The following projects — including short films, TV and web series, and screenplays — are the finalists of the July monthly round, competing across 62 categories.
These finalists were selected from an official selection pool with a 49.7% acceptance rate, drawn from submissions representing 19 countries and a combined runtime of 35:28:19, in addition to short script entries.
The nominees represent the top 31.3% 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
Bad Actor by Sonea Patil (USA)
No Left Turns by Douglas Ryan (USA)
The Hat by Collin Chute (USA)
Best Drama Short
Echoes of Us by Joe Rajan (India)
Ker by Sajad Soleymani (Iran)
The Love of Sin by Shuai Zhang (China)
The Pursuit Of Forgiveness by Thomas McQuillan (Ireland)
Wrong Address by John Simmons (USA)
Best Student Short
Acorn, Iowa by Madison Taylor Wolfe (USA)
Contigo by Rodrigo Enrique Perez (USA)
Puddle by Samuel Holovacs (USA)
Reverb by John Westmoreland and Matthew Westmoreland (USA)
Ubiquitous by Grace Drury (USA)
Best Documentary Short
City of Smoke by Nadia Akbar and Alicia Chiang (USA)
Save The Wood Coaster by Gary Kyriazi (USA)
The Eternal Flame of the Kuba by Li-Yu Fu and Tsung-Yuan Li (Taiwan)
Tibetan Ballads by Jiawei Lin (China)
We Are People Too by Anastasiia Timmer and Anya Bogomazova (USA)
Best Comedy Short
TBA
Best Romantic Comedy Short
Goldilocks by Susie Kim (USA)
My Favorite Life by Jonathan Dale (USA)
Not Just Coffee by Marisabelle Grech (Malta)
Best Dark Comedy Short
Hungry. And Angry by Lev Prudkin (France)
Make Dick Great Again by Shawn Chen (China)
RIP in Peace by Debbie Su (USA)
Best Action Short
TBA
Best Crime Short
TBA
Best Mystery Short
TBA
Best Thriller Short
Blood Relatives by Thomas Grahling (USA)
Contigo by Rodrigo Enrique Perez (USA)
Trunk by Jack Matthew Villhard (USA)
Best Horror Short
TBA
Best Sci-Fi Short
Focal Point by Raphael Buisson (USA)
New Horizons by Jared Fassbender and Easton Tabin (USA)
The Final Patriot by Gina Nemo (USA)
Best Animation Short
Ball Lightning by Catriona Trina Baker (USA)
Carbono by Alberto Arvizu and Yael Gonzalez (Mexico)
Holy Cow by Karthik Swaminathan (USA)
The Flock of Forgotten Faces by A.B. Osborne and Emily McBrayer Hogue (USA)
Un-Brella by Kaixi Cathy Yang (USA)
Best Children Short
TBA
Best Women Short
Blush’n by Madison Hernandez (USA)
Dream Addicts Anonymous by Ella Braff (USA)
Serendipity by Sujay Putchala (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
TBA
Best Microfilm
TBA
Best Experimental Short
Artemis Jampanoï by Ornella Pacchioni (France)
Hugo by Rianne Cloudie (UK)
Paradox by Wonki Choi (South Korea)
Best Music Video
Bombastic by Jonathan Stimac (USA)
Happy Day by Boru Zheng (China)
I’m Back by Ilya Noyabrev (Ukraine)
Best Web Series & TV Pilot
TBA
Best Mobile Short
TBA
Best Trailer/Teaser
TBA
Best Short Script
Half Wrong by Bryan Forrestal (USA)
Scared Straight by Lionel Scott (USA)
Windy City by Joseph Anthony Francis (USA)
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