Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Bloody Fury by Inconstant Jordan (France)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
I Have Arrived by Yan Yan Mak (Hong Kong)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Edge Of Space by Jean de Meuron (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Once More, Like Rain Man by Sue Ann Pien (USA)
Best Short of the Season (Runners-up)
Belle Isle by Farrell Huntley (USA)
Elixir by Marcus Mills (UK)
In the Meantime by Richard Ashley Mcafee (UK)
King Ed by Nick Fascitelli (USA)
Lost in the Strait by Haoran Liu (China)
Smokescreen by Nathan Hubble (UK)
Platinum Awards
Best Indie Short: Once More, Like Rain Man by Sue Ann Pien (USA)
Best Drama Short: Edge Of Space by Jean de Meuron (USA)
Best Documentary Short: R.E.S.C.U.E. by Keenan Ferguson (Kenya)
Best Romantic Short: Elixir by Marcus Mills (UK)
Best Mystery Short: In the Meantime by Richard Ashley Mcafee (UK)
Best Horror Short: Flora by Sam Zheng (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Triggered 2.0 by Mario Ricardo Rodriguez and Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm (USA)
Best Western Short: Bloody Fury by Inconstant Jordan (France)
Best Experimental Short: Belle Isle by Farrell Huntley (USA)
Best Student Short: Contact by Reece Loustalot (USA)
Best Animation Short: A Guest from Elsewhere by Ethan Anderson (USA)
Best Children Short: I Have Arrived by Yan Yan Mak (Hong Kong)
Best Women Short: Under the Hawthorn Tree by Tori Layne (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: King Ed by Nick Fascitelli (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Unconditional by Marta Chierego (USA)
Best Music Video: One by Brice Blanloeil (USA)
Best Female Director: Yan Yan Mak for I Have Arrived (Hong Kong)
Best Male Director: Jean de Meuron for Edge Of Space (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Reece Loustalot for Contact (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Nathan Hubble for Smokescreen (UK)
Best Actor: Alan Luk for I Have Arrived (Hong Kong)
Best Child/Young Actress: Lenona Lee for I Have Arrived (Hong Kong)
Best Acting Duo: Bill Karnovsky and Adriane Shown for Applause (USA)
Best Cinematography: Dominic Lake for Elixir (UK)
Best Production Design: Alex Nicoletti and Kristin Wettstein for The Fries Rebellion (USA)
Best Sound Design: Connor Reding for Outlast (USA)
Best Original Score: Mila Sall and Keaton Hoy for A Guest from Elsewhere (USA)
Best Original Story: Yan Yan Mak for for I Have Arrived (Hong Kong)
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