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Berlin Shorts Award

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April Award

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Best Female Director

  • Magaly Pefig
    Winner
    • Magaly Pefig(director)
    • Decisive Action

Best Male Director

  • Chris Moreira
    Winner
    • Chris Moreira
    • Le Veilleur

Best Original Score

  • [object Object]
    Winner

      Acceptance Land

    6.2 (15)
    Ghiya Rushidat(composer)

Best Producer

  • [object Object]
    Winner

      Nice Guy

    Mark Daniel Cade
    Invisible Energy Productions

Best Actress

    • Erin Addison
    • Waiting Games
    • Nicole Massie
    • Waiting Games

Best Comedy Short

  • [object Object]

      Wytch Craft

    Polly Pierce
    Bewytching Productions

Best International Short Film

    • Cheatty Love(2020/I)
      • Cheatty Love(2020/II)
      • [object Object]

          Cheatty Love

        Alejandra Alanis Ortiz
        Gerson David Valencia
        Maura Delgado
        Aida Treviño
        Martha Tron Palomeque
        Victor Baños
        Sofía Marin
        Katy Uribe
        Ana Laura Alcázar
        Zuleima Huerta
        Fernando Delgado
        Luis Javier Sanchez

      Best Micro Short Film

      • [object Object]

          Waiting Games

        Thea Balich

      Women Filmmakers

      • [object Object]

          Decisive Action

        9.8 (13)
        Magaly Pefig

      March Award

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      Best Black Lives Matter Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Karen

        4.7 (14)
        David Tarleton
        Adria Dawn
        Tarleton / Dawn Productions

      Best LGBTQ short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Hush

        8.4 (13)
        Jennifer Lana Harper
        Alex Merkin

      Best Thriller Short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Monte Creek

        Jim Henry
        John Van Dyk
        Inca Roads Fiasco

      Best Comedy

      • [object Object]

          The Mumbler

        Madison Bounds
        Blank Factory

      Best International Short Film

      • [object Object]

          UV - A Resistance Story

        Lorenzo Scalzo(director)

      August Award

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      Best Actor

      • Johnathon Farrell
        Winner
        • Johnathon Farrell
        • Billy
        Big Mouse Productions

      Best Actress

      • Valentina Mendoza Guzman
        Winner
        • Valentina Mendoza Guzman(actress)
        • Black and Bitter
        Treasure Beth Pictures

      Best COVID Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          A Walk in the Park

        Maziar Ghaderi
        Holding Space Films
      • [object Object]
        Winner

          What Next?

        Suman Hanif
        Ahmed Sher Zaman
        Pageful Productions

      Best Editing

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          NightwatchMan

        5.5 (27)
        Christopher Rithin(editor)
        Wolfpack Productions

      Best Ensemble Acting

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Project Gemini

        Molly O'Neill
        Christiane Georgi
        Trey Randol
        Warren Davis
        Jessica Belkin
        Zachary Haven
        Mark Elefane
        Dante Fernandez
        Frantz Durand

      Best Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Singing to Love - Cantando al Amor

        7.1 (17)
        Antonio Bellido Marín(director)
        Producciones Antonio Bellido

      Best First Time Filmmaker

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Persona

        Simón Lorenzo
        Kaito Films

      Best Micro Short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Taken Over

        Sheldon Woodson

      Best Original Score

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Moving Art: Whales and Dolphins

        8.8 (12)
        Alan Williams
      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Angkor wat

        8.0 (37)
        Alan Williams

      Best Production Design

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Crude Massacre

        Chava Gaynor
        Indignant Dog Films
        Red Aces Productions

      Best Sci-Fi Short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Space Case

        Zachary T. Scott

      Best Short Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Black and Bitter

      Best Unproduced Script

      • Winner

          Fatal Ambition

        Angel Connell(screenwriter)
        Parousian Pictures

      Outstanding Achievement Award

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          S' agapo

        8.8 (11)
        Panagiotis Ktenas

      Best Documentary Short

      • [object Object]

          The Bride Price

        Jennifer Enskat
        Andrew Gardner
        leapyear

      October Award

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      Best Comedy Short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Mrs. H

        Heather Grogan
        SUNFA Films
      • [object Object]

          Mustache Club

        Jack Zullo(actor/writer/producer)
        Devin Caldarone(actor/director/producer)
        Semi-Finalist

      Best Ensemble Acting

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Jimmy & Jonny

        8.2 (8)
        Sebastian Wegner
        Nico Bourgeais
        Fusion Alpha

      Best Experimental Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          A Montreal Lullaby

        Karen Belfo(director)

      Best Horror Short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Don't Let Her In

        5.6 (8)
        Nimish Tanna(producer)
        Bala Murali Shingade(producer)
        Late Bloomer Films
        Best Horror Short
      • [object Object]

          Dark Directions

        J.D. Hodge
        Dan Black

      Best Music Score

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Angkor wat

        8.0 (37)
        Alan Williams

      Best Unproduced Script

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Joe Boi's Static

        Joe Boi(writer)
        Nightlyboi Cinema

      Best lgbtq short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Sun bunnies

        Kostiantyn Mishchenko

      Best International Short Film

      • [object Object]

          MattyBgood

      Best Web Series

      • [object Object]

          Dead 2 Right

        6.8 (68)
        Kenya Cagle
        Brian Mclaughlin

      May Award

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      Best Black Lives Matters

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Looking Up

        Ramona Taylor
        Caring Field Films

      Best Comedy Short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          La Petite Folie

        10 (6)

      Best German Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Paris: Time After Time

        Ronnie Garcera

      Best Male Director

      • Marco Melgar
        Winner
        • Marco Melgar
        • Re-Version
        Innova Films

      Best Trailer

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          MAYA the Sacrifice (Teaser)

      Best Unproduced Script

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Joe Boi's Outer

        Joe Boi
        Nightlyboi Cinema

      Best COVID Film

      • [object Object]

          Self-Isolation

        Ben Probert
        Probert Brothers Productions

      Best experimental short

      • [object Object]

          Lucid dreams

        Kostiantyn Mishchenko

      November Award

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      Best Comedy Short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Linger

        Dan Bricker
        Abbie Richards
        Anna O'Carroll

      Best Experimental Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Baka

        Tihana Jana Vukic(director)
      • [object Object]

          Faith Interrupted

        Thomas McIntosh
        Marquis Simmons

      Best Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Magnificent Beast (1)

        David Christopher
        Charles Wiedman
        Robert Calder
        Another Way Entertainment
        RuffHouse Studios (I)
        Zodiac Studio
      • [object Object]

          10 Eggs

        Rositsa Trayanova(director)
        Nova Film

      Best Male Director

      • Winner
        • Isaac Lawrence(Writer / Producer / Director / Editor)
        • The Village
        Prop Box Youth Theatre
        Isaac Lawrence Films

      Best Thriller Short Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Fugue

        Chris Bilodeau(writer)
        175 Productions
      • [object Object]
        Winner

          MAYA the Sacrifice (Teaser)

        Paolo Bertola(director)
        Zatori Films
      • [object Object]

          Yes, Darling!

        Stanislav Shelestov(director) (writer) (editor)
        Alexandra Tomilina(producer)
      • [object Object]

          VIRAL

        Dominique Postell(director)
        Postman Legacy Productions

      Best Original Script

      • [object Object]

          #FollowMe

        Karina Sorelli

      June Award

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      Best actor

      • Winner
        • Italo Spotorno(actor)
        • Invisible
        Go Films

      Best male director

      • Winner
        • Juan Lume(director/producer)
        • Invisible
        Go Films

      Best producer

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Invisible

        Ignacio Verdugo(executive producer)
        Go Films

      Best production design

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Invisible

        Juan Lume(director/producer)
        Go Films

      Best Female Director

      • Patricia Delso Lucas
        • Patricia Delso Lucas
        • Le Cri du Mérou

      December Award

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      Best Unproduced Script

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          Master Speesa!

        Rosie Malek-Yonan
        Monica Malek-Yonan

      Best Actress

      • Zenith Ander at the 2026 Screen Queensland official premiere of Mortal Kombat ii
        • Zenith Ander(Actress)
        Zenith Ander for Roommates

      Best First Time Short Filmmaker

      • [object Object]

          The Bench

        Rawaa Barnes

      Best Intl. Short Film

      • [object Object]

          10 Eggs

        Rositsa Trayanova
        Nova Film

      Best Micro Short

      • [object Object]

          Farewell Mr. Baker

        Michael Bauer(producer)
        Kathryn Schott(director)

      Best Short Film

      • [object Object]

          Fragile

        Kaye Tuckerman
        Alice Millar
        Ben McHugh

      Best experimental short

      • [object Object]

          Abstract film

        Kostiantyn Mishchenko
      • [object Object]

          Specific Irrelevant Details

        Riham Ezzaldeen
        Basem Nabhan
        Amelia Hanibelsz
        What Took You So Long?
        Tell2C Productions

      Best women empowerment short

      • [object Object]

          Text Me When You Get Home

        8.2 (12)
        Lauren Henning
        Violent Pink Productions
        Three Mask Media

      July Award

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      Best micro short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          A Year of Sundays

        Jérémie Dameme
        Ava Mihaljevich

      September Award

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      Best International Short Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

          No Pasa Nada

        Victoria Naranjos Montoya(director)
        Intelia Films

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