Experience all of the Indy Shorts 2021 Award Winners as chosen by the juries!

*Note: There are no Audience Choice ballots for this program. Audience Choice winners will be announced after the festival concludes.

The Winners

Grand Prize for Narrative Short / Oscar Qualification ($5,000)

• Like the Ones I Used to Know

Grand Prize for Documentary Short / Oscar Qualification ($5,000)

• Your Street

Grand Prize for Animated Short / Oscar Qualification ($5,000)

• Homebird

Indiana Spotlight Award ($1,500)

• Cutters

Comedy Award ($1,000)

• Close Ties to Home Country

Jenni Berebitsky Legacy Award ($1,800)

• A Concerto is a Conversation

Summer White Lynch Memorial Award (High School Film Competition Grand Prize, $2,000)

• Sophie and Jacob

Heartland Horror Award ($1,000)

• The Thing That Ate the Birds

Directorial Debut Award ($1,000)

• Bruiser

Narrative Student Short Award ($1,000)

• Plaisir

Documentary Student Short Award ($1,000)

• Seahorse

Animated Student Short Award ($1,000)

• Love is Just a Death Away

Indiana Spotlight Student Short Award ($1,000)

• MTXE: Mental Toughness Xtra Effort

High School Film Competition Narrative Winner ($500)

• Beth

High School Film Competition Documentary Winner ($500)

• 5 Years from Water

High School Film Competition Animated Winner ($500)

• Sophie and Jacob

High School Film Competition Indiana Winner ($500)

• No Human Being Is Illegal