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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

Residents Of Lost by Raman Abubakir Ali (Iraq)       

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Baishe: Abyss in the Dream by Lu Chuan (China)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Mother Country by Moges Ababu Belachew (Ethiopia)

Best Indie Short: Residents Of Lost by Raman Abubakir Ali (Iraq)   

Best Student Indie Short: Home Base by Amit Kra‏ (Israel)    ‪

Honorable Mention (Indie Short): Piroba by Matthew Arkema (USA)

Best Student Drama Short: Mother Country by Moges Ababu Belachew (Ethiopia)

Honorable Mention (Drama Short): Marilyn’s Dark Paradise by Remi Gangarossa (USA)  

Best Documentary Short: The Heart of A Dominatrix by Jay Lincal (France)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Raisin D’Etre by Byron Russell (USA)

Best Comedy Short: One Last Drive by Trevvor Riley and Matthew Hayward (USA)

Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Welcome To The Shitshow by Sasha Halle Kudon (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): The Mime by Kevin Barile (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Moral Hazard by Luuk Audenaerde (Netherlands)

Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): The Headless Angel by Jessie Claire Goodwin (USA)

Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Jackals by Harry Fakora (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Alienated by Tamara Hernandez (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): The Last Sun by Nigel Canepa (Gibraltar)

Best Student Fantasy Short: Out of the Smoke by Anne Koolen (USA)

Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): BoxTrip by Darius Saberzadeh and Joshua Lang (USA)

Honorable Mention (Animation Short): Soul Poetry by Zahar Algain (Saudi Arabia)

Best Student Children Short: It’s Not a Monster by Vanessa Hu (USA)

Best Women Short: Swine by Claire Delany (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Savannah’s Curse by Tamara Lisa Cook (Australia)

Best Student Romantic Short: Who We Once Were by Jasmine Gabriel Winoto (Australia, Indonesia)

Honorable Mention (Romantic Short): The Proposal by Shrijal Thapa and Matthew James Ralph (USA)

Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): Job Seeker by Joon Han (South Korea)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Clout by Kasper Kavalaris (USA)

Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Lucid by Katrina Chiovon (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): HA (Gabaldon) by Nuno Belmar (Portugal)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Mockumentary/Docucomedy Short): Green Goddesses Take New York by Jordan Ehrlich (USA)

Honorable Mention (Mockumentary/Docucomedy Short): HE S.E.D.D. SHE S.E.D.D. by Lucas Bohlinger (USA)

Best Short Script: When The Veils Dance by Tayebe Babaei (Iran)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Sunny by M.F. Thompson (USA)

Honorable Mention (Short Script): A Choice by Sophia Lee (USA)

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