| Best Comedy Short |
- After Life Crisis
Directed and Produced by Matthew Eli Judd
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- Lucky Undies
Directed by: Sam Silverstein
Produced by: Sam Silverstein, Jeremy Paczos, Adam Edery, Jonathan Kaufman, Aaron Klisman
- NXT
Directed by: Yiran Bai
Produced by: Yalian Li
- Scary Finger
Directed by: Colin A Borden
Produced by: Rob Overbeck
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| Best Animated Short |
- The Bird & The Whale
Directed by Carol Freeman
Produced by Jonathan Clarke
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- Coming Back
Directed by: Yuxin Zhao
- Lifeblood
Directed and Produced by: Nicholas Tory
- On / Off
Directed by: Nicolas P. Villarreal
Produced by: Nicolas P. Villarreal, Alessandro Squitti
- Where the winds die
Directed and Produced by: Pejman Alipour
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| Best Music Video |
- Entitled Space Sheep
Directed and Produced by Gad Zigdon
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- Imelda Gabs – Alter Ego (Official Video)
Directed by: Dariy Mambetov
Produced by: Imelda Gabs
- Molo Audace
Directed by: Adriano Vessichelli
Produced by: CantAutori, Andrea Paoletti
- UGLY – The Official Social Standard
Directed by: Micah Gary Brown
- Vultures
Directed by: Ciarán Casey
Produced by: Mark Attwood, Ciarán Casey
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| Best Short by a First-Time Filmmaker |
- Lifeblood
Directed and Produced by Nicholas Tory
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- Flirting (With Possibilities)
Directed by: Garrett Zuercher
Produced by: Dana Zolli, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Garrett Zuercher
- HOMECOMING
Directed by: Max Schuster, Reid Carrescia
Produced by: Max Schuster
- Shreveport Son
Directed by and Produced by: Mark D. Bonner
- The Fly
Directed and Produced by: Mateusz (Matte) Kranz
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| Best Short by a 50+ Filmmaker |
- 27 Steps
Directed by Andrea Schramm
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- :60 Seconds
Directed by: John ‘Quig’ Quigley
Produced by: John ‘Quig’ Quigley, Cori-Anne Greenhouse, Brent Bye
- Boomslang 2: The Dinner
Directed by: Justin Schwan
Produced by: Allen Osborne
- For Sale
Directed by: Nika King
Produced by: Lia Martin
- Uncut
Directed and Produced by: Mark Hensley
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| Best Short by an LGBTQ+ Filmmaker |
- Flirting (With Possibilities)
Directed by Garrett Zuercher
Produced by Dana Zolli, Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Garrett Zuercher
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- Endgame
Directed by: Michal Wasilewski
Produced by: Katarzyna Stasieluk, Lidia Mikulska
- Last Call
Directed by: Raphael Camua, Ash Cohan
Produced by: Charli Masson
- The Shack – An Atmos-Fearic Thriller
Directed by: Dark Hoffman
Produced by: Gary Trinklein
- Unsaid
Directed by: Ayodeji Otuyelu
Produced by: Ashleigh McGregor
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| Best Short by a BIPOC Filmmaker |
- Dream Carriers
Directed by Esmeralda Hernandez
Produced by Marisela Campos, Esmeralda Hernandez
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- Borders
Directed by: Frank Velasquez
Produced by: Marina Coutinho
- Cereal
Directed by: Dusan Brown
Produced by: Dusan Brown, Joyce Kelly-Brown, Tracy Brown
- Shreveport Son
Directed by and Produced by: Mark D. Bonner
- The Broken Key
Directed by: Anngelica-Marie Eshesimua, Matthew Allen
Produced by: Matthew Allen
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| Best Short by a Student Filmmaker |
- First…
Directed by Adam Hartwinski
Produced by Maciej Ślesicki, Adam Hartwiński
and Michal Konopka
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- A NARRATION OF A FUNERAL
Directed and Produced by: Amir Sedghinir
- Cereal
Directed by: Dusan Brown
Produced by: Dusan Brown, Joyce Kelly-Brown, Tracy Brown
- Final Deathtination
Directed and Produced by: Marika Tamura
- Shift
Directed by: Cam Swartz
Produced by: Glenn Lynch, Peter Kerkvliet
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| Best Web Series (One Episode) |
- Cray
Directed by Sonia Sawkar
Produced by Eric Michael Kochmer, and Sonia Sawkar
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- After Life Crisis: Pilot Episode
Directed by: Matthew Eli Judd
Produced by: Matthew Eli Judd, Carlos Jimenez
- Cities in the Air – Episode 1: Deep Water
Directed and Produced by: Andrei “Wolf” Constantinescu, Mihai Constantinescu
- The Blue Marble
Directed by: Ralph Toporoff
Produced by: Ralph Toporoff, John Pirkis
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| Best Production Design in a Short Film |
- Pat La Féline
for The Grandpas Tinkerers
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- Lifeblood
Nicholas Tory, Jonathan Nix, Oliver Abbott
- The Grandpas Tinkerers
Pat La Féline
- THE HOUSE OF THE BUTTERFLY
Rupali Ingle
- The Lady of the House of Love
Selena Xin Jin
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| Best Editing in a Short Film |
- Paul Myzia
for The Masterpiece
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- Bittu
Colin Elliott
- Lifeblood
Jonathan Nix, Nicholas Tory
- Nā Kama Kai – Children Of The Ocean
Melissa Kepen
- Sakuntula
Alejandra Beyron
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| Best Visual Effects in a Short Film |
- Lifeblood
Jonathan Nix, Oliver Abbott, Christian Heinrich, Kieran Kenny,
Max Cao, Jelena Sinik and Nicholas Tory
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- Flirting (With Possibilities)
Stephen Drabicki, Andrew Hendrix
- The Black League of Superheroes
Belal Ghouri, Q-Logic Entertainment
- The Last
Nicholas Siapkaris, Neil Rowe
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| Best Science Fiction Short |
- Five Minutes
Directed and Produced by Genesis Lence
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- CHILD: INDIGO
Directed and Produced by: Trei Hill
- Dynamic Memory
Directed by: Lev Zmanovskiy
Produced by: Sam Estera
- Dystopian Folktales
Directed by: John Suits
Produced by: Nicole Flores, Karl Suits
- IRIS
Directed by: Zach Lovvorn
Produced by: Lana Moltrop, Antonia Maher
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| Best Experimental Short |
- A Bath in My Mothers Womb
Directed by Mona Namer and Sofia Aedo Zahou
Produced by Maida Krak, Amelie Svenstedt
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- I c
Directed by: Helene Moltke-Leth
Produced by: Helene Moltke-Leth, Marie Schmidt Olesen, Ann Lykke Davidsen
- Moira
Directed by: José Mauricio Aguirre
Produced by: Ricardo Rodarte, Carlos Bravo
- Wake
Directed by: Mark Boston
- Whoever You Are
Directed by: Javier De Frutos
Produced by: Tim Mountain, Paul Chantry, Rae Piper
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| Best Horror Short |
- Miner’s Mountain
Directed by Bennett Pellington
Produced by Bennett Pellington and Bobby Siegworth
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- Anxiety
Directed and Produced by: Mohamad Parsa
- Crazy About You
Directed and Produced by: Brooke Minnich
- Displacement
Directed by: Wesley Johnson
Produced by: Steve Muckway
- The Yellow Wallpaper
Directed by: J. Kiernan O’Brien
Produced by: Deana Taheri, J. Kiernan O’Brien
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| Best Foreign Language Short |
- First…
Directed by Adam Hartwinski
Produced by Maciej Ślesicki, Adam Hartwiński
and Michal Konopka
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- Blessing
Directed and Produced by: Herman Choque Rodriguez
- Marie-Luise
Directed by: Hervin De Boodt
Produced by: Marion H von Loewenstern
- TUSALIH – A Jouyr Tale
Directed and Produced by: Shaun Bui
- Wuss
Directed by: Rubing Zhang
Produced by: Rodney Evans, Jinwei Yu
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| Best Sound Design in a Short Film |
- Paul Myzia
for The Masterpiece
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- Lifeblood
Jonathan Nix
- Sakuntula
Jimmy Quezada
- The Last
Brent Puls
- TUSALIH – A Jouyr Tale
GVLVXY
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| Best Original Music Score in a Short Film |
- Brandon Blanchard
for The Masterpiece
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- A Bath In My Mother’s Womb
Little Dragon
- Bitter Suite
Martin McDougall
- Lifeblood
Jonathan Nix
- Shift
Harley McCumber
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| Best Short Film Screenplay |
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- A NARRATION OF A FUNERAL
Amir Sedghinir
- Sakuntula
Alejandra Beyron
- Who’s Whose
Laura Salagnac
- Wuss
Rubing Zhang
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| Best Cinematography in a Short Film |
- Jiang Du
for Mother in The Mist
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- A Bath In My Mothers Womb
Sara Dehlin & Mika Aberra
- Bittu
Shreya Dev Dube
- Sakuntula
Alejandra Beyron
- Wuss
Xiaolei Gong
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| Best Direction in a Short Film |
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- Five Minutes
Genesis Lence
- Mother in the Mist
Kay Niuyue Zhang
- Scary Finger
Colin A Borden
- The Grandpas Tinkerers
Pat La Féline, Daria Panchenko
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| Best Feature Film Screenplay |
- Alex Scheinman
for Cafe Americano
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- 12 words
Juan Antonio Anguita
- SILENT RIVER
Chris Chan Lee
- The Last Champion
Glenn Withrow / Hallie Todd / Ivy Withrow
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| Best Cinematography in a Feature Film |
- Rich Schaefer
for The Last Champion
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- In Her Name
Iain Trimble
- SILENT RIVER
Norbert Shieh
- Two Yellow Lines
Derek Bauer
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| Best Direction in a Feature Film |
- Glenn Withrow
for The Last Champion
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- 12 words
Juan Antonio Anguita
- Cafe Americano
Alex Scheinman
- In Her Name
Sarah Carter
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| Best Ensemble Cast in a Short Film |
- Gabriela Czyżewska-Detmer, Arek Detmer, Anna Grycewicz, and Jacek Beler
for First…
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- Bittu
Rani Kumari, Renu Kumari, Saurab Saraswat, Krishna Negi, Monu Uniyal, Salma Khatoom
- Horizons
Kayley Rainton, Neil Gardner
- The Grandpas Tinkerers
Daria Panchenko, Hugo Bariller, Patrice Guillain
- Wuss
Zixuan Xu, Jingyi Ma, Dongjia Shao, Haoting Xie, James Xu
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| Best Supporting Actor in a Short Film |
- Fabian Jaray
for A Soldier’s Letter
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- Borders
Michael G, Martinez
- Flirting (With Possibilities)
Tom Berklund
- The Grandpas Tinkerers
Patrice Guillain
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| Best Supporting Actress in a Short Film |
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- A Drop of Blood from Nazanin
Maryam Shams, Homa Shams
- Displacement
Hannah Theisen
- Marie-Luise
Hervin De Boodt
- TROUBADOURS CELESTES
Marion H von Löwenstern
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| Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film |
- Frances Fisher
in This is Not A War Story
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- Rekindling Christmas
Raini Rodriguez
- Second Chances
Paige Kriet
- The Last Champion
Hallie Todd
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| Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film |
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- In Her Name
Philippe Caland
- The Last Champion
Peter Onorati
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| Best Actor in a Short Film |
- Mark D. Bonner
in Shreveport Son
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- Borders
Daniel Edward Mora
- LINGO
Marc Duret
- The Confession
Stephen Drury Phillips
- The Fly
Matte Kranz
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| Best Actress in a Short Film |
- Gabriela Czyźewska
in First…
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- Bittu
Rani Kumari
- Not Enough
Brenda Nascimento
- Peaches
Martha Shaw
- The Vow
Lan Zhong
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| Best Actor in a Feature Film |
- Cole Hauser
in The Last Champion
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- 12 words
Santos Sánchez
- Cafe Americano
Alex Scheinman
- SILENT RIVER
West Liang
- This is Not A War Story
Sam Adegoke
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| Best Actress in a Feature Film |
- Nurgül Yesilçay
in Beautiful Jinn
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- Aamal
Monique Rosario
- In Her Name
Ciera Danielle
- SILENT RIVER
Amy Tsang
- The Last Champion
Annika Marks
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| Best Documentary Short |
- These Moments
Directed by Dylan Chant, Nic Kuklinski, and Scott Larson
Produced by Dylan Chant
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- ĀMRA
Directed by: Imri Agmon
- Keep Saray Home
Directed by: Brian Redondo
Produced by: Kevin Lam, Bethany Li
- Project Antarctica – Easter Island Extension
Directed by: Evan Michael Gering
- This Other World
Directed and Produced by: David Regos
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| Best Documentary Feature |
- Not Going Quietly
Directed by: Nicholas Bruckman
Produced by: Amanda Roddy
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- Forget Me Not
Directed by Olivier Bernier
Produced by: Olivier Bernier, Tiffany Conklin, Patrick Solomon, Ana Lucia Villela, Estela Renner, Luana Lobo, Marcos Nisti
- IronFamily
Directed by Patrick Longstreth
Produced by: Patrick Longstreth, Anne Longstreth, Chad Faries
- No U-TURN
Directed by: Ike Nnaebue
Produced by: Christilla Huilard-Kann, Don Edkins, Tiny Mungwe
- Still Working 9 to 5
Directed and Produced by: Camille Hardman, Gary Lane
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| Best Drama Short |
- Bittu
Directed by Karishma Dube
Produced by Mary Evangelista and Shreya Dube
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- A NARRATION OF A FUNERAL
Directed and Produced by: Amir Sedghinir
- Strangers’ Reunion
Directed by: Liz Sargent
Produced by: Louis Figgis, Nick Teare
- The War Within
Directed and Produced by: Javid Farahani
- Wuss
Directed by: Rubing Zhang
Produced by: Rodney Evans, Jinwei Yu
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| Best Narrative Feature |
- Definition Please
Directed by Sujata Day
Produced by Cameron Fife, Datari Turner, Ritesh Rajan, and Sujata Day
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- 12 words
Directed and Produced by: Juan Antonio Anguita Martin
- Cafe Americano
Directed by: Alex Scheinman
Produced by: Chelsea Fenton
- In Her Name
Directed by Sarah Carter
Produced by Erin Hammond, Ciera Danielle, Cynthia Bravo, Philippe Caland
- The Last Champion
Directed by Glenn Withrow
Produced by Glenn Withrow, Brian Gork, Ivy Withrow, Hallie Todd
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| Best Narrative Short |
- The Wind Phone
Directed by Kristen Gerweck
Produced by Linda Christina Riedmann
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- Bittu
Directed by: Karishma Dube
Produced by: Mary Evangelista, Shreya Dube
- Forgotten Song
Directed by: Tobin Del Cuore, Tyler Gilstrap
Produced by: Tobin Del Cuore, Tyler Gilstrap, Samuel Lee Roberts
- PASSAGE
Directed and Produced by: Ann Oren
- Strangers’ Reunion
Directed by: Liz Sargent
Produced by: Louis Figgis, Nick Teare
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| Best Overall Film |
- Not Going Quietly
Directed by Nicholas Bruckman
Produced by Amanda Roddy
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- Definition Please
Directed by Sujata Day
Produced by Cameron Fife, Datari Turner, Ritesh Rajan, and Sujata Day
- The Wind Phone
Directed by Kristen Gerweck
Produced by Linda Christina Riedmann
- These Moments
Directed by Dylan Chant, Nic Kuklinski, and Scott Larson
Produced by Dylan Chant
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