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Best Short of the Season
McCrorey Rd. by Shane Coffey (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season
The King of Nowhere by Victor Harder Hesel (Denmark)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Pap’s Manifesto by Chris Danuser and Casey Clark (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Your One And Only by Alice Biletska (USA)
Best Student Short of the Season
Bon Appetite by Seung Joon An, Jiwon Kang, and Min Jae Kim (South Korea)
Runner-ups (Best Short of the Season)
Automne by Vladimir Lifschutz and Julien Reneaut (France)
Bird Feeder by Jack Fay (USA)
Morning Flavors by Damir Yaqouti and Hassan Yaqouti (Morocco)
The Wild Woman and the Painter by Erin Whited-Ford (USA)
The Young Wife by Cleo Brown (Canada)
Trees Under Water by Julian Simon Pache (Germany)
Runner-up (Best Student Short of the Season)
Cereal by Dusan Brown (USA)
Best Indie Short: The King of Nowhere by Victor Harder Hesel (Denmark)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Automne by Vladimir Lifschutz and Julien Reneaut (France)
Best Student Indie Short: Lapse by Noah Benjamin Miller (USA)
Best Drama Short: Pap’s Manifesto by Chris Danuser and Casey Clark (USA)
Best Student Drama Short: Hen & Ham by Elias Gandy (USA)
Best Documentary Short: As Organism by Moe Taylor and Kathryn E F Taylor (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): What Remains of Me by Nisreen Alsbeihi (Jordan)
Best Student Documentary Short: All Roads Lead Home by Maria Simonsen, My Boonchuvong Walther, and Eline Ødegaard (Norway)
Best Comedy Short: The Porns by Adam Juegos (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): The Invite by Jordan Rader (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): Holy Zombie by Cam Marshall (USA)
Best Student Romantic Comedy Short: Toxic Shock by Jamie Norrie (Canada)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Trees Under Water by Julian Simon Pache (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): The Lesson by Robbie Barnes (USA)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Persuasive by J. Writer Ward (USA)
Best Mystery Short: The Spray by Uwe Flade (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): Voices by Frank Zotter and Shaz Mohsin (Canada)
Best Thriller Short: Your One And Only by Alice Biletska (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Two Worlds, Not One by Hemma Kearney (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Wisteria by William Kahn and Alexandre Foy (USA)
Best Student Horror Short: Sundown Town by Mylo Butler (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Who Is Jerry Adams? by Michael Degani (Switzerland)
Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): A Flower Dreams by Robert Asencio (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: 33 Floors by Chris Austen (UK)
Best Western Short: Perdition by Paul N Foster (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Western Short): The Sins… by Lovie Johnson (USA)
Best Animation Short: Fantasy of Companionship Between Human and Inanimate by Susan Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan (Singapore)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Druids by Shwan Nostrapour (UK)
Best Student Animation Short: Gekou by Ajisa (Japan)
Best Children Short: Morning Flavors by Damir Yaqouti and Hassan Yaqouti (Morocco)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): Birdhouse by Max Zampieri (USA)
Best Women Short: McCrorey Rd. by Shane Coffey (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): The Wild Woman and the Painter by Erin Whited-Ford (USA)
Best Student Women Short: Never Die by Xue Song (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Pancha Tequila by Frank Reyes and Luis Castillo (Spain)
Best Student LGBTQ Short: I Can’t Say It Yet by Miguel Bayon Jacobson and Will Yeaman (USA)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): It’s Just Me by Jared Moossy (USA)
Best Microfilm: La Marelle by Alexandre Nicot (France)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Godspeed by Johney Birrell (USA)
Best Experimental Short: We Know Our Worth? by Behrooz Abbasi (Iran)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Then I Died by Yukii Li (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short): The One I Wanted To Be by Paula Higa (USA)
Best Music Video: Ballet by Asya Nikolaeva (Ukraine)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Rai (Heaven) by Cristian Balint (Romania)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Pretty Metal by Mikhail Tot (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Conversations by Tomás Ratón (Spain)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mobile Short): No Greater Gift by Scott Mires (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mobile Short): Hello Julie by Vincent Paquot (France)
Honorable Mention (Parody Short): Pop to Punk: The Tragic Story of Gerry Pop by Nicholas Muhlbach (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Trailer/Teaser): Fantasy of Companionship Between Human and Inanimate (Singapore)
Best Short Script: Sans Everything by Yanzi Ding (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Sticky by Soroush (Iran)
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