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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Saeed’s Day by Mohammed Al Zawari (Saudi Arabia)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
A King’s Curtain by Grant M Johnson (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Satomi by Rayner Wang (Hong Kong/Japan/USA)
Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mentions)
C.Y.A by Guy Lifshitz (Israel)
Filthy Animal by Shizheng Quan (China)
J.J. by Adam Dietrich and Elliott Gilbert (USA)
The Projectionist by Mark Gerard DiSalle (USA)
Two Sisters by Waleed Alqahtani (USA)
Best Indie Short: Filthy Animal by Shizheng Quan (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): C.Y.A by Guy Lifshitz (Israel)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): Meet Me at Flipside by Wen Jiang (China)
Best Drama Short: A King’s Curtain by Grant M Johnson (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): J.J. by Adam Dietrich and Elliott Gilbert (USA)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): The Projectionist by Mark Gerard DiSalle (USA)
Best Student Short: Eskimo by Orson Levy-Langeveld (Netherlands)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Hecuba by Mason Leaver (USA)
Honorable Mention (Student Short): Replicon by Sophia Rossetti (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Chuño y Mote by Isabella Mancioli (Italy)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): The Light Won’t Dim by Jackson Hyland-Lipski (USA)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): Wild Alps by Daniele Gangemi (Italy)
Best Comedy Short: Saeed’s Day by Mohammed Al Zawari (Saudi Arabia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): A Film by Roland Wehap by Roland Wehap (Austria)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): The Application by Joey Brooks (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): The Application by Joey Brooks (USA)
Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Bulb by Guy Taylor (UK)
Best Crime Short: Sorry, Constance by James Coyne (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Public by Sam Knight (USA)
Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): Objects of Affection by David Allan Rohrer (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): After by Zane (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Kinfolk by Andre Dixon (USA)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Tasting Room by Blake Henry Douglas (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Satomi by Rayner Wang (Hong Kong/Japan/USA)
Best Western Short: Hecuba by Mason Leaver (USA)
Honorable Mention (Western Short): The Baku by Johnny Yong Bosch (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Angela’s Dream by Richard Culver (USA)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Beyond the Journey by Lucie Lee and Joowon Lee (USA)
Best Children Short: Satomi by Rayner Wang (Hong Kong/Japan/USA)
Best Women Short: Two Sisters by Waleed Alqahtani (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Yard Sale by Karmen Dann (USA)
Honorable Mention (Women Short): The Blemish by Christina Yu (Australia)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): Graduation Day by Jordan Aaron Hall (USA)
Best Microfilm: Egoli – Place of Gold by Martin Miron (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Scar by Heran Wang (China)
Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Already Arrived by Ryan Bean (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Setsunai by Evgeny Joy (Netherlands)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): The Eyeire by Jiacheng Wang (USA)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Their Sky by Yuexin Fa (China)
Best Music Video: Jeff Hilliard – Love Myself by Jeff Hilliard (USA)
Honorable Mention (Screendance Short): Behind Closed Doors by Hanna DiLorenzo (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Kinfolk by Andre Dixon (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web and New Media): Henry By The Hour – Episode 5 by Henry Parker-Elder and Shaun Wu (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Parody Short): Magnet Brain by Kurt St. Thomas (USA)
Honorable Mention (Parody Short): One Too Many by Galia Baron-Yifrach (Israel)
Best Short Script: Becoming Robert Virtue by Wendell Etherly (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): An Ocean Journey by Victoria Dook and Rick Harvey (Singapore)
Honorable Mention (Short Script): Swamp Freak by Mashael Alqahtani (Saudi Arabia/USA)
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