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The MV Shorts Awards have unveiled its honors, with the show honoring projects from veterans and active duty military members.<\/p>\n
The Dedication<\/em>, directed by Adrienne Lunson, took home the top honor and a $1,000 grant. The short is a Japanese adaptation of the Stephen King short story about a housekeeper whose son writes a bestselling novel under mysterious circumstances.<\/p>\n More from The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n The National Entertainment Awards Academy for Military & Veterans hosted the awards, which were held on Saturday in Culver City.<\/p>\n \u201cVeterans already have the skills Hollywood needs: logistics, technical precision, and leadership under pressure. We\u2019re building the bridge into the industry,\u201d said Joe Ramirez, Los Angeles Marine Corps veteran and NEAAMV founder.<\/p>\n Best Documentary Short Film by a Veteran\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Best Documentary Short Film by a Non-Veteran<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Best Narrative Short Film by a Veteran\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Best Narrative Short Film by a Non-Veteran<\/strong> Best Short Comedy by a Veteran<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Best Student Short Film or First Short Film by a Veteran<\/strong>\u00a0 Best Vietnam Short Film by a Veteran<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Overall Best Short Film by a Veteran\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Honorable Mentions Short Films<\/strong><\/p>\n UNDENIABLE EVIDENCE: Clean Medicine. Dirty Politics<\/em>. Impact Behind the Scenes<\/strong> Best of The Hollywood Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n Sign up for THR’s Newsletter<\/a>. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The MV Shorts Awards have unveiled its honors, with the show honoring projects from veterans and active duty military members. The Dedication, directed by Adrienne Lunson, took home the top honor and a $1,000 grant. The short is a Japanese adaptation of the Stephen King short story about a housekeeper whose son writes a bestselling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2150382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[411272,52282,31190],"class_list":["post-2150381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-adrienne-lunson","tag-stephen-king","tag-the-hollywood-reporter"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Stephen-King-Adaptation-\u2018The-Dedication-Tops-Veterans-Focused-MV-Shorts-Awards.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2150381"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2150383,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2150381\/revisions\/2150383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2150382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2150381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2150381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2150381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/strong>The River\u2019s Gift<\/em>, directed by Patrick Kirby<\/p>\n
Mission: Possible \u2013 Miracle Over Berlin<\/em>, directed by Christian Peschken<\/p>\n
<\/strong>The Dedication<\/em>, directed by Adrienne Lunson<\/p>\n
Little Boy<\/em>, directed & written by Adrian Hernandez<\/p>\n
Code Specter<\/em>, directed & co-produced by Sam Ameen<\/p>\n
With a Single Leg<\/em>, directed by Gabriel Santos, produced by Dennis Sandoval<\/p>\n
For My Brothers<\/em>, directed, written,\u00a0 & co-produced by Nathan Tetreault & Todd Tetreault<\/p>\n
The Dedication<\/em>, directed by Adrienne Lunson<\/p>\n
Alpha Initiative Zero<\/em>
Before It\u2019s Too Late<\/em>
MISMATCH <\/em><\/p>\n
Film Industry Military Technical Advisor \u2013 Mike R. Smith, for NCIS<\/em> TV franchise and other works<\/p>\n