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Best Short (Overall)
Here’s to the Mammoth by Toni Heye (Germany)
Best Foreign-Language Short (Overall)
Adulting by Ania Gauer and Julien Gauthier (France)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Tell Tale Signs by Ginevra Gentili-Elsworthy (UK)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
The Remnant by Navin Ramaswaran (Canada)
Runner-ups (Best Short of the Season)
A Piece of Us by Justin Rhys Grant (Australia)
Autoscopy by Isaac Zambra (Mexico)
I Am Dust by Patrick Moreau (Canada)
Something About Bubbles by Mark Cheng and Graham Brown (USA)
Ukde by Ecem Çelik (Turkey)
When You Left by Emilie K. Beck (Norway)
Best Indie Short: Adulting by Ania Gauer and Julien Gauthier (France)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): I Am Dust by Patrick Moreau (Canada)
Best Student Indie Short: A Piece of Us by Justin Rhys Grant (Australia)
Best Drama Short: Tell Tale Signs by Ginevra Gentili-Elsworthy (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): When You Left by Emilie K. Beck (Norway)
Best Student Drama Short: The Effects by Mike Berry (USA)
Best Documentary Short: São Paulo, Closed City by André De Franco (Brazil)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Panacea by Laiqa Hitt and Jared Bunn (USA)
Best Student Documentary Short: Age Of No Fear by Olga Slobodchikova (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Here’s to the Mammoth by Toni Heye (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Hard Work by Julie Pacino (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): Suddenly Single in the Suburbs by Denise Parella and Eric Francis Melaragni (USA)
Honorable Mention (Romantic Comedy Short): Love, Post-lockdown by Ben Mourra and Lucas Boetsch (UK)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Summer by Nick Czerula and Anna Belmonte (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Bits and Pieces by Lindsay Stidham (USA)
Best Action Short: Gunther by Ryan Rowley (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): A Violent Storm by Timothy Barnett (USA)
Best Student Action Short: A Blossom In the Night by Tayo Amos (USA)
Best Crime Short: Rules To Rule by G.C. Montgomery (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): The Backseat Killer by Isaac Garcia (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: The Guilty Party by Cristian Medellin (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Hell’s Tuesday by Liza Pnin (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): Mirror Game by Angie Rowntree (USA)
Best Student Mystery Short: A Moment In Time by Navjot Kaur (India)
Best Thriller Short: Autoscopy by Isaac Zambra (Mexico)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Dark Angel by Svend Ploug Johansen (Denmark)
Best Student Thriller Short: 2nd Sight by Frank Lugo (USA)
Best Horror Short: The Remnant by Navin Ramaswaran (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Drawing by Ben Cunis (USA)
Best Student Horror Short: 2nd Sight by Frank Lugo (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Living in Crime Alley by Rob Ayling (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Cyriaque by Pedulla Anthony and Darman Emmanuelle (New Caledonia)
Best Student Fantasy Short: A Moment In Time by Navjot Kaur (India)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Hipersensoria by Isaac Zambra and Jose Luis Gil Bolio (Mexico)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): Endangered by Alex Wroten (USA)
Best Student Sci-Fi Short: Major Robinson by Andrew Klein (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Western Short): Marble Canyon by Jule Johnson (USA)
Best Animation Short: The Last Step by Stanislav Matveev (Austria)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Can I Have a Mask by Sahan Jayawardena (USA)
Best Student Animation Short: 0000E8 by Yana Pan (USA)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): Shipwreck by Lisa Cole (USA)
Best Women Short: Bathtub Chronicles by Rebecca Ruhm (USA)
Best Student Women Short: Chinese Ring by Yunxia Wang (China)
Best LGBTQ Short: Blood Hana by Mary Evangelista (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Small Town Summer by Tuo Wang (China)
Best Student LGBTQ Short: Love is Always Losing by Michael L.D. Lena (USA)
Best Microfilm: Smoot’s by Greyson A. Welch and Silas Borelly (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): The Reason by Noah Conopask (USA)
Best Student Microfilm: Checkmate by Marcel Flock and Budbong (Germany)
Best Experimental Short: Elevation Zero by Raed Barance and Anthony Bravo (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Omega II by Blanchard Thomas (France)
Best Student Experimental Short: Something Sweet To Settle Your Stomach by Olivia Lovito (USA)
Best Student Short: The Sun Rises in the West by Shreya Jha (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Swoosh by Daniel Cawthorne (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short): Still Here by Tom Pardoe (USA)
Best Music Video: Insomniac by Cristian Balint (Romania)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Time by Arty Sandler (Canada)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Something About Bubbles by Mark Cheng and Graham Brown (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Becca on Call by Jenness Rouse and Matt Draper (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): The Katabasis by Brandon Wilson (Canada)
Best Web and New Media: Save Polyu by Hoikit Cheung (Hong Kong)
Best Student Web and New Media: Flushing by Sihan Cui (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web and New Media): Glitch by Sara Caldwell and Walter Gorey (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drone Short): Art of Pollution by Milan Radisics (Hungary)
Honorable Mention (Drone Short): Northern Rivers by David Ondaatje (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Until by Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon (USA)
Best Parody Short: Heroes For A Day by Andrew Steel (Australia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Parody Short): Speaking. by Nich Esposito (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Business Man (USA)
Best Short Script: The Magician’s Assistant by Caledonia Hanson (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Back in Business by Jim Norman (USA)
Honorable Mention (Short Script): Liquid Steak by Curran Ellis (USA)
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