Award Winners: January 2025

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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

Liminal by Janelle Christa (USA)

Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

Leab – Doors, Deals, Distance by Vijay Bosco (United Arab Emirates)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Bandar (Monkey) by Geet Gangwani (India)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Quiet Please by Nic Stanich (USA)

Best Indie Short: Liminal by Janelle Christa (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short)Pretty Good by Spencer Morgan Rollins (USA)

Honorable Mention (Drama Short): Stemma by Logan Zervakos (USA)

Best Documentary ShortNavigating the Clickety-Clack: How to Live a Peace-Filled Life in a Seemingly Toxic World by Keith Leon S. (USA)

Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): Home Sweet Home by Heidi Li (China)

Best Romantic ShortBandar (Monkey) by Geet Gangwani (India)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Short)It’s Not Me, It’s You by Coco Taylor (UK)

Best Comedy Short: Dicky Mack: The Right of Way by Tim de la Motte (USA)

Honorable Mention (Comedy Short)Portrait Haus by Alex Paisley Stedman and Gia Nevel (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short)Hot Fascist Jizz by Jayme Kusyk (USA)

Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): The Ghost of Christmas Prison by Ryan Policky (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Quiet Please by Nic Stanich (USA)

Honorable Mention (Thriller Short)A Friendly Referral by Edward Mizner (USA)

Best Horror Short: Ligeia by Xiaolin Mai (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short)The Devil, The Demon and The Vicar by Tyler Craft (USA)

Honorable Mention (Horror Short)Harlowe’s Well by Jack H Wood (USA)

Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Quarantine by Russ Emanuel (USA)

Best Animation Short: Lifted by Daniel Robichaud (USA)

Honorable Mention (Animation Short)Tiny Teaching Tales by Julie Anne Burch (USA)

Best Women ShortLigeia by Xiaolin Mai (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short)Better Fate Than Never by Isabella Blake-Thomas (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Liminal by Janelle Christa (USA)

Best Student Experimental ShortTurn by Hungyu Kuo (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short)Prisms of Self by Christian Michael Wiebe (Canada)

Best Microfilm: Late Bloomer by Robert Murphy and Merrell M Molly (USA)

Honorable Mention (Music Video): Southern Love by Jaime Zevallos (USA)

Best Web Series/TV PilotLeab – Doors, Deals, Distance by Vijay Bosco (United Arab Emirates)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot)Malibu Mother of Two by Cybil Lake (USA)

Best Web and New Media: Anima Ex Machina by Nico Mastorakis (USA)

Best Mobile Short: Midnight 2: Born Ruthless by Ryan James Reynolds and Chris Lantry (USA)

Best Short ScriptPrecursor by Steve Brown (USA)

Best Student Short ScriptCosmic Errors by Seung June Yoon (Hong Kong)

Honorable Mention (Short Script)Roots by Cesar Sanchis Romero (Spain)

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