Award Winners: June 2022

Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

11.02.2020.MPLS.MN by Haohao Yan (USA)

Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

Impetus by Benjamin Knoebl (Austria)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Call It A Front by Ricky Staffieri and Ben Fout (USA)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

The Tip by Katerina Tana (USA)

Best Short of the Season – Runners-up (Special Jury Mention)

Are You Feel Better by Agree Ye (China)

Me, So So by Huisu Kang (South Korea)

Occurrence by Jeon Se Hoon (South Korea)

Yorktown: A Time to Heal by Da Han (USA)

Best Indie Short: 11.02.2020.MPLS.MN by Haohao Yan (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): The Tip by Katerina Tana (USA)

Best Drama Short: Impetus by Benjamin Knoebl (Austria)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Are You Feel Better by Agree Ye (China)

Best Documentary Short: The Culture Killers by Jason Killian Meath (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): A Movie Theater Called Hope by Ana Carolina Francisco (Brazil)

Best Comedy Short: The Ebola Incident by Kyle Karges (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Holy Sh!t by Jacob Meszaros (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): Fever 2022 by Helen Gaden (UK)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Call It A Front by Ricky Staffieri and Ben Fout (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Animal Appetites by Quentin Ferrant (Canada)

Honorable Mention (Action Short): Wing Chun – The Next Generation by Malcom Marcus Jennings (USA)

Honorable Mention (Crime Short): The Awakening by Vernon Antonio (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: Honey, I’m Home! by Den Zarubin (Russia)

Best Thriller Short: Kasper & Sophie by Tomas Jonsgarden (Sweden)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Getaway by Haley L Watson (USA)

Honorable Mention (Mystery Short): Renascence by Sepehr Qeshmi (Iran)

Honorable Mention (Horror Short): In The Night by Rudy Keil (France)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Yorktown: A Time to Heal by Da Han (USA)

Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Chatsworth by Joseph Junod (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): The Show Must Go On by Brooks Petershack (USA)

Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): What You Will by Ryan Cargill (USA)

Best Animation Short: The Ships of Theseus by Jeongho Lee (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Lucy Dacus – VBS by Marin Leong (USA)

Best Children Short: Snowflake Dance by Bobby Fodera (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): Just a Bit of Love by Hyacynthe Ndongo (Cameroon)

Best Women Short: How to tell Gunshots from Fireworks by Philipp Groth (UK)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Reflection by Stefania Marshalenko (Ukraine)

Honorable Mention (Women Short): Aïcha by Feriel Bouchaffra (Canada)

Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): Love Letter To Vegas by Sean Hale (USA)

Best Microfilm: Diving Like Metal by Luke Pulver (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): I Can’t Breathe by Andrew Moodie (Canada)

Best Experimental Short: Untitled by Lin Song (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Fire & Ash by Andreas John (USA)

Best Student Short: Plenty of Dogfish by Anni Fan (UK)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Far From the Tree by Anton Isaac Lee (USA)

Best Screendance Short: Occurrence by Jeon Se Hoon (South Korea)

Best Music Video: Woman on the Move by Keene McRae (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Övergivenheten by Hanna Oldenburg and Johan Kuurne (Sweden)

Best Web Series & TV Pilot: How Did We Get Here? by Matt Frierdich (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): Mars Mission by Pedro L Filizzola and Tarley McCartiney de Sousa (Brazil)

Honorable Mention (Trailer/Teaser): Montu (USA)

Best Short Script: Again, Mama by Geqi Li (China)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Bareknuckle Soldier by Constantine Alexander Konots (USA)

Honorable Mention (Short Script): Table by Marelize Roets (USA)

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