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Best Short (Overall)
Him and Her by Daria Geller (Israel)
Best Foreign-Language Short (Overall)
Star Child by Alex Guéry (France)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Breaking the Silence by Seayoon Jeong (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Merpeople by Qunio Nozawa (Japan)
Best Student Short (Overall)
Cranberry by Bennett Lees (USA)
Runner-ups (Best Short)
Circus Sam by Rayner Wang (Japan)
Ecdysis by Roscoe Portelli and William Stanforth (Australia)
Lockbox by Jake Noecker (USA)
Piece of Mind by Oliver Lavery-Farag (UK)
Runner-ups (Best Foreign-Language Short)
Broken Window Theory by Cristian Trujillo García (Colombia)
Sight by Sight by Norah Xi (China)
The Birdcage by Alexander Ivanov (Russia)
Best Indie Short: Star Child by Alex Guéry (France)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Merpeople by Qunio Nozawa (Japan)
Best Drama Short: Piece of Mind by Oliver Lavery-Farag (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Jack by Henri Pardo (Canada)
Best Student Drama Short: Cocoon by Maxfield Cooper Smith (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Together-Alone by Dorith Mous (Netherlands)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Inherit the Earth by Christian Schultz (USA)
Best Student Documentary Short: Crow Country: Our Right to Food Sovereignty by Tsanavi Spoonhunter (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Summer ’16 by Aaron B Doolittle (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Pit Stop by Cody Lee Brown (USA)
Best Student Comedy Short: Nude Territory by Olivia Breen (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short: Chad by Benton Cockerell and Clinton Howard II (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): Romance by Giorgi Tkemaladze (Georgia)
Best Student Romantic Comedy Short: 9/10 by Coffus Hoffmann (Germany)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Call by Jeremy Bassett (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Naturally by Dimitrios Stasinopoulos (Greece)
Best Action Short: Hammer Down by Simon Hatt (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): Practice by Kevin Murray (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Salsero in Purgatory by Antonio De La Cruz (USA)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): A Serious Predicament by Jason Vandygriff (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Dirty Game by Smaro Angelakopoulou (Greece)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Film Noir Short): His Shadow by Hrachya Tokmajyan (Canada)
Best Mystery Short: Sight by Sight by Norah Xi (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): Sawa by Harinarayan Rajeev (Canada)
Best Thriller Short: Broken Window Theory by Cristian Trujillo García (Colombia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Final Curtain by Dan Gifford (Ireland)
Best Student Thriller Short: I’m Here by Dylan Pantaleo (USA)
Best Horror Short: Nova by David McAbee (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): After Dark by Jakob Owens (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Babal by Teodora Pampaloni (Italy)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Mailer Daemon by John Mudge (USA)
Best Student Fantasy Short: Laura Denver by Joao Iglesias and Antonia Cattan (Brazil)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Zealandia by Bruno du Bois (New Zealand)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): Blindsight by Danil Krivoruchko (USA)
Best Student Sci-Fi Short: The Humanity Test by Samuel Mitchell and Lily Kaplan (USA)
Best Western Short: Miles To Go Before I Sleep by Xiaohan Zhang (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Western Short): The Settler by Matt Haley (Canada)
Best Student Western Short: Armstrong by Lucas Zambrano (USA)
Best Animation Short: In Red by He Tian (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): The Abandoned Block by James Bourne (Canada)
Best Student Animation Short: Low-Key by Collin Schuster (USA)
Best Children Short: Circus Sam by Rayner Wang (Japan)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): 10 by Sanchai Aketreephopanun (Thailand)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): CopyCats by Soeun Park (USA)
Best Women Short: Ebullition by Lu Villaça (Brazil)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Lady Lazarus by Jamie Lou (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Block by Monica O’Hara (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Chrysalis by Alaa Safi (Italy)
Best Student LGBTQ Short: Juliet by Irina Storozhenko (USA)
Best Microfilm: Saigon Sentinal by Chris Noltekuhlmann (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Routine by Russ Emanuel (USA)
Best Student Microfilm: Meeting People Always Separated by Nicole Ma (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Shadows of the Night by Alex Orthwein (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Was it Rape Then? by Kari Lee Cartwright (USA)
Best Student Experimental Short: A Call Above the Clouds by Leeni Linna (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Moving Portraits by Himerria Wortham and Raquel Cabrera (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short): Lights Within by Gabriella Hanna (Australia)
Best Student Screendance Short: Elixir. by Judd Abello (Australia)
Best Music Video: Survive Growing Up by Edwin Arellano (Ecuador)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Mirage by Michelle Rose (USA)
Best Student Music Video: Lights Within by Gabriella Hanna (Australia)
Honorable Mention (Music Video): A Certain Ratio – Yo Yo Gi by Fernando Silva (Portugal)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Click Next To Continue by Abdul Stone Jackson (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Stuck! by Omri Anghel and Lauren LeBeouf (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): Sounds of Caring: New York by Yoko Sen (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web and New Media): Gaza: One Football, One Leg by Forget Patrice (France)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mobile Short): Kalley’s Last Review by Julia Bailey Johnson (USA)
Best Student Mobile Short: Zoom Dating by Brendan Egan and Haley Pine (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mobile Short): Corona Chaser by Young Man Kang (South Korea)
Honorable Mention (Parody Short): Mr Big by Steve Bowker (Australia)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Love Thy Neighbour (USA)
Honorable Mention (Trailer/Teaser): MarriageFit (USA)
Best Short Script: Pomegranate Tree Place by Arshia Zeinali (Iran)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Fatal Ambition by Angel Connell (USA)
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