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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
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Placebo by Kai Undrell (UK)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Sticks & Holler by Willie C. Simmons (USA)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
The Unfortunate Side Effects of Drinking with a Crippling Want by Steven A. Soria (USA)
Best Student Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Signal by Riley Vitale (USA)
Honorable Mention (Indie Short): Backwards Dad by Felix Nunez (USA)
Honorable Mention (Drama Short): Young Summer by Isabelle Bernal and Nathaniël Siri (USA)
Best Student Documentary Short: Echoes Of War by Pial Sarker (Bangladesh)
Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): Love Thy Neighbor by Isabella Urrutia (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short: The Henchman by Elko Weaver (USA)
Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): I Killed Last Night by T Michael (USA)
Best Film Noir Short: At the Mercy of Faith by Andrew Arguello (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Film Noir Short): Do No Harm by Robert Brody (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Intuition by Joshua Longfellow Wright (USA)
Best Horror Short: Placebo by Kai Undrell (UK)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Blue Matter by Ralf Muller (Canada)
Best Sci-Fi Short: Signal by Riley Vitale (USA)
Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): The Last Rat by Raul Krrishnan (India)
Best Western Short: Death Rides a Camel by Andrew Kamel and Jaafar al-Nabi (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Western Short): A Fool’s Tycoon by Jordan Peace (Australia)
Best Animation Short: Seat Covers by John Norris Ray and Maria Victoria Sanchez (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short: The Unfortunate Side Effects of Drinking with a Crippling Want by Steven A. Soria (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Sweet Death by Dan Marcus (USA)
Honorable Mention (LGBTQ Short): The Usual by Adam Guerino (USA)
Best Romantic Short: The Unfortunate Side Effects of Drinking with a Crippling Want by Steven A. Soria (USA)
Honorable Mention (Romantic Short): Still Here by Talya Dayan (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Pins in Her Eyes by Ingrid Elizabeth Nachstern (Ireland)
Best Microfilm: Terminus VI by Loic Zimmermann (USA)
Best Student Microfilm: Headphones by Yujia Liang (China)
Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Heaven by Elysa Baino (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Sticks & Holler by Willie C. Simmons (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): Rose by Susan Daniel (Australia)
Best Web and New Media: Bait & Switch by Steven Hillen (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): The Last Harlem Hellfighter by Larry Ulrich (USA)
Honorable Mention (Web and New Media): Tale of the Divided Tides – The Beginning by Mattia Simbolotti (Italy)
Honorable Mention (Trailer/Teaser): I/O by Molly Vernon (USA)
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