The following projects — including short films, TV and web series, and screenplays — are the finalists of the March monthly round, competing across 62 categories.
These finalists were selected from an official selection pool with a 49.9% acceptance rate, drawn from submissions representing 27 countries and a combined runtime of 42:36:20, in addition to short script entries.
The nominees represent the top 33.9% 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
After Dinner by Lasley Lui (Hong Kong)
Newhaven Trailing by Harry Pollock (UK)
Sacrifice by Tony Kornilov (USA)
Tapeworm Diaries by Kayla Cao (Canada)
The 2nd Best Coffee by Daniella Sasaki (UK)
Best Drama Short
A Lasting Place by Juwan Rashaad Howard (USA)
A Reflection Of You by Enrico Natale (USA)
Shaolin by Landon Tyler Smith (USA)
The Silent Break by Joel Bouah (USA)
The Weight We Carry by Richmond Keeling (USA)
Best Student Short
Crossing Tracks by Wenting Gao (USA)
Home Base by Amit Kra (Israel)
Kyrie by Calista Noelle Hinrichsen (South Africa)
See Your Eyes by Song JiWon (South Korea)
Sister’s Keeper by Oliver Thrush (USA)
Best Documentary Short
Fighting Demons by Simon Stock (UK)
Lost Snows of the Alps by Kevin McCarey (USA)
The Road to Til by Rajan Kathet (Nepal)
Time and the Vanishing by Alongkot Chukaew (Thailand)
Ukraine Under Fire by Jordan Campbell (USA)
Best Comedy Short
Anonymous by Paige Gallaghe and Sophia Robinson (USA)
Code Switch by Niyi Odumosu (USA)
Illustrated by Noah Belsky (USA)
Lost Dog by Amelia Xanthe Boscov (USA)
Veronica by Brett Dos Santos (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
Espresso by Adlih Alvarado (USA)
Play Date by Joseph Navarro Jr. (USA)
The Pick Up by Sherice Griffiths (UK)
Best Dark Comedy Short
Clean Slate by David John Pleiss (USA)
Gravy Train by Benny Slater (UK)
The New Look by Jarritt Joseph Negri II (USA )
Best Action Short
TBA
Best Thriller Short
Attached by Kendra Monet and Demetrius Sadler (USA)
Formidable by Tomorris Ellis (USA)
Synthetic by Ismail Albukhari (Saudi Arabia, United States)
Best Film Noir Short
TBA
Best Mystery Short
TBA
Best Horror Short
Irish Son by Tolu Ogunware (UK)
Jackals by Harry Fakora (USA)
Noppera by Yoaspire (USA)
Routine by Jim Christopher Govea (USA)
Wolf Cake by Marko Salazar (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
Grace by Gio Ursino (USA)
Into Nowhere by Iurii Karasev (USA)
The Experience Machine by Antonio Silveira Guanaes Gomes (USA)
The Last Sun by Nigel Canepa and Orlando Charvetto (Gibraltar)
What We Leave Behind by Temiti Clarke and Maxime Gibert (France)
Best Fantasy Short
TBA
Best Western Short
TBA
Best Animation Short
; (Semicolon) by Ye Chen (USA)
Algorithm III: The Herd by Longwen Miao (USA)
Itch by Jason Joel Lethcoe (USA)
Looking for inspiration (Poszukiwanie inspiracji) by Michał Kucharski (Poland)
The Wall by Hongchen Li (China)
Best Children Short
Our Monsters by Mia Petrovic (Canada)
Stolen Wishes by Angela Lavelle (USA)
Through the Window by Christopher Bill Wiberg (Denmark)
Best Women Short
Between the Piers by Kate Cheeseman (UK)
Halima – Eine Anleitung zum Starksein by Linda Verweyen (Germany)
No Labels Tonight by Yiseo (Dahye Kim) (South Korea)
Sewed Figs by Liliana Chomsky (USA)
The Blind Spot by Yihan Li (China)
Best Experimental Short
Baishe: Abyss in the Dream by Lu Chuan (China)
Deconstruction of an Individual by Ruben Arede (Portugal)
What’s Happening Out There? by Kazumi Shimizu (Japan)
Best Music Video
Shkodra Elektronike – Stuhi by Chiara Feriani (Albania, Italy)
Simon – Sunday Artist by Oliver Ousterhout (USA)
Undercover by Wanhi Lee (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
TBA
Best Short Script
Humdrum by Daniela Di Salvo (Canada)
Made of Stone by Leah Newsom (USA)
Same Difference by Morgan Grice (USA)
Sunny by M.F. Thompson (USA)
Unspeakable by Blythe Howard and Kesley Howard (USA)
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