas Treudler for Love and Substances (Germany)
Mateo Sicilia for Casa Paraíso (USA)
Timur Guseynov for Brooklyn (USA)
Best First Time Female Director
Cassidy C Harrison for The Life of Lester Wink (USA)
Lauren Goetzman for Giselle (USA)
Lital Mizrahi for Nerot Shel Shabbat (USA)
Best First Time Male Director
Anshul Vijayvargiya for Azadi (India)
Michael Raymond-James for The Missing Peace (USA)
Naveen Vijay Krishna for Satya (India)
Best Actress
K Steele for Wake (USA)
María Mercedes Coroy for Casa Paraíso (USA)
Moon Shavit for Giselle (USA)
Best Actor
Khary Payton for Hoteling (USA)
Pat Shortt for The Life of Lester Wink (USA)
Steven Ogg for Frank and 3 (USA)
Best Supporting Actress
Clelia Murphy for The Life of Lester Wink (USA)
Eileen Dietz for Beverly Hills Exorcist (USA)
Judy Malka for Giselle (USA)
Best Supporting Actor
Carlos Kaniowsky for Your Time Has Come (Spain)
Hovhannes Babakhanyan for Nerot Shel Shabbat (USA)
Michael Power for Here (Ireland)
Best Young Actress
Maia Ann Pu’uwai for Two Breaths (USA)
Sylvia Ye for Paper Flowers (USA)
Ye Cheng for Slough (UK)
Best Young Actor
Hayden Schuster for Brooklyn (USA)
Jackson Abram for Hoteling (USA)
Jared Savaille for CR7 (India)
Best Acting Duo
Craig Conway and Phil Harker for Pay Back (UK)
George C. Tronsrue and Diane Box Worman for Out on a Limb (USA)
Jack Norris and Pamela Portnoy for Harbor (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast
Eugene Alper, Kevin Carney, Irina Dubova, Clayton Farris, Kirsten Hansen, Barry Primus, Lisa Blake Richards, and Sofiia Sapozhnik for Cherry Kompot (USA)
Khary Payton, Jackson Abram, Kevin L. Johnson, and Darrian Rolle for Hoteling (USA)
O-T Fagbenle, Colleen Giddings, Jeff Lorch, Hannah Simone, and Sonal Shah for Still Scattered (USA)
Best Original Screenplay
Byung Chan Jang for Rooftop (USA)
Jiu Yan for Slough (UK)
Joe Juanyao Zheng and Leqi Vanessa Kong for July 4th, 2020 (China)
Best Cinematography
Balaji Subramanyam for Satya (India)
Hrishikesh Gandhi for Azadi (India)
Samuel Ott for Harbor (USA)
Best Editing
Anthony Rubinstein for Cry Like a Guy (UK)
Ejaz Sheikh for Azadi (India)
Sean Carter for Wake (USA)
Best Original Score
Jarryd Elias for Beverly Hills Exorcist (USA)
Annah Tencic and Alex Winkler for Two Breaths (USA)
Siddharth Kasyap for Azadi (India)
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