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TRAILERS OF THE AWARD-WINNING FILMS
Best Short (Overall)
Furthest From by Kyung Sok Kim (USA)


Best Foreign-Language Short (Overall)
Adulting by Ania Gauer and Julien Gauthier (France)


Award of Excellence (Special Mention)
Kandi Kids by Sandu Negrea (USA)


Award of Excellence (Special Mention)
On a Whim by Asya Nikolaeva (Ukraine)


Best Student Short (Overall)
Jack and Anna by Ksenia Ivanova (USA)


Best Horror Short: Invasion by Jialei Li (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Crock Pot by Ty Jones (USA)
Best Student Horror Short: The Devil’s Harvest by Robert Dee (UK)
Best Sci-Fi Short: WhiteSlate by Z. AlMutawa (USA)
Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Voices by Jake Hart (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Tribe: The Untold Story of the Making of Vice Cops by Manuel Alejandro Vargas (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): What Do We Do? by Roderick Fenske (USA)
Best Student Comedy Short: Lessons From My Mother by Aurora Jimenez (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Dance Hit by Marco Deufemia (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): The Greatest Horror Film Ever Made by Brandon Jordan (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Kandi Kids by Sandu Negrea (USA)
Best Student Thriller Short: Checkmate by Marcel Flock and Budbong (Germany)
Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): The Perfect Candidate by Tiffany Melia and Johnny Earley (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): Perception by Kedrick Parham (USA)
Best Student Mystery Short: Something Sweet To Settle Your Stomach by Olivia Lovito (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mystery Short): Berenice by Hannah Eakin (USA)
Best Crime Short: Kandi Kids by Sandu Negrea (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Gateway City – Last Chance by Rob Thorp (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: Fools by Jimmy Prosser (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Your24… by Lovie Johnson (USA)
Best Student Fantasy Short: 8 Daves A Week by Philip Zimmerman (USA)
Best Action Short: Gunther by Ryan Rowley (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): The Politeness of Kings by Saifi Haroun (France)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Adventure Short): Alaska Long Hunters by Mark D. Rose (USA)
Best Western Short: Armstrong by Lucas Zambrano (USA)
Best Indie Short: Furthest From by Kyung Sok Kim (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Brides of Jesus by Joe Bartone and Jose Zambrano Cassella (USA)
Best Student Indie Short: With New Eyes by George Leontakianakos (Greece)
Best Drama Short: On a Whim by Asya Nikolaeva (Ukraine)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Life… by Mirlande Amazan (USA)
Best Student Drama Short: The Dark Year by Lingge Dong (UK)
Best Animation Short: The Incredibly Short Life of Peter Panties by Daniel Abril (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): The Last Step by Stanislav Matveev (Austria)
Best Student Animation Short: 0000E8 by Yana Pan (USA)
Best Student Children Short: What I Learned on Lovett Street by Stacia Ahlers (USA)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): How The Colors Came To Be: A Geometry Fable by Jessica Salinas (USA)
Best Romantic Short: Until by Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Short): Suddenly Single in the Suburbs by Denise Parella and Eric Francis Melaragni (USA)
Best Student Romantic Short: When She Flies by Daniel M. Rodriguez (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Satiety by Anna Rust (UK)
Best Student Women Short: Everything’s Fine by Audre Smikle (USA)
Honorable Mention (Women Short): Almost. by Elena C. Lockleis (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: Jack and Anna by Ksenia Ivanova (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Love is Always Losing by Michael L.D. Lena (USA)
Best Student LGBTQ Short: Butterfly by Mengge Qin (UK)
Best Documentary Short: Misha by Victor Sumenkov (Hope) (Russia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Lady Lash by Rochelle Humphrey (Australia)
Best Experimental Short: Elevation Zero by Raed Barance and Anthony Bravo (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): My Bed by Lauren Vroegindewey (USA)
Best Student Experimental Short: Something Sweet To Settle Your Stomach by Olivia Lovito (USA)
Best Microfilm: St. Honoré by Yotam Laor (Israel)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Dance Hit by Marco Deufemia (Canada)
Best Student Microfilm: Checkmate by Marcel Flock and Budbong (Germany)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Suddenly Single in the Suburbs by Denise Parella and Eric Francis Melaragni (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): The Ghost Writer Show – The Call of Cthulhu by Carlos Dohrn (Brazil)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): The Way We Are by Donald Li (China)
Best Mobile Short: Until by Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mobile Short): Fools by Jimmy Prosser (USA)
Best Music Video: Insomniac by Cristian Balint (Romania)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Disarmed by Khalid Abdulqaadir (USA)
Best Mockumentary/Docucomedy Short: Fairview by Sam Clark (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mockumentary/Docucomedy Short): The Way We Are by Donald Li (China)
Best Parody Short: Mr Big by Steve Bowker (Australia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Parody Short): Benjamin by William Stancik (USA)
Best Short Script: Weapon of Choices – The Making Of; kinda’ sorta’, not really, what the f is a pandemic? by Lawrence Whitener (USA)





















































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