SHORT FILM AWARDS
Best Live Action Short Film
2025: When Everything Was Blue
2024: We Have Notes
2023: The Breakthrough
2022: The Prince and the Goblin
2021: Alina
2020: (You’ll Make It In) Florida
2019: Never Land
2018: Control
2017: The Babysitter Murders
2016: A King’s Betrayal
2015: Contrapello
2014: Ice
2013: 6 Years, 4 Months & 23 Days
2012: Play By Play
2011: Diversion
2010: The New Tenants
2009: Animated American
2008: Reflections
2007: Tom’s War on Terror
2006: The One O’ Clock
2005: The Act
2004: Old Man and the Studio
2003: Dreaming in Black and White
2002: Return to Sender
2001: (Tie) The Limited
2001: (Tie) Modern Daydreams
Best Documentary Short Film
2025: A Shot at History
2024: Jack and Sam
2023: Hope Breakfast Bar
2022: Big Water Summer: A Creation Story
2021: The Bears on Pine Ridge
2020: Invasion: The Unist’ot’en’s Fight for Sovereignty
2019: Live from the Astroturf, Alice Cooper
2018: Mott Haven
2017: Happy
2016: Keep it Grand
2015: Anna
2014: Eugene
2013: Ivan and Arnold: Day Laborers From Both Sides of the Border
2012: Sacred Poison
2011: Old People Driving
2010: Nico’s Challenge
2009: Victoria
2008: Why We Wax
2007: Gimme Green
Best Animated Short Film
2025: Dragfox
2024: LUKi and the Lights
2023: Tomato Kitchen
2022: The Forbidden Zone
2021: Napo
2020: If Anything Happens I Love You
2019: L’Homme et le Poisson
2018: The Driver is Red
2017: Pearl
2016: Burnt
2015: The Ocean Maker
2014: Estefan
2013: Head Over Heels
2012: Masks
2011: Kidnap
2010: The Mouse That Soared
2009: Sebastian’s Voodoo
2008: The Coyote And The Tortoise
2007: Puppet
2006: Noggin
2005: Red Planet Blues
Best College Short Film
2025: Geese of Love
2024: OrganicMeet
2023: The Tale of Captain Fortyhands
2022: Sombras
2021: Le Prince Oublié
2020: Binimoy — Tanvi Chowdhary, Shrishti School of Art & Design
2019: The Incident — UCLA
2018: Night Call — Chapman University
2017: Jewish Blind Date — ECAL, Switzerland
2016: The Bench — University of California School of Cinematic Arts
2015: Drone — Justin S. Lee, University of Southern California
2014: Til Death by — Connor Gaston, University of Victoria, BC Canada
2013: If You’re Serious
2012: The Life Smugglers
2011: Jeremy
2010: Magellan
2009: On The Road To Tel-Aviv
2008: Test Day
2007: Rose
2006: Wentworth
2005: Natural Selection
2004: Spidermen
2003: Intelligent Life
2002: Peeping Tom
2001: My Chorus
Best latinx directed Short Film
2025: Remember Us
2024: The Avon Lady
2023: Keep/Delete
2022: Cartas Para Axél (Letters to Axél)
2021: The Forgotten Place
2020: Museum of Fleeting Wonders
2019: Without Shame
2018: Instinct
2017: Written Off
Best african american directed Short Film
2025: Calamity Jane
2024: Blue Hour
2023: Little Trumpet
2022: Sons of Toledo
2021: Latosha Harlins: A Rose That Grew From Concrete
2020: Land of Dry Bones
2019: Asia A
2018: Baby Steps
2017: Ori Inu: In Search of Self
Best native american directed Short Film
2025: Cleaning’s a Cakewalk
2024: Borders
2023: Remember the Children
2022: Two Brothers
2021: Totsu
2020: Your Name Isn’t English
2019: Cowboy
2018: Five Dollars
2017: Legacy
Best Asian American Pacific Islander directed Short Film
2025: KOI
2024: Dragonfly
2023: The Last Thing Lost
2022: Kintsugi
Best LQBTQIA+ Directed Short Film
2025: Prism
2024: The Last Take
2023: Sparkle
2022: We All Die Alone
Best EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
2025: Always, Already
2024: In C, Too
Best Grade School/High School Short
2014: As Always (Come al Solito)
2013: Alone Together
2012: Trolley
2011: The Call
2010: Ron Geffen: Music Producer
2009: Conflict In The Middle Table
2008: Prelude
2007: Hush
2006: Porcelain
2005: Baggage Claim
2004: New Shoes for Lawrence
2003: Little Monk
2002: Taken Away
