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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

Dizzy by Zac La Roc (USA)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Aasmani by Sayani Gupta (India)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Lottie by Bella Rieth (USA)

Best Indie Short: Dizzy by Zac La Roc (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Lottie by Bella Rieth (USA)

Honorable Mention (Indie Short): Background by Julian DeGuzman (USA)

Best Drama Short: What We Hide by Alexander Osman (UK)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): On Purple by Joe Quartararo (USA)

Honorable Mention (Drama Short): La Paura dei Numeri (The Fear of Numbers) by Mauro John Capece (Italy)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): The Big Lie, Eritrea and Back by Francesca Ronchin (Italy)

Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): The Hotline by Ricki Stern and Jesse Sweet (USA)

Best Comedy Short: A Film by Roland Wehap by Roland Wehap (Austria)

Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Upside Down by Zachary Dade and Erica Dade (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Bulb by Guy Taylor (UK)

Best Thriller Short: Sweet Molly by J.C. McNaughton (USA)

Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Paranoid by Junda Wu (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: Guns in Paradise by James Boss (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Dry Stone by Vitaly Flipgraf (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Lone Crew by Gabriel Fontes (Brazil)

Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Tim’s Turbulent Garden by CJ Stanton (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Western Short): Taffy, Rita and The Rattlesnake by Greg Poppa (USA)

Best Children Short: Aasmani by Sayani Gupta (India)

Best Women Short: Aasmani by Sayani Gupta (India)

Best Student LGBTQ Short: When You See Me by Georgia Cotterill (New Zealand)

Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): Good Service by Junda Wu (USA)

Best Experimental Short: La Jet by Chris Merrill (USA)

Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Nem a Cores by Gabriela Bagrichevsky Callado (Brazil)

Best Student Microfilm: Scar by Heran Wang (China)

Best Music Video: Iradoh – 3 Acts of Brotherhood by Kaique Alves and Thiago Eva (Brazil)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Single for Life – Ava Della Pietra by Luke Orlando (USA)

Honorable Mention (Music Video): Love Myself – Jeff Hilliard by Jeff Hilliard (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Timewriter by Ryan Luevano (USA)

Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): The Last Evangelist by David Heavener (USA)

Honorable Mention (Web and New Media): OG Prime by Steffan Busser (USA)

Honorable Mention (Mobile Short): Now Smile by Miguel Lopez de Leon (USA)

Best Short Script: Unfolding by Nadja Elpida Murze (Cyprus)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Labyrinth for the Beetle by Alexei Boiko (Kyrgyzstan)

Honorable Mention (Short Script): Re.Soul by Jametria Mays (USA)

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