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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