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