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Best Short of the Season
Too Damn Long by Ian Lettire (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season
Landing Point by Sei-hong Cheng (Hong Kong)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
I Still Am by Simon O’Keefe and Tara Lynn Rye (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Three Stops by Tati Golykh and Anton Ernst (USA)
Runners-up (Best Short of the Season)
About Us by Damien Jaillette (France)
Amen by Vahid Alizadeh Zonouzi (Iran)
Arena by Myles Clohessy (USA)
Slow Moving Houses by Mischa Jakupcak (USA)
Special Jury Award
Best Supporting Actor: Mutodi Neshehe for Three Stops (USA)
Best Indie Short: Too Damn Long by Ian Lettire (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Landing Point by Sei-hong Cheng (Hong Kong)
Best Drama Short: Slow Moving Houses by Mischa Jakupcak (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Tough Guys Forget by Rob Riutta (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Families Like Yours by Rodolfo Moro (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Abby’s Story by Jason A. Waggenspack (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Millennial by Ryan Thomas (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Space Weed by Aaron Klinger (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short: Every Limerence Helps by Bebhinn Naughton (Ireland)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): Collapse! by Joseph Johnson (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Foul by James Button (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): The House by Liang-Chun Lin (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): Arena by Myles Clohessy (USA)
Honorable Mention (Action Short): Robbery Intermission by Nick Marchuk (USA)
Best Thriller Short: I Still Am by Simon O’Keefe and Tara Lynn Rye (USA)
Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): 10th Floor by Charlie G (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Three Stops by Tati Golykh and Anton Ernst (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Film Noir Short): The Blind by Brandon Normon and Darcy Laurie (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): Three Days Home by Simmons McDavid (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Lakeland by Mark Alex Vogt (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): Citadel Project by Miguel Flota (Mexico)
Best Fantasy Short: Slow Moving Houses by Mischa Jakupcak (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Maenad Fever by Tamara Cook (Australia)
Best Animation Short: Tomorrow by Mohammad Shihab Uddin (Bangladesh)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): A Viral Spiral by Steve Cutts (Netherlands)
Best Children Short: Tomorrow by Mohammad Shihab Uddin (Bangladesh)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): Scout by Allen Robertson and Damon Brown (USA)
Best Women Short: Three Stops by Tati Golykh and Anton Ernst (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Don’t Bloody Look by Kirsty Dua (UK)
Best LGBTQ Short: Arena by Myles Clohessy (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Families Like Yours by Rodolfo Moro (USA)
Best Microfilm: I Walk On by Dorota Fórmanowska (Poland)
Best Experimental Short: Spring by Mattia Marcucci (Italy)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Whoever You Are by Javier de Frutos (UK)
Best Student Short: The Rest Is Noise by Simon Kilian (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Bird, Louise & Somebody Else by Harrison River Hathaway and Quintana Jones (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Whoever You Are by Javier de Frutos (UK)
Best Music Video: Alexandra – Gentry by Sarah Hanner (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Tormenta Rey – Holiday Lockdown by Marco Marcus (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Viral!!! by Sven Knüppel (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Audition by Cosimo Tucci (Canada)
Best Web and New Media: Kapadokya by Rodolfo Moro (United Arab Emirates)
Honorable Mention (Mobile Short): TarGay by Rachel Garlin (USA)
Best Drone Short: Kapadokya by Rodolfo Moro (United Arab Emirates)
Best Trailer/Teaser: Lakeland (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Disappearing Ally by Warren Paul Glover (Australia)
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