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. The film must be 40 minutes or less to be eligible.

See previous winners and honorees here.
Buried Alive in Turkey’s Earthquake | AJ Close Up
The idea behind our film “How I saved a family buried alive in Turkey’s Earthquake” was to immerse …
Don't Leave Me Behind: Stories of Young Ukrainian Survival
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a mass exodus of 5.15 million Ukrainian civilians fleeing to…
Home/Free
The U.S. incarcerates people at a rate higher than any country in the world. What we don’t talk abo…
How Bermuda Fishermen Are Leading the Fight Against Venomous Lionfish — Vendors
We had the opportunity to go to Bermuda to produce a few episodes of our series, Vendors. We set ou…
LIVING
LIVING, a global documentary, was created to go beyond the way that pharmaceutical companies tradit…
My Second First Time
In Germany, around 4.65 million people living with cancer.  Whilst improved awareness, diagnosis an…
RuPaul’s Drag Race Portrait of a Queen “Face of Bosco”
RuPaul’s Drag Race celebrated Pride 2023 with a special edition of ‘Portrait of a Queen’ (2019 Emmy…
Securing the Bag
In partnership with WarnerBros. Discovery and their MORE From Us initiative, our ‘Securing The Bag’…
Under My Skin: Untold Stories of Life with Eczema
Over 31 million people in the U.S. have some form of eczema – a chronic inflammatory disease of the…
World Toilet Day
In 2022 we visited our non-profit partner The Sanergy Collaborative in Kenya, and wanted to highlig…