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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Wake by Sean Carter (USA)


Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Don’t Worry Grandma by Romain Meurquin (France)


Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Frank and 3 by Charles A Ullrich (USA)


Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Until He’s Born by Qingxuan Wang (China)


Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mentions)
Here by Mark Lynch (Ireland)
Love and Substances by Lukas Treudler (Germany)
Pascal Ball by Ai Xin (China)
Pieces of Two by Shahan Rao (USA)
Theo’s Tears by Jeremy Shinder (USA)
You Can Go Home Whenever You Want by Matthew Paul Everitt (USA)


Best Indie Short: Don’t Worry Grandma by Romain Meurquin (France)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Frank and 3 by Charles A Ullrich (USA)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): Academy Boy by Luke Jin (UK)
Best Drama Short: Until He’s Born by Qingxuan Wang (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Pieces of Two by Shahan Rao (USA)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): Ordinary Objects by Gregg Furuoka (USA)
Best Student Short: Here by Mark Lynch (Ireland)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Graphite On Canvas by Jaka Jože Prosenik (Ireland)
Honorable Mention (Student Short): Echoes of Juno by Reza Sam Mosadegh (Germany)
Best Documentary Short: Lifeline by Jelle Krings (Netherlands)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): John’s Ultimate Illusion by Rob Lawe (USA)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): A Voice for Health by Michael Paul Stephenson and Amber Gardner (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Love and Substances by Lukas Treudler (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): In-Security Guard by Riley Segal (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): It Never Gets Easier by Micah Taylor (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Gas Can by John Chiodi (USA)
Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Benny Goes Method by Nina Zehri and Sam Permar (USA)
Honorable Mention (Action Short): M Minus 60: The Warrior by Kazuyoshi Hayashi (Japan)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Running by Brent Worden and Spencer Bang (USA)
Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Miss Me? by Kiran Kumar Mangali (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Plastic Soul by Nathan Schiele (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Pascal Ball by Ai Xin (China)
Best Horror Short: Wake by Sean Carter (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Just For Now by Victor Kuchmaner and Elliot Wilks (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): Binate by Sahvannah Rae (USA)
Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Heart-Ware by Jii Zhang (Japan)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Doctor Time by Steve Grace and Jason Brown (Australia)
Best Western Short: Outlast by Connor Nagel (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Western Short): A Flame’s Reach by Bailey Chafin (USA)
Honorable Mention (Western Short): Lemon Joe by Jacob Whiting (USA)
Best Animation Short: Fan by Erik Lee (Taiwan)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): One by Thomas E. Richner (USA)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Chain by Ling Han (USA)
Best Children Short: CR7 by Azad Chandran Anesh (India)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): Doctor Time by Steve Grace and Jason Brown (Australia)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): Just One by Yeajoon Cho (USA)
Best Women Short: Under the Hawthorn Tree by Tori Layne (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Lucy the Lion by Kalman Apple (USA)
Honorable Mention (Women Short): The Feeling Part by Jesse Lowell Anholt (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Theo’s Tears by Jeremy Shinder (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Out of Body by Sisy M Gómez Peña (Cuba)
Best Microfilm: Glance by Luka Bazeli and Alexi Papalexopoulos (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Human Fly by Aram Winter (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Notre Mère by Enbe and Muoi (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Fired by Alberto Martín-Aragón (Spain)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Unconditional by Marta Chierego (USA)
Best Music Video: Together We Are One, You and I by Harrison Shook (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Luli – Alien by Anna Leijonhielm (Norway)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series & TV Pilot): The Folks by Julian Isfort (Germany)
Honorable Mention (Web Series & TV Pilot): Good Gangster – Episode 1 by Karthikeyan K (India)
Best Web and New Media: Right on LA! by Ruby Lovell (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Parody Short): Interrogation of A Guy Below Any Suspicion (Sospetti su un sospettato al di sotto di ogni sospetto) by Giorgio Zingone (Italy)
Best Short Script: Gigged by Joseph B. Atkins (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Through the Lens by Nick Barbadoro (USA)










































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