Top Shorts Winners - August 2026
- Top Shorts Team
- Aug 29
- 1 min read
Updated: Aug 31
Film of the Month
The Kennedy Package - Gage Holle
Best Narrative Film
The Kennedy Package - Gage Holle
Best Comedy
Brothers - Stephen Leon Lipscomb
Best Sci-Fi
The Kennedy Package - Gage Holle
Best Inspirational Film
Pao. Driven by Passion - Jose Francisco Malave
Best AI Film
Timberland AI video - Soslan Chekhoev, Alexander Zarshchikov
Best Web/TV Pilot
Simulation Theory: Eve Of Destruction - Dusty Smith
Best Web Series
The Reformation Room - Luke Mazey
Best Documentary
Thirty Seconds: A Drifting Story - Jonathan R Moore
Best Animation
The Golden Fish - Lili Frongillo, Emma Baumer
Best Student Film
Blink Twice - Rachel Hitt
Best Director
The Kennedy Package - Gage Holle
Best First Time Director
Roméos - Raphaël Bédard
Best Ensemble
When the Smoke Clears - Angelo Oddo, Michael Carrino, Jim Osso
Best Score
The Tell-Tale Heart - Kelly Joe Richardson
Best Song
A Colony of Radicals - Taxman - Danny Sea
Best Original Story
The Kennedy Package - Gage Holle
Best Screenplay
The Nine Lives - Jason A. Green
Best Action Screenplay
The Nine Lives - Jason A. Green
Best First Time Screenwriter
The Kennedy Package - Gage Holle
Special Jury Award
Fido - John Norris Ray, Maria Victoria Sanchez
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