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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Lost in the Waves by Joss Berlioux and Franck Marchand (France)


Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Walther by Nando Dietz (Germany)


Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Final Revenge by Run Wu (China)


Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Just for a While by Hou Zongkun (China)



Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mentions)
Àsaka by D (Edduardo Viera) (Spain)
Dreamers Never Learn by Paolo Wriedt (Canada)
Go-Chi by Lolly Sawant (India)
King Ed by Nick Fascitelli (USA)
She Who Raised Me by Sophie Kairis (USA)
The Only Son by Piotr Matyja (USA)

Best Indie Short: Walther by Nando Dietz (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Dreamers Never Learn by Paolo Wriedt (Canada)
Best Drama Short: Lost in the Waves by Joss Berlioux and Franck Marchand (France)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Just for a While by Hou Zongkun (China)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): The Possible Life by Burke Doeren (USA)
Best Student Short: The Only Son by Piotr Matyja (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Ikigai by Maren Emiko Elardo (USA)
Honorable Mention (Student Short): The Moons Eat Turkey With Seven Swords by Calyx Prohias (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Descendants by Zirui Li (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Sidewalk Stories by Vugar Tahirov and Elmar Bayramov (USA)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): The Drum Song of the Hani by Daoyuan Chi and Yaran Zhou (China)
Best Comedy Short: King Ed by Nick Fascitelli (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): The Swap by Natasha Kaminsky (Australia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): A Newlywed Story by Renu Razdan (USA)
Honorable Mention (Romantic Comedy Short): Meet-cutes & Breakups by Kelli Neal (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Dead Crush by Kyle Roark and Maty Young (USA)
Best Action Short: Final Revenge by Run Wu (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): The Plan by Angelo Donzella (Italy)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Easter Bunny by Bryan L. Tucker (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Unforgiven by Justin Suttles, Bryan Tan, and Jesse Scimeca (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Runaways by Jack Szarabajka (USA)
Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Not Today, Not Tomorrow by Neil Miguel Watson (USA)
Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): Desire by Jason Chu (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mystery Short): Untitled by Henry Isaac Finer (USA)
Best Horror Short: Los Malcriados by Miguel Vega (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Daddy by Toni Weiss (Austria)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Go-Chi by Lolly Sawant (India)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): The Exiles by Chris Jamerson (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Gear by Ziqi Wang (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): To End All Spells by Nana Kwabena and Zak Cedarholm (USA)
Best Animation Short: The Human Fossil by Rebecca Huang (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): The Red Heel by Elena Katherine Serenko (USA)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): From Fire by Evren Karl Bilgihan (USA)
Best Children Short: After The Rain by Xu Yan (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): Matilda’s Monster by Marc André Misman (Germany)
Best Women Short: She Who Raised Me by Sophie Kairis (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): 5 Minutes by Ivana Rauchmann (Austria)
Honorable Mention (Women Short): Treatment by Sedona Feretto (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: King Ed by Nick Fascitelli (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Àsaka by D (Edduardo Viera) (Spain)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): Dino Hart by Lizzie Mayes (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Marwa and the Moon by Eemaan Qadri (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Wired by Daniel Salas (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Fig Island by Brendan Void (UK)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): No Axis by Mehak Singh Gill (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short): Goddess – Path of Destiny by Dominika Prášková (Czechia)
Best Music Video: Red Clay Strays – Wanna Be Loved by Kimberly Stuckwisch (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Return To Skye by Scott Johnson (UK)
Honorable Mention (Music Video): Yoke – Zina by Ilya Kuchin (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series & TV Pilot): Angeleno by Gavin Chief Meredith and Mark D. Bonner (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series & TV Pilot): Target Jeremy by Eddie Velez (USA)
Best Web and New Media: TimeBank, The Game – The Record of an Experiment by Jeff Yiu, Shence Mao, and Erkka Nissinen (Hong Kong)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series & TV Pilot): OnlyMeat by Missy Jubilee (Australia)
Honorable Mention (Mobile Short): Pistols & Apple Pies by Gavin Chief Meredith (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Parody Short): Virtue of Ignorance by Lucas Pelizaro (UK)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Overemployed by Devon Ryan (USA)
Honorable Mention (Trailer/Teaser): Easter Bunny by Bryan L. Tucker (USA)
Best Short Script: Let’s Go to the Videotape by Israela Margalit and Fiona Maazel (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Of Prophets and Fools by Josh Williams (USA)
Honorable Mention (Short Script): Hear My Song by Rachel Walsh-Williams (UK)













































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