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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Once More, Like Rain Man by Sue Ann Pien (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Hysteria by Miriam Carlsen (Denmark)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Wizdom by Layne Marie Williams (USA)
Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mentions)
My Own Hair by Lauren Anderson (USA)
Pandaal by Shaily Sanghvi (USA)
Shock Value by Sam Veeramachaneni (USA)
Best Indie Short: Once More, Like Rain Man by Sue Ann Pien (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Pandaal by Shaily Sanghvi (USA)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): I Want It by Agnessa Simo (France)
Best Drama Short: Hysteria by Miriam Carlsen (Denmark)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Little Boy by Adrian Hernandez (USA)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): Mute by I. J. Buznego (Venezuela)
Best Student Short: My Own Hair by Lauren Anderson (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Popcorn by Fangjian Li (USA)
Honorable Mention (Student Short): Walking on a Dream by Zineb Zidane (Morocco)
Best Documentary Short: Oceanbone by Lani Cupchoy (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Redacted Dreams by Fariba Farjam (Canada)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): Whence the Wind Blows by Wanze Li and Xuanyi He (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Cast Away Sorta by Christopher Rodriguez-Marquette (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Fitness Guy by Adam Pine and Sean Pine (USA)
Honorable Mention (Romantic Comedy Short): Pizza Bunny by Aaron Mills (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Fast by Clayton Henderson (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): River by Lap Fung Cheung (Hong Kong)
Honorable Mention (Action Short): Sauvetage by Jackson Bentley and John Stokes (Australia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Density by Graham M Bishop (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Shock Value by Sam Veeramachaneni (USA)
Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): A Congress of Crows by Sean Martinez (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mystery Short): Pizza Hunt by Thomas Lorber and Naomi Frenette (Canada)
Best Thriller Short: Angels Trumpet by Nick Waraksa and Bryan Mir (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Broken by Angelo Donzella (Italy)
Best Horror Short: Candy by Giuseppe Marino (Italy)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): To The End by Ruiying Sun (USA)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Intus Dark by Denise Sganzerla (Brazil)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Wizdom by Layne Marie Williams (USA)
Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): To The End by Ruiying Sun (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Conductor by Sergey Sergeevich Valikov (Russia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Western Short): Birthrite by Christian Kiemele (USA)
Best Animation Short: Retrieving Roadie by Luke Stone (USA)
Best Women Short: My Own Hair by Lauren Anderson (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): A Mother’s Promise by Heather Waters (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): EKG by Allan Brocka (USA)
Best Microfilm: Writing Memories by Nando Dietz (Germany)
Best Experimental Short: Tears by Zinzi Gugu Johnson (USA)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Ice Breath by Leonard Alecu (Romania)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series & TV Pilot): Paranormal Happenings by Peter Anthony Castillo (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series & TV Pilot): Carissa Tells It All by Mike Madigan (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): The Adventures of the Bull Demon King: The Old Man and the Sea by He Bing (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web and New Media): Blackout by Artur Satulis (Latvia)
Honorable Mention (Mobile Short): Switched Parallel World by Zabaldu Naraé (France)
Best Short Script: My Lover by Betsy Marie Regus (USA)
See also AWARD WINNERS OF MAY 2025: TECHNICAL CATEGORIES
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