The 2021 Salute Your Shorts Film Festival Announces Award Winners

Salute Your Shorts Film Festival has announced its fifth edition's award winners. The juried awards include experimental, documentary, animation, genre, comedy, drama, super short, student film, female-directed film, and best of fest. Additional awards are programmers' choice award and audience award.

See the full list of winners below.

BEST OF FEST 

Winner - SALES PER HOUR

SALES PER HOUR

PROGRAMMERS CHOICE AWARD

Winner - FEELING THROUGH

Honorable Mention - RASPBERRY

FEELING THROUGH

AUDIENCE AWARD

Winner - NEURODIVERGENT

Honorable Mention - THE TREATMENT

NEURODIVERGENT

FILM WITH A FEMALE DIRECTOR

Winner - SALES PER HOUR

Runner Up - PEEPS

Honorable Mention - JESUS 2020

PEEPS

STUDENT FILM

Winner - CLOSE TIES TO HOME COUNTRY

Runner Up - SUSANA

Honorable Mention - NEURODIVERGENT

CLOSE TIES TO HOME COUNTRY

SUPER SHORT FILM

Winner - SUSANA

Runner Up - MISERY LOVES COMPANY

Honorable Mention - GOING DOWN ALONE

SUSANA

DRAMA

Winner - SALES PER HOUR

Runner Up - THE CRIMINALS

Honorable Mention - THE INVISIBLE MONSTER

THE CRIMINALS

COMEDY

Winner - CLOSE TIES TO HOME COUNTRY

Runner Up - DANCER BOY

Honorable Mention - A HOLE

DANCER BOY

GENRE FILM

Winner - JESUS 2020

Runner Up - FACES

Honorable Mention - JOANNE IS DEAD

JESUS 2020

ANIMATED FILM

Winner - MISHOU

Runner Up - THE PARROT LADY

Honorable Mention - FRIEND OF A FRIEND

MISHOU

DOCUMENTARY

Winner - TEARS TEACHER

Runner Up - MELTDOWN IN DIXIE

Honorable Mention - NEURODIVERGENT

TEARS TEACHER

EXPERIMENTAL

Winner - PEEPS

Runner Up - ENOUGH.

Honorable Mention - WHAT I SHOULD HAVE SAID

ENOUGH.