The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the round of February competing in 63 different categories. These projects were shortlisted from a 36,1% acceptance rate official selection pool, based on submissions from 18 countries with a total runtime of 45:34:26. The nominees represent 27,7% of all submitted projects.
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Best Indie Short
Adieu by Emmy Perry (USA)
Before Sunset by Kyung-yeon Kim (South Korea)
Coasting by Thomas Henry (USA)
Palm Sunday by Cecilia Choi (USA)
Raven by Moises Barrgan and William Diament (USA)
Tar by Fernando A. Gómez (USA)
That Was Awesome! by Arlen Konopaki (USA)
With Arms Wide Open by George Paraschiv (Romania)
Best Drama Short
846 by Charles Andrews, Andrew Essig, and Amy Sterling Avila (USA)
A Will to Change by Malcolm Wilkins (Canada)
Becoming Everything by Dan Lowënstein (UK)
Doll by Nasrin Golreyhan (Iran)
Narcolepsy by Anastasia Vasileva (Russia)
Shevolution by Seidy Lopez (USA)
Valens by Mazin Akar (Lebanon)
With Arms Wide Open by George Paraschiv (Romania)
Best Documentary Short
2801 by Victou Pinault and Pablo García (Armenia)
A Crime in Book Fair by Firas Shamsan (Yemen)
Fly Myself Home by Jose Restrepo (USA)
Going Deeper – Love Letter to Nazare by Luke Huxham (Japan)
Hope/Less by Jacob Spiers (USA)
Infinite Love by Eddie Lin (Taiwan)
Love Is Something by Joshua Scott (USA)
The Funny Runner by Rob Steger (USA)
Best Comedy Short
#richieneedsawife by Rich Devaney (USA)
A Barbaric First Date by Kaliandra Capri (Canada)
I’m Dead by Rod Kashani (USA)
Panic in Valley City by Antonio Harper and Abby Burton (USA)
Tempted by Stanton Stephens (USA)
That Was Awesome! by Arlen Konopaki (USA)
The Date by James Taylor MacArthur (UK)
What Do We Do? by Roderick Fenske (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
TBA
Best Dark Comedy Short
Armpit! by Mathieu Nolhier (UK)
Fear Actually by Sassy Mohen (USA)
How To End A Conversation by Gregory JM Kasunich (USA)
The Last Zombie by John Walton (Australia)
The World Went On Without Us by Charles A Gilbert (USA)
Best Action Short
Ark Exitus by Johnny Yong Bosch (USA)
Tempted by Stanton Stephens (USA)
This is the Way by Lauren Mary Kim and Amy Johnston (USA)
Best Mystery Short
TBA
Best Thriller Short
$700+ by Tom Aspy (USA)
Born Hater by Kyung-yeon Kim (South Korea)
Lucky, Lucky by Jonah Lindley (Australia)
Poolside by Alex Kinter and Erik Schuessler (USA)
Under My Skin by Zaira Armendáriz (USA)
Best Horror Short
Hallway by Janet Roston (USA)
Night Shifters by Sonny P. Louis (USA)
What If by Tammy Klembith (USA)
Best Fantasy Short
Iguana Death in the American Suburbs by Nisa Neza (USA)
The Last Hope by Ezequiel (USA)
The Last Zombie by John Walton (Australia)
What If by Tammy Klembith (USA)
Witchin’ by Christina Diamantara (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
Ark Exitus by Johnny Yong Bosch (USA)
Mother by Serge Velbovets (Canada)
Permafrost by Aeryn Lee (USA)
This is the Way by Lauren Mary Kim and Amy Johnston (USA)
Valens by Mazin Akar (Lebanon)
Best Animation Short
TBA
Best Children Short
Pebbles by Renee Bourke (Australia)
Rosie Loves Ghost Stories by Wylie Anderson (USA)
The Waiting Room by Ella Jerrier (USA)
Best Women Short
Gateway Drugs by India Altschul (USA)
Intrinsic Perceptions by Emer Kinsella (USA)
Jen, 28 by Iyin Landre (USA)
Matroschka by Jana Filzhuth (Germany)
Out of Breath by Sojeong Yoon and Yin Park (South Korea)
Best LGBTQ Short
Assigned Female at Birth by Lyralen Kaye (USA)
Blue Girl by Kabir McNeely (USA)
Don’t Stay Safe by Christina Franklin (USA)
Best Microfilm
Adieu by Emmy Perry (USA)
Christian’s Lament by Matt Cooney (USA)
Filmtrips – 9 by Bill Hayward (USA)
Mother by Serge Velbovets (Canada)
REwind by Alessia Ruffolo (Germany)
The Game by Tim Moldenhauer (USA)
The Sunset by Zoe Medranda (USA)
What Do We Do? by Roderick Fenske (USA)
Best Experimental Short
Gateway Drugs by India Altschul (USA)
Hallway by Janet Roston (USA)
I Work for the Devil by Jim Thompson (Australia)
Magdalene by Nicholas Peter Yee (UK)
Sol•i•tude by Tyler Lorita (USA)
Best Student Short
Equity by Keegan Luther (USA)
Fast & New by Asali Echols (USA)
Gateway Drugs by India Altschul (USA)
Like She Breathes by Josie Klein (USA)
Ora by Lorenzo Calder-Smith (UK)
Best Screendance Short
TBA
Best Music Video
Diamonds – Timmy Trumpet by Shaun David Barker (Australia)
New Life by Janos Karszky and Miklos Szazados (USA)
Psychocide – Extreme Ways by Goldwyn Thandrayen (Mauritius)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
#richieneedsawife by Rich Devaney (USA)
The Cusp by Caroline Maguire (USA)
Venture Anime Episode 1.1 by Shō Akiyama (Japan)
Best Web and New Media
TBA
Best Mobile Short
Dakota by Canyon Kornicker (USA)
Party Time by Rus Wooton (USA)
The Comic 2.0 by Joe Ferry (USA)
Best Parody Short
TBA
Best Trailer/Teaser
TBA
Best Short Script
After This by Kaitlyn Clare (USA)
At Dawns Early Light by Tommy Anderson and Susie Schafer (USA)
Desert Rose by Aina Swartz (USA)
Fugue by AJ Maryn (USA)
How It Is by Melissa Hurry (UK)
Lone by Bill Redding (USA)
Meet The Girl by Dennis Ricks (USA)
Pal by Michael Mau (USA)
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