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| SHORT - ANIMATED | Erik Anderson | Bryan Bonafede | Greg Howard | Evan Kost | Jason Osiason | Kenneth Polishchuk | Denizcan Sürücü | Richard Anthony | Şükrü Söğüt | Matt Dinn | TOTAL POINTS |
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| 1 | Dear Basketball | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 88 | |
| 2 | Lou | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 78 | |
| 3 | Negative Space | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 71 | |
| 4 | Revolting Rhymes | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 67 | |
| 5 | Garden Party | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 56 |
| SHORT - DOCUMENTARY | Erik Anderson | Bryan Bonafede | Greg Howard | Evan Kost | Jason Osiason | Kenneth Polishchuk | Denizcan Sürücü | Richard Anthony | Şükrü Söğüt | Matt Dinn | TOTAL POINTS |
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| 1 | Heroine(e) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 87 | |
| 2 | Edith+Eddie | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 82 | |
| 3 | Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 74 | |
| 4 | Knife Skills | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 62 | |
| 5 | Traffic Stop | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 55 |
| SHORT - LIVE ACTION | Erik Anderson | Bryan Bonafede | Greg Howard | Evan Kost | Jason Osiason | Kenneth Polishchuk | Denizcan Sürücü | Richard Anthony | Şükrü Söğüt | Matt Dinn | TOTAL POINTS |
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| 1 | The Silent Child | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 79 | |
| 2 | DeKalb Elementary | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 78 | |
| 3 | Watu Wote/All of Us | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 77 | |
| 4 | The Eleven O’Clock | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 70 | |
| 5 | My Nephew Emmett | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 56 |
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