The Best Animated Short Film Award winner and the Best Live Action Short Film Award winner will qualify for consideration in the Short Films category of the annual Academy Awards®.
For past winners, see the CIFF archive.
Roxanne T. Mueller
Audience Choice Award for Best Film
Good Ol' Freda
USA, UNITED KINGDOM
Directed by Ryan White
George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Film Competition
When Day Breaks
SERBIA, CROATIA, FRANCE
Directed by Goran Paskaljevic
Nesnadny + Schwartz Documentary Film Competition
Shepard & Dark
USA
Directed by Treva Wurmfeld
Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up "For" Competition
Honor Flight
USA
Directed by Dan Hayes
Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up "To" Competition
In The Shadow of the Sun
UNITED KINGDOM, USA, TANZANIA
Directed by Harry Freeland
American Independents Competition
Mariachi Gringo
MEXICO, USA
Directed by Tom Gustafson
Local Heroes Competition
Underdogs
USA
Directed by Doug Dearth
ReelWomenDirect Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman
Freida Mock for G-Dog
USA
Best Animated Short Film Award
Bear Me
GERMANY
Directed by Katarzyna Wilk
Honorable Mentions
Friendsheep
SPAIN
Directed by Jaime Maestro
Best Documentary Short Film Award
Mr. Christmas
USA
Directed by Nick Palmer
Honorable Mentions
Anosmia
USA
Directed by Jacob LaMendola
Best International Short Film Award
Would you be kind to leave, Sir
FRANCE
Directed by Valérie Théodore
Honorable Mentions
Room Service
CANADA
Directed by Glen Matthews
Best LGBT Short Film
In Celebration of The Life of Nikki Babbitt
Histoire Belge
FRANCE
Directed by Myriam Donasis
Honorable Mentions
Howard
CANADA
Directed by Carolyn Wong
Best Student Short Film Award
Life Doesn't Frighten Me
CANADA
Directed by Stephen Dunn
Honorable Mentions
Penny Dreadful
USA
Directed by Shane Atkinson
The Last Border
GERMANY
Directed by Daniel Butterworth
Best Women's Short Film Award
Saturday Girls
FRANCE
Directed by Emilie Cherpitel
Honorable Mentions
Farid in the West
AUSTRALIA
Directed by Steve Anthopoulos
Best Live Action Short Film Award
Kolona
KOSOVO
Directed by Ujkan Hysaj
Honorable Mentions
ASAD
SOUTH AFRICA, USA
Directed by Bryan Buckley
The Rice Hershey and Bill Markstrom Memorial Award for Originality
Josephine and the Roach
USA
Directed by Jonathan Langager
Honorable Mentions
Domestic Tale
BELGIUM
Directed by Ann Sirot, Raphael Balboni
The Clover and Maggie Award
In Celebration of Life
Peter At The End
USA
Directed by Russ Lamoureux
Honorable Mentions
The Interviewer
AUSTRALIA
Directed by Genevieve Clay, Robin Bryan
Touch Me
FRANCE
Directed by Pascal Roy
Best Ohio Short Film Award
Past Their Prime
USA
Directed by Becca Friedman
The Spalding and Jackson Award
In Celebration of Joy
Indoor
UNITED KINGDOM
Directed by Simon Atkinson, Adam Townley
Honorable Mentions
The Record Breaker
DENMARK
Directed by Brian McGinn
Cleveland State University
Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film
Room on the Broom
UNITED KINGDOM
Directed by Max Lang, Jan Lachauer
Runners Up
A Better Place Than This
USA
Directed by Daniel Grove
ASAD
SOUTH AFRICA, USA
Directed by Bryan Buckley
Beauty and the Beat
BELGIUM, FRANCE
Directed by Yann Le Quellec
Penny Dreadful
USA
Directed by Shane Atkinson
Saturday Girls
FRANCE
Directed by Emilie Cherpitel
The Interviewer
AUSTRALIA
Directed by Genevieve Clay, Robin Bryan
The Invention
COLUMBIA
Directed by Giovanni Granada
The Other Side
ISRAEL
Directed by Khen Shalem
The Procession
USA
Directed by Rob Festinger
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