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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Thanks For Eating Me by Louis English (UK)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
El Alma de la Sed by Colleen Ryan (Panama)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Not Bad by Zoe Peng (China)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Tallulah Park by David Guillermo Borges (USA)
Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mentions)
Alright by Caleb Clowe (USA)
Bunny’s Family by Chuming Wei (USA)
Chrysalis by Arantxa Ibarra and Naz Tokgoz (Turkey)
Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs by Suhas Premkumar (India)
O.C.D. by Luca Pizzoleo (USA)
Out of the Fire by Maximilian Curnow (UK)
Best Indie Short: Advisory by John M. Goodner (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Aguska by Tristan Loraine and Hannah Baxter-Eve (UK)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): Next Up by Marion H von Loewenstern (UK)
Best Drama Short: Alright by Caleb Clowe (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Sagdid by Taylor John (China)
Best Student Short: The Crushed Tea by Yecheng Qu (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Last Words by Inez Franco (USA)
Honorable Mention (Student Short): Chimera by Mandy C White (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs by Suhas Premkumar (India)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): One of Ours – The Story of Private Fred Lee by Jack Gin (Canada)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): Peace Wilderness Man by Tim Millard (Australia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Return to Sender by Lee Vander Boegh (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Zapinos by Matt Bruggeman (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): Baggage by Ana Kiri (USA)
Honorable Mention (Romantic Comedy Short): The Depths of Love by Heaven Hamilton (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Thanks For Eating Me by Louis English (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): O.C.D. by Luca Pizzoleo (USA)
Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Attempted Murder by Gavin J. Konop (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: When The Clocks Stop by Brett Willis (USA)
Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): Clock Shop by Jennifer Sklias-Gahan (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Bunny’s Family by Chuming Wei (USA)
Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): The Visionary by Matthew Quaid (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): The Light of Things by Manoel Rocha (Brazil)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): How Soon Is Now by Mia Holly Kim (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Turn by Hungyu Kuo (USA)
Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): The Last Wish by Ilya Noyabrev (Ukraine)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Western Short): New West by Moritz Brandes (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Testimony by Su Min Ha (USA)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Debris by Xi Feng (China)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): We’re Happy as Clams by Derek Jaskulski (USA)
Best Women Short: Tallulah Park by David Guillermo Borges (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Ura by Abrielle Kung-En Kuo (USA)
Honorable Mention (Women Short): Abby’s Way by Neera Zaveri (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Chrysalis by Arantxa Ibarra and Naz Tokgoz (Turkey)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): So To Speak by Celine Parreñas Shimizu (USA)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): The Last Chance by Tiecheng Gu (USA)
Best Microfilm: SOS, But Don’t Worry If Not by Florence Poppy Deary (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Forgot by Jiahe Guo (China)
Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Beyond the Pain by Farah Tagauly and Annaëlle Maillot (France)
Best Experimental Short: Out of the Fire by Maximilian Curnow (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): When The Clocks Stop by Brett Willis (USA)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Temple by Yohanan Doron (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short): A Pictar by Ben Bradish-Ellames (UK)
Best Music Video: Not Bad by Zoe Peng (China)
Honorable Mention (Music Video:): Falling Apart by Louis Maxwell (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series & TV Pilot): Abstory – Season 1 by Chloé Boutet (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mobile Short): Midnight 2: Born Ruthless by Ryan James Reynolds and Chris Lantry(USA)
Best Short Script: The Policy by Julian Johnson (USA)
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