CIFF46 Winners
The Best Animated Short Award winner, the Best Documentary Short Award winner, and the Best Live Action Short 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
From the Hood to the Holler
USA
Directed by Pat McGee
Reel Women Direct Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman
The Janes
USA
Directed by Emma Pildes, Tia Lessin
George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Competition
Gentle
HUNGARY
Directed by László Csuja, Anna Nemes
Honorable Mention
Celts
SERBIA
Directed by Milica Tomović
Nesnadny + Schwartz Portrait Documentary Competition
Navalny
USA
Directed by Daniel Roher
Honorable Mention
The Exiles
USA
Directed by Ben Klein, Violet Columbus
New Direction Competition
Nudo Mixteco
MEXICO
Directed by Ángeles Cruz
Honorable Mention
Clara Sola
USA
Directed by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Competition
Refuge
USA
Directed by Erin Bernhardt, Din Blankenship
Ad Hoc Docs Competition
Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times
USA
Directed by Louie Psihoyos
American Independents Competition
892
USA
Directed by Abi Damaris Corbin
Global Health Competition
The Erie Situation
USA
Directed by David J. Ruck
International Narrative Competition
Beautiful Minds
FRANCE, SWITZERLAND
Directed by Bernard Campan, Alexandre Jollien
Local Heroes Competition
Mama Bears
USA
Directed by Daresha Kyi
Audience Choice Award for Best Short
The Treatment
Spain
Directed by Álvaro Carmona
Programmers' Choice Award - In Celebration of the life of Toni Oliverio
North Star
USA
Directed by P.J. Palmer
Best Animated Short
Mr. Spam Gets a New Hat
UK
Directed by William Joyce
Honorable Mentions
Death and the Lady
United States
Directed by Geoff Bailey, Lucy Struever
She Dreams at Sunrise
USA
Directed by Camrus Johnson
Best Comedy Short
Brief Survey
United States
Directed by Dava Whisenant
Best Documentary Short
More Than I Remember
USA
Directed by Amy Bench
Honorable Mentions
A Peculiar Silence
United States
Directed by Cinque Northern
The Box
United States
Directed by Shal Gerard Ngo, James Burns
Best Family Short
Father, Son, and the Beach
Taiwan
Directed by Chieh-Huei HSU
Best LGBTQIA+ Short
In Celebration of the Life of Nikki Babbit
Coming Out With the Help of a Time Machine
USA
Directed by NAMAN GUPTA
Best Live Action Short
Nakam
Germany
Directed by Andreas Kessler
Honorable Mentions
Georgia
South Korea
Directed by Jayil Pak
The Wake
Puerto Rico, Canada
Directed by Luis Gerard
Best Ohio Short
In the Event of My Death
United States
Directed by Brian Scott Steele
Best Student Short
Refrigerate After Opening
USA
Directed by Kevin Ung
Best Women's Short
Powers
USA
Directed by Paige Morrow Kimball
The Clover and Maggie Award
In Celebration of Life
She Dreams at Sunrise
USA
Directed by Camrus Johnson
The Spalding and Jackson Award
In Celebration of Joy
Freebird
Canada
Directed by Joe Bluhm, Michael Joseph McDonald, Nicholas Herd (Creative Director)
FilmSlam Student Choice Award for Best Feature
Messwood
USA
Directed by Emily Kuester, Brad Lichtenstein
FilmSlam Student Choice Award for Best Short
Candidato 34
Canada
Directed by Ryan Marley
Best After Hours Short
Sprite Fright
Netherlands
Directed by Matthew Luhn, Hjalti Hjalmarsson
The Sammy and Jules Award for the Short Film with the Biggest Heart
Breaking Trail
USA
Directed by Jesse Roesler
The Tom and Ginny Knoll Family Award
In Celebration of Acts of Kindness
100th and Cedar
United States
Directed by Carl Kriss
The Ophelia Award
In Celebration of the Life of Dakota Ophelia Berg
Conducting Life
USA
Directed by Diane Moore
Best Black Cinema Short
A Peculiar Silence
United States
Directed by Cinque Northern
Best Latinx Short
Chemistry
USA
Directed by Isaac Garza
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