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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Focal Point by Raphael Buisson (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Muggle by Zoe Peng (China)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Plastic Surgery by Guy Trevellyan (UK)
Best Indie Short: No Left Turns by Douglas Ryan (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): The Green Room by Shashank Banawalikar Subhash (Canada)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): Somebody by Sawyer O’Brien (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): The Echoes of Us by Joe Rajan (India)
Best Student Drama Short: The Watcher by Jack Werner Alvarado (USA)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): Our Keys by Paulo Gaete-Beeman (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Pawns of Progress by Rebecca George (India)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): After 30 Years Back To Muli by Deng Xiangfeng (China)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): Almost Zero by Saam Gabbay (USA)
Best Comedy Short: 1..2…3 by Quentin Feynie and Caroline Thomas (France)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): More Dead Than Living by JT Doran (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): Lola Grey by Caine Sinclair (USA)
Best Student Action Short: Watermelon by Eric Yu (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Crime Short): Welcome Home by Matthew Morley Daniel (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Falling Out by Luke Carrillo (USA)
Best Student Thriller Short: Union Avenue by Gino Cazzali (USA)
Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Trunk by Jack Matthew Villhard (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Film Noir Short): Unlucky Lucky by James Alejandro Vera (USA)
Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): Seaside Bebop by Andrew Lamm (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): The Watcher by Jack Werner Alvarado (USA)
Best Student Mystery Short: Lavender and Thyme by Isaac Sunderland Hammon (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mystery Short): Penelope! by Colin Henning (USA)
Best Horror Short: Plastic Surgery by Guy Trevellyan (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Brown Hare by MK McGehee (USA)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Birdsong by Lavinia Tan (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Focal Point by Raphael Buisson (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): Says Prisoner 8903 by Heewon Lee (South Korea)
Best Student Animation Short: Dies Irae by Victoria Basadre (USA)
Best Women Short: Pandaal by Shaily Sanghvi (USA)
Honorable Mention (Women Short): Samsara by Ramona Taylor (USA)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): Law’s World: Lipstick Bandit by Law Artis (USA)
Honorable Mention (Romantic Short): Do You Think Of Me? by Katrina Lewis (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Paradox by Wonki Choi (South Korea)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): 3 Minutos by Douglas Ryan (USA)
Honorable Mention (Microfilm): You F#%k by Luke W Lacey (USA)
Best Music Video: Muggle by Zoe Peng (China)
Honorable Mention (Music Video): Loose Ends by Ian Chen (USA)
Best Student Web Series/TV Pilot: Alliances by Charlotte Bouquet (France)
Honorable Mention (Trailer/Teaser): Holler by Devin Michael Smock and Samuel David (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Questwalker – Reverend’s Journey by Dalton Chase Crawford (USA)
Honorable Mention (Short Script): Silent Sundays by David Michael Glahn (USA)
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