Best Indie Short
Bartogay Lake by Katya Mokolo (France)
Dizzy by Zac La Roc (USA)
Once More, Like Rain Man by Sue Ann Pien (USA)
Salem Not Salem by Omar Farooq (Bahrain)
We’ve Been Trying to Reach You by Katharine Broyles (USA)
Best Drama Short
A King’s Curtain by Grant M Johnson (USA)
All the Men’s Hangers by Sabrina Lassegue (USA)
Ker by Sajad Soleymani (Iran)
Last Encounters by Rosie Day (UK)
Watching Walter by Mitch Yapko (USA)
Best Student Short
A Thousand Years by Bryce Ferendo (USA)
Azul by Santos Arrué (USA)
Dolldays by Morten Hansen (Norway)
Glodok ’98 by Nicholas Tjen (USA)
Whispers of Home by Sahar Ghorishi (USA)
Best Documentary Short
Chuño y Mote by Isabella Mancioli (Italy)
City of Smoke by Nadia Akbar and Alicia Chiang (India)
First Light by Kristopher Roller and Alex Broadstock (USA)
Best Comedy Short
Outrage! by Ivette Ivanova (Bulgaria)
Saeed’s Day by Mohammed Al Zawari (Saudi Arabia)
Stimulants & Empathogens by Mateusz Pacewicz (Poland)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
Coconut + Pistol by Gregory Caruso (USA)
Cottonmouth by Ama Anane (USA)
Goldilocks by Susie Kim (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short
Paranoyya by Mike Glover (UK)
Poolboy by Haoran Ma (USA)
Thanks For Eating Me by Louis English (UK)
Best Crime Short
Hustlevania by Clayton Nepveux iii (USA)
Public by Sam Knight (USA)
Union Avenue by Gino Cazzali (USA)
Best Film Noir Short
At The Mercy Of Faith by Andrew Arguello (USA)
Mesmera by Brendyn Gilbert (USA)
Where The Shadows Wait by Riley Robbins (USA)
Best Thriller Short
Clocking Out by Joshua Mueller (Germany)
Thank You for the Ride, Aileen by JP Pullings (USA)
The Father, The Daughter, and the Hostage by Itamar Kasirer (Israel)
Best Horror Short
Come and Find Me by Carmine Carpenito (Switzerland)
The Pearl Comb by Ali Cook (UK)
The Sequence by Joe Bandelli (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
Echoes by Sean Nam (France)
Focal Point by Raphael Buisson (USA)
Thickly Settled by Brian D Jones and Jordan Brooks (USA)
Best Fantasy Short
(+33) by Sean Nam (France)
Nothing But the End by Tanguy Pichon (Switzerland)
Satomi by Rayner Wang (Hong Kong/Japan/USA)
Best Western Short
Hecuba by Mason Leaver (USA)
Land of Forgotten Echoes by Layne Marie Williams (USA)
Mustang by Dylan Hayes (USA)
Best Animation Short
Blu’s by Rajesh PK (India)
Carbono by Alberto Arvizu and Yael Gonzalez (Mexico)
Where the Rain Stops by Dojin Kim (South Korea)
Best Children Short
El Alma de la Sed by Colleen Ryan (Panama)
Hard Boiled Eggs by Yi Meng (USA)
Patakha by Rohit Relan (USA)
Best Women Short
Hysteria by Miriam Carlsen (Denmark)
The Most Beautiful Among Mothers by Mahmoud Abu Jazi (Palestine)
The Witch Pricker and the Hare by Brynn Mitchell (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
20:15 México DF by Alejandro Di Meglio (Argentina)
Silim by Alexander Cruz De Ocampo (USA)
Some Kind of Paradise by Nicholas Finegan (USA)
Best Microfilm
Once Upon A Time In My Village by Charlie S Tang (China)
The People, United by Ellen Gavin (USA)
Unruly by David Ernesto Herrera (UK)
Best Experimental Short
Dans by Maria Garcia (Mexico)
Lamento by Diego Contreras and Ernesto Abrego (USA)
The Oilfields by Nico Poalillo (USA)
Best Music Video
Alasong by Yun Yan Zeng (China)
Single for Life – Ava Della Pietra by Luke Orlando (USA)
Strolling Down Brighton Pier by Kenny McCracken (UK)
Best Female Director
Brynn Mitchell for The Witch Pricker and the Hare (USA)
Layne Marie Williams for Land of Forgotten Echoes (USA)
Sabrina Lassegue for All the Men’s Hangers (USA)
Best Male Director
Ali Cook for The Pearl Comb (UK)
Mahmoud Abu Jazi for The Most Beautiful Among Mothers (Palestine)
Raphael Buisson for Focal Point (USA)
Best Student Female Director
Colleen Ryan for El Alma de la Sed (Panama)
Sahar Ghorishi for Whispers of Home (USA)
Santos Arrué for Azul (USA)
Best Student Male Director
Bryce Ferendo for A Thousand Years (USA)
Nicholas Finegan for Some Kind of Paradise (USA)
Rohit Relan for Patakha (USA)
Best First Time Female Director
Ama Anane for Cottonmouth (USA)
Lily Ellora Newton for Nan (USA)
Maria Besedova for Past Perfect (Russia)
Best First Time Male Director
Carmine Carpenito for Come and Find Me (Switzerland)
Mohammed Al Zawari for Saeed’s Day (Saudi Arabia)
Zac La Roc for Dizzy (USA)
Best Actress
Beatie Edney for The Pearl Comb (UK)
Jess Haring for We’ve Been Trying to Reach You (USA)
Piercey Dalton for Hecuba (USA)
Best Actor
Charles E. Gerber for A King’s Curtain (USA)
David Alan Graf for Focal Point (USA)
John Brodsky for Some Kind of Paradise (USA)
Best Supporting Actress
Clara Paget for The Pearl Comb (UK)
Tatjana Anders for Paranoyya (UK)
Veanne Cox for A King’s Curtain (USA)
Best Supporting Actor
Ali Cook for The Pearl Comb (UK)
Naheem Garcia for Thickly Settled (USA)
Simon Armstrong for The Pearl Comb (UK)
Best Young Actress
Ashi Sharma for Patakha (USA)
Bella Zoe Martinez for Once More, Like Rain Man (USA)
Grace Jenkins for I Love You More Than Dinosaurs (USA)
Best Young Actor
Fflyn Edwards for Come and Find Me (Switzerland)
Kahled Caballero Prado for El Alma de la Sed (Panama)
Penn Black Howard for I Love You More Than Dinosaurs (USA)
Best Acting Duo
Amber Anderson and Alistair Petrie for Last Encounters (UK)
Clayton Farris and Alex Herrald for A Thousand Years (USA)
Stephen Tobolowsky and Gareth Williams for Watching Walter (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast
Beatie Edney, Ali Cook, Simon Armstrong, Clara Paget, Roxana Cook, and Thomas Stocker for The Pearl Comb (UK)
Nevena Kalaudova, Zhoreta Nikolova, Asen Blatechki, Marinela Angelova, Gerasim Georgiev-Gero, and Ivette Ivanova for Outrage! (Bulgaria)
Stephen McKinley Henderson, Austin Pendleton, Veanne Cox, Charles E. Gerber, and Allison Dayne for A King’s Curtain (USA)
Best Original Screenplay
Mohammed Al Zawari for Saeed’s Day (Saudi Arabia)
Morten Hansen for Dolldays (Norway)
Sajad Soleymani and Marzieh Soleymani for Ker (Iran)
Best Cinematography
Adrien Bourguignon for Focal Point (USA)
Saad Aldin Alkharouf for The Most Beautiful Among Mothers (Palestine)
Zach Morrison for The Witch Pricker and the Hare (USA)
Best Editing
Raphael Buisson for Focal Point (USA)
Sadaf Nazari for The Pearl Comb (UK)
Sebastian Vignau for A Thousand Years (USA)
Best Original Score
Akran Abdel Fattah for The Most Beautiful Among Mothers (Palestine)
Joel Santos for The Witch Pricker and the Hare (USA)
Raphael Sommer, Björn Pankratz, and Vali Herrera for Come and Find Me (Switzerland)
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