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Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

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Drowning by Reiff Gaskell (UK)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Behind The Door by Justus van den Elsen (Netherlands)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Hallo Johann by Joshua Mueller (Germany)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Soulmurder by Justin Nixon (USA)

Best Student Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)

Silas Graves by Jiri Balcar (USA)

Best Indie Short: Soulmurder by Justin Nixon (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Indie Short): For God’s Sake, Smile! by Lena Heintze (Germany)

Honorable Mention (Indie Short): The Last Berth by Tsui Kai-Yuen (Hong Kong)

Best Drama Short: Drowning by Reiff Gaskell (UK)

Honorable Mention (Documentary Short): At the Turning by Graham Peebles (UK)

Honorable Mention (Comedy Short): The Pretty Waitress by Oscar Lopez (USA)

Honorable Mention (Dark Comedy Short): Play it Back by Jesse Lipscombe and Andrew Misle (Canada)

Best Action Short: Predation Black Serum by Timur Örge and Sebastian Fisher (Switzerland)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Action Short): One More Opening Sequence by Vlad Klimchuk (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: Hallo Johann by Joshua Mueller (Germany)

Best Thriller Short: Click by Abbie Lucas (UK)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Thriller Short): Marionberries by EJ Binns (USA)

Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Quarantine by Dan Rathke (USA)

Best Horror Short: Homecoming by Jaimoe Kaiser (Germany)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Neuro Beacon 1989 by Piotr Misztal (Poland)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Sci-Fi Short): The Last Version by Adham AlMajed (Egypt)

Best Fantasy Short: No Wind to Hold by Mickael Abbate and Chris Conti (France)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Fantasy Short): On The Same Earth by Sam Cox (UK)

Best Western Short: Silas Graves by Jiri Balcar (USA)

Honorable Mention (Western Short): Preacher’s Daughter by Chandler Barbee (USA)

Best Student Animation Short: Till Death Does His Part by Nathan RJ Fox (USA)

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

Best Children Short: Behind The Door by Justus van den Elsen (Netherlands)

Best Women Short: Seasons of the Witch by Hollis Fox (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Wormball by Ella Talerico (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Romantic Short): Static Cling by Surya Deepak Yalla (India)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Music Video): Justin Knuth: Things Change by Billy Freeman (USA)

Honorable Mention (Web Series/TV Pilot): Knighted by Zach Trent (USA)

Best Web and New Media: Pillow Men by Jacky Wong (China)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Web and New Media): Headless Singer by Yang Fan (China)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Trailer/Teaser): For God’s Sake, Smile! by Lena Heintze (Germany)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Short Script): School Run by Rachel Walsh-Williams (UK)

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