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Best Short (Overall)
How’dy! by Keene McRae (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Short (Overall)
Amplitude Modulation by Nicolás Fernández (Chile)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Pursuit Of A Jigsaw by Sam Mizrahi-Powell (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
The Menu for Tomorrow by Woody – Kazuhiro Kiuchi (Japan)
Runner-ups (Best Short)
Gone with the Ocean by Bide Yuan (USA)
J-1 by Emmi Shockley (USA)
Runner’s High by Sheldon Donenberg and Thelonius Serrell-Freed (USA)
Trust by Santiago Calogero (USA)
Runner-ups (Best Foreign-Language Short)
Doulas Beach by Fernanda García (Mexico)
Dying in the Sun by He Chunfeng (China)
Fulgidusen by Alexander Feichter (Germany)
Zulfi by Sahil Shah (India)
Best Indie Short: How’dy! by Keene McRae (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Gone with the Ocean by Bide Yuan (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): The Menu for Tomorrow by Woody – Kazuhiro Kiuchi (Japan)
Best Drama Short: Trust by Santiago Calogero (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): From Here by Josh Swope (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Zulfi by Sahil Shah (India)
Best Student Drama Short: Weightless by Dominik Rüedi and Miguel Burger (Switzerland)
Best Documentary Short: This is Not a Drill: 38 Minutes that Changed Lives by Robert Feldman and Keiko Feldman (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): The Pugilist by José Martín Sulaimán (USA)
Best Student Documentary Short: Adam by Christine Auger-Zivic (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Melinda’s Wish by Jeffrey Penman and Mike LoBello (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Lipstick City by Courtney Karwal (USA)
Best Student Comedy Short: Coffee by Sungho Chun (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): Fertile by Bianca Poletti (USA)
Best Student Romantic Comedy Short: Karaoke by Axel Rezinovsky (Argentina)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Flush Lou by Madison Stewart Leonard (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Killing Ray Yamamoto by Blake Jarvis (USA)
Best Action Short: Flux Action by Alexander J. Coulter (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): 2 Bullet Solution by Matt Mullins (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): Killing Ray Yamamoto by Blake Jarvis (USA)
Best Crime Short: All We Need by Oleg Loparev (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Unlucky Number 7 by Adrian McGaw (UK)
Best Film Noir Short: Pursuit Of A Jigsaw by Sam Mizrahi-Powell (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Film Noir Short): The Holdover by Max Nelson (USA)
Best Student Film Noir Short: Silver City by Scott Dexter (UK)
Best Mystery Short: Amplitude Modulation by Nicolás Fernández (Chile)
Best Student Mystery Short: Nothing Ever Happens by Jorge G. Camarena (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mystery Short): Alone by Glen MItku (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Pursuit Of A Jigsaw by Sam Mizrahi-Powell (USA)
Best Horror Short: Doulas Beach by Fernanda García (Mexico)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Laundromat by Hazrul Idzwan Bin Lamin (Singapore)
Best Student Horror Short: Visitor by Pavel Bartovský (Czech Republic)
Best Fantasy Short: In The Dark by Michael Leon (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Melinda’s Wish by Jeffrey Penman and Mike LoBello (USA)
Best Student Fantasy Short: Revenge of the Supermom by Sara Page (Canada)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Love Is by Simas Lindešis (Lithuania)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): Sweetooth by Felicia Romeo (USA)
Honorable Mention (Western Short): Jonesie McGunner by John Hoffman (USA)
Best Animation Short: Star Crossed by Hasani Walker (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Waste Away by Elly Stern (USA)
Best Student Animation Short: 2B1 by Nica Petrova (Russia)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): That’s My Boy! by Alex Vvedenskiy (USA)
Best Children Short: Fulgidusen by Alexander Feichter (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): Red Phone by WeiDuo Feng (China)
Best Student Children Short: Deep Fears by Ryan Chu (USA)
Best Women Short: A Woman Eats by Sam Reiss (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): The Caretaker by Isabella Danzi (USA)
Best Student Women Short: Close by Isabella Smith (Australia)
Best LGBTQ Short: Flush by Diego Freitas (Brazil)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Falling In by Theo Kim (Canada)
Best Student LGBTQ Short: Mija by Priscilla Emprechtinger (USA)
Best Microfilm: Willie in the Sky by Nathaniël Siri (USA)
Best Student Microfilm: Visitor by Pavel Bartovský (Czech Republic)
Best Experimental Short: Forget Me Not by Andreas John (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Part of a Balanced Breakfast by Jordan Rae Herron (USA)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Indalo: The Creation by Des Dlamini (South Africa)
Best Student Short: Runner’s High by Sheldon Donenberg and Thelonius Serrell-Freed (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): The Art of Survival by Gregory Armstrong (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Salsa Mia by Angie Castro (Colombia)
Best Music Video: You’re the Kinda Guy by Joshua McGrane (Ironclad Productions), and Michelle Rose (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Wingwalkers – The Angry Lisas by A.J. Van Loo (USA)
Best Student Music Video: Distance by Stefany Rojo (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Gliwensbourg Chronicles by Émilie Tommasi (France)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Bound For Glory by John Wilcox (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): Metanoia (Episodes 1-2) by Gabrielle Reublin (USA)
Best Student Web and New Media: Are You There, Andy? by Holly Lehren (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mobile Short): Original by Bonnie Jean (USA)
Best Student Drone Short: Falling Deeper by Ryan Chow (Singapore)
Best Parody Short: Chronicles of Gnarnia: The Rex Chadwick Story by Brian Colin Foley (USA)
Best Short Script: Zulfi by Tushar Sem (India)
Best Student Short Script: Mother of a Phoenix by Niko Vial (USA)
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