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Best Short of the Season
The Monkey King by Yingqi Ren (USA)


Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season
Shimmer Summer by Tong Mao (China)


Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Ilsa by Willi Patton (USA)



Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
The Phoenix by Farzin Nobarani (Iran)


Runner-ups (Best Short of the Season)
4 Queens by Will Masheter (UK)
After Class by Jed Rapp Goldstein (India)
Sole Searching in San Francisco by Peter Allas and Eric David Tippett (USA)
The Jungle of Accounting by Chase Pearson (USA)




Best Indie Short: Ilsa by Willi Patton (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Rimi by Nischhal Sharma (India)
Best Student Indie Short: Sole Searching in San Francisco by Peter Allas and Eric David Tippett (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): After Class by Jed Rapp Goldstein (India)
Best Student Drama Short: Plain Jane by Calvin Yearsley (Belgium)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Full Circle by Erich Roepke (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Falling Up and Up by Daniel Dasent and Adam Campbell (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Big Time by Rob Margolies (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): Spoiled Milk by Susanna Dodds (Australia)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Little Things by Steven Alan Green (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): The Low Life by Benjamin Attwell (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): Creeping Occupation by Revaz-Giorgi Arveladze (Georgia)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Immigrant Mother by Renee Garcia (USA)
Best Student Film Noir Short: Ring by Surui Guo (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): The Entity by Chi K. In (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mystery Short): Paradox by Preetham Tiwari (India)
Best Thriller Short: 4 Queens by Will Masheter (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): The God by Shim Ik Tae (South Korea)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Bait by Josh Litwhiler (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): Distance by Jared Milrad (USA)
Best Western Short: Arizona 1878 by Manuel Olaya (Spain)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Western Short): The Ballad of Emma Wright by Carlos Diaz (USA)
Honorable Mention (Western Short): The Bank Robbery by John Marrs (USA)
Best Student Animation Short: The Pink Butterfly by John-Paul Conway (UK)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): The Naked Lady Show by Lauren Rantala (USA)
Best Women Short: Shimmer Summer by Tong Mao (China)
Best Student Women Short: Audition by Jiahui Su (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Shimmer Summer by Tong Mao (China)
Honorable Mention (Microfilm): The Father by Blake Ridder (UK)
Best Experimental Short: The Phoenix by Farzin Nobarani (Iran)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): How Was It For You? by LIM (USA)
Best Student Short: The Monkey King by Yingqi Ren (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): The Jungle of Accounting by Chase Pearson (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short): Solitude by Fabio Grossi (Italy)
Best Music Video: Know That You Are Burning Alive by Florian Moritz (Switzerland)
Honorable Mention (Music Video): Atomic: Ad Initivm by Vero and Carlos Kitsune (Spain)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Big Time by Rob Margolies (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Spanky by Alex Martinez (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Full Circle by Erich Roepke (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): Spanky by Alex Martinez (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Inevitability or How Dima Fell in love With Inna by Mulkoev Anzor (Russia)
Honorable Mention (Mobile Short): Manhedonia by Simon Bates (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Parody Short): 2020: A 1917 Parody by Stephen Ford (USA)
Best Short Script: Taken Young by Marven Likness (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): I Want In by Nath Milburn (USA)































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