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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Circulation by Yun Yan Zeng (China)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Suspended by Elena Fitikidou Alonefti (Cyprus)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Middle City by Airon Armstrong (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Space Ryder by Jeff Kenji Yamashita (USA)
Best Short of the Season – Runner-up (Special Jury Mentions)
A Work Of Heart by Sager L’Khrebani Al Nuaimi (USA)
Angel Fleet by Tristan Loraine (UK)
Ellie by Vinny O’Brien (USA)
Her Name is Carol by Brannen Haderle (USA)
My Baby by John Dada (France)
Panacea by Michael Naizu and John Wilcox (USA)
Best Indie Short: Suspended by Elena Fitikidou Alonefti (Cyprus)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): What Ever Happened to Jonny Faith by Benjamin Pollack (USA)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): Passenger Seat by Neha Gautam (USA)
Best Drama Short: Her Name is Carol by Brannen Haderle (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Dear Ernie by M.D. Walton (USA)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): A Touch of Magic by Shane LeCocq (USA)
Best Student Short: A Work Of Heart by Sager L’Khrebani Al Nuaimi (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Coming of Age by Zhao Wu (China)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): Navel by Elsa Xu (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Beyond Lesser Things by David Schaupp (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Sold! An American Stockyards Story by Drew Ames (USA)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): Klever: Life of a Soviet Nonconformist Artist by Nik Kleverov (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Dog Breath by James Westbrook (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Xander by Jonathan Chao (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Corpse Control by Christopher Ragozzino and Dave Krause (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short: The Siren’s Pearl by Diana Lanham (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Comedy Short): The Ride by Chad Ansermet (USA)
Honorable Mention (Romantic Comedy Short): Mel by Emily Qiu (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Gianna by Kait Schuster (USA)
Best Action Short: Ellie by Vinny O’Brien (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Omerta: The Commission Has Fallen by Nolan Tondreau (USA)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Us.Together.Alone by Gregg Prosser (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Ellie by Vinny O’Brien (USA)
Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Shadows by Richard Sanborn (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): Prototype by Stian Glatthard (Switzerland)
Honorable Mention (Mystery Short): On the Way Home by Chen Jiang (China)
Best Horror Short: Panacea by Michael Naizu and John Wilcox (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): My Baby by John Dada (France)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Scratch by MIchael Trainotti (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Space Ryder by Jeff Kenji Yamashita (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Middle City by Airon Armstrong (USA)
Best Animation Short: Critterz by Chad Nelson (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Speedman by Joe Bowers (USA)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Jellyfish by Sylvia Wu and Zhe Li (USA)
Best Children Short: Blink of Heart by Mark Ma (China)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): If I Were a Pony by Leonard I Eckhaus (USA)
Best Women Short: Masala Chai by Akshita Jaswal (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Self Service by Keshet Gadish (Israel)
Honorable Mention (Women Short): Wings of an Angel – Mother’s Love by Lei Tian (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Curve by Dan Zeng (China)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): La Conjunta by Christopher Sonny Martinez and Amy Zapien (USA)
Best Microfilm: Privacy Lost by Peter Stoel and Robert Berger (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Untied Knots by Claire Yland Li (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Circulation by Yun Yan Zeng (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Swoon by Erika Maish (USA)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Hyper by Afig Dzhavadzade (Russia)
Honorable Mention (Screendance Short): Nyra’s Dreams by Shalaka Kulkarni (USA)
Best Web Series & TV Pilot: Along Came Ruby by Riccardo Suriano (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series & TV Pilot): Anthology of the Natural State – Lonely at Night by Inés de los Santos (Dominican Republic)
Best Web and New Media: Flawsome: Sex, Drugs & Recipes by Claudia Pickering Dzienny (Australia)
Honorable Mention (Web and New Media): Eicha: The Book of Lumenations by Adeena Michelle Karasick (USA)
Honorable Mention (Parody Short): The Poison by Emma Foley (USA)
Best Short Script: Dark Sky by Diana Robertson Bond (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Ashes to Dust by Clark Childers (USA)
Honorable Mention (Short Script): Glitch by Sharon Burrell and Darren Lee Murphy (UK)
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