Award Winning Films

Best Narrative Short

Titan
Director Valéry Carnoy

Best Documentary Short

The Martyr
​Director Edmund Stenson

Best Animated Short

A Night at the Cemetery
Director Stelios Polychronakis

Best Horror Short

Cutter
​Directors Dan Repp, Lindsay Young

Best Sci-Fi Short

Clean Slate
Director Olubajo Sonubi

Best Drama Short

Talk To Me In Silence
Director Julia Ngeow

Best Comedy Short

A Home Invasion
​Director Maddie Downes

Best Foreign Short

Le Pompon
Director David Hourrègue

Best Local Short

Potluck
Director LaLa Halsema

Best Music Video

David Lindmer // Omen
Director DRUST

Best Mini Short

Mariposas
Director Adrian Carey

Best Director

The Little Drummer Boy 
Director John Gray

Best Ensemble Cast

Unbridaled
Director Chelsea Bryn Lockie 

Best Narrative Short

The Mark
Director Devin E. Haqq

Best Documentary Short

Tears Teacher
Director Noemie Nakai 

Best Animated Short

Überfrog
Director Tuomas Kurtakko

Best Horror Short

The Barber
Director Sergiy Pudich 

Best Sci-Fi Short

Sweet Nothings
Director Christian Klein

Best Drama Short

The Punishment
Director Chris Sexton Fletcher

Best Comedy Short

She Had It Coming
Director Gedde Watanabe

Best Foreign Short

Imelda and Luis 
Director Leonel Chee

Best Local Short

Late for Christmas
Director Blake Studwell

Best Experimental Short

Seven Years
Director Lexi Read  

Best Narrative Short

Jenna Gets an Abortion
​Director Jonothon Mitchell

Best Drama Short

Alzheimer's
Director Peter Vietro-Hannum

Best Comedy Short

Gary Got Involved!
Director Lonny Ross

Best Animated Short

Ladder to You
Directors Victoria Watson, Chris Watson

Best Horror Short

Deathyard
Directors Daniel Ballard, Taylor Hellhake

Best Documentary Short

Shadow Dancer
Director Bruce Temuchin Brown

Best Music Video

Wife Material
Directors Melanie Leanne Miller, Ivan Salinas

Best Local Short

Hey Zeus
Director Jose A Acosta

Best Director

Night Shifts
​Director Finn Wolfhard             

Best Drama Short
Give Us Free
By Mac Grant & Chad Tennies

Best Animated Short
Don’t Croak
By Daun Kim

Best Comedy Short
Behave, Kids
By Tripp Crosby

Best Micro-Short
You Don't Have to Save the World
By Kevin O'Brien

Best Student Short
No Good Deed
By Grant Lafferty

Best Documentary Short
Shelter Me
By Zach Lawson

Best Music Video
The Loneliest Man in the World by Pacifico
By Tiffany Sewell, Jonathan Downing

Best Screenplay
3 Days
By Julie Sharbutt

Best Foreign Short
Moth
By Alexey Frenkel

Best Local Short
I Think My Dead Sister is Following Me Around
By David Nobles

Best Director
Adams
By Tom Stern

Best Actress
Adenike Thomas
Me Time

Best Actor
Chris Wilson
Alaska

Best Cinematography
The Neighbors’ Window
By Marshall Curry

Audience Choice Award
Give Us Free
By Mac Grant & Chad Tennies 

Best Short Film
The Avocado
by Darwin Serink

Best Drama Short
Runner
by Clare Cooney

Best Comedy Short
Sac de Merde
by Greg Chwerchak

Best Cinematography
The Colorful Life of Jenny P.
by Daniele Barbiero

Best Foreign Short
Skin
by Alasdair K Boyce

Best Horror Short
Devil’s Play
Neil Ely, Lloyd Eyre-Morgan

Best Thriller Short
Creeper
by Drew Macdonald

Best Sci-Fi Short
Control
by Carroll Brown

Best Horror Comedy Short
Fetish
by David Hess

Best LGBTQ Short
Magic H8 Ball
by Dan Hass

Best Animated Short
The Catcher
by Cassie Guidry

Best Action Short
Pandora
by Daniel Rübesam

​Best Documentary Short
Halter Off
by Jake Bulgarino

Best Experimental Short
Who's With Me
by Tadas Staponavicius

Best Mini-Short
Inside The House
by Jennifer Bonior, Dycee Wildman

Best Student Short
The Art of Foley
by Sara Karimipour

Best Local Short
Nightbird
by Rob Sorensen

Best Local Comedy Short
Dick Pic Professional
by Sarah Alison Hodges

Best Local Drama Short
My Mother When She Was Younger
by Weston Manders

Best Local Action Short
Keep The Engine Running
by Tim Johnson

Best Director
Minor Turbulence
by Jared Houseman

Best Ensemble Cast
Holiday Hostage
by Abby Walla & David Storch
Cast: Maggie Wheeler, Don Stark, Bunny Levine, David Storch and Abby Walla

Best Actor
Toneey Acevedo
The Avocado
by Darwin Serink

Best Actress
Karina Wolfe
Thirsty Girl
by Sean Berger

Best Short Film

AmeriKa
by Ryan Ward

Best Comedy Short

The Julie Stories
by Julio Vincent Gambuto 

Best Drama Short

Americana
by Jacob Allinson

Best Documentary Short

The Opera Singer
by Steve Kahn 

Best Foreign Short

The Boy By The Sea
by Vasily Chuprina

Best Horror Short

When Demons Die

by Daniel Ruebesam

Best Thriller Short

Borderline
by Kieran Shea , David Osorio

Best Animated Short

Treasure Nest
by Meng-Chwen (JOY ) Tien, Allison Botkin, Mike Bourbeau

Best Music Video

Empty Promise
by Kevin Eikenberg

Best Action Short

Fist of People
by Dong-ki An 

Best Experimental Short

BLACKBIRD a dream resurrected
by Cyrus Salvia

Best Short Short

Lenses
by Becca Roth, Laura Goehrke

Best Western Short

The Duel
by Amanda Barnes, David Speck

Best Historical Drama

ROPEd
by Riel Stone

Best Sci-Fi Short

Iteration 1
by Jesse Lupini

Best Student Film

Lil Bat
by Justin Gorski

Best Dark Comedy

Temporary.
by Milena Govich

Best Fantasy Short

Always with You

by Hugo C. Domenech

Best Romantic Comedy

The New 35
by Michelle Bossy

Best Musical Short

REPAIRations! - The Musical
by Courtney Miller 

Best Erotic Short 

Cake
by Anne Hu  

Best Actor

Valerie Harper in My Mom and The Girl 

by Susie Singer Carter

Best Ensemble Cast

My Mom and The Girl
by Susie Singer Carter

Best Director

AmeriKa & In the Beginning was Water and Sky
by Ryan Ward

Best Cinematography

Penalty
by Aldo Luliano

Best Local Short

Good Hair
by Fray Forde, Catherine Dee Holly

Best Local Comedy Short

F
by Rob Tiffin, Ben Lamm, Mitchell Hardage

Best Local Drama Short

Somna
by Jordan Anstatt

Audience Choice Award

The After War
by Giorgio Litt                                          

Best Short Film
Land of Exodus
dir. by Skinner Myers

Best Drama Short
Zarr 
dir. by Ibrahim Nada

Best Foreign Short
A Selfie
dir. by María Fernanda Suarez

Best Horror Short
Chateau Sauvignon : Terroir
dir. by David E. Munz-Maire

Best Horror-Comedy Short

Nursing and You
dir. by Jack Macilvain

Best Student Film
Pigskin
dir. by Jake Hammond

Best Comedy Short
Being Glen : A Puppeteer's Story
dir. by Xavier Jordan

Best Music Video
Speech of Foxes
dir. by Ben Phillippo

Best Action Short
Outside the Wire
dir. by Shaun Clifford

Best Experimental Short
The Sparrow's Flight 

dir. by Tom Schroeder​

Best Short Short
Napoleon: The Ticket
dir. by Matthew Berenty

Best Animated Short
Moom
dir. by Robert Kondo, Daisuke 'Dice' Tsutsumi 

Best Local Short
Hotel Clermont 
dir. by Heather L. Hutson

Best Documentary Short
In This World
dir. by Kelly Creedon

Best Ensemble Cast
The Lipinski
dir. by Nate Townsend

Best Web Series

The Mother Load

dir. by Nicole Kemper, Grant McGowen

Best Director
Wally's Will

dir. by Matteo Mosterts

Audience Choice Award
The Bus Stop
dir. by Justin Malone

Best Short Film
A Tree in The Sea 
dir. by Shahir Zag

Best Drama Short
Wedding Dress 
dir. by Haroula Rose

Best Foreign Short
Antoine
dir. by Cyrus Neshvad

Best Horror Short
Meridians
dir. by Blake Rice

Best Sci-Fi Short
One Billion Dates 
dir. by Alec Robbins

Best Student Film
The Wonderful
dir. by Erin Good

Best Comedy Short
The Script Re-Right 
dir. by Maddie Mindling

Best Music Video
Brooklynn - Friends
dir. by Jordan St. Martin-Reyes, Benjamin Roberds

Best Action Short
Awesome Runaway!! 
dir. by Benjamin De Los Santos

Best Erotic Short
Courtesan 
dir. by Jeremy Osbern, Misti Boland

Best Experimental Short
Von Strantz "1793" 
by Joe Leavell

Best Short Short
stay.
dir. by Brey Browne

Best Animated Short
Dji. Death Sails 
dir. by Dmitri Voloshin

Best Local Short
20 BAHT 
dir. by Rachel Kessler

Best Documentary Short
Our People
dir. by Payne Lindsey

Best Ensemble Cast
Raise The ToyGantic 
dir. by Gail Lerner

Best Director
Come Away With Me 
dir. by Ellen Gerstein

Audience Choice Award
Send in the Clowns
dir. by Carmelle Danneman

Best Film

Satellite Beach
dir. by Andrew Wilson & Luke Wilson

Best Drama Short

Tuesday

dir. by Oscar Lalo

Best Foreign Short

Le Train Bleu

dir. by Stephanie Assimacopoulo

Best Horror Short

The Jigsaw

dir. by Rashad Al-Safar, Al Safar Brothers

Best Comedy Short

Dictionary Models

dir. by Jason Coates

Best Music Video

When He Comes Home

dir. by Ben Phillippo

Best Erotic Short

O Jogo

dir. by Pedro Coutinho

Best Experimental Short

Egghead

dir. by Patrick Longstreth

Best Animated Short

Monstro!

dir. by Christopher Romano

Best Local Short

This is a Test

dir. by Matt Leary

Best Documentary Short

The Packinghouse

​dir. by Brian Graves

Best Action Short

Hot Tuesday

dir. by Ramon Fernandez

Best Director

Little Monsters

dir. by Jay Carver

Audience Choice Award

Through the Pane

dir. by Pauline Egan