Best U.S. Narrative:
BOTS
Director: Steve Beta

Best International Narrative:
The Seahorse Trainer
Director: Ricardo Bonisoli, Babak Bina

Best U.S. Documentary:
A Second Chance
Director: Christopher Aumen

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Best International Documentary:
Francisco
Director: Kyle Jaster

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Best Short Film Director:
The Seahorse Trainer
Director: Ricardo Bonisoli, Babak Bina

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Best Short Film Producer:
Parallax
Director: Meredith Mantik

Best Short Film Cinematographer:
The Empty Balcony
Dop: Rune Asak

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Best Short Film Editor:
The Body of Levi
Editor: Freddy Cheung & Will Dziuk

Best Short Film Composer:
El Montaje (The Montage)
Composer : Juan Cruz Masotta 

Best Short Film Poster:
The Blue Pendant
 

 

Best Short Film Actor:
Parallax
Starring: Jeff Bosley

Best Short Film Actress:
Amethyst Girl Destiny
Starring: Danielle Hobbs

Best Animation:
The Passerby
Director: Pieter Coudyzer

Best Horror:
The Body of Levi
Director: Freddy Cheung
 

 

Best Science Fiction:
Voices
Director: Jake Hart

Best Student Film:
Final Deathtination

Best Comedy:
A Short Horror Film
Director: Sau Dachi

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Best Thriller:
The Pear
Director: Guillermo Cienfuegos
 

 

Best Web-Series-Pilot:
#richieneedsawife
Director: Rich Devaney

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Best Independent Short:
Loyalites
Director: Derick Thomas

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Best Music Video:
LET IT OUT / Stay Homas
Director: Ben Woolf

Best LGBTQ:
The Opportunist
Director: Keeley Turner

Best First Time Filmmaker:
Sunshine
Director: Adam Gibson

Best Female Filmmaker:
Jayne & Elvis
Director: Thanh Ingle-Lai

Best Art photo:
Boy Scientist
Director: Susan Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia
 

 

Best Black and white photography:
Back to me
Director: Sophie Blondy
 

 

Best Unproduced Script:
Bienvenidos a Los Angeles/Welcome to Los Angeles
Writer: Lisa Cole