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Best Short (Overall)
Legacy by Jeno Hodi (Hungary)
Best Foreign-Language Short (Overall)
Suave by Aurian De Wouters (Belgium)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Kilter by Rob Stanton-Cook (Australia)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
The Black Kite by I-Hui Lee (Taiwan)
Runner-ups (Best Short of the Season)
Fish Out Of Water by Adriana Mrnjavac (Austria)
Fubar by Tom Van Immerseel (Belgium)
Here Cut Salon by Kenneth Ma (USA)
Investigative Experiment by Maciej Jankowski (Poland)
Life… by Mirlande Amazan (USA)
Rekindle by Fan Xun Lilac (Singapore)
Best Student Short (Overall)
Here Cut Salon by Kenneth Ma (USA)
Best Student Short of the Season (Runner-up)
Fish Out Of Water by Adriana Mrnjavac (Austria)
Best Indie Short: Kilter by Rob Stanton-Cook (Australia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): The Black Kite by I-Hui Lee (Taiwan)
Best Drama Short: Legacy by Jeno Hodi (Hungary)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Rekindle by Fan Xun Lilac (Singapore)
Best Student Drama Short: Floating Mountain by Wei Junfan (China)
Best Documentary Short: The Border Within by Boan Wang and Nuruzzaman Khan (Taiwan)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Distressed by Toby Lord and Tim Elwin (Australia)
Best Student Documentary Short: Uncle in L.A. by Kai Stoeckel (Germany)
Best Comedy Short: Ascending Grace by Claire Byrne (Ireland)
Best Student Comedy Short: The Flexed Arm Hang by Findlay Brown (Canada)
Best Romantic Comedy Short: The Perfect Week by Isabel Schnall (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Season’s Greetings by Whit Conway (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Buzz Off by Jonathan Munoz (USA)
Best Student Dark Comedy Short: Door to Door by Tom von Dohlen (USA)
Best Action Short: Fubar by Tom Van Immerseel (Belgium)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): Driven by Keir Beck (Australia)
Best Student Action Short: Falling Sparrow by Justin Wang Powell (USA)
Best Crime Short: Thirty Seconds by Christopher Long (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Bringer Of Life by Liam Owens (USA)
Best Student Crime Short: The Wages of Sin by Brandon Hill (USA)
Best Student Film Noir Short: Scourge by Arthur Minoves (Brazil)
Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): Slice of Life by Dale Fabrigar (USA)
Best Mystery Short: The Curse of Stone Hill by Dale Fabrigar (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): The Clone… by Valerii Petrov (Russia)
Best Student Mystery Short: Scourge by Arthur Minoves (Brazil)
Best Thriller Short: Night Terror by Will Branner and Blake Zelesnikar (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Don’t Breathe by Bacall Geleta (Canada)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Sleep Well by Mauro Grosso (Italy)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Synchro by Jii Zhang (Japan)
Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): That Girl Named Cinema by Sasha Santiago (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Mission Control by Josiah Savage (USA)
Best Student Sci-Fi Short: The Mailman by Matt Hourigan (USA)
Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Technolost by Ewan Creed (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Western Short): Fools by Jimmy Prosser (USA)
Best Animation Short: Rescue Master Tang by Adam Juang (Taiwan)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): The Incredibly Short Life of Peter Panties by Daniel Abril (USA)
Best Student Animation Short: Gaman by Benjamin Tomimatsu (USA)
Best Children Short: Miracle of Science by Michael S. Hemenway (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, FL by Mariana Medina (USA)
Best Student Children Short: Miracle Journey of Xi-Liang-Liang by Chiu-Wan Lin, Shi-En Chen, Pei-Chi Kao, and Wei-Sheng Tang (Taiwan)
Best Women Short: Suave by Aurian De Wouters (Belgium)
Best Student Women Short: There by Wu Yu Fen (Taiwan)
Best LGBTQ Short: At Last by Lorena Gordon (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): 2 Weeks by Victoria Negri (USA)
Best Student LGBTQ Short: Somewhere Out There by Leo Li and Wu Zi-jing (Taiwan)
Best Microfilm: The Gift of Years by Josiah Dunjey (Australia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Anna & Luter by T.R.E. Nue (UK)
Best Experimental Short: Kilter by Rob Stanton-Cook (Australia)
Best Student Experimental Short: Why by Erica Sarah Carrubba (Italy)
Best Screendance Short: Tapis Roulant by Kat Sullivan and Cassandra Trenary (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short): Breath by Oriada Islami (USA)
Honorable Mention (Screendance Short): Deez Nuts!: Black Bodies Dancing Defiance by C. Kemal Nance and Cristian Barreto-Avila (USA)
Best Music Video: 2 Down by Sam Farage (Finland)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Mothica – Blackout by Ian Rowe (USA)
Best Student Music Video: Funeral Flavored Cigarette in the Morning by Alexandra Ostrovskaya (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Incompleteness by David Ash (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Guess Who: Divorce With a Smile by Wen-hung Li (Taiwan)
Best Web and New Media: We Got Divorced by Natalie Metcalfe and Danny Nash (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): Covid, Tango and The Lagom Way by Claudia Nye (UK)
Best Student Web and New Media: Holding the Rope by Harlow Schuman (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Cold Water Therapy by Remy Brand (Australia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mobile Short): Fools by Jimmy Prosser (USA)
Best Parody Short: Forced Parenthood by Michelle Boley (USA)
Honorable Mention (Parody Short): Now Time With David Crawford: Online Dating by Arthur Studholme (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Trailer/Teaser): Life Without Parole: The Story of George Martorano (USA)
Best Short Script: The Girl & The Vulture by Matthew Jones (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Maysîr by Lyna Dubarry (UK)
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