Top Shorts Winners - September 2021

Film of the Month

Breaking & Entering - Michael William Hogan

Best Narrative Film

Breaking & Entering - Michael William Hogan

Honorable Mention: Narrative Film

Hare Krishna - Hindol Chakraborty

Best Indie Film

Puncture - Erik Bergamini

Honorable Mention: Indie Film

Wheel Gone Kid 2 - Wayne Kelly, Keith Large

Best Drama

Places, Please - Reed Luplau

Best Comedy

Cherry Ln. - Emily Skye

Best Sci-Fi

Ni Kallatho - Sujay Putchala, Mahaveer Abhimanyu

Best Experimental Film

Paralysis - Alberto Martín-Aragón

Best Inspirational Film

Leader - Chris Overton

Best Dark Comedy

The Plan - Gigi Burgdorf

Best Crime Film

Puncture - Erik Bergamini

Best Documentary

Umoja - Justin R. Brown

Honorable Mention: Documentary

My Story of Alzheimer's Disease - Kim Plumridge, Andrew Duncan

Best Animation

Synthetic Me - Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Samudra Kajal Saikia

Honorable Mention: Animation

Beethoven Conducts Beethoven - Rachel Lieberman

Best Music Video

Breakout - Garrett Edward Randol

Honorable Mention: Music Video

Synthetic Me - Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Samudra Kajal Saikia

Best Student Film

Crimson - Keerian Flammang

Honorable Mention: Student Film

I Wanna Be a Tree - Chang Xu

Best Microfilm

They Sense Your Fear - Aramis Tatu

Honorable Mention: Microfilm

Caroline - Natalie Denise Sperl

Best Director

Breaking & Entering - Michael William Hogan

Honorable Mention: Director

Places, Please - Reed Luplau

Best First Time Director

Baba - Cooper Harrison Levy, Cole Harrison Walderman

Honorable Mention: First Time Director

Puncture - Erik Bergamini

Best Indie Filmmaker

D.I.B.S (Devil In the Backseat) - Jeffery Mackey

Honorable Mention: Indie Filmmaker

Inner Ability - Jordan Scott