The following projects are the annual finalists of 2021.
These films, the top #150 of the year, were shortlisted from the pool of nominees and awards winners of 12 monthly rounds, between August 2020 and July 2021, based on 4.453 submitted projects from 80 countries overall.
The 3 top nominations for each of the 43 awardable categories will be announced soon after all of the finalists are ranked once again by the judging committee of Indie Short Fest.
The nominees will be screened at Raleigh Studios Hollywood, Los Angeles, during the 2021 Annual Awards event in January 22nd-23rd, 2022, 10am-10pm.
2 Down produced by Oliver Obolgogiani and directed by Sam Farage (Finland)
33 Floors produced by Dan Perry and directed by Chris Austen (UK)
After Dark produced and directed by Jakob Owens (USA)
All the Reasons for Killing produced by David de Juan Navarro and Kimberly Higgins, and directed by David de Juan Navarro (USA)
Alone Again (naturally) produced by Alex Lake and Lauren Hoover, and directed by Diana Mantis (USA)
Amen produced by Zahra Zolfagharisinjani and directed by Vahid Alizadeh (Iran)
American Immigrant produced and directed by Shady A Mawajdeh (USA)
Apart, Together produced by Blanca Balleste and directed by Olivia Hang Zhou (USA)
Arena produced by Antony Ware, Rob Simmons, and Jared Safier, and directed by Myles Clohessy (USA)
Armpit! produced by Neslihan Cabuk and directed by Mathieu Nolhier (UK)
Automne produced and directed by Vladimir Lifschutz and Julien Reneaut (France)
Autoscopy produced by Karla Solis and directed by Isaac Zambra (Mexico)
Bait produced and directed by Josh Litwhiler (USA)
Beats produced by Hannah Byers Brown and directed by Sara Lattis (USA)
Bento produced by Tathiana Mourão and Rodrigo Graciosa, and directed by Rodrigo Graciosa (Brazil)
Big Fish produced by Cheri Jia and directed by Jiahe Li (China)
Bird Feeder produced by Lucia Agajanian and directed by Jack Fay (USA)
Blindsight produced and directed by Danil Krivoruchko (USA)
Bluebell produced and directed by Sohaila Lindheim (Ireland)
Boiled produced by Dariusz Jasak and directed by Dariusz Jasak and Aleksander Kowalski (Poland)
Bon Appetite produced and directed by Seung Joon An, Jiwon Kang, and Min Jae Kim (South Korea)
Captive produced by Charlotte Bjornbak and Bea Egeto, and directed by Jeffrey Carolan (USA)
Cats and Dogs produced by Yanna Panagopoulos and directed by Joost Biesheuvel (Netherlands)
Dead People Problems produced by Paul William Dawkins and Allison Fenwicke, and directed by Paul William Dawkins (Australia)
Dirty Game produced and directed by Smaro Angelakopoulou (Greece)
Distance produced by Kiana Madani and Jared Milrad, and directed by Jared Milrad (USA)
Doll produced by Hosein Shahabi and directed by Nasrin Golreyhan (Iran)
Doulas Beach produced by Ximena Frayde and Diego Montaño, and directed by Fernanda García (Mexico)
Dragunov produced by Robin Kirwan, Robert Stewart, Derry Coles, and France Theanne, and directed by Robin Kirwan (UK)
Druids produced by Ed Talfan and directed by Shwan Nostrapour (UK)
Ebullition produced by Guilherme Dip and directed by Lu Villaça (Brazil)
Ecdysis produced by Roscoe Portelli, William Stanforth, and William Ewing, and directed by Roscoe Portelli and William Stanforth (Australia)
Elevation Zero produced by Raed Barance and directed by Raed Barance and Anthony Bravo (USA)
Fading Scar produced by Xu Zewen and directed by Ronald Huang (China)
Falling Sparrow produced by Nikki Blacklock, Zachary Smith, and Susannah Joffe, and directed by Justin Wang Powell (USA)
Fish Out Of Water produced by Flora Mair and Larissa Tretter, and directed by Adriana Mrnjavac (Austria)
Floating Mountain produced by Dehua Zhang and Xiancheng Wei, and directed by Junfan Wei (China)
Fly produced and directed by Jared Walker (USA)
Forget Me Not produced and directed by Courtney LeBlanc and Saige Guevara (USA)
Freight produced and directed by Rob Misleh (USA)
From A to Q produced by Emmalie El fadli, Katie Pratten, Hansof Waller, Dionne Jacomello, Mark Owen, and Bob Oliver, and directed by Emmalie El fadli (UK)
From Up Above produced by Miguel Arath Retama and directed by León Boltvinik (Mexico)
Fubar produced by RebelTactics and directed by Tom Van Immerseel (Belgium)
Funeral Flavored Cigarette in the Morning produced by Claire Zhao and directed by Alexandra Ostrovskaya (USA)
Going Deeper – Love Letter to Nazare produced by Huxham Creative Studio and directed by Luke Huxham (Japan)
Hammer Down produced by Simon Hatt, Megan Fleming, and Chris Sullivan, and directed by Simon Hatt (USA)
Help produced by Annalise Davis and directed by Lesley Manning (UK)
Here Cut Salon produced by Luman Zou and directed by Kenneth Ma (USA)
Here’s to the Mammoth produced and directed by Toni Heye (Germany)
Him and Her produced by Yuval Orr, Daria Geller, Iftach Aloni, and Yana Kurbatova, and directed by Daria Geller (Israel)
Hipersensoria produced by Karla Solis and directed by Isaac Zambra and Jose Luis Gil Bolio (Mexico)
Hope produced and directed by Abdulla Al-Janahi (Qatar)
Hot Girl produced by Shannon Sullivan, Heather Luscombe, and Jake Sane, and directed by Shannon Sullivan and Heather Luscombe (USA)
How’dy! produced by Brandon Bernath and directed by Keene McRae (USA)
I Am Dust produced by Caitlin Miranda and Riley Moreau, and directed by Patrick Moreau (Canada)
I Still Am produced by Simon O’Keefe, Tara Lynn Rye, Jodi Daley, John Manna, Joe Ferraro, and Jenny Ferraro, and directed by Simon O’Keefe and Tara Lynn Rye (USA)
I Walk On produced and directed by Dorota Fórmanowska (Poland)
Ilsa produced by Rachel Kichler and directed by Willi Patton (USA)
Incognito produced by Katie Anne Moy, Jacky Song, and Jackson Casimiro, and directed by Jacky Song (USA)
Inevitability or How Dima Fell In Love with Inna produced and directed by Anzor Mulkoev (Russia)
Insomniac produced by Cristian Balint, Iulia Dancila, and Alina Caprian, and directed by Cristian Balint (Romania)
Jack produced by Mariah Inger and directed by Henri Pardo (Canada)
Life… produced and directed by Mirlande Amazan (USA)
Lockbox produced by Jake Noecker, Madison Murphy, and Miles Noecker, and directed by Jake Noecker (USA)
Loss produced and directed by Hector Tapia Aguilar (Mexico)
Loves Me Not produced by Ringling College of Art and Design and directed by Heidi Jo (USA)
Lulu produced by Ben Shirinian and Jared Cook, and directed by Ben Shirinian (Canada)
Maija produced by Karl Njuma, Safindah Karl, Darryn Kamari Moore, and Nene Fembe Bokoe Mbeng, and directed by Nkanya Nkwai (Cameroon)
McCrorey Rd. produced by Kim Barnard and directed by Shane Coffey (USA)
Merpeople produced by Tetsuya Kinouchi and directed by Qunio Nozawa (Japan)
Miyagi & Andy Panda – Yamakasi produced by Arseniy Zyabbarov and directed by Egor Tarasov and Vladimir Ivanov (Russia)
Monsters and Muses produced by Grace Van Dien and Connor Paolo, and directed by Grace Van Dien (USA)
Monsters Never Know produced by Shuai Li and Jiali Ju, and directed by Ming Yang (China)
Morning Flavors produced by Said Slimani and directed by Damir Yaqouti and Hassan Yaqouti (Morocco)
Mothica – Blackout produced by Ian Rowe and Mothica, and directed by Ian Rowe (USA)
Nova produced by Kelly Kula and directed by David McAbee (USA)
On / Off produced by Nicolas P. Villarreal and.Alessandro Squitti, and directed by Nicolas P. Villarreal (Argentina)
One More Night produced by Henrik Lagercrantz and Marja Linde Klingström, and directed by Erik Warolin (Sweden)
Ora produced by Guy Trevellyan and directed by Lorenzo Calder-Smith (UK)
Out of Breath produced and directed by Sojeong Yoon (South Korea)
Outlines Of Love produced and directed by João Cutileiro Nunes (UK)
Outside The Box produced by Billy Rees and directed by Ross Mackenzie (UK)
Paintless produced by Lilia Le Dieu and directed by Konstantin Pivovar (USA)
Pap’s Manifesto produced by Jeremiah Bennett and directed by Chris Danuser and Casey Clark (USA)
Pare produced by Josh Ruben, Cassidy Ellis, and Lauren Sick, and directed by Lauren Sick (USA)
Perdition produced by Micah Lyons and Paul N Foster, and directed by Paul N Foster (USA)
Pheasants produced by Tom Hipp and Austin Wagoner, and directed by Michael Martin (USA)
Piece of Mind produced by Chiraag Patel and directed by Oliver Lavery-Farag (UK)
Pit Stop produced by Mim Epstein, Ian Simpson, and John Pesavent, and directed by Cody Lee Brown (USA)
Plantonic produced by Shanyn Maguire and Jeff Gonek, and directed by Krit Komkrichwarakool (Canada)
Playing with Fire produced by Devon Padley, Catherine R. Hardin, and Bryan Reed, and directed by Jacob Andres Padilla (USA)
Poolside produced by Jose Luis Partida, Adrian Trent, and Matt Shanahan, and directed by Alex Kinter and Erik Schuessler (USA)
Practice produced and directed by Kevin Murray (USA)
Pseudonym produced by Eric Barrett and directed by Paul Boyd (USA)
Psychocide – Extreme Ways produced by Psychocide and directed by Goldwyn Thandrayen (Mauritius)
Restless produced by Maja Dyekjær and directed by Asger Krøjer Kallesøe (Denmark)
Rimi produced by Anany Khare, Pooja Parekh, and Anil Sharma, and directed by Nischhal Sharma (India)
Saigon Sentinal produced by Quan Tran and directed by Chris Noltekuhlmann (Germany)
Shadow produced by L.J Wang and Ya Siang Yang, and directed by L.J Wang (Taiwan)
Shevolution produced by Seidy Lopez, Minerva Vier, Justin Huen, Ivan Davila, and John Ealy, and directed by Seidy Lopez (USA)
Shimmer Summer produced by Jingyao Wang and Linna Ye, and directed by Tong Mao (China)
Sole Searching in San Francisco produced by Eric David Tippett and Robert Pasquale, and directed by Peter Allas and Eric David Tippett (USA)
Sonant produced and directed by Vik Ramen (USA)
Still With You produced by Jeremy Boros and directed by Ryan Livesay (USA)
Suave produced by Louise de Hemptinne and directed by Aurian de Wouters (Belgium)
Sunny Afternoon produced and directed by Rickie O’Neill (Ireland)
Sunshine produced by Antony Bowman and directed by Adam Gibson (Australia)
Superhuman produced and directed by Michael Jener, Mathias Jener, and Lisa Brandt (Germany)
Swoosh produced by Graziella Cawthorne Vella and directed by Daniel Cawthorne (UK)
Symptoms May Include Shortness of Breath produced by R.W. Perkins and directed by Ben Hess (USA)
The Ballad of Emma Wright produced by CJ Morrison and Dean Christensen, and directed by Carlos Diaz (USA)
The Black Kite produced by Ray Wen and Tzu Yuan Wang, and directed by I-Hui Lee (Taiwan)
The Bloody Peace produced by Basir Ahmad Salehi and directed by Sayed Zuhair Mousavi (Afghanistan)
The Caretaker produced by Nordland Kunst- og Filmhøgskole and directed by Emil Engesnes Bråthen (Norway)
The Curse of Stone Hill produced by Suzanne DeLaurentiis, Lelani Turner, and Dale Fabrigar, and directed by Dale Fabrigar (USA)
The Feeding produced and directed by Isaac Ruth (USA)
The Final Overture produced by Desiree Levingston and directed by Michael McKenna (USA)
The Jungle of Accounting produced by Chase Pearson and Emily Mulholland, and directed by Chase Pearson (USA)
The King of Nowhere produced by Troels Jensen and Reinis Rinka, and directed by Victor Harder Hesel (Denmark)
The Kitchen Hierarchy produced by Panida Harnsakul and directed by Namoh Kongdhana (Thailand)
The Last Supper produced by Ben Proudfoot, Jeremy Lambert, Fiordi Nuraj, Michael Risley, and Elvina Risley, and directed by Michael Risley (USA)
The Last Thing That Dies produced by Erik Essén, Peter Johansson, and Marcelo Racana, and directed by Jacob Wahlqvist (Sweden)
The Monkey King produced by Yue Liu and directed by Yingqi Ren (USA)
The Phoenix produced and directed by Farzin Nobarani (Iran)
The Queue produced by Edie Deffebach and directed by Laurie Waplington (UK)
The Smuggler produced and directed by Adrian Serecut (Romania)
The Time Travelers’ Dilemma produced by Nico Nepola, Max Samu, and Mike O’Shea, and directed by Nico Nepola (USA)
The Valravn produced and directed by Spencer Hetherington (Canada)
The Vow produced by Charles Sweeney and Jessica Moore, and directed by Charles Sweeney (USA)
The Young Wife produced by Cleo Brown and Holly Rowden, and directed by Cleo Brown (Canada)
There produced by Lai Chien Han and Wu Yu Fen, and directed by Wu Yu Fen (Taiwan)
There’s No Hell Like Home produced and directed by Russell Southam (Australia)
To the Girl that Looks Like Me produced by Adrian Sobrado and directed by Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah (USA)
Tomorrow produced by Kazi Zahin Hasan and Kazi Zeeshan Hasan, and directed by Mohammad Shihab Uddin (Bangladesh)
Too Damn Long produced by Meryl Lettire and directed by Ian Lettire (USA)
Tormenta Rey – Holiday Lockdown produced by Stephen El Rey and Leilainia Reyna Marcus, and directed by Marco Marcus (USA)
Trees Under Water produced by Julian Simon Pache and Lukas Soboll, and directed by Julian Simon Pache (Germany)
Two Different Kinds of Love produced and directed by Alyce Vest (USA)
Ukde produced and directed by Ecem Çelik (Turkey)
Unemployment Hotline produced and directed by Nikos Campbell (USA)
Waiting for Deading produced by Javier Bonafont and directed by Paul Sestakov (USA)
Was it Rape Then? produced by Charissa Adams, Kari Lee Cartwright, and Thaddeus Shafer, and directed by Kari Lee Cartwright (USA)
Wellspring produced and directed by Jeffrey Smith Quizon (Philippines)
When the Gull Sleeps produced by Siri Lien, Bendik D. Antonsen, and Panface AS, and directed by Bendik D. Antonsen (Norway)
White Horses, Silver Mine produced by Eduardo Vasconcelos and directed by ZIyi Jin (Mexico)
Will You Marry Me produced by Marlie Collins, Issah Contractor, and Doron Bell Jr., and directed by Issah Contractor (Canada)
Windup produced by Aleksander Karshikoff and Silvia Rasheva, and directed by Yibing Jiang (USA)
With a Woman Like You produced and directed by Rakel Conk (Peru)
Woods in The Rain produced by Jim Zou and Chengying Zou, and directed by Jim Zou (China)
Your One And Only produced by Thomas Hartmann and directed by Alice Biletska (USA)
Zealandia produced by Carlos Ramirez Laloli and directed by Bruno du Bois (New Zealand)
Zwart produced by Liene Berina and directed by Tommie Geraedts (Netherlands)
Indie Short Fest 2018-2022 © All Rights Reserved