The following projects — including short films, TV and web series, and screenplays — are the finalists of the April monthly round, competing across 62 categories.
These finalists were selected from an official selection pool with a 48.1% acceptance rate, drawn from submissions representing 14 countries and a combined runtime of 38:29:35, in addition to short script entries.
The nominees represent the top 33.1% of all submissions.
Unlisted categories had no submissions meeting the minimum score requirements.
Categories marked TBA had two or fewer projects qualifying for awards consideration. Winners in these categories will be announced alongside the rest of the award recipients.
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Best Indie Short
Billie by Safi Tobi (UK)
Every Dog by Sean Alexander May (USA)
Grief Trip by Christian A Baldonado (USA)
How Do You Dream by Shomari Dunham (USA)
Not for a Few Miles by Sahvannah Rae (Ireland)
Best Drama Short
Bridget by Anne Williamson (Ireland)
Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’ by Angel Cesar Morales (USA)
Ex Parte by Jorge Lucas (USA)
For: LiLa by Kaitron Bryant and Malik Myers (USA)
Glodok ’98 by Nicholas Tjen (USA)
Best Student Short
An Everyday Occurrence by Virginia Porter Hepp (USA)
Getting Back to You by Miranda Clapp (USA)
Heartbeat by Kewen (USA)
Hula Soup by Neo Shen (China)
Missing by Laura Calle (USA)
Best Documentary Short
High Stakes: How the U.S. Accidentally Legalized Weed by Rob Rosen (USA)
Longie by M. J. Mandich (USA)
Persistence of Vision by John Paul Marsonet (Canada)
The River Raisin: A Comeback Story by Bradley M Egen (USA)
Three Vendors of Ipanema by Jonathan S. Lee (USA)
Best Comedy Short
Edgewise by Sam Felman (USA)
Slow Draw by Jordan Rader (USA)
The Brave Little Influencer by Kiko Macan (USA)
The Surgical Treatment by David Gray (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
TBA
Best Dark Comedy Short
In Jeff We Trust by Blake Jarvis (USA)
Mr. Bluman by Cristobal Chavez (USA)
Positive Vibes Only, Volume One by Ian Rafael Black (USA)
Thank You Come Again by Tyler Kinjo Heydon and Andrew Badami (USA)
The Hold Up by Elliot Jannetta (Canada)
Best Film Noir Short
TBA
Best Mystery Short
TBA
Best Thriller Short
TBA
Best Horror Short
37 North – Chapter One by Kirandeep Karnati (USA)
Dark Palette by Lucas Pelizaro (UK)
Mrs. Willow by Tanaka Chiriga (Zimbabwe)
Best Sci-Fi Short
TBA
Best Fantasy Short
Beyond the Green Door by Katelyn Lexant (USA)
Pool House by Adam Willis (USA)
Scars by Rob Scerbo and Michael Christian (USA)
Best Western Short
TBA
Best Animation Short
TBA
Best Women Short
TBA
Best LGBTQ Short
On The Air with Ariel by Alexander Justin Gonzales (USA)
Retreat by Mari SanGiovanni (USA)
Silim by Alexander Cruz De Ocampo (USA)
Best Microfilm
Another Day by Grace YJ Kim (USA)
Belonging by Clément Oberto (Mexico)
The Hotel by Juliet Lucas (USA)
Best Experimental Short
Cat Eats Bird by Gard Løkke (Norway)
Mist by Xixi Li (USA)
The Memory Experiment by Kerrilee Gore (USA)
Best Screendance Short
TBA
Best Music Video
TBA
Best Web Series & TV Pilot
Justin T Nick of Time! by Mike Reeping (USA)
Kaleb & Ms. Kelsey by Andrew A. Cano (USA)
La Dernière Communion by Eli Jean Tahchi (Canada)
Max Health: Rides – NYC, Beauty Everywhere by Ken Grey (USA)
Too Late With Andrew Badami by Andrew Badami and Tyler Heydon (USA)
Best Web and New Media
TBA
Best Short Script
A Thousand One Men by Rosalyn Rosen (USA)
Death’s Gamble by Oscar Javier Montion (USA)
Onírico by Mateus Oazem (Brazil)
Our Team by Joshua Holtzman (USA)
The Boots by Ruby Lovell and Jaskaran Bahia (USA)
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