THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Special Project

Special Project

Documentary Short

This award honors the most creative and effective use of a short, documentary-style film to bring awareness to a social good campaign, original content or initiative; and depict real live people or events. The documentary must be 40 minutes or less to be eligible.

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Black Girls Play: The Story Of Hand Games
Sports are often more than recreation; they can reflect personalities, culture, neighborhoods, or t…
Destination Canada & Courageous Studios “This is Canada: Yukon”
Destination Canada faced the challenge of making Canada stand out as a “radically open” tourist des…
Educate. Elevate. Empower. 20 Years of APIA Scholars
To communicate the founding story, mission, work and impact of APIA Scholars and to drive engagemen…
Every Day After
Around the world, an estimated 1 in 700 babies are born with a cleft lip or palate. Yet, our 2020 U…
Every Last Mile: The Untold Story of Connecting Rural America
America is on a mission to connect every community to modern internet service and close the digital…
Portrait of a Queen: Face of Bosco
Our objective was to capture Bosco’s real-life Facial Feminization Surgery journey as naturally as …
Rare Connections in NMOSD
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD) is a rare and debilitating neurological disease that…
Rising From the Ashes: Rekindling The Philippines Forest
Our Better World, the storytelling platform of the Singapore International Foundation (SIF), showca…
The Power of Travel, Marriott Bonvoy
The overall objective was to create a truly powerful and inspiring series of films that are values …
The Sound of the Stonewall Uprising
The Sounds of the Stonewall Uprising aims to capture the essence of what was seen and heard during …
University Uprising for Gaza | Close Up
The US college encampment protests were a defining news event of 2024. The pro-Palestinian anti-war…
We Stand Up For by Mastercard
Every year at the MLB All-Star Game, 50,000 people stand together in silence, holding up the name o…