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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
The Most Beautiful Among Mothers by Mahmoud Abu Jazi (Palestine)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
An Exam’s Journey by Carl Bengtsson (Sweden)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Bardo by Mishki Vaccaro (Canada)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Little One by Lindsay Carpenter (USA)
Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mentions)
Baron Munchausen (Karl) by Ilia Noyabrov (Ukraine)
Bloody Belly by Simona Maria Strugari (Italy)
Catacombs by Chad Cunningham (USA)
Family Video by Niande Liu (China)
Milk Tooth by Vaishnavi Pramodh (United Arab Emirates)
Secret Garden by Yihui Hu (USA)
Best Indie Short: Bardo by Mishki Vaccaro (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Baron Munchausen (Karl) by Ilia Noyabrov (Ukraine)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): Family Video by Niande Liu (China)
Best Drama Short: Mark and Sophie by Lorraine Pouliot (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Dogbone by Hunter Bishop (UK)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): You Are Special by Ilia Noyabrov (Ukraine)
Best Student Short: Milk Tooth by Vaishnavi Pramodh (United Arab Emirates)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Silent Sparks by Zimeng Liu (China)
Honorable Mention (Student Short): The Promise of Intimacy by Lin Cheng (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Anyone Can Change by Jerri Iris Sher (USA)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): Sapphire Girls by Zhuoheng Liu (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Ashes to Ashes by Holly Dorff (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Park It by Anthony DeNitto (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): There Goes Stacy by Gabriel Del Rosario (USA)
Honorable Mention (Romantic Comedy Short): Poopsy by Brian Antonson (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Violence Domestique by Ian Brew (Ireland)
Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Mouse by Ethan Gabert-Doyon and Max Anton Kolomatsky (USA)
Honorable Mention (Action Short): Little Red by Richard Zapien (USA)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Best Day Ever by Preston Taylor (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): El Secreto Del Lago (Lake’s Secret) by Wilson Fernando Castillo (USA)
Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): A Mothers Love by Christopher Pierantoni (USA)
Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): Storming by Nobuko Kato (Japan)
Best Horror Short: Catacombs by Chad Cunningham (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Party Panda – The Birth of a Serial Killer by Uriah Herr (USA)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): In Nomine Patris by Don John (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Secret Garden by Yihui Hu (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Honeybuddy’s! by Daisy M Borders (USA)
Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Welcome To Oneg by Delphine Batier (USA)
Best Animation Short: Rise Up & Fight by Nolan Williams, Jr. (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Baby on Board: The Dark Web Catbot by Dog & Rabbit and Will Anderson (UK)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Long Time No See by Ming Sheng (China)
Best Women Short: The Most Beautiful Among Mothers by Mahmoud Abu Jazi (Palestine)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): All I Am by Andrew Hollinger (USA)
Honorable Mention (Women Short): The Visit by Kate Thulin (USA)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): Diamonds On Plastic by Philip Cairns (Canada)
Honorable Mention (Microfilm): She Left Me On The Other Side Of The Earth by Jiting Yao (China)
Best Experimental Short: An Exam’s Journey by Carl Bengtsson (Sweden)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Promenade-a-deux by Hannah Camarata (USA)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Street Muse by Beth Cloutier (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short): Promenade-a-deux by Hannah Camarata (USA)
Best Music Video: Jeff Hilliard – My Face by Jeff Hilliard (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Rise Up & Fight by Nolan Williams, Jr. (USA)
Honorable Mention (Music Video): Hi, My Name is Justin by Justin Hoffman and Josh Fields (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series & TV Pilot): Jammerz by A.J. Cheaytelli (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series & TV Pilot): Deviants by McKinley Parker (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mobile Short): London Heathrow to Sydney Kingsford Smith by Sophie Jackson (Australia)
Honorable Mention (Parody Short): The Debate by Todd Bruno (USA)
Honorable Mention (Trailer/Teaser): Before It Was Cool by Michael West and Lia Komakhidze (USA)
Best Short Script: Love Deja Vu by Randall Courtland Davis (USA)
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