The following projects are the finalists of the round of February competing in 60 different categories. These projects were shortlisted from a 35,4% acceptance rate official selection pool, based on submissions from 35 countries with a total runtime of 72:25:37:
Best Short (Overall)
Sound by Tawan Bazemore (USA)
The Moon Smells Like Gunpowder by Mark Solter (USA)
Thicker than Water by Rachel Bass (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Short (Overall)
Adeline by Audrey Biche (France)
Mr Franco by Vincenzo Palazzo (Italy)
Sea at Night by Kim Fabienne Hertinger (Germany)
Best Indie Short
Mr Franco by Vincenzo Palazzo (Italy)
Second Souffle by Levkaovitch Antony (France)
The Pain by Hasty Mohammai (Iran)
Best Drama Short
Kid, the Moon by Justin Portaro (USA)
Sea at Night by Kim Fabienne Hertinger (Germany)
The Moon Smells Like Gunpowder by Mark Solter (USA)
Best Documentary Short
Mosul Grad by Murtadha Al-Musawi (Iraq)
Refugee Is Not My Name by Rose Massett (USA)
Scraping Coconut by Pilar Egüez Guevara (Ecuador)
Best Comedy Short
On The Edge of Reality by Frank J. Dion (USA)
Skin: The Movie by Ronn Kilby (USA)
The Love Suckers by Jim Politano (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
(Still) Love You by Fernando Bonelli (Spain)
Boob Sweat by Charlotte Guerry (USA)
Pool by Ben Majest (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short
Duct Tape by Matthew Diulus (USA)
Finley by J. Zachary Thurman (USA)
The Derailers by Joe Bartone (USA)
Best Action Short
Arson by Christopher Ortiz (USA)
Bad People by Giorgi Tavartkiladze (Georgia)
Post-Republik by Hans Schellhas (USA)
Best Crime Short
A Date With Shillelagh by Jeff Stewart and Brian Johnston (UK)
Escarabana by Sara Casasnovas (Spain)
Send Me to Hell, Baby by Todd Davies (Canada)
Best Film Noir Short
Escarabana by Sara Casasnovas (Spain)
Send Me to Hell, Baby by Todd Davies (Canada)
The Ring by Neil Haeems and Raviv Haeems (USA)
Best Mystery Short
Sound by Tawan Bazemore (USA)
The Dark Room by Faranak Sahafian (USA)
The Moon Smells Like Gunpowder by Mark Solter (USA)
Best Thriller Short
9023 by Sotiris Petridis and Tania Nanavraki (Greece)
After Party by Pablo Adame (Mexico)
The Hedge Fund by Francisco Labbe (UK)
Best Horror Short
Finley by J. Zachary Thurman (USA)
Kushtaka by Cameron Currin (USA)
Without You by Allan J. Arcal (Spain)
Best Fantasy Short
Anacronte by Raúl Koler and Emiliano Sette (Argentina and Mexico)
Andersen and the Jinn by Rogier van Beeck Calkoen (Spain)
Women Not Permitted by Brad McDermott (Canada)
Best Sci-Fi Short
Emotical by Ellis E. Fowler (USA)
Hidden Life by Valeria Brenes (Costa Rica)
Invictus by Angie Rowntree (USA)
Best Children Short
Boob Sweat by Charlotte Guerry (USA)
The Ghost in the Kamera by Shona Dutta Charlton (UK)
The Wish & The Wisp by Vashmere Valentine (USA)
Best Animation Short
Big Boom by Brian Watson (USA)
Koyun by Sevinç Mutlu (Turkey)
Raven & Crow by Jotham Porzio (USA)
Best Women Short
For Summer by Jessie Kirby (UK)
Obscured Reflection by Alexandra Balda (USA)
The Choice by Desiree Cooper and Oren Goldenberg (USA)
Best LGBT Short
Adeline by Audrey Biche (France)
Shadows by Kiriakos Kotsinis (Greece)
Women Not Permitted by Brad McDermott (Canada)
Best Music Video
In the Fog by Matthew Takata Shepherd (USA)
One With Earth Song by Sairam Sagiraju (India)
Seize the Day by Eric Vander Borght (Netherlands)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
Black Coffee by Jason Perez (USA)
Lucky by Riley Wood (USA)
Pool by Ben Majest (USA)
Best Web and New Media
Lucky by Riley Wood (USA)
Raven & Crow by Jotham Porzio (USA)
The Queen of Connemara by Ed Hannigan (USA)
Best Experimental Short
Inside by Matt Kaal (Australia)
Kushtaka by Cameron Currin (USA)
The Land by Stephen Crout (USA)
Best Microfilm
Beloved Stranger by Marco Gasser (Spain)
D.A.D. – Die Another Day by Andrea Marcovicchio (Italy)
The Anomaly by Dan Silver (USA)
Best Drone Short
Golden Years of Moscow by Andrew Efimov (Russia)
Legendary Samurai by Katsuya Satoh (Japan)
Live Your Dream by André Hope (Norway)
Best Student Short
Kid, the Moon by Justin Portaro (USA)
Still Here by Troy Charbonnet (USA)
Tribute by Tristan Alan (USA)
