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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
What You Left in the Ditch by Tucker Bliss (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Long Way Home by Yu Jing Luo (China)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Ana Paula by Leigh Marling (Canada)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Casa Paraíso by Mateo Sicilia (USA)
Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mentions)
After Us by Alexandre Szuren (France)
Eggs by Sarah Corean (USA)
Homeward, Eastward by Yifei Tang (China)
The CD From Outer Space by Wenhui Ren (China)
The Ocean, Hundreds of Birds and Grandpa’s Suona by Yumo Zhang (USA)
Up, Up and Away by Kai Yin Canice Tam (Hong Kong)
Best Indie Short: What You Left in the Ditch by Tucker Bliss (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): The Ocean, Hundreds of Birds and Grandpa’s Suona by Yumo Zhang (USA)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): Open Season by João Italo (Brazil)
Best Drama Short: Long Way Home by Yu Jing Luo (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Ana Paula by Leigh Marling (Canada)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): After Us by Alexandre Szuren (France)
Best Student Short: Casa Paraíso by Mateo Sicilia (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): The CD From Outer Space by Wenhui Ren (China)
Honorable Mention (Student Short): China Bowl by Wan Huang (China)
Best Documentary Short: Today Must Not Be Our Last Goodbye by Meng Wu (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Celebration of Life by Jiarong Lu (USA)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): The Han River by Hannah Hwang (South Korea)
Best Comedy Short: Casa Paraíso by Mateo Sicilia (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Real Heroes Don’t Die by Roman Mitichyan (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Meme Me by Alec Goldberg (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): No Names by Artemis Adamantopoulou (UK)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Three Wise Men by Kirk Mihelakos (Australia)
Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Finding Mr. Reich by Brandon Bacall (USA)
Best Action Short: Kings of Triad: Uprising by Kevin Le (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): Deja Vu by Jean Frenette (Canada)
Best Crime Short: The Three Wise Men by Kirk Mihelakos (Australia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Your Move, My Lady by Tereza Hirsch (Czechia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Inside by Julien Martre and Estelle Martre (Canada)
Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Bracing Shadows by Bemnet Yemesgen (USA)
Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Cheat Code by Jiting Yao (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Up, Up and Away by Kai Yin Canice Tam (Hong Kong)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Deja Vu by Jean Frenette (Canada)
Best Western Short: Out on a Limb by Filip Kojic (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Western Short): A Tale of Earl Gray by Michael King (USA)
Honorable Mention (Western Short): The Final Bounty by Paul Pavlosky (USA)
Best Animation Short: PixelTide by Jingjing Fang, Chiayu Chen, and Kimia Mohammadi (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Ariel by C. A. MacFinn (USA)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Wishing to The Sky by Yiyi Xing (USA)
Best Children Short: Paper Flowers by Todd Lien (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): Dino by Romi Henenson (Israel)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): Band-Aid Jesus by Richard Mario Santoro (USA)
Best Women Short: Eggs by Sarah Corean (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Blue Marks by Gal Salomon (Israel)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): 9 Lives by Millie Rose Evans (USA)
Best Microfilm: What Dreams May Come by Anthony Cally (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Knives by Yeobin Park (South Korea)
Best Experimental Short: End of The by Ganlkhavga Ganbold (Mongolia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): It’ll Get Lighter With Time by Martin Perry Lutz (USA)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Retrospect by Katherine Ren (USA)
Honorable Mention (Screendance Short): A Red Rose For My Love by Yunni Lin and Jasper Ku (Taiwan)
Best Music Video: AMMO – Harm by Adrian Pruett and AMMO (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Annabel (lee) – If You Show Me (Alice) by Tyler Hubby (USA)
Honorable Mention (Music Video): Stay With Me by Jiaxin Wang (USA)
Best Web Series & TV Pilot: The Gliwensbourg Chronicles – Season 1 by Emilie Tommasi (France)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series & TV Pilot): Cause Celebre by Patrick John Donnelly (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series & TV Pilot): Feet On The Street with Alyssa Poteet by Jessie Sanchez (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mobile Short): Grandpa’s Magical Marshmallow Moss by Bryan Chadwick (USA)
Honorable Mention (Parody Short): Los Angeles Beach Detective by Nico Cauton and Luis Fernando Contreras (USA)
Best Short Script: The Tin Soldier by Austin Hughes (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): The Elderly Influencer by Eric Faulkner (USA)
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