The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the monthly round of December, competing in 62 different categories.
These projects have been shortlisted from an official selection pool with 46,5% acceptance rate, based on submissions from 18 countries and total runtime of 34:26:25, plus the short scripts.
The nominees are placed in the top 35,2%.
***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 announcement of the award winner(s) of these categories is done along with the award winners of all of the other categories***
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Best Indie Short
Cul De Sac by Vivek Elangovan (USA)
Less Than Three by Dan Martin, Sofia Pessoa Pádua, Mariana Cabecinha, and Cláudio Monteiro (Portugal)
The Waltz of the Hands or Something Like That by Bruno Sorc (Brazil)
There’s Always Something by Redamo Rosa (USA)
Vasomotor Rhinitis by Mikheil Gabaidze (Georgia)
Best Drama Short
A Place to Go by Jiabin Li (USA)
Clockwork by Ross Luttrell (Australia)
Happy Pals by Ryan Palmer (USA)
In the Limelight by Brandon Floor (USA)
Last Encounters by Rosie Day (UK)
Best Student Short
A Summertale in Maine by Carson Honor (USA)
Aro’s World by Vibha Kulkarni (USA)
The 7th Avenue by Roger Escalante (Spain)
The Day of Cucurbitaceae by Emilio Landi (UK)
Walking Away by Zachary Tyler Cruz (USA)
Best Documentary Short
Find Yourself by Seth Deter (USA)
Le Mural by Barbara Bingley-Verseman (USA)
Persistence of Vision by John Paul Marsonet (Canada)
Rebecoming Me: Falling Through Foster Care by Rachel B Farha (USA)
What Does Education Mean to Afghan Women? by Alaa Adam Elhiraika (USA)
Best Comedy Short
#Intimacy by Jared N. Wright and Eric Ivey (USA)
Errand by Nicholas Goodwin Hutchison (USA)
The Vacuum Salesman by Ty Pierson (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
TBA
Best Dark Comedy Short
A Death Of The Cartoonist by Zichuan Huang (South Korea)
Banjo by Cameron Poletti (USA)
Darn It Darla! by Walid Chaya (USA)
Ghost Masters by Ryan Policky (USA)
The Gap by Karen Wilmer-West (USA)
Best Action Short
TBA
Best Film Noir Short
TBA
Best Mystery Short
TBA
Best Horror Short
Boo! You’re Dead by Ethan Guetta (USA)
Dans by Maria Garcia (Mexico)
Did You Remember The Cat? by Daniel B Foster (USA)
Harlowe’s Well by Jack H Wood (USA)
The Evilmoji by Sean Graney (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
TBA
Best Fantasy Short
TBA
Best Animation Short
Apoptosis by Brenda N. Lopes Bastos (Brazil)
Nocturnal by Big Howl (USA)
Oh! My God by Ruchen Shang and I-Wen Chen (China)
Pigasus: The Lost Paradise – Battle for Evermore by Sean Patrick O’Reilly (USA)
Tigre by Maria Victoria Sanchez (Mexico)
Best Women Short
All the Time in the World by Anqi Cao (China)
Andie & June by Mitchell Aaron Gonzalez (USA)
It’s Not Me, It’s You by Coco Taylor (UK)
Next Steps: How to Live Your Life and (Maybe) Even Like It by Natasha Luttjeboer (South Africa)
When Last Seen by Donna Di Novelli (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
TBA
Best Microfilm
TBA
Best Experimental Short
TBA
Best Music Video
Ancestral Thatched Hut by Yuge Ge (China)
Jólakötturinn by Dan Hertzog (USA)
Lord Help Me by Wesley Crutcher (USA)
Until the Last Minute by Ilya Noyabrev (Ukraine)
Wish by Janelle Christa (USA)
Best Web Series & TV Pilot
TBA
Best Mobile Short
TBA
Best Parody Short
TBA
Best Trailer/Teaser
TBA
Best Short Script
Burned by Loren Davis (USA)
Connection at the End of the World by Sean Slimak (USA)
Failures by Cesar Sanchis Romero (Spain)
HVAC by Jackson McKeehan (USA)
It’s Open by Doug Maguire (USA)
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