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Best Short of the Season
Life After by Jesse Edwards (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season
I Have Dreamed Carthage by Cyril Nehmé (France)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
June by Dwayne Cameron (New Zealand)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Unknowns by Luis Fernandez (USA)
Runners-up (Best Short of the Season)
All Because Of The Damned Blonde’s Son by Danilo Vargas Martinez and Cristian Roberto Hernández Figueroa (Dominican Republic)
Feet on the Back by Ruotong Wu and Zhichao Zhang (China)
Puzzled Path by Kenneth Ma (USA)
The Huntsman and the Hound by Francisco Ramirez (USA)
The Meditater by Justin Giegerich (USA)
The Prey by Thibault Lafargue and Romain Lafargue (France)
The Song of the Whale by Aspa Siokou (Greece)
Tokyo Rain by Michel Wild and Robert Schneider (Switzerland)
Best Indie Short: Unknowns by Luis Fernandez (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): All Because Of The Damned Blonde’s Son by Danilo Vargas Martinez and Cristian Roberto Hernández Figueroa (Dominican Republic)
Best Drama Short: Life After by Jesse Edwards (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): The Game The Doubt by Hamid Reza Mahmoudi (Iran)
Best Documentary Short: Art Without Borders by Sean Fee (Turkey)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): View Finder by Dylan Lloyd (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Lifeliners by Ryosuke Sugawara (Japan)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Awkward Endeavors by Derek Frey (USA)
Honorable Mention (Romantic Comedy Short): Tabletop Inferno by Fernando Guillen (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Meditater by Justin Giegerich (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): The Blow Out Day by Rebecca Engen Isaksen (Norway)
Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): At the Strawberry Stand by Gerald Gerhard Pribek and Marc Weber (Austria)
Best Action Short: Reverse by Josh Aries (Canada)
Honorable Mention (Action Short): Allegiant to None by Dylan Bowe (USA)
Best Crime Short: The Huntsman and the Hound by Francisco Ramirez (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Before One – Umiarsuup Tikinngilaattaani by Hanne Sørensen (Greenland)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Real Monsters by Isaiah Thomas Butler (USA)
Best Thriller Short: The Prey by Thibault Lafargue and Romain Lafargue (France)
Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Real Monsters by Isaiah Thomas Butler (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: The Huntsman and the Hound by Francisco Ramirez (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Film Noir Short): Silver Screen Suicide by Kyle Hartford (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Capture by Jason Xu (USA)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): The Shed by Fingal Dickins (UK)
Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): The Dream Time by Steve Neill (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: June by Dwayne Cameron (New Zealand)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Tokyo Rain by Michel Wild and Robert Schneider (Switzerland)
Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Dorothy by Glenn Roberson (USA)
Honorable Mention (Western Short): Feral Fatale by Emma Audrey Eisner (USA)
Best Animation Short: Cabaret by Marianna Grigorova (Russia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Is It My Fault? by Benjamin Pacheco (USA)
Best Children Short: Feet on the Back by Ruotong Wu and Zhichao Zhang (China)
Best Women Short: The Song of the Whale by Aspa Siokou (Greece)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Alexis by Renata Mellão (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Nobody’s Boy by Harrison J. Bahe (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Me+You by Felipe Garcia-Pena (USA)
Best Microfilm: It Came From the Sink by Ryan McGrady and Grace Noble (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): You Are The Ocean by Jesse Boyle (Australia)
Best Experimental Short: You Are The Ocean by Jesse Boyle (Australia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): A Summer Day in Brooklyn by Daniel Luis Ennab (USA)
Best Student Short: Puzzled Path by Kenneth Ma (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Feet on the Back by Ruotong Wu and Zhichao Zhang (China)
Honorable Mention (Student Short): I See You by Amber Jin Yang (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Still Don by Lyandre Pierre (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Claire-ity by Rose Massett and Michael Klapp (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): Z-Listers by Tess Trotter, Alysa Scanzano, and Jason Thompson (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Claire-ity by Rose Massett and Michael Klapp (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mobile Short): Magic Magic Mirror by Vasco Diogo (Portugal)
Honorable Mention (Trailer/Teaser): Real Monsters (USA)
Best Short Script: Transit 3 or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Road by Elias Rivera (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Unfolding Temporary: A New Musical by Elena C. Lockleis (USA)
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