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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

Abrazo by Paola Baldion (USA)

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

90 Miles by Leslie Lluvet (USA)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Double Nickel by Mark Tomov (USA)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

The Moonman by Xi Wenting (China)

Best Indie Short: Abrazo by Paola Baldion (USA)

Honorable Mention (Indie Short): I’ve Got A Feeling by Jorge Anthony Ramirez (USA)

Best Drama Short: 90 Miles by Leslie Lluvet (USA)

Honorable Mention (Drama Short): We’ll Get Through This by Jonathan Chao (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Before the Oil by Roel Swierenga (Netherlands)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): The Perfect Shot: Antarctica by Quinn Halleck (USA)

Best Student Romantic Short: Mel by Emily Qiu (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Into The Wild by Max Woods (USA)

Best Student Comedy Short: How To Get Over Your Super Hot Ex by Wayne Chen Delgado (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Superdead by Brian Jarvis (USA)

Best Student Dark Comedy Short: Things To Do Before You Turn 18 by George Tsereteli Ortiz (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Dripping with Tension by Ben Murphy (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: Double Nickel by Mark Tomov (USA)

Honorable Mention (Mystery Short): Mountebank by Joshua Nelson (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): The Need by Michael Rognlie and EE Tallent (USA)

Best Horror Short: 13 Steps by David Lawrence (USA)

Best Student Horror Short: The In-Between Place by Noah Sokolsky (USA)

Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Ophelia by Jeff Burton (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Gore Short): Tip by Anthony T Tran (USA)

Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): The Film by Nadia Guo (China)

Best Fantasy Short: The Moonman by Xi Wenting (China)

Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Y by Tamara Cook (Australia)

Best Adventure Short: Surviving the Big One. With Notes from Mom by Lisandro Novillo (USA)

Best Student Animation Short: Flicker by Letitia Liu and Conrad Moody (UK)

Best Women Short: Hi, I’m Vera by Carolina I. García (Spain)

Best Student Women Short: Seen by Olivia Martini (USA)

Honorable Mention (Women Short): Y by Tamara Cook (Australia)

Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): Unconditional by Molly Schenkenberger (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Waking Field by Brian Alexander (USA)

Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Soft Spoken by Nathan J. Lee and Maytham Thurman (USA)

Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Dear Mother by PJ Echlin (USA)

Best Music Video: Ego by Adam Lukowski (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Rae Isla – Free to Love by Adrienne Ackerman and Rae Isla (USA)

Honorable Mention (Music Video): Gibberish by Alexander McKee (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Brian & Connie by Ryan Gimeson (USA)

Best Short Script: The Warden by Korea Black and Gianna Rose (USA)

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