Award Winners: June 2022

Best Short of the Month (Special Jury Award)

The Sprayer by Farnoosh Abedi (Iran)

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

One More Day by Lufe Berto (Brazil)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Once A Sinner by Andrew Barahona (USA)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Wall-E’s Old Man by Jeff Blyth (USA)

Best Student Short of the Month (Special Jury Award)

Cord of Three by Sophia Kindt (Germany)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Shutter by Zachary Alex Padgett (USA)

Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Playbill by Nicholas Bromund (USA)

Best Student Dark Comedy Short: Attached by Xingyu Chen (USA)

Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Turn Back Time by Jake Estes (USA)

Best Action Short: Once A Sinner by Andrew Barahona (USA)

Honorable Mention (Action Short): Wing Chun – The Next Generation by Malcom Marcus Jennings (USA)

Best Student Crime Short: Twin Aces by Jozeven June (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Prejudices by Christian Kitzwögerer (Austria)

Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Getaway by Haley L Watson (USA)

Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Harold Meets a Giant by Ethan Funk-Breay (USA)

Best Indie Short: One More Day by Lufe Berto (Brazil)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): A Woman’s Voice by Robert Bruce Ing (Canada)

Honorable Mention (Indie Short): The Vanishing Point by Sadie Rose Corrigan (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Deadbeat by Howard Campbell (USA)

Honorable Mention (Drama Short): One Twenty, Twelve Hundred by Saeed Zarei (Iran)

Best Animation Short: The Sprayer by Farnoosh Abedi (Iran)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Wall-E’s Old Man by Jeff Blyth (USA)

Best Student Animation Short: Bon Appétit! by David Guo (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): A Woman’s Voice by Robert Bruce Ing (Canada)

Best LGBTQ Short: Thomas by Adriano Falconi (USA)

Best Student LGBTQ Short: Second Hand News by Cristián Ortiz (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Soon Guan by Ada Zhang (Singapore)

Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): Shall Not Perish from the Earth by Maxwell N. Lewis (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Diving Like Metal by Luke Pulver (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Vine by Robert Flowers (USA)

Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Movie Night by Christian Pittman (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Girl Unscripted – Season 1, Episode 1: At Risk Girl by Tara Veneruso (USA)

Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): What You Will – Rough Magic by Ryan Cargill (USA)

Honorable Mention (Web and New Media): Espiritu del Jaguar by Moe Taylor (Costa Rica)

Honorable Mention (Mobile Short): Take Your Best Shot by Dandrell Scott and Monece Starling (USA)

Best Music Video: Skeletons by Sebastián Vargas Flor (Colombia)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Övergivenheten by Hanna Oldenburg and Johan Kuurne (Sweden)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Mockumentary/Docucomedy Short): LovePump: A Guido Rockumentary by Marco Tazioli and Anthony Latona (USA)

Honorable Mention (Mockumentary/Docucomedy Short): Espiritu del Jaguar by Moe Taylor (Costa Rica)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Parody Short): Skidmarx by Chris Spinas (South Africa)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Again, Mama by Geqi Li (China)

Honorable Mention (Short Script): Meeting Dad by Jim Lyke and Robert Jarzen (USA)

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