Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
There’s Something I Have to Tell You by Jamie Savarese (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Short of the Season (Special Jury Award)
Mothers by Choukri Rouha (France)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Mirage by Shuyue Zhang (China)
Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)
Rat King by Andrea Mae Perez (UK)
Best Short of the Season (Runners-up)
Down by Ben Rogers (UK)
Night Trippin by Rory Charles Windhorst (USA)
Wind by Mingyi Jing (China)
You Have Arrived by Dia Frampton (USA)
Platinum Awards
Best Indie Short: There’s Something I Have to Tell You by Jamie Savarese (USA)
Best Drama Short: Mothers by Choukri Rouha (France)
Best Documentary Short: Love Birds by Elliott Kennerson and Angel Morris (USA)
Best Comedy Short: Out Of Service by Wing Cheong Lai (Hong Kong)
Best Dark Comedy Short: Rat King by Andrea Mae Perez (UK)
Best Crime Short: Mirage by Shuyue Zhang (China)
Best Thriller Short: You Have Arrived by Dia Frampton (USA)
Best Fantasy Short: Exchange by Monty Chaudoir (UK)
Best Western Short: Stubborn by Robert Gamperl (USA)
Best Experimental Short: Rat King by Andrea Mae Perez (UK)
Best Animation Short: Just Imagine by Karolis Kveselis (Lithuania)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Night Trippin by Rory Charles Windhorst (USA)
Best Female Director: Jamie Savarese for There’s Something I Have to Tell You (USA)
Best Male Director: Ben Rogers for Down (UK)
Best First Time Female Director: Sazan Pasori for Bonkers (USA)
Best Actress: Reagan Kelly for There’s Something I Have to Tell You (USA)
Best Actor: Tim Seyfert for Down (UK)
Best Supporting Actress: Suzanne Kovi for There’s Something I Have to Tell You (USA)
Best Cinematography: Raihan Mobasherul for Against All Odds (Canada)
Best Original Score: The Before Time Orchestra for The North Star (USA)
Best Original Story: Jamie Savarese for There’s Something I Have to Tell You (USA)
Best Short Script: The Boots by Ruby Lovell and Jaskaran Bahia (USA)
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