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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Men Grieving by Adam Peltier (USA)


Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Bad Blood by Tu-Tungchou Tu (China)



Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
The Bird of Paradise by David Painter (USA)


Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Trains. by Robert Priel (USA)


Best Student Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
What Doesn’t Kill (Make’s You Ugly) by Noam O Vardi (Israel)


Best Indie Short: The M Word by Shane Poss Crosland (Australia)
Best Student Indie Short: Her, Her and Him by Liana Shan (Canada)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): The Gormandizer by Tristan Ogden (New Zealand)
Best Drama Short: The Bird of Paradise by David Painter (USA)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): Lorraine by Karen Lukesh (USA)
Best Documentary Short: Teyuna – Lost City by Stuart Fortune (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Never Fade Away by Donna Weng Friedman (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Short): Pâro by Pearce Chadwick (USA)
Honorable Mention (Romantic Short): La Rupture by Francesca Brice-Martin (USA)
Best Comedy Short: When the Silence Sings by Doan Luong Son Nguyen (Viet Nam)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Supermodel by Nicole Wensel (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Jungle Chic by Maxime Laurin and Devon Slack (Canada)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Men Grieving by Adam Peltier (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): 50 Ways to Kill Your Lover by Madison Drew Liane (USA)
Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Parabens by Michael Bukovanský (Czechia)
Best Student Action Short: What Doesn’t Kill (Make’s You Ugly) by Noam O Vardi (Israel)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Two-Story House by Devin Lee (Canada)
Best Film Noir Short: Trains. by Robert Priel (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): The Strangle of Ivy by Tara Garwood (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mystery Short): Beam Me Up by Daniel Weaver (Australia)
Best Horror Short: Bad Blood by Tu-Tungchou Tu (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Affentanz – Hunter by Cyprian Hercka (Germany)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): See You Soon by Neo Manu Wagner (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): The Ghost Light by Nick Burchard (USA)
Best Animation Short: Ultraviolet by Isaiah Dunk (Canada)
Best Student Animation Short: Pop! by Ruby Wang (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Looker by Christian Balbido (USA)
Best Children Short: The Orchestrated Alan Song by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, and Samudra Kajal Saikia(Singapore)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): Fireworks! by Roman L Santos (USA)
Honorable Mention (Women Short): The Strangle of Ivy by Tara Garwood (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Shadows by Alberto Martín-Aragón (Spain)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): The Silent Smile by Adan Chavez (Mexico)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Enter the Green Abyss by John Andrew Quartaro (USA)
Best Microfilm: Good Friday by Adrian Patino (USA)
Best Music Video: Gold In Them Hills by Jeremy Johnstone (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Affentanz – Hunter by Cyprian Hercka (Germany)
Honorable Mention (Music Video): Heli – Who Saw The Funk Die On The Street? by Heli (Estonia)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Screendance Short): Shades by Madeleine Karlsson (Sweden)
Best Student Web Series/TV Pilot: Asarum by Thibaut Lafon (France)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): L.I.F.E.: It’s Wonderful by Dathan Smith (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): BrawlStars Episode 4: He’s Not Gonna Take It by ActionCAN Films (Canada)
Best Web and New Media: CCF’s Solstice Stories by Kai Damali Little-White and Marel Alemany (Canada)
Honorable Mention (Web and New Media): Massacre at Oak Creek by Ben Adler (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Parody Short): Dad Bod Dale by Carly Fawcett (Canada)
Honorable Mention (Parody Short): Spy High by Josh Minnie (USA)
Best Short Script: Ailliegory by David Fein (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Cross Examination by John Kestner (USA)






































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