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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Mountain by Yuwei Du (USA)


Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Bright Like The Sun by Thida Nathalie (UK)


Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Broken Service by Chris Guiral (USA)


Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Trust by Diane Lansing (USA)


Runners-up (Best Short of the Season)
Eostre by Sam Saxby (UK)
Familial by Catherine Schetina (USA)
Mammas by Carine Hazan (France)
Niko & Eleanor by Samantha Severin (USA)
Voices and Locks by Ilham Bakir (Turkey)
WIC 300 by Robert Moon (USA)



Best Indie Short: Broken Service by Chris Guiral (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Voices and Locks by Ilham Bakir (Turkey)
Best Drama Short: Trust by Diane Lansing (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Niko & Eleanor by Samantha Severin (USA)
Best Documentary Short: The Last Hunter by Ziling Chen (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Beirut After 40 by Anthony Merchak (Lebanon)
Best Comedy Short: Mammas by Carine Hazan (France)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): A Girl From a Box by Alxis Ratkevich and Chloe Taylor (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Lucky Undies by Sam Silverstein (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Hard Up by Kari Melissa Kennon (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): 100 Candles by Julian Lucas (Australia)
Honorable Mention (Action Short): The Carrier: Action Special by Kazuyoshi Hayashi (Japan)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Beasts of Habit by Miller Owen (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Familial by Catherine Schetina (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): A Little Tent by Michael Spencer (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: The Fourth is of a Devil by Revaz-Giorgi Arveladze (Georgia)
Best Mystery Short: Somnium by L.E. Woods (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): In Menstrual Frames by T. B. Johnson (USA)
Best Horror Short: Eostre by Sam Saxby (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Where’s Weirdo by Duncan Peake (Australia)
Best Sci-Fi Short: I Am Here by Adam Nowak (Poland)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): Buddy Bot by Joey Jordan (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Scraps by Tony J Rivas (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): The Lady of the House of Love by Selena Jin (UK)
Best Animation Short: Guts by Byung Gun Park (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Strictly Bathroom by Yin Fu (USA)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Detached by Emory Allen (USA)
Best Women Short: Lie Still by Ida Marie Meurs-Gerken (Denmark)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): The Ex by Fabianne Gstöttenmayr (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Somnium by L.E. Woods (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Unbarred by Melissa Davidson (Australia)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): Slammer! The Prison Girl Movie Musical by Jay A Nagle (USA)
Best Microfilm: Stains by Roger Villarroya (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Uncle Blank by Christopher David Harrell (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Bright Like The Sun by Thida Nathalie (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Lotus by Angelika Fürstler and Austin Ahlborg (France)
Best Student Short: Enclosed by Yi Yang (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Milk by Ádám Ferenczi (Hungary)
Honorable Mention (Screendance Short): Your Limbs by Curtis Kemal Nance (USA)
Best Music Video: Skin by Jesse Samos Leaman (Australia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Kingmaker by Nathan Mudry (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: WIC 300 by Robert Moon (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Abstraction by Tash Ann (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web and New Media): Parents Together Forever by Keith Farrell (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mobile Short): Upon Demise by Rhode Breaker (USA)
Honorable Mention (Parody Short): GCPD by Marc de Vries (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Broken Service (USA)
Best Short Script: Ms Broome’s Secret by Ima von Wenden (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Now Hear This by Megan McLain (USA)





































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