Our Best Short Film winner will receive our custom Global Shorts statuette which we ship anywhere in the world, free of charge. The award is manufactured by Society Awards, the same awards company that manufactures the Golden Globe and the Emmy. All winners will receive our Global Shorts Winner laurels in black, white, and gold.
Title: Lillian
Runtime: 36 min
Country: USA
Director: Dante Bellini
Placement: Best Documentary Short
Competition: September, 2025
Synopsis: Eleven years before COVID, another outbreak hit UNC and freshman Lillian Chason hard. H1N1, and like COVID, it went straight for the lungs.
From Hooligan Film Productions comes the intimate, emotional and inspiring story of Lillian Chason, a gutsy Barrington, RI young woman who wouldn’t be denied, and about a family who would choose love and community over despair.