The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the monthly round of April competing in 62 different categories.
These projects were shortlisted from an official selection pool with 41,1% acceptance rate, based on submissions from 25 countries and total runtime of 47:10:46, plus the short scripts.
The nominees are placed in the top 28,4%.
***Categories not listed have no submissions meeting the requirements, namely with minimum scores to make the cut***
***Categories TBA have 2 or less projects with scores for the awards cut. The award winner(s) announcement for these categories is done along with the award winners of all of the other categories***
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Best Indie Short
Carton by Ying Zhang (China)
Come Another Day by Molin Liu (USA)
Cub by Noa Yakobov (Israel)
Partly Hazy by John Brownell (USA)
The Deep End by Andrew Gerstenblatt (USA)
Best Drama Short
Enemy No More by Christopher Schultz (USA)
Harbor by Keegan Duncan (USA)
Hoteling by Ryan Buffa (USA)
The Big Man by Alan Liu (China)
Transient by Luis Tovar (USA)
Best Student Short
A Soldier’s Dilemma by Collin Nelson (USA)
Butt by Lulu Chen (USA)
On the Bridge by Wen Rui Tang (China)
Tomorrow by Jackson Schlekewey (USA)
Two Time by Ho Young Lee (South Korea)
Best Documentary Short
Fishtail: The Last Best Place by Zoe Heafner (USA)
Forecast by Paula Randol-Smith (USA)
Reinventing Recycling by Jay Windland (USA)
Silent Dance by Aynur Özbakır (Turkey)
The Mill by Charley Williams (USA)
Best Comedy Short
Clown Orthodontist by Francis Wu (USA)
Lost and Finders Club by Angela Lavelle (USA)
Real Robbers by Adam Pine and Sean Pine (USA)
Tomorrow Is Friday by Cameron Raser (USA)
X-Mas Anonymous by Sammy Smedley (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
Capture The Flag by Ajima Cole (USA)
The Life and Loves of Allan Glickman by Stanley Katz and Eric Lau (USA)
The Time We Met by Gabrielle Emma (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short
Chum by Jason King (Australia)
Dinner is Served by Aleksandr Boikov (USA)
Split Decision by Parker Green (USA)
The Made Player by Antoine Morgan (USA)
We Are the Apocalypse! by Charles William Lane (USA)
Best Action Short
Dauntless and the Demigod by Casey Lloyd (USA)
Replicants by Michael Anthony Hel (USA)
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Best Film Noir Short
Midnight Mayhem by Natasha Zedan (USA)
The Empty Hours by Kevin Shaheen (USA)
The Strange Case of Detective Jones by Amirali Habibi (Iran)
Best Thriller Short
Dishonorable by Siros Kerdouni (USA)
Red Rain by Samer Saifan (USA)
The Botanists by Quinn Sheehan-Hipple (USA)
Best Mystery Short
Elteney by Markus Schnatmann (Germany)
Love of Magdalena by Iva Kevra (Ireland)
Partly Hazy by John Brownell (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
Elteney by Markus Schnatmann (Germany)
Luz by Alfonso Otero Mireles (Mexico)
Them Upstairs by Mark Buckland (UK)
Best Fantasy Short
Five to One by Vincenzo Carrano and David Atrakchi (USA)
Luz by Alfonso Otero Mireles (Mexico)
Stolen Wishes by Yashvi Mulchandani (USA)
Best Animation Short
Cosmic Travelers by Yilin Huang (Macao)
Nerd by Gustavo Andres Menese (Argentina)
New Idea by Marko Bosanac (Serbia)
Best Children Short
TBA
Best Women Short
Baptism by Ann Marie Martin (USA)
Butterfly: The King Of Yue by Jingxuan Qi (USA)
Elmstone by Ava Lauren Grayson (USA)
The March of the Penguins by Daniela Lugo and José Ansareo (Mexico)
The Rose Garden by Nidheya Suresh (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
TBA
Best Microfilm
A Soldier’s Dilemma by Collin Nelson (USA)
Le Fardeau de la Memoire (The Burden of Memory) by Aline Smithson (USA)
Let It Go by Kulikowski Przemyslaw (Poland)
Pipe by David Camero (USA)
Requiem by Michele Blood (USA)
Best Experimental Short
And Then Came The Day by Allen Childress (USA)
Five by Scott David Petill (USA)
Luz by Alfonso Otero Mireles (Mexico)
The Deepest Dance by André Musgrove (Bahamas)
The Reflection Of Francisca Newman by Jon Frenkel Garcia (USA)
Best Screendance Short
TBA
Best Music Video
Little Big – It Happens by Alina Pasok and Iliya Prusikin (USA)
Pylon Reenactment Society – Fix It Feat. Kate Pierson by Dominic J. DeJoseph (USA)
Secret – Shaliy by Valeria Cappuccino Cocos (Russia)
Starlight by Gregory Scelsa (USA)
When the Hawk Comes by Lilia Li-Mi-Yan and Katherina Sadovsky (Armenia)
Best Web Series & TV Pilot
La Terre Appelle Mathilde by Anthony Coveney (Canada)
Lillith & Bert Go Nowhere by Rex Provost (USA)
RugbyTown – Season 2 by Patrick Guthrie (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser
TBA
Best Short Script
Blues For Herold by JT Rosen (USA)
Focus On Wilma by Carlos R. Gomez (USA)
Hidden Keys by Anna Cappello and Frank G Danna (USA)
Tell Me About Me by Benjamin Zemena Hinamanu (USA)
Wang and Da Rats by James Bylinsky (USA)
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