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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

In The Valley: A Cosmic Queer Abduction by Adam Van Dyke (USA)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Clocking Out by Joshua Mueller (Germany)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Tears Are Part of the Ocean by Ryner Viray (Philippines)

Best Drama Short: Tears Are Part of the Ocean by Ryner Viray (Philippines)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Returning to Olivia by Nikolas Nainoa Langer (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): May I Put You On Hold? by Ash Blodgett (USA)

Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Super Sweet by Noora Fahad and Eduarda Aun Anguita (UK)

Honorable Mention (Crime Short): Seven by Pablo Zubieta (Australia)

Best Thriller Short: Clocking Out by Joshua Mueller (Germany)

Best Student Thriller Short: Venus by Joey Snyder (USA)

Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Obscura by Santha Rowles (USA)\

Outstanding Achievement Award (Film Noir Short): Smoke Break by Lisa Maarek (USA)

Honorable Mention (Film Noir Short): Not a Love Story by Francesco Massini (Italy)

Honorable Mention (Mystery Short): Echo by Victoria Long (Canada)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Silent Fragments by Andy Perez (USA)

Honorable Mention (Horror Short): Saint Marvek by Jada Ivory Trabue (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Pro by Ray Peng (China)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): Nemosyne by Mason Seeley (USA)

Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Echo by Victoria Long (Canada)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): The Family Photo by John Norris Ray and Maria Victoria Sanchez (USA)

Best Student Animation Short: Fluff & Furious by Chieh-Chih Liao (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Second Shift by Jackie Moore (USA)

Best Student Women Short: So Long by Mingfeng Li and Hanzhong Zhang (USA)

Honorable Mention (Women Short): Mom by Ji Yeon Kim (South Korea)

Best LGBTQ Short: In The Valley: A Cosmic Queer Abduction by Adam Van Dyke (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Exploitation by Peter Kalisch (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Short): Tumhare Khat – Your Letters by Gautam Chaturvedi (India)

Best Experimental Short: The Sleep of Reason by Aleksandr Akhmedov (Kazakhstan)

Honorable Mention (Experimental Short): I Wish I Could Blame It on Someone by Mathilde Brandi (USA)

Best Microfilm: Un Artiste Prétentieux (A Pretentious Artist) by Heidi Watson and Adrian Hooke (New Zealand)

Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Astroid Woman by Vanessa Nicholson (UK)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Spice Frontier: Escape from Veltegar by Jalil Sadool (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): You Had A Bad Day by Renee Vaunhefflyunn (USA)

Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): Nina’s Files by Khrystyna Komarovska and Ardian Maliqi (Ukraine and USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Mockumentary/Docucomedy Short): Fossil Record by Karla Weber (Canada)

Best Parody Short: Poinsettia Tears by Jack Pochop (USA)

Best Short Script: Echo by Xiaoyi Li (China)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Pyrrhic by Nikki Petkopoulos (USA)

Honorable Mention (Short Script): R.E.M by John P Martinez (USA)

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