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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Moksha by Sheel Yerneni (USA)


Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Peepal by Ganesh Hanmantrao Chowgule (India)


Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
An Exam’s Journey by Carl Bengtsson (Sweden)



Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Instantané by Pablo Mattarocci (Germany)


Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
The Flight of Ulick Underhill by Stephen Pierce (UK)


Best Indie Short: Peepal by Ganesh Hanmantrao Chowgule (India)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): Baron Munchausen (Karl) by Ilia Noyabrov (Ukraine)
Best Student Indie Short: Möbius by Yao Xiao (China)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): A Backpack by Jakob Leifer Ravnemose (Denmark)
Best Drama Short: Noteworthy by Michele Labrucherie and Johnny Fregosi (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Stuck in Muskogee by PJ Sosko (USA)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): Static by Thipika Balakrishnan (Canada)
Best Documentary Short: More Than A Test: The Rise of the Unsilenced Movement by Shelby Smith (USA)
Best Student Documentary Short: Within the Mountains by Jiasen Yang and Mohan Yang (China)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): The Combatant by Joseph Braude (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Short): Chicken Tikka by RJ Hendricks (USA)
Honorable Mention (Romantic Short): For Love or Rock by Tony Pacheco (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Some Of Us Watch The Sunset, Too by Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz (USA)
Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): Tears of Futility by Daniel Milligan (Canada)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Baron Munchausen (Karl) by Ilia Noyabrov (Ukraine)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Dark Comedy Short): Viaticum by Derek Frey (USA)
Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Youth is Wasted on the Young by Josh Cromarty-Bradford (Canada)
Best Action Short: Punjabi Protector by Daniel Locicero (USA)
Best Student Action Short: E.V.E by Graham Ros (USA)
Best Crime Short: Defenestrated by Mr. Bouhaïk (France)
Best Film Noir Short: The Flight of Ulick Underhill by Stephen Pierce (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Film Noir Short): Whisper in the Shadows by Michael Parks (Singapore)
Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): Jane by Kelby Thwaits (USA)
Best Thriller Short: Sunny Afternoon by John Field Brown (USA)
Best Mystery Short: Just For Now by Victor Kuchmaner and Elliot Wilks (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Caterpillar by Matt O’Leary (USA)
Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Shut the Door at 10:04 by Zachary Padgett (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short: The Flight of Ulick Underhill by Stephen Pierce (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): The Silver Lining by Mikey Altoft (UK)
Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Just For Now by Victor Kuchmaner and Elliot Wilks (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): The Stranger by Dawn Brown (USA)
Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Night of the Dimension Troll by Tyrone Donovan Patrick (South Africa)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): Mindy’s Nightmare by Jeff Blyth (USA)
Honorable Mention (Animation Short): The Sex Slave by Joseph Braude (USA)
Honorable Mention (Children Short): For Freedom by Ella Wang (USA)
Best Women Short: Instantané by Pablo Mattarocci (Germany)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): 13th & Sunny by Joshua Caldwell (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Before The Party by EP Cho (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Moksha by Sheel Yerneni (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): An Exam’s Journey by Carl Bengtsson (Sweden)
Best Student Experimental Short: Mother & Son: About the First Stage of Psychological Healing by Du Bingpu (China)
Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): Subterranean Spirits by Hillary Carlip (USA)
Best Microfilm: Goldfish (金鱼) by Zhenyi He (China)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): We Gon’be Alright by Wuyue Gao (China)
Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Behind the Walls by Jia Rui Gan (China)
Best Music Video: You, Me and The Night by Coco Bigles (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Fight! by Jaron Wallace (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Deviants by McKinley Parker (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): Abortion Hypocrite by Josué Mastroianni (USA)
Best Mobile Short: Big White Dog by Richard Bruce Stirling (USA)
Best Student Mobile Short: Do You Hear Me by Yao Xiao (China)
Best Mockumentary/Docucomedy Short: The World of James Gagmy by Lon Takiguchi (USA)
Best Short Script: The Age of the Empath by Steve Brown (USA)













































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