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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Who Followed Us Home by John Gowan and Neil Gowan (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
The Shadow of the Beast by Frederic Raynaud (France)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Chiaroscuro by Philip Wan (Hong Kong)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Zib by Jonathon Gauthier (USA)
Best Short of the Season – Runners-up (Special Jury Mentions)
Mandje by Cameron Michael Currin and Cody Kristapovich (USA)
Odd/Even by Ya-Ting “Itchy” Yang (USA)
Space Eye by Kevin Mainenti (Croatia)
Sweet Rose by Gustavo Sampaio (USA)
The Can by Shadow C. LaValley and Danielle Purdy (USA)
Trains. by Robert Priel (USA)
Best Indie Short: Chiaroscuro by Philip Wan (Hong Kong)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): The Can by Shadow C. LaValley and Danielle Purdy (USA)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): The Death Of Yuling by Zixuan Xiang (China)
Best Drama Short: Who Followed Us Home by John Gowan and Neil Gowan (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Affliction by Eliza Beltz (USA)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): AJ’s Story by Leon and Christina Richardson (USA)
Best Student Short: Space Eye by Kevin Mainenti (Croatia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Asarum by Thibaut Lafon (France)
Honorable Mention (Student Short): Sugar Baby by Dominick Matthew Levy (USA)
Best Documentary Short: What If Schools Taught Us to Love by Yannick Borit (Myanmar)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): The Orchestra Chuck Built by Christopher Stoudt (USA)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): Tales of the Boiling River by Vitaliy Perunov (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Jungle Chic by Maxime Laurin and Devon Slack (Canada)
Best Romantic Comedy Short: Sweet Rose by Gustavo Sampaio (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): The Last Dinner by Marie-Ange Casalta (France)
Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): A Box of Chocolates by Cris Thorne (USA)
Honorable Mention (Action Short): Dojo by Armin Alic (USA)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): The Worst by Keanu Cordero and Alexandria Fain (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Chiaroscuro by Philip Wan (Hong Kong)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Film Noir Short): Trains. by Robert Priel (USA)
Best Mystery Short: The Shadow of the Beast by Frederic Raynaud (France)
Best Thriller Short: Vax by Barak Shpiez (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Unicorns & Rainbows by Eden Rize (Israel)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Atonia by Zach Drummer (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Zib by Jonathon Gauthier (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): Odd/Even by Ya-Ting “Itchy” Yang (USA)
Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Mass Teleportation Authority by Geoff Smeltzer (USA)
Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Return by Kat Dubrow (USA)
Best Animation Short: A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan (Singapore)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Play Dead by Zijiang Yang (USA)
Best Children Short: A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan (Singapore)
Best Women Short: Oyster by Anoushka Sunil (UAE)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Supermodel by Nicole Wensel (USA)
Best Microfilm: Framed by Milan Tangirala and Joseph Coleman (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Good Friday by Adrian Patino (USA)
Best Music Video: ChatMrE by Kin Shing Kwok and Ka Lee Cheuk (Hong Kong)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Traps In My Feed by Lubos Vacke (Czechia)
Honorable Mention (Music Video): Heli – Who Saw The Funk Die On The Street? by Heli (Estonia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short): Never Fade Away by Donna Weng Friedman (USA)
Best Web Series & TV Pilot: Who’s Annie? by Sophia Peer (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series & TV Pilot): CCF’s Solstice Stories by Kai Damali Little-White and Marel Alemany (Canada)
Honorable Mention (Web Series & TV Pilot): Cerebrum: The Tulsa Murders by Katherine J. Espin (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web and New Media): The Kyster Family In Albania by Mikael Kyster and Mia Kyster (Denmark)
Honorable Mention (Mobile Short): Alternate by Harry Fowler (USA)
Best Parody Short: Ciecho (by Kaylo) by Pawel Stokajlo and Piotr Smolenski (Poland)
Honorable Mention (Parody Short): Dad Bod Dale by Carly Fawcett (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Trailer/Teaser): Ciecho (by Kaylo) (Poland)
Best Short Script: Ailliegory by David Fein (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Boundaries by Lea Mende (USA)
Honorable Mention (Short Script): What Liba Felt by Nik Perring (UK)
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