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Best Short (Overall)
Lillian by Molly Vernon (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Short (Overall)
La Crise by Rafaël Beauchamp (Canada)
Awards of Excellence (Special Mention)
Man of the Harvest by Orion Eshel and Luther Clayton (USA)
Thistle Creek by Annalee Walton (USA)
Runner-ups (Best Short)
Fugitive Zero by Joe Lam (USA)
Motel 32 by Landon Coats (USA)
Skitoz by Twins Perrotte (France)
Runner-ups (Best Foreign-Language Short)
Ay Antonia by Antonia Ingrey (Argentina)
Fine by Maya Yadlin (Israel)
The Smuggler by Adrian Serecut (UK)
Time & Days by Alessia Buiatti (Italy)
Wednesday by Lisa Delhom and Jérémy Paquet (Canada)
Best Indie Short: Time & Days by Alessia Buiatti (Italy)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Skitoz by Twins Perrotte (France)
Best Student Indie Short: With New Eyes by George Leontakianakos (Greece)
Best Drama Short: Man of the Harvest by Orion Eshel and Luther Clayton (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): The Smuggler by Adrian Serecut (UK)
Best Student Drama Short: La Crise by Rafaël Beauchamp (Canada)
Best Documentary Short: We to Me by Jade Chase (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Catastrophe Anthem by Christopher Hewitt (USA)
Best Student Documentary Short: Swipe Left: The Age of Disposable Relationships by Amber Ostergaard (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Tribe: The Untold Story of the Making of Vice Cops by Manuel Alejandro Vargas (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): A Girl and a Gun by P.E.Joubert (France)
Best Student Comedy Short: Two Best Buds and the Karate Beavers Agreement by Ronny Kurland (Canada)
Best Romantic Comedy Short: Meet Cute by Jason C. Brown (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Track One by Dan Tudor (Romania)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): A Simple Robbery by Blake Ridder (UK)
Best Student Dark Comedy Short: Bittersweet by Max Mir (UK)
Best Action Short: Fugitive Zero by Joe Lam (USA)
Best Student Action Short: The Caper by Miguel Garcia (USA)
Honorable Mention (Action Short): Not A Wednesday by Justin Li (USA)
Best Crime Short: Dirt by Alex Rudegeair (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): The Body by Adam Weber (Australia)
Best Film Noir Short: White by Dan Tudor (Romania)
Best Student Film Noir Short: Taxi is Here by Sara Aghababayan (Iran)
Best Mystery Short: Intersect by Madeline Doherty and Cristina Siddu (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): Blind by Ferdinand Gomez Glad Bak (Denmark)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): The Gentle Art Of Violence by Andrew Przybytkowski (Canada)
Best Thriller Short: Fugitive Zero by Joe Lam (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): A Simple Robbery by Blake Ridder (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Velvet Farewell by Micheal Eastman (USA)
Best Student Thriller Short: Intersect by Madeline Doherty and Cristina Siddu (USA)
Best Horror Short: Motel 32 by Landon Coats (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Little One by Logan Fields and Chris Beyrooty (USA)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Parched by Charles Mesa (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Gaia by Juan Zuloaga Eslait (USA)
Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Loop by Yanqing Chen “Jack” (USA)
Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Tir Na Nog by Ashley Callahan (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Before by Julia Monahan (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): River by Emily Skye (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): The Volunteer by Joe Simon (USA)
Best Western Short: Lillian by Molly Vernon (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Western Short): Thistle Creek by Annalee Walton (USA)
Best Animation Short: Stick To Manual by Christian Antonini and Tanice Arnold (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Art Is Angst by Björn Granberg Ahlmark (Sweden)
Best Student Animation Short: Tides Are Changing by Dinah Kalaha and María Bjarnadóttir (USA)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Blackball by Ted Polomis (USA)
Best Children Short: Wednesday by Lisa Delhom and Jérémy Paquet (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): The King and the Pawn by Caleb Blue (USA)
Best Student Children Short: The Speech by Haohao Yan (USA)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): The Mighty Oak by Rebecca Withey (USA)
Best Women Short: Thistle Creek by Annalee Walton (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Affective by Heather Horner and Kody Newton (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Unpot by Huieun Park (USA)
Best Student Women Short: Stay Sane by Hana Wagner (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Only for the Night by laquan lewis (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): In the Land of Fruits and Nuts by Krista Prokopchuk (USA)
Best Student LGBTQ Short: Change Chou’s Dream by Kuo Yu Chen (Taiwan)
Best Microfilm: Alma by Elizabeth Marlo (Mexico)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): The Volunteer by Joe Simon (USA)
Best Experimental Short: The Most Beautiful Song I’ve Heard by Blake Braden (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Catastrophe Anthem by Christopher Hewitt (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): The Marooned by Zijo Crossmood (Australia)
Best Student Experimental Short: Evergreen by Audrey Lane (USA)
Best Student Short: Thistle Creek by Annalee Walton (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Fine by Maya Yadlin (Israel)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): La Crise by Rafaël Beauchamp (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short): De-Eschatology by Charly Santagado and Eriel Santagado (USA)
Best Music Video: Mira by Daniel Finkelman (Ukraine)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): The Camp: Wonderful World by Ryosuke Sato (Japan)
Best Student Music Video: Lovely by Xiangyun Li (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Harbor Island by Tiffany Rhodes (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): In the Land of Fruits and Nuts by Krista Prokopchuk (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Catastrophe Anthem by Christopher Hewitt (USA)
Best Student Web and New Media: Swipe Left: The Age of Disposable Relationships by Amber Ostergaard (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Alma by Elizabeth Marlo (Mexico)
Best Student Mobile Short: Swimming In Light by Eli Berliner (USA)
Best Parody Short: Tribe: The Untold Story of the Making of Vice Cops by Manuel Alejandro Vargas (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Parody Short): The Audition by Natasha Kaminsky (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Nowhere To Go (USA)
Best Short Script: Deathstiny by Stephen James Thomas (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Amy Eventually by Kay Phillips (USA)
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