Audience Award Winner for Best Film:
"One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story"
Directed by Thomas G. Miller, USA

Runners-Up:

"Young@Heart"
Directed by Stephen Walker, United Kingdom and USA

"Bliss"
Directed by Abdullah Oguz, Turkey and Greece

"Iron Ladies of Liberia"
Directed by Daniel Junge and Siatta Scott Johnson, USA and Liberia

"Under the Same Moon"
Directed by Patricia Riggen, USA and Mexico

"She's a Boy I Knew"
Directed by Gwen Haworth, Canada

The Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Film Competition:
"Iron Ladies of Liberia"
Directed by Daniel Junge and Siatta Scott Johnson, USA and Liberia

Central and Eastern European Film Competition:
"Travelling with Pets"
Directed by Vera Storozheva, Russia

The Nesnadny + Schwartz Documentary Film Competition:
"Out of Time"
Directed by Harald Friedl, Austria

The Time Warner American Spirit Award:
"Under the Same Moon"
Directed by Patricia Riggen, USA and Mexico

The Clover and Maggie Award- Celebration of Life:
"Tripe and Onions" - Winner
Directed by Marton Szirmai
"The Job" - Honorable Mention
Directed by Jonathan Browning

The Spalding Award- Celebration of Joy
"The Substitute" - Winner
Directed by Andrea Jublin
"El Regalo" (The Gift) - Honorable Mention
Directed by Stuart Altman

Process Award for Visual Excellence:
"God Only Knows" - Winner
Directed by Mark V. Reyes, USA

Jesse Epstein Humanitarian Award
"Salim Baba"
Directed by Tim Stern, USA

Best Live Action Short Film Award:
"Bitch" - Winner
Directed by Lilah Vandenburgh
"Hesitation" - Honorable Mention
Directed by Virginia Gilbert

Best Documentary Short Film Award:
"The Tribe"
Directed by Tiffany Shlain

Best Short Animated Film Award:
"I Met the Walrus"
Directed by Josh Raskin

Best Ohio Short Film Award:
"Make a Wish"
Directed by Cherien Dabis

Best International Short Film Award:
"Fair Trade" - Winner
Directed by Michael Dreher
"Soft" - Honorable Mention
Directed by Simon Ellis

Best Women's Short Film Awardl:
"Plus or Minus: A Few Things I Thought I Should Consider"
Directed by Amanda Sweikow

Best LGBT Short Film Award:
"The Knockout"
Directed by Trevor White

The Cleveland State University Audience Choice Award:
"Conviction: The True Story of Clarence Elkins"
Directed by Mike West, USA

The Plain Dealer Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award for Best Film: “Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life”
Directed by: Logan Smalley, USA

Audience Choice Award Runners-Up:

“Saving Marriage”
Directed by: Mike Roth and John Henning, USA

“The Trials of Darryl Hunt”
Directed by: Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg, USA

“War/Dance”
Directed by: Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, USA/Uganda

“The Hip Hop Project”
Directed by: Scott Rosenberg and Matt Ruskin, USA

“A Map for Saturday”
Directed by: Brook Silva-Braga, USA

The Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Film Competition:
“Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life”
Directed by: Logan Smalley, USA

Central and Eastern European Film Competition:
“The Melon Route”
Directed by: Branko Schmidt, Croatia

The Nesadny + Schwartz Documentary Film Competition:
“Mr. Pilipenko and His Submarine”
Directed by: Jan Hinrik Drevs and Ren_ Harder, Germany

The Time Warner American Independent Award:
“The Gymnast”
Directed by: Ned Farr, USA

The Clover Award: “Full Disclosure”
Directed by: Douglas Horn, USA

Honorable Mention: “Mother”
Directed by: William Graham, USA

Process Award for Visual Excellence: “Hibernation”
Directed by: John Williams, United Kingdom

Jesse Epstein Humanitarian Award: “Moi”
Directed by: Yan England, Canada

Honorable Mention: “Small Boxes”
Directed by: Rene Hernandez, Australia

Honorable Mention: “Strangers”
Directed by: Asher Goldstein, USA

Best Live Action Short Film Award: “Validation”
Directed by: Kurt Kuenne, USA.

Honorable Mention: “Distant Memory”
Directed by: Michael Schaefer, Germany

Best Documentary Short Film Award: “I Want to Be A Pilot”
Directed by: Diego Quemada-Diez, Spain/Kenya/Mexico

Honorable Mention: “If There Were No Lutherans Would There Still Be Green Jell-o?”
Directed by: Gayle Knutson, USA,

Best Animated Short Film Award: “One Rat Short”
Directed by: Alex Weil, USA

Honorable Mention: The Legend of the Scarecrow
Directed by: Marco Besas, Spain

Honorable Mention: The Mantis Parable
Directed by: Josh Staub, USA

Best Ohio Short Film Award: “Citizen Hauser”
Directed by: Jonathan Shick, USA

Best Student Short Film Award: “West Bank Story”
Directed by: Ari Sandel, USA

Honorable Mention: “The Pros and Cons of Breathing”
Directed by: Pete Huang, Canada

Honorable Mention: “Santa Closed”
Directed by: Douglas Attal, France

Best International Short Film Award: “Checkpoint”
Directed by: Ben Phelps, Australia

Honorable Mention: “Maria Life”
Directed by: Marcio Ramos, Brazil

Honorable Mention: “One Too Many”
Directed by: Borja Cobeaga, Spain

Best Women’s Short Film Award: “Fourteen”
Directed by: Nicole Barnette, USA

Honorable Mention: “Katrina's Wake”
Directed by: Kathilynn Phillips, USA

Honorable Mention: “Water Closed”
Directed by: Flores, France

Best LGBT Short Film Award: “Signage”
Directed by: Rick Hammerly, USA

Honorable Mention: Ester
Directed by: Maria Pavon & Rut Suso, Spain

The Cleveland State University Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film: “West Bank Story”
Directed by: Ari Sandel, USA

Runner Up: “Validation”
Directed by Kurt Kuenne, USA

Runner Up: “Real Men”
Directed by Sean Hanish, USA

Runner Up: “Full Disclosure”
Directed by Douglas Horn, USA

Runner Up: “Speechless”
Directed by Geno Andrews, USA