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Best Short of the Season
777 by Charlie Å (Armenia)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season
Naji by Hosein Torkjoosh (Iran)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Rock Hard with the Clown by Tyler Kirby (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Wait For The Dog by Ian Rowe and Dillon Petrillo (USA)
Runners-up (Best Short of the Season)
A Dead Sea by Nahd Bashir (Israel)
Abi by Mohamed Jaza and Mohadeseh Jalilvand (Iran)
Baladas by Ricardo Kalife (Mexico)
Dark Tales by Michael Yosef (USA)
Retrieval by Advait Dewasthalee (USA)
Summer Reverie by Chloe Tang (USA)
The Case by Patrick House (USA)
Under Construction by Azize Cansu Turan (Turkey)
Best Indie Short: Rock Hard with the Clown by Tyler Kirby (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Summer Reverie by Chloe Tang (USA)
Best Drama Short: Naji by Hosein Torkjoosh (Iran)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Under Construction by Azize Cansu Turan (Turkey)
Best Documentary Short: Life’s Good by Jackson Tisi (South Korea)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Dead On Arrival by Dominic Tierno (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Zero by Tim Hamilton (New Zealand)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Ye Olde Mandate by Chris Owsiany (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): Blocks On Gina by Lauren Sevigny (USA)
Honorable Mention (Romantic Comedy Short): #ISFJ by Joe Jennings Jr. (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Dark Tales by Michael Yosef (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): A Made Bed by Elizabeth Serra (USA)
Best Action Short: Las Parcas by Ivan Mulero (USA)
Best Crime Short: The Case by Patrick House (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Jump Seat by Aaron Colborn (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Professional Experience by Marco Felipe Rossi (Brazil)
Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): Visions by David Scrieciu (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): Trapp/E.D by Therese Gotlib (Mexico)
Best Horror Short: I Miss Us by Roth Rind (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Dark Tales by Michael Yosef (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): Jim of Earth by Justin Arwood (USA)
Best Animation Short: Giselle by Emmanuel Shiu (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Sina ma Tinirau by Vilsoni Tausie Hereniko (USA)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Scarlet Red by Toon Loenders (Belgium)
Best Children Short: Foiled by Hao-Wei Timothy Chang (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): The Way You Smile by Bricen X (USA)
Best Women Short: And The Heavens Must Have Cried by James Camali (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Alalia by Savannah Abrishamchian (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Drag Queens Must Die! by Robby Kendall (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Reverie by Laura McDonald (Australia)
Best Microfilm: Giselle by Emmanuel Shiu (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): An Open Paradox by Tim Mountain (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Dear Bassey by Emily Nkanga (UK)
Best Student Short: Retrieval by Advait Dewasthalee (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Bea, Seriously by Hanna Gray Organschi (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short): The Burning Building by Javier De Frutos and Dan Löwenstein (UK)
Honorable Mention (Screendance Short): Enlightenment From The Moon by An Nuo (USA)
Best Music Video: Freaks by Doltyn Snedden (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): All Cosmologies by Vasco Mendes (Portugal)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Dungo’s Palace by Nathan H Colby (USA)
Best Web and New Media: Do Something by Peppur Chambers (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): Everybody’s Got Something by Julia Hamilton Ogilvie (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web and New Media): Stay Connected by Celine Zabout (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Sea by Sergio M. Villar (Spain)
Best Parody Short: Fye Farm by Amani Hagmagid (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Sign of the Times (USA)
Best Short Script: The Girl and The Tractor by Lucas Pimenta (Brazil)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): End Of Days by Danny Alex (USA)
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