CIFF45 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
Not Going Quietly
UNITED STATES
Directed by Nicholas Bruckman
George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Competition
Preparations to Be Together For an Unknown Period of Time
HUNGARY
Directed by Lili Horvát
Honorable Mention
Father
SERBIA, FRANCE, GERMANY, CROATIA, SLOVENIA, BOSNIA, HERZEGOVINA
Directed by Srdan Golubović
Nesnadny + Schwartz Portrait Documentary Competition
No Ordinary Man
CANADA
Directed by Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt
Honorable Mention
Self Portrait
NORWAY
Directed by Katja Høgset, Espen Wallin, Margreth Olin
New Direction Competition
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To
UNITED STATES
Directed by Jonathan Cuartas
Honorable Mention
Superior
UNITED STATES
Directed by Erin Vassilopolous
Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Competition
TOPOWA! - Never Give Up
UNITED KINGDOM
Directed by Philip Sansom, Inigo Gilmore
Ad Hoc Docs Competition
Miracle Fishing: Kidnapped Abroad
UNITED STATES
Directed by Miles Hargrove
Global Health Competition
Generation Growth
UNITED STATES
Directed by Mu Sun
American Independents Competition
Women is Losers
UNITED STATES
Directed by Lissette Feliciano
Local Heroes Competition
Open Hearts
UNITED STATES
Directed by Travis Pollert, Jacob Kostelli
International Narrative Competition
There is No Evil
GERMANY, CZECHIA, IRAN
Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
ReelWomenDirect Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman
Christi Cooper for Youth v Gov
UNITED STATES
Audience Choice Award for Best Short
ALA KACHUU - Take and Run
Switzerland
Directed by Maria Brendle
Programmers' Choice Award - In Celebration of the life of Toni Oliverio
The Ephemeral
Spain
Directed by Jorge Muriel
Honorable Mention
Fabiu
Austria
Directed by Stefan Langthaler
Best Animated Short
Migrants
France
Directed by Hugo Caby, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak, Lucas Lermytte, Zoé Devise
Honorable Mention
I Never Picked Cotton
United States
Directed by Hanna Adams, Cole Bacani, Max Edmeier, Dariel Filomeno, Alexandra Gottlieb, Namquyen "Q" Le, Yolanda Morgan, Victoria Perez, Benjamin Ragasa, Josie Stocks, John Stover, Jinghan Tian
Best Comedy Short
SWIPE
United States
Directed by Anthony Sneed
Best Documentary Short
The Seeker
United States
Directed by Lance Edmands
Honorable Mention
Red Horizon
United States
Directed by T.C. Johnstone
Best Family Short
Mishou
Germany, Bulgaria
Directed by Milen Vitanov
Best LGBTQ+ Short
In Celebration of the Life of Nikki Babbit
When I'm Her
United States
Directed by Emily Schuman
Best Live Action Short
Distances
Spain
Directed by Susan Béjar
Honorable Mention
Sloan Hearts Neckface
United States
Directed by Justin Fair
Best Ohio Short
Still Home
United States
Directed by Keenan Wetzel
Best Student Short
Masel Tov Cocktail
Germany
Directed by Arkadij Khaet, Mickey Paatzsch
Best Women's Short
Post Sentence
United States
Directed by Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul
The Clover and Maggie Award
In Celebration of Life
Feeling Through
United States
Directed by Doug Roland
The Spalding and Jackson Award
In Celebration of Joy
Disrupted Borders
United States
Directed by Alejandra Aragón
Best After Hours Short
The Last Queen on Earth
United Statees
Directed by Michael Shumway
The Sammy and Jules Award for the Short Film with the Biggest Heart
The Invisible Monster
Spain
Directed by Javier Fesser, Guillermo Fesser
The Tom and Ginny Knoll Family Award
In Celebration of Acts of Kindness
Welcome Strangers
United States
Directed by Dia Sokol Savage
The Ophelia Award
In Celebration of the Life of Dakota Ophelia Berg
We Can't Breathe
United States
Directed by Miranda Winters, Rocky Romano
Best Black Cinema Short
A Concerto is a Conversation
United States
Directed by Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers
Best Latinx Short
Estilo Americano
United States
Directed by Miriam Kruishoop
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