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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Focal Point by Raphael Buisson (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Acorn, Iowa by Madison Taylor Wolfe (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
The Love of Sin by Shuai Zhang (China)
Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mentions)
Bad Actor by Sonea Patil (USA)
Fire Dance by Clara Amorós Ordás (Spain)
Ker by Sajad Soleymani (Iran)
Outrage! by Ivette Ivanova (Bulgaria)
The Pursuit Of Forgiveness by Thomas McQuillan (Ireland)
Best Indie Short: Bad Actor by Sonea Patil (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): No Left Turns by Douglas Ryan (USA)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): The Hat by Collin Chute (USA)
Best Drama Short: The Love of Sin by Shuai Zhang (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Ker by Sajad Soleymani (Iran)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): The Pursuit Of Forgiveness by Thomas McQuillan (Ireland)
Best Student Short: Acorn, Iowa by Madison Taylor Wolfe (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Contigo by Rodrigo Enrique Perez (USA)
Honorable Mention (Student Short): Ubiquitous by Grace Drury (USA)
Best Documentary Short: City of Smoke by Nadia Akbar and Alicia Chiang (USA)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): Tibetan Ballads by Jiawei Lin (China)
Best Comedy Short: Outrage! by Ivette Ivanova (Bulgaria)
Best Romantic Comedy Short: Goldilocks by Susie Kim (USA)
Honorable Mention (Romantic Comedy Short): My Favorite Life by Jonathan Dale (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Hungry. And Angry by Lev Prudkin (France)
Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Make Dick Great Again by Shawn Chen (China)
Best Action Short: Contigo by Rodrigo Enrique Perez (USA)
Honorable Mention (Action Short): Watermelon by Eric Yu (USA)
Best Crime Short: Union Avenue by Gino Cazzali (USA)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Dead Meat by Nico Hagopian (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): Trunk by Jack Matthew Villhard (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mystery Short): Frame by Ruolun Feng (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Contigo by Rodrigo Enrique Perez (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Ada’s Last Dance by XInzhe Li (USA)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Trunk by Jack Matthew Villhard (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Focal Point by Raphael Buisson (USA)
Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): New Horizons by Jared Fassbender and Easton Tabin (USA)
Best Animation Short: Carbono by Alberto Arvizu and Yael Gonzalez (Mexico)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Ball Lightning by Catriona Trina Baker (USA)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Holy Cow by Karthik Swaminsathan (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): The Wash by Yizhen Wu (China)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): Pop Guns at High Noon by Sebastian Montalvo and Cal Rohdie (USA)
Best Women Short: Dream Addicts Anonymous by Ella Braff (USA)
Honorable Mention (Women Short): Serendipity by Sujay Putchala (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Fire Dance by Clara Amorós Ordás (Spain)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): A Place Just Like Heaven by Qifan Wang (China)
Honorable Mention (Microfilm): 3 Minutos by Douglas Ryan (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Paradox by Wonki Choi (South Korea)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Artemis Jampanoï by Ornella Pacchioni (France)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Hugo by Rianne Cloudie (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): I’m Back by Ilya Noyabrev (Ukraine)
Honorable Mention (Web Series & TV Pilot): The Law Brothers by Cole Alberti (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mobile Short): Washing by Yeohyeon Jung (South Korea)
Honorable Mention (Trailer/Teaser): Holler by Devin Michael Smock and Samuel David (USA)
Best Short Script: Windy City by Joseph Anthony Francis (USA)
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