The following projects — including short films, TV and web series, and screenplays — are the finalists of the June monthly round, competing across 62 categories.
These finalists were selected from an official selection pool with a 49.8% acceptance rate, drawn from submissions representing 26 countries and a combined runtime of 38:39:03, in addition to short script entries.
The nominees represent the top 35.9% 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
Corazon De Piedra (A Heart Of Stone) by Ivana Rauchmann (Austria)
Crop Duster by Leonid Okhitin (Armenia)
Dolldays by Morten Hansen (Norway)
Generation Well by Jack Serra (USA)
Sing With Your Eyes, You Beautiful Mistake! by Joseph J Cash (USA)
Best Drama Short
Dwindled Ties by Arundhati Kanthamraju (USA)
He by Yihui Hu (USA)
Moonshine, the Mystic and the Firebird by Kabir Mansata (India)
Poolboy by Haoran Ma (USA)
Say Something in German by Amit Barnathan and Mila Stephan (Germany)
Best Student Short
Aberrant by Marco Leung (USA)
Better The Devil You Know by Daniel Joseph Silverman (USA)
Her Silent Feast by Qiongyao Shao (China)
Mourning Molly by John Say (USA)
Sideline by Sixian (Tyler) Guo (USA)
Best Documentary Short
Aguasal by Camila Pardo Cerezo (Mexico)
American Orthodox by Robert John Hammond (USA)
Moving Arts – Setting Hearts Ablaze by Zac Cornfield (USA)
National Inventors Hall of Fame docuseries: Changing the Film Landscape: The Garrett Brown Story, An Idea That Sticks: The Story of Arthur Fry, Exploring and Evolving: Frances Arnold and the Future of Enzymes, and James West and the Electret Microphone by Andrew Blike (USA)
What Happens Next? by Stella Govitz, Aleesa Luecker, and Sophie Scureman-Stoops (USA)
Best Comedy Short
Apple Pi by Ivan Rivero and Jonathan Tippett (USA)
Cohousing by Leah Gouin (USA)
I Don’t Believe You, Jason Bateman! by Dave Rock (USA)
I Never Give You My Pillow by Jonathan Hurtado (USA)
Rookie by Ana Rodak and Rene Alexander Rosa (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short
Afters by Hannah Jane Doyon (USA)
Drop Number 8 by Ryan Chamberlain and Chad Chamberlain (USA)
Poolboy by Haoran Ma (USA)
Sing With Your Eyes, You Beautiful Mistake! by Joseph J Cash (USA)
The Face by Alex Russell (UK)
Best Action Short
Lola Grey by Caine Sinclair (USA)
River: The Last Butterfly by Chad Ansermet (Switzerland)
Walkers by William Mesa (USA)
Best Crime Short
TBA
Best Film Noir Short
TBA
Best Mystery Short
TBA
Best Thriller Short
Escaping Gravity by Braedan Luong (USA)
Morph by Bryce Adam Brown and Sydney Broyls (USA)
Scarecrow by Jax Azad (USA) (USA)
Best Horror Short
TBA
Best Sci-Fi Short
Mya: The Beginning by Frederick Taouil (USA)
U – The Rebels Journey by Yasuhiro Ohno (Japan)
Vitacamp by Jeffrey Chin (USA)
Best Fantasy Short
Déjà Divinorum by Anthony Nathanial (USA)
The Vanishing by Adam Dillon (USA)
Wilting Words by Kenna Wertheimer (USA)
Best Western Short
TBA
Best Animation Short
Ascendance by Hee Seung Chung (USA)
Gibbous by Ang Yi Benet (USA)
Homeless Man by Youngin Lee (USA)
Is Anybody Out There by Susan Mey Lee Lim (Singapore)
Joe by Matt Haro (USA)
Best Children Short
TBA
Best Women Short
Bridget by Anne Williamson (Ireland)
Charlie by Nicole Field (Canada)
Dear Me by Arielle Cimino (USA)
Mango Chile Pie by Karan Sunil (USA)
Pro by Rose Massett (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
TBA
Best Microfilm
Better Or Worse by Riaz Solker and Marlisa Doubell (South Africa)
Lucky by Mary Jane Misiti (USA)
Rubber Duck by Pavel Jakovlev (Russia)
Best Experimental Short
TBA
Best Music Video
Alasong by Yun Yan Zeng (China)
Heal My Mind by Tom Flynn and Mike Watts (USA)
Marionettes – Marquis of Vaudeville by Toby Lawhon and Geneva Arena (USA)
My Confession by Tom Flynn (USA)
Samidare Spirits by Sasa Sasai (Japan)
Best Screendance Short
TBA
Best Web Series & TV Pilot
TBA
Best Web and New Media
TBA
Best Trailer/Teaser
TBA
Best Short Script
Everything’s Going To Be Okay by Hank Heimlich (USA)
How Was Your Day? by Sapphire Sandalo (USA)
Missed Connection by Marion Trent (USA)
No Hugging by Svea Kennedy (USA)
Still Morning by Pam Renall (USA)
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