Award Winners: September 2022

Best Short of the Month (Special Jury Award)

A Love Song At The End Of The Time by Miao Yike (China)

Best Foreign Short of the Month (Special Jury Award)

In September I Dreamt of Winter by Emil Sallinen (Finland)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Adversariis by Stefan Knezovic (Italy)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Murderer by Bofei Yang (China)

Best Horror Short: Devoured by Thomas Chretien (Canada)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Horror Short): Gnaw by Rosalee Yagihara (Canada)

Best Student Horror Short: Unbidden by Andres Rothschild (UK)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Comedy Short): Holy Shitter by William PC Marsh (USA)

Best Student Comedy Short: When Death Comes Knocking by Joe Burbidge (UK)

Best Dark Comedy Short: First Time Long Time by Aidan McCarthy (USA)

Best Action Short: Four Hour Layover in Juarez by Wesley Alley (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): Figures by Jamie Hegland and Jade Yurich (Canada)

Best Crime Short: Graveyard by Connell Oberman (USA)

Best Student Crime Short: Pinot Roux by Jana Claire Price (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: When Buying a Fine Murder by Gabriele Tacchi (Italy)

Best Student Thriller Short: The Gestalt Shift by Logan Michelle (USA)

Best Mystery Short: In September I Dreamt of Winter by Emil Sallinen (Finland)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): Psyche Obscura by Craig Oty (USA)

Best Student Fantasy Short: The Silent Water by Yintao Gong (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Western Short): Nomad by Jose Infante (USA)

Best Student Western Short: Path of the Damned by Jack Kockenmeister (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Adventure Short): Black Knight Origins by Jonathan Debiase (USA)

Best Indie Short: Adversariis by Stefan Knezovic (Italy)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): The Lonely Doryman by Noah Duarte (USA)

Best Student Indie Short: Evacuation Point by Hiram Zhou (China)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Drama Short): Macau, In-Between by Sergio Basto Perez (Macao)

Honorable Mention (Drama Short): Lego and Chill by Steven Song (Canada)

Best Animation Short: When Rabbits Could Fly by Francois Juszezak and Annie Korach (France)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Animation Short): The Head by Pablo Big Head Arriagada (USA)

Best Children Short: Diving by Rongheng Sun (China)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Children Short): Adventures With The Caretaker by Peter Gardner (USA)

Best Women Short: Stay by Felisha Norman (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: The Lonely Doryman by Noah Duarte (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (LGBTQ Short): Das Duas Uma by Bernardo Gomes de Almeida (Portugal)

Best Student LGBTQ Short: The Gestalt Shift by Logan Michelle (USA)

Best Romantic Short: A Love Song At The End Of The Time by Miao Yike (China)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Short): Vesper by Chadwick Hopson (USA)

Honorable Mention (Romantic Short): Routine by H. Dyllan Hobeck (USA)

Best Documentary Short: The Soul of Sicily by Margie Raimondo (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): The Water Wall by Andrea Sambuccetti (USA)

Best Student Documentary Short: Praying Mantis by Lyuwei Chen (USA)

Best Experimental Short: A Dollhouse 2041 – Evangelium Vitae Moderne by Melanie Ekholdt Huynh (Switzerland)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): The Seventh Seal by Jacek Krawczyk (Poland)

Best Microfilm: Teething Problems by Kristian Fitsall (UK)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Microfilm): 48.000 Names by Roel Swierenga (Netherlands)

Best Student Microfilm: An Ode to a Laundromat by Tahlia Rebecca Edgar-Chalker (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Workforce by Phil Kwarta (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Web Series/TV Pilot): Adventures With The Caretaker by Peter Gardner (USA)

Best Student Web Series/TV Pilot: What The Hell! by Suzie Jane Pastor (France)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): Why You Have To Be Black and Gay by Holly Lehren (USA)

Best Mobile Short: The Exhibition of Expedition 37 by Maggie Colligan (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): One Way Ticket by Banjii & Mayuri by Mayuri Joshi (USA)

Best Mockumentary/Docucomedy Short: The Exhibition of Expedition 37 by Maggie Colligan (USA)

Honorable Mention (Mockumentary/Docucomedy Short): Bad Steps To Rock Stardom by Sullyman The Third (USA)

Honorable Mention (Parody Short): Bad Steps To Rock Stardom by Sullyman The Third (USA)

Best Short Script: Remembrance by David Toussaint (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): Black Dawn by Letizia Arcaleni (Italy)

Honorable Mention (Short Script): Hovelton – Zombies by Mathew Tretola (USA)

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