The following projects (films and scripts) are the finalists of the round of April competing in 62 different categories. These projects were shortlisted from a 35,3% acceptance rate official selection pool, based on submissions from 28 countries with a total runtime of 66:42:39:
Best Short (Overall)
Fragile Ghost by Kit Wilson (USA)
Miracle by Dimitar Stoyanov (UK)
The Fall Leaves by Maya McCullough (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Short (Overall)
Ruffians by Alexandre Jallali (Belgium)
Solange by Pascaline Bellegarde (France)
Walter Treppiedi by Elena Bouryka (Italy)
Best Indie Short
9 by Danyu Wang (USA)
Off To Care by Wendi Sun (USA)
Walter Treppiedi by Elena Bouryka (Italy)
Best Drama Short
Down by Arnaud Mizzon (France)
Fragile Ghost by Kit Wilson (USA)
Ruffians by Alexandre Jallali (Belgium)
Best Documentary Short
Life in My Shoe by Wimana Beatrice (Uganda)
The Little Tenants by Philippine de Saint-Exupéry (France)
Vietnam Aftermath by Tom Phillips (USA)
Best Comedy Short
March Comes After April by Santiago Fierro (USA)
Roommates by Alix Cuadra and Roth Rind (USA)
Walter Treppiedi by Elena Bouryka (Italy)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
A Little Payback by Stephen Crooms (USA)
March Comes After April by Santiago Fierro (USA)
Valentine’s Day by Marni Little and Tim Goodwin (Australia)
Best Dark Comedy Short
Miracle by Dimitar Stoyanov (UK)
The Ledge by Lawrence Le (USA)
This is Fine by Roth Rind (USA)
Best Action Short
Anatomy of An Antihero Redemption by Meosha Bean (USA)
Chikuzo by Tanguy Guinchard (Switzerland)
The Widow by Brendan Young (Australia)
Best Crime Short
Fox and The Rabbit by Joseph Channell (USA)
Suburban Jungle by Clayton Tony Au (USA)
The Widow by Brendan Young (Australia)
Best Film Noir Short
Rise of the Avalanche: Revenge from the Shadows by Antoine M. Dillard (USA)
The Arrangement by Rod Lopez (USA)
The Widow by Brendan Young (Australia)
Best Mystery Short
Followed by Georg Schmithüsen (USA)
Lyceum of the Strange: Lady Clara by Erik Matson (USA)
安 (Lullaby) by Ray Du (New Zealand)
Best Thriller Short
Happy Places by Nich Frost (USA)
In Plain Sight by Paul Foster (USA)
The Widow by Brendan Young (Australia)
Best Horror Short
House of Redemption: Hear Me by Tammy Klembith (USA)
The Darkening Hollows by Michael Ricci (USA)
Trash by Suzanne Etheridge (Canada)
Best Fantasy Short
Bounce by David MacLean (Canada)
Car Stealers by Christopher Guerrero (USA)
Shallow by Joshua Steele (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
Echoes in SIlence by Viktoria-Isabella King (USA)
The Greeting by Michael Ricci (USA)
This is Fine by Roth Rind (USA)
Best Children Short
Clueless by Nathan Moore and Tammy Ledford (USA)
Dynamometer by George Leontakianakos (Greece)
Juana Wants to Know God by Argenis Herrera Sánchez (Venezuela)
Best Animation Short
Missing by Wanling Chang (UK)
Skulisland by Martin Bastian (Canada)
The Most Magnificent Thing by Arna Selznick (Canada)
Best Women Short
Solange by Pascaline Bellegarde (France)
Strong Independent Women by Jennette McCurdy (USA)
The Fall Leaves by Maya McCullough (USA)
Best LGBT Short
Crush by Heather Harris (USA)
Old House by Kunlin Wang (USA)
Tomato & Eggs by Nicole Tay (USA)
Best Music Video
A Band Widow’s Lament by Patrick Sites, Tomas Herrera and Doug Usher (USA)
Devilish Folk by Mikaël Theimer (Canada)
Ketamine by Donald McQuade (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
Adulthood by Robert Alicea (USA)
Guess I’m a Ghost by Christopher Sullivan (USA)
House of Redemption: Hear Me by Tammy Klembith (USA)
Best Web and New Media
Car Stealers by Christopher Guerrero (USA)
Go Getters by Kerry R. King (USA)
The Tanner by Daria Rountree and Marcelle Pallais (USA)
Best Experimental Short
Drawn Curtains by Marfisia Bel (Canada)
Indigestion by Alberto Martín-Aragón (Spain)
Rear View by Sam Fayed and Matthew Duncan (USA)
Best Microfilm
Fox and The Rabbit by Joseph Channell (USA)
Hear Me by Jesse Haaja (Finland)
The Machine by Leon Williams (UK)
Best Mobile Short
Blame Yourselves If No One Comes by Gustav Egerstedt (Sweden)
Letter from Grandma by Eric Craig (USA)
The Little Black Dress by Maggie Meiners (USA)
Best Parody Short
The Faces From Mars by Ryan Barnes (USA)
Miraculous Sport by Emir Mulalic (Croatia)
Mohingar Tapwe!! by Yuki Kitazumi and Aung Thu Rein (Myanmar)
Best Student Short
9 by Danyu Wang (USA)
Precipice by Mirjaleed Biteng (USA)
Rondo: Beyond the Pavement by Bianca Rhodes, Katharine DeCelle, Jevrye Morris, Angelo Bush, Charles Fuller, Amina DeLeon, Jose Quintanilla, Yevrah Bradley, Deonte Jones, Destiny Roberts, Darius Gray, Jasmine McBride, Harvey Bradley, Georgia Fort (USA)
Best Short Script
Metamorphosis Revisited by Scott Nelson (USA)
Parallels by Scott Nelson (USA)
The Original Horror Story by Lea Ann Vandygriff (USA)