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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
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Between the Piers by Kate Cheeseman (UK)
Best Foreign Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Halima – Eine Anleitung zum Starksein by Linda Verweyen (Germany)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
A Reflection Of You by Enrico Natale (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Clean Slate by David John Pleiss (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Gravy Train by Benny Slater (UK)
Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mentions)
Deconstruction of an Individual by Ruben Arede (Portugal)
Irish Son by Tolu Ogunware (UK)
Synthetic by Ismail Albukhari (Saudi Arabia, USA)
Trunyan – The Village of Silent Souls by Damien Lafon (France)
Veronica by Brett Dos Santos (USA)
Best Indie Short: Tapeworm Diaries by Kayla Cao (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Sacrifice by Tony Kornilov (USA)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): After Dinner by Lasley Lui (Hong Kong)
Best Drama Short: A Reflection Of You by Enrico Natale (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Shaolin by Landon Tyler Smith (USA)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): A Lasting Place by Juwan Rashaad Howard (USA)
Best Student Short: Kyrie by Calista Noelle Hinrichsen (South Africa)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Home Base by Amit Kra (Israel)
Honorable Mention (Student Short): See Your Eyes by Song JiWon (South Korea)
Best Documentary Short: Lost Snows of the Alps by Kevin McCarey (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Fighting Demons by Simon Stock (UK)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): The Road to Til by Rajan Kathet (Nepal)
Best Comedy Short: Veronica by Brett Dos Santos (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Anonymous by Paige Gallaghe and Sophia Robinson (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Illustrated by Noah Belsky (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): The Pick Up by Sherice Griffiths (UK)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Gravy Train by Benny Slater (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Clean Slate by David John Pleiss (USA)
Honorable Mention (Action Short): Undercover by Wanhi Lee (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Synthetic by Ismail Albukhari (Saudi Arabia, USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Attached by Kendra Monet and Demetrius Sadler (USA)
Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Formidable by Tomorris Ellis (USA)
Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): Liner Notes by Rahel Grunder (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mystery Short): Orchid by Ben Meredith (USA)
Best Horror Short: Irish Son by Tolu Ogunware (UK)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Noppera by Yoaspire (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: The Experience Machine by Antonio Silveira Guanaes Gomes (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): The Last Sun by Nigel Canepa and Orlando Charvetto (Gibraltar)
Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Grace by Gio Ursino (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Cold by Greg Poppa (USA)
Best Western Short: Hail, Mary by Molly Foy (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): The Wall by Hongchen Li (China)
Best Children Short: Our Monsters by Mia Petrovic (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): Stolen Wishes by Angela Lavelle (USA)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): Through the Window by Christopher Bill Wiberg (Denmark)
Best Women Short: Between the Piers by Kate Cheeseman (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Halima – Eine Anleitung zum Starksein by Linda Verweyen (Germany)
Honorable Mention (Women Short): Sewed Figs by Liliana Chomsky (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Deconstruction of an Individual by Ruben Arede (Portugal)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Baishe: Abyss in the Dream by Lu Chuan (China)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): What’s Happening Out There? by Kazumi Shimizu (Japan)
Best Music Video: Shkodra Elektronike – Stuhi by Chiara Feriani (Albania, Italy)
Honorable Mention (Music Video): Undercover by Wanhi Lee (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: And They Were Roommates by Emily Rose Lyons (USA)
Best Short Script: Humdrum by Daniela Di Salvo (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Sunny by M.F. Thompson (USA)
Honorable Mention (Short Script): Unspeakable by Blythe Howard and Kesley Howard (USA)
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