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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Road Home by Stepan Sokolov (Russia)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Viva by Esteban “Steven” Petersen (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
A Love Song At The End Of The Time by Miao Yike (China)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
How To Musical Theatre by Allen Robertson and Damon Brown (USA)
Best Short of the Season – Runners-up (Special Jury Mention)
Collector by Silas Dunn (USA)
Essential by Thierry Debroux (Belgium)
Lotus Land by Andy Cohen and Grover Ellisor (USA)
Pulling The Goalie by Hiag Avsharian (USA)
The Harbinger of Death by Kenneth Yeung (USA)
The Visit by Mitchell Linden (USA)
Best Indie Short: Road Home by Stepan Sokolov (Russia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): The Visit by Mitchell Linden (USA)
Best Drama Short: Viva by Esteban “Steven” Petersen (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Acquaintance by Jiayi Gu (China)
Best Documentary Short: Deerfoot of the Diamond by Lance Edmands (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Betsy & Irv by Nicole Noren (USA)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): The Uncommon Garden by Olympia Stone (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Something to Remember Me By by Anna Rose Moore (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Love Locked by Bryan Yanbing Lee (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): The Spell That Backfired by Rayna Campbell (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Lotus Land by Andy Cohen and Grover Ellisor (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Gastropod by Allison Bergman (USA)
Best Action Short: Collector by Silas Dunn (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): Dream War by Kevin Barile (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: The Harbinger of Death by Kenneth Yeung (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Film Noir Short): Graveyard by Connell Oberman (USA)
Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): Salvation by Zane (Canada)
Best Thriller Short: Gemini by Tadeu Vieira Marinho (Brazil)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Testimony by Jason Camp (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Cycle by Nazar Balanov (Ukraine)
Best Sci-Fi Short: D.A.D. by James A Sims (USA)
Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Everything I Learned Came From the Television by Jeremy Stewart (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Black Knight Origins by Jonathan Debiase (USA)
Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Let’s Start Over by Kent Bernhard (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Western Short): Path of the Damned by Jack Kockenmeister (USA)
Best Animation Short: Going by Carson G Smith (USA)
Best Children Short: How To Musical Theatre by Allen Robertson and Damon Brown (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): Luna by Luca Bueno (USA)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): Diving by Rongheng Sun (China)
Best Women Short: Via Dream by Frances Feng and Vincent Liu (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): The Hike by Adam Riegler (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Brilliance by Junzhe Tang (China)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): The Girl That Got Away by Lauren Veen and Ephi Stempler (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Curtains Down: The Last Rod by John F Hebert (USA)
Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Peeping Tom by Raina (Yoonji) Sunwoo (South Korea)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Psyche Obscura by Craig Oty (USA)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Cumulus Nimrod by Emerson Del Monte and John Vogel (USA)
Best Student Short: A Love Song At The End Of The Time by Miao Yike (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): The Elephant by Yilun Bi (China)
Best Screendance Short: Nala by Darshan Singh Bhuller (USA)
Honorable Mention (Screendance Short): Psyche Obscura by Craig Oty (USA)
Best Music Video: Where the Seams Have Frayed by Conor Brendan Mueller and Chancey June Gannett (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Infatuation by Jasmine Marie (USA)
Best Web Series & TV Pilot: Night Visit by Abdul Stone Jackson (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series & TV Pilot): & The Bathroom by Alex Saltiel and Nathaniel Jameson (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): Early Bird by Akseli Leppänen (Estonia)
Best Mobile Short: The Exhibition of Expedition 37 by Maggie Colligan (USA)
Best Parody Short: The Exhibition of Expedition 37 by Maggie Colligan (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Grandpa by Seth Jarrett (USA)
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