Award Winners: September 2020

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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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