The following projects — including short films, TV and web series, and screenplays — are the finalists of the August monthly round, competing across 62 categories.
These finalists were selected from an official selection pool with a 57.9% acceptance rate, drawn from submissions representing 23 countries and a combined runtime of 42:14:23, in addition to short script entries.
The nominees represent the top 34.2% of all submissions.
Unlisted categories had no submissions meeting the minimum score threshold.
Categories marked TBA had two or fewer projects qualifying for awards consideration. Winners in these categories will be announced together with the rest of the award recipients.
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Best Indie Short
Break Away by Michael McCracken (USA)
Eerie by Dileep VT (India)
How to Make a Film by Guillaume Dionnet (France)
Restavrazov by Adrian Al Jazzar (Bulgaria)
When Cheese Is on Sale by Ash Kelliher (New Zealand)
Best Drama Short
Blockhaus by Virginie Bluzat (France)
Ma Prison by Kitty Harper (UK)
Mateo by William Michael Anderson (Austria/USA)
The Perfect Stranger by Steven Ford (USA)
Weep No More by Truitt Glover (USA)
Best Student Short
Behold the End by Audrey Rivero (USA)
Dog Years by Peter Wada (USA)
Graduation by Nayon Lee and Alicia Tang (Hong Kong)
Recollection by Bogna Jastak (USA)
We’re Not The Same by Claire Elyse de Vries (USA)
Best Documentary Short
Back to One – Return to Ground Zero by Sylvester P. Lukasiewicz (USA)
Black LP by Trey Carlisleand and Todd Mack (USA)
Love Thy Neighbor by Isabella Urrutia (USA)
Sonmat, a Rantan Story by Emanuele segre (Italy)
Symphony of Light by Julia Ongchoco (USA)
Best Comedy Short
Down And Out In The Valley by Mari Walker (USA)
False Profits by Josiah Dyck (Canada)
Get Comfy by Jacob David McNulty (USA)
Merge by Dylan Pun (Canada)
One Last Drive by Trevvor Riley and Matthew Hayward (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
TBA
Best Dark Comedy Short
Bless You by Kevin Tosi and Gwynn Ballard (USA)
Oop! by Trevor George (USA)
Outsourcing Rhapsody by John Wang (China)
Radiation Therapy by Mason Williams (USA)
Ron’s Night Out by Jenna Covarrubias (USA)
Best Action Short
TBA
Best Thriller Short
TBA
Best Film Noir Short
The Last Rat by Raul Krrishnan (India)
The Law of Series by Sousana Maragkou (Greece/USA)
The Montenegro Affair by Fernanda Ávalos, César Camán, and Alonso Montoya (Canada)
Best Mystery Short
TBA
Best Horror Short
TBA
Best Sci-Fi Short
Aftershock by Garrett Glassell (USA)
Fallen From Grace by Fernando Zabaneh (Mexico)
Lockdown by Megean McBride Sanchez, Vik Chopra, John Shaw, Rony Celis, Chris Gates, Michiel Oakes, Shawn Cooke, and Bryce Huber (USA)
One of the Girls by Taylor Husser (USA)
Orion by Ariel Turobiner (USA)
Best Fantasy Short
TBA
Best Western Short
TBA
Best Animation Short
TBA
Best Women Short
Child Check by Natalia A Warchol (USA)
Madame Amérique by Ella Teresa Bogan (USA)
Starthistle by Anna Weiler (USA)
The Shape of Her Smile by Dale Fabrigar (USA)
Three Arugula Salads by Laura Messer Jackson (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
TBA
Best Microfilm
TBA
Best Experimental Short
Deep Plate by Daria Pyshna (Ukraine/UK)
Pins In Her Eyes by Ingrid Elizabeth Nachstern (Ireland)
Telly by Valentina Vignoli (Italy)
Best Music Video
Chess Club – Wedding of the Year by Adam Mark Chase (USA)
It’s Only Music, Baby by Kersten Parrella (USA)
Naked by David Stallings (USA)
Best Screendance Short
TBA
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
TBA
Best Web and New Media
TBA
Best Parody Short
TBA
Best Trailer/Teaser
TBA
Best Short Script
Best Kept Secret by Kelly Goldstein (USA)
Graduation by Nayon Lee (Hong Kong)
I Love You, Tammy Cunningham by Gregory Paul (USA)
I Missed You by Michaelle Lee (USA)
Where You Are by Yanghuixiao Gao (USA)
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