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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Business Class by Ugo Melcore and Loris Melcore (France)


Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Ariane’s Baby by Mahée Merica (UK)


Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Implied Consent by Vic Huber (USA)


Best Student Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Space Eye by Kevin Mainenti (Croatia)



Best Drama Short: Implied Consent by Vic Huber (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Letter by Yiwei Zhao (China)
Best Documentary Short: Prevention Thought Engagement by Michael Francis Hyzy (USA)
Best Student Documentary Short: Mid-Life by Cielo Yáñez (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Lawyers of China by Xiaolei Bai (China)
Best Comedy Short: Almost There by Wesley Quinn (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Our Late Father by Sylvia Ray (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): South Pasadena 3 by Brian Farrell (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Space Eye by Kevin Mainenti (Croatia)
Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): The Tableherder by Aleksandr Tretiakevich (Russia)
Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): The Way Women Are by Adam Tuliński (Poland)
Best Thriller Short: Pay Attention by Corey Jackson (USA)
Best Horror Short: Business Class by Ugo Melcore and Loris Melcore (France)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Thumper’s Revenge by Sean Haitz (USA)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Dead Drop by Tiffany Melia (USA)
Honorable Mention (Gore Short): Brulefer by Martín De La Cruz (Argentina)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Maluna by Jason Gonzalez (USA)
Best Animation Short: A Tree Once Grew Here by Johnnie Semerad (USA)
Best Student Animation Short: Symbiotic by Arianna Ahrabinejad (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan (Singapore)
Best Children Short: A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan (Singapore)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): A Home for Christmas: A Foster Care Story by Kevin Ruiz (USA)
Best Women Short: Ariane’s Baby by Mahée Merica (UK)
Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Beings by Garrett Russell (USA)
Best Music Video: To All the Gabbys in the World by Rick Walker and Darla Z (USA)
Honorable Mention (Music Video): F*ck Birds by Revaz Giorgi Arveladze (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Cerebrum: The Tulsa Murders by Katherine J. Espin (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Almost There by Wesley Quinn (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): South Pasadena 3 by Brian Farrell (USA)
Best Student Web and New Media: Behind The Beat by Bella Zafer, Débora Rocha, and Chase Routt (USA)
Honorable Mention (Trailer/Teaser): Lawyers of China (China)
Best Short Script: Long Way Home by Terry Luke Podnar (USA)
Honorable Mention (Short Script): Tall Man Short Man by Larry E Coleman (USA)

























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