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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Nerot Shel Shabbat by Lital Mizrahi (USA)


Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Fresh Green on the Grave by Xiaojing Wang (China)


Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Edge Of Space by Jean de Meuron (USA)Edge Of Space



Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Two Breaths by Kateryna Kurganska (USA)


Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mentions)
Epinephrine by Crosbie Theodora Roper (USA)
Giselle by Lauren Goetzman (USA)
Poppy by Gabriel Caswall (USA)
Static by Ben Elliot Sibulkin (USA)
The Missing Peace by Michael Raymond-James (USA)
Wataru by Taka Yuki (Japan)

Best Indie Short: The Missing Peace by Michael Raymond-James (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Giselle by Lauren Goetzman (USA)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): I Want To Be Fish by Phaedra Crowe (UK)
Best Drama Short: Edge Of Space by Jean de Meuron (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): A Life Well Lived by Asger Folmann (USA)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): Crescendo by Aaron Robert Newman and Brian Li (USA)
Best Student Short: Nerot Shel Shabbat by Lital Mizrahi (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Static by Ben Elliot Sibulkin (USA)
Best Documentary Short: The Circle by Evgenii Bakirov (Russia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): The Chants of Shaman by Yanyichi Zheng (China)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): R.E.S.C.U.E. by Keenan Ferguson (Kenya)
Best Comedy Short: Ranch by Kareem Abulaban (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Fate of the World by Jack Robichaud (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Split by Caleb Crozier Rudge (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short: Frontman by Hamilton McAfee (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: What I Want by Bennett M. Weinschenk (USA)
Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Bullet Proof by Sara Newton (USA)
Best Action Short: Absumo by Emile Biegel (France)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): Anatomy Of An Action Hero by Prateek Parmar (India)
Honorable Mention (Action Short): The Guild by Malik Myers (USA)
Best Crime Short: Poppy by Gabriel Caswall (USA)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): The Plan by Yufan Chen (China)
Best Thriller Short: Don’t Tell Mom! by Tristan Michael Corrigan (USA)
Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Cernunnos by Niklas Erik Hermansson (Sweden)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Film Noir Short): Midnight on Melrose by Bill Badgley (USA)
Best Mystery Short: The Meeting Spot by Lauren Sick (USA)
Best Horror Short: Watchtower by Fox Hughes (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Holiday Feast by Kyle Roark (USA)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Bialo by Barkın Tunga (Turkey)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): Alpha 27 by Nick Azzaro (USA)
Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Fate of the World by Jack Robichaud (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Two Breaths by Kateryna Kurganska (USA)
Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Knightmare by Slade Monroe (USA)
Best Animation Short: Smudge by Brenna Powers (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Klickbait Kat by Vincent Alexander (USA)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Emosical by Tom Oakes (USA)
Best Children Short: Wataru by Taka Yuki (Japan)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): Getcho by Ashley Tyler (USA)
Best Women Short: Sweet Tooth by Isabela Paião (Czechia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Boxes by Esha More (USA)
Honorable Mention (Women Short): Kitty by Maiki Kayo (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: You Can Never Go Home by Jordan Qin (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Single Use by Finn Hyndman (New Zealand)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): As You Are by Daria Strachan (USA)
Best Microfilm: Intergalactic Café by Mike Mitchell (USA)
Honorable Mention (Microfilm): What Happens Next? by Anton Strabucchi (Chile)
Best Experimental Short: Epinephrine by Crosbie Theodora Roper (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Color My Grey Street by Rose Elizabeth Sutton (USA)
Honorable Mention (Screendance Short): Every Pebble by E Lockleis (USA)
Best Music Video: Pretty Please by Vanessa Zamarripa (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): DIE4U – Moderna by Karanina “Papa” Gomez and Alexander S White (USA)
Honorable Mention (Music Video): On The Edge by Russell Robertson (USA)
Best Web Series & TV Pilot: When The Party Is Over by Joren Slaets and Renate Raman (Belgium)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series & TV Pilot): Anthology of the Natural State by Ines de los Santos (Dominican Republic)
Honorable Mention (Web Series & TV Pilot): Smudge by Brenna Powers (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): (God)Mother The Series by Heather Hillstrom (USA)
Best Short Script: Lucy The Lion by Natalin Avci (USA)














































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