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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
The Last Goodbye by Kailey Wolf (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
An Iris Wild by Benjamin Hess (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Decarb by Roel Swierenga (Netherlands)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Once Upon a Time in the Apocalypse by Tiago Pimentel (Portugal)
Best Indie Short: The Last Goodbye by Kailey Wolf (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Blind Spot by Chirag Saluja (India)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): What We Keep by Kailey Wolf (USA)
Best Drama Short: An Iris Wild by Benjamin Hess (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): The Pursuit Of Forgiveness by Thomas McQuillan (Ireland)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): Casus by William Eguienta (France)
Best Documentary Short: Decarb by Roel Swierenga (Netherlands)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Don’t Forget to Come Back by Hannah Freeman and Lluca Huatuco (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Trader Verdinkle: The Underpinnings of an Understudy by Tom Everett (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Outsourcing Rhapsody by John Wang (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): Shadow of the Fighter by Yaroslav Savchak (USA)
Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Thicker Than Blood by Joe Martinez Rodriguez (USA)
Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): Babylon Blues by Leon Lane (USA)
Best Thriller Short: An Iris Wild by Benjamin Hess (USA)
Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Control by Zachary Padgett (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mystery Short): We’ll Be Right Back by Lorena Stefania De Maddalena (Switzerland)
Honorable Mention (Mystery Short): Toy Chest by Tamara Victoria Gamez (USA)
Best Horror Short: Follow Me Home by Stanislav Puzdriak (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Twilight of the Undead by Leonardo Daccarett (USA)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Styxia by Joshua Torresvalle (Mexico)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Gore Short): Twilight of the Undead by Leonardo Daccarett (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Once Upon a Time in the Apocalypse by Tiago Pimentel (Portugal)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): Limit Exceeded by Setareh Samandari (USA)
Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Skip to the Next by Andrew Barahona and Jorge Barahona (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Gardeners by Merry May Ma (USA)
Best Student Fantasy Short: Mr. Sandman’s Funhouse by Jax Azad (USA)
Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Sergeant by Joshua Longfellow Wright (USA)
Best Animation Short: They’re All Waiting For You by Georgina Goldbart (UK/USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Pokedbots Delta City by Jonathan Ball (UK)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Broad Bruno by Jane Jiang and Kerry Sun (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Lethal Dust by Bryscia Dosal (USA)
Honorable Mention (Women Short): Journeez by Rowan Wheeler (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Short): Stai Bene by Sean Daniel Cunningham (USA)
Honorable Mention (Romantic Short): Three Dates: A Head Case Factory Anthology by Shane Wise and Derek Vonk (USA)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): Different Worlds Summer Heat by Patricia Lynn Hicks, Cheri Amor, and Ryanne Tracey (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Tires Velvet Paws by Don Eugene Freeman (USA)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Animosity by Jeremy Perry (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): Lawless Entanglement by Allan Cheng (Australia)
Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Despite It All by Bridget Avildsen (USA)
Best Music Video: Toy Chest by Tamara Victoria Gamez (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Mutual Shock – Lamprey by Caleb Young and Julien Scherliss (USA)
Honorable Mention (Music Video): MerryGo by John Laww (USA)
Best Screendance Short: Rooms by Levi Elizaga (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Quimera by Fernando Corta and Andrés López (Spain)
Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): Viscountess and Maidservant (Episodes 1-4) by Greg Lastrapes (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Pull Up by Ashkan Allaf (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Mobile Short): Toothman by Clint Green (USA)
Honorable Mention (Mobile Short): 02:03 by Robby Sean Sexton (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Trailer/Teaser): Naturmort – Driven by Silence by Gökhan Yıldız (Turkey)
Honorable Mention (Trailer/Teaser): All For Tomorrow by Russ Emanuel (USA)
Best Short Script: Yosmagül by Ercan Değirmenci (Turkey)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): The Only One I See by Clinton Morales (USA)
Honorable Mention (Short Script): The Pieces of Me by Karmen Audino (United Arab Emirates)
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