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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Come and Find Me by Carmine Carpenito (Switzerland)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Siasar by Mahmoud Sharifi Asl (Afghanistan)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Ice Cold Ricky by Juwan Chung (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Lamento by Diego Contreras (USA)
Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mentions)
Argie Berman by Fon Davis (USA)
Liminal by Janelle Christa (USA)
Once Upon A Time In My Village by Charlie S Tang (China)
Perfect One by Lingyan Yang (China)
Best Indie Short: Ice Cold Ricky by Juwan Chung (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Small Town Punks by Michael Kumar (USA)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): Rock Paper Scissors by Lauren Ward and Alex Kweskin (USA)
Best Drama Short: Siasar by Mahmoud Sharifi Asl (Afghanistan)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): New Tables by Taylor Rex (USA)
Best Student Short: To No Avail by Junhao(Mike) Zhang (USA)
Honorable Mention (Student Short): Funny Isn’t It by Donald Conklin (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Allgood by Claire Ward (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Living Undone by Amanda Kasmira Cryer (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Argie Berman by Fon Davis (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Holy Smoke by Niko Ho (China)
Best Romantic Comedy Short: Lucky by Kate Lanier (USA)
Honorable Mention (Romantic Comedy Short): What Are We? by William Burney (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Hermit Crab by Justin Roh (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Viaticum by Derek Frey (USA)
Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Hot Fascist Jizz by Jayme Kusyk (USA)
Best Crime Short: In Monster’s Hands by Christopher Sheffield (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Defenestrated by Mr. Bouhaïk (France)
Best Film Noir Short: Disfigura by Jake Bradbury and Toni Blando (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Come and Find Me by Carmine Carpenito (Switzerland)
Best Thriller Short: Witch by Andrew Frescas and Kevin Khamneipur (USA)
Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Lighting Up The Darkness by Johannes Moe (Denmark)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Lamento by Diego Contreras (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): Perfect One by Lingyan Yang (China)
Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Blood In The Shadows by François Boers (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: It Was Only You by Eva Ariel Binder (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Shortcut to Destiny by Alba Guerrero (Mexico)
Honorable Mention (Western Short): Deadhorse Town by Steffi Lynn Roberts Harshberger (USA)
Best Animation Short: Lifted by Daniel Robichaud (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Puggy Huggy by Sungwon Kim (South Korea)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Mind Distress by Almir Nago (France)
Best Children Short: Happy Thanksgiving by Brooklynn Prince (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): Feral by Jerry Turner (USA)
Best Women Short: Dali’s Wife by Anastasia Mamontenko (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): The Fairy House by Emma Weller and Zoe Moore (USA)
Honorable Mention (Women Short): Best Life by Valerie Chaney (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Argie Berman by Fon Davis (USA)
Best Microfilm: Once Upon A Time In My Village by Charlie S Tang (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Armor of the Heart by Duncan Bonnifay (France)
Best Experimental Short: Liminal by Janelle Christa (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Bargains Made by Riley Roberts (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short): Chimera: Phylogenesis by Okyoung Noh (USA)
Best Music Video: Forever 21 by Bonnie McKee and David Richardson (USA)
Best Web Series & TV Pilot: My Lor Gig (S1:E1) by Mia Musa (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series & TV Pilot): Spectral by Lakshen Sundaram (Canada)
Best Web and New Media: Anima Ex Machina by Nico Mastorakis (USA)
Best Short Script: Pockets by Erik Walker Neill and Anthony DeVine (USA)
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