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SHORTS
BEST SHORT FILM - DRAMA
Babs (dir. Celine Held & Logan George, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - COMEDY
Burned (dir. Simon Olivier, United Kingdom)
BEST SHORT FILM - FAMILY / FAITH
Freedom of Movement Festival (dir. Gertrud Schulte Westenberg & Daniel Smith, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - SOCIAL AWARENESS
Honor (dir. Kankana Chakraborty & Morgan Aiken, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - FOREIGN
Menuett (dir. Felix Karolus, Germany)
BEST SHORT FILM - MYSTERY / THRILLER
The Visitor (dir. Justin Olstein, Australia)
BEST SHORT FILM - SCI-FI / FANTASY
The Heartthrob (dir. Gazanfer Biricik, France)
BEST SHORT FILM - HORROR
Limbo (dir. Daniel Viqueira Carballal, Spain)
BEST SHORT FILM - STUDENT
Boob Sweat (dir. Charlotte Guerry, USA)
I Don’t Believe in Father Christmas (dir. Anna Ludwig, Germany)
BEST SHORT FILM - DOCUMENTARY
Out of Plastic (dir. Line Hadsbjerg, Spain)
BEST SHORT FILM - FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER
2017 (dir. Pryka Almeida, Brazil)
BEST SHORT FILM - LOVE IS LOVE (LGBTQ)
Penance (dir. Kayden Phoenix, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - ANIMATION
One Night Only (dir. Matt Bissett-Johnson, Australia)
BEST SHORT FILM - SILENT / EXPERIMENTAL
Bad Faith (dir. Marina, Elena & Eva Pauné, Spain)
BEST SHORT FILM - SPORTS / INSPIRATIONAL
Wake Up! What Would You Do to Change the World? (dir. Ángel, Spain)
BEST SHORT FILM - DANCE / FASHION
H A T C H (dir. Jeff Schick, USA)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE / COMPOSITION
Blood Means Nothing (Music Score) (Composed by Jon Bourne, United Kingdom)
BEST TRAILER
Gridlock (Trailer) (dir. Ian Hunt Duffy, Ireland)
BEST POSTER
The Shadow Scarf
SCREENPLAY
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
Oakland
(by Andrew Koponen, USA)
Skewed Blue
(by Andrea Gibson, USA)
BEST SHORT SCRIPT
Evening of the Evil Eye
(by Angel Connell, USA)
BEST TV SCRIPT
Crossing the Rubicon
(by RC Richter & Riley Adams, Canada)