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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Blood Runs by Kyle Leatherberry (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
An Island Drifts by Vivian Ip (Singapore)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Niko & Eleanor by Samantha Severin (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Truck Fishing in America by Shelley Delaney (USA)
Runners-up (Best Short of the Season)
Big Dumb Animal by Schuyler Willson (Canada)
Horseback by Shu Ya (China)
Limbo by Arin Johan Aksberg-Kristensen (Norway)
Man in a Maze by Sergio Jimenez (USA)
Best Indie Short: Blood Runs by Kyle Leatherberry (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Truck Fishing in America by Shelley Delaney (USA)
Best Drama Short: An Island Drifts by Vivian Ip (Singapore)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): When the Music… by Morgan Rodner and Alexis Rhee (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Nèsciri by Ivan D’Ignoti (Italy)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Climate Impact Asia by Liz Courtney (Philippines)
Best Comedy Short: Queer Fish in God’s Waiting Room by Adrian Pasdar (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Happy Loaf by Erik J. S. DeFries (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Big Dumb Animal by Schuyler Willson (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Gary by Doug Cox (USA)
Best Crime Short: The Devil’s Whiskey by Tommy Jackson (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Gamin by Ryan Murtha (USA)
Best Thriller Short: The Third Defector by John Gray (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): The Turn Ahead by Jessin Joy (India)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Film Noir Short): Keycard by Angella Emurwon (Uganda)
Best Mystery Short: Man in a Maze by Sergio Jimenez (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): Limbo by Arin Johan Aksberg-Kristensen (Norway)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Gary by Doug Cox (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: White Mule by Peter Dobson (USA)
Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Divine Intervention by Mia Miller (USA)
Best Animation Short: Vesak by Ina Chen (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Sound (Nadam) by Indrajit Nattoji (India)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Empty Place by Hedieh Ataeian (Iran)
Best Children Short: Sound (Nadam) by Indrajit Nattoji (India)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): Christ of the Abyss by John Murphy (USA)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): How The Cheetah Got Its Stripes by Maura Ferrand (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Beneath The Surface by Chantal Van Zyl (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Freddie by Talia Newton (Australia)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): Catfish? by Nicholas Linnehan (USA)
Best Microfilm: #standwithukraine by Lisa Brandt (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Nasty Infinity by Lea Hinz (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Raw by DFTCNT (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Nasty Infinity by Lea Hinz (USA)
Best Student Short: Limbo by Arin Johan Aksberg-Kristensen (Norway)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Horseback by Shu Ya (China)
Best Screendance Short: A Feast That Never Comes by Maria Juranic (USA)
Best Music Video: The Jenny Thing – American Canyon by Ramesh Nicolas Iyer (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Snake by Chedly Bouzouaia (Canada)
Best Web and New Media: L.A. Rises by Oliver Preciado Ponce (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): The Trek by P. Edward Claypoole (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Big Dumb Animal by Schuyler Willson (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mobile Short): The Night Garden by Tom Pearson, Daria Karpova, Anastasia Nesterova, Renata Zhigulina, and Marissa Nielsen-Pincus (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Queer Fish in God’s Waiting Room (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Trailer/Teaser): Chronos (Brazil)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Rabbit Hole by Aaron Schoonover (USA)
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