Winners – June 2026

Best Us Short Pink Trees / certificate
Best International Short Marie-Thérèse / certificate
Best Student Short Flicker / certificate
Best Documentary Short Ridge to River:The Arkansas Traverse / certificate
Best Experimental Short Fragments / certificate
Best Animated Short What Could Have Been / certificate
Best Horror Short Shelter / certificate
Best Comedy Short O.G.R.A.F. / certificate
Best Thriller KIOSK / certificate
Best Male Director The Curse of Miriam / certificate
Best Female Director Girl Dad / certificate
Best Short Script Am Wasser / certificate
Best Actor The Bartender: Hail Mary/Gabriel Bush / certificate
Best Actress Johnny Mac/Kayla Emerson / certificate
Best First Time Director Self Custody / certificate
Best Music in Short The Tourist / certificate
Best Cinematography in Short Looking Forward to Yesterday / certificate
Best Women Emancipation Project Unleashed, A Love Letter to Survivors / certificate
Best Human Right’s Short The Soldiers / certificate

Thanks so very much for awarding “Everyday Mermaid” Best Music in a Short. What an honor to be acknowledged for a composition that is so dear to me, in a city I love so much. I will be forever grateful.

So pleased that our film, MY FRIEND DOUBT, was selected and then won BEST WOMEN'S EMANCIPATION PROJECT. We entered based on a recommendation from another filmmaker and Chicago Shorts did not disappoint. Thorough and prompt communication and would enter again.

Thanks for the opportunity! Can’t wait to meet everyone :)

Super fun festival! They really care about their selections and the Q&A after was very enlightening and inclusive of all the shorts present. Thank you to the judges for selecting me for "Best Actor" for Dead Ball! I definitely would love to be a part of this festival/attend again!

Great little screening series at a fantastic venue. Happy to have our film's first screening here - thanks for having us!

Winners – June 2026

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