The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the round of January competing in 63 different categories. These projects were shortlisted from a 42,2% acceptance rate official selection pool, based on submissions from 31 countries with a total runtime of 73:46:08. The nominees represent 30,5% of all submitted projects.
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Best Indie Short
Il Cercatore by Riccardo Galli (Switzerland)
Ill Will by Samantha Burgos (USA)
Kilter by Rob Stanton-Cook (Australia)
Lucky Draw by Chin Chia-Hua (Taiwan)
Outside The Box by Ross Mackenzie (UK)
The Black Kite by I-Hui Lee (Taiwan)
Value in the Valueless by Ryohei Watanabe (Japan)
Where To Now? by Brady Bryson (USA)
Best Drama Short
Between the Creag and the Sky by Kurt Gerard Heinlein (USA)
Floating Mountain by Wei Junfan (China)
Latent by Roxy Moskowitz (USA)
Legacy by Jeno Hodi (Hungary)
Life… by Mirlande Amazan (USA)
Obsession by Ariana Malik (USA)
Rekindle by Fan Xun Lilac (Singapore)
Rifle by Qi Zhu (USA)
Best Documentary Short
Antique Secrets with Paul Martin by Andrew Blackall (UK)
Covid, Tango and The Lagom Way by Claudia Nye (UK)
Distressed by Toby Lord and Tim Elwin (Australia)
Get Up by Ursula Robles Heredia and Rolando de la Rosa (Mexico)
Guess Who: Life Under Lockdown by Wei Sheng Huang and Wun Fang Jheng (Taiwan)
Misha by Victor Sumenkov (Hope) (Russia)
The Border Within by Boan Wang and Nuruzzaman Khan (Taiwan)
Uncle in L.A. by Kai Stoeckel (Germany)
Best Comedy Short
Ascending Grace by Claire Byrne (Ireland)
Ilgiving by Brian Lloyd (USA)
Jesus of New York by Joe Benedetto (USA)
Pay The Toilet by Yinwen “Wendy” Mu (USA)
Quarry by P.K. Simone (USA)
The Flexed Arm Hang by Findlay Brown (Canada)
This One’s for Emily Post by Cronin Cullen (USA)
We Got Divorced by Natalie Metcalfe and Danny Nash (Canada)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
Closure by Mark Duffield (UK)
Coming Clean by Bara Kim (USA)
The Perfect Week by Isabel Schnall (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short
Anna & Luter by T.R.E. Nue (UK)
Blood Sisters by Nick Massey (USA)
Buzz Off by Jonathan Munoz (USA)
Deadline by Antonio Harper and Bernie Golias (USA)
Door to Door by Tom von Dohlen (USA)
Season’s Greetings by Whit Conway (USA)
Sisters by Sophia Paulmier (USA)
When You Least Expect It by Jennifer Zahlit (USA)
Best Action Short
Driven by Keir Beck (Australia)
Falling Sparrow by Justin Wang Powell (USA)
Fubar by Tom Van Immerseel (Belgium)
Best Crime Short
Bringer Of Life by Liam Owens (USA)
Matare by Antonio De La Cruz (USA)
Ocean’s Eyes by Ian Bertel (USA)
The Wages of Sin by Brandon Hill (USA)
Thirty Seconds by Christopher Long (USA)
Best Film Noir Short
Matare by Antonio De La Cruz (USA)
Ocean’s Eyes by Ian Bertel (USA)
Scourge by Arthur Minoves (Brazil)
Slice of Life by Dale Fabrigar (USA)
The Wages of Sin by Brandon Hill (USA)
Best Mystery Short
Hipster Potato by Jason Luckett (USA)
Scourge by Arthur Minoves (Brazil)
The Clone… by Valerii Petrov (Russia)
The Curse of Stone Hill by Dale Fabrigar (USA)
The Escape Room by Vivian Full (Canada)
Best Thriller Short
Don’t Breathe by Bacall Geleta (Canada)
Night Terror by Will Branner and Blake Zelesnikar (USA)
Rolling Motions by Ethan Hasse (USA)
Best Horror Short
TBA
Best Fantasy Short
Bluebird Society by Deniz Bensusan (Turkey)
Synchro by Jii Zhang (Japan)
That Girl Named Cinema by Sasha Santiago (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
Mission Control by Josiah Savage (USA)
Technolost by Ewan Creed (USA)
The Mailman by Matt Hourigan (USA)
Best Western Short
TBA
Best Animation Short
Backstreet to the American Dream (Animated Open) by Patricia Nazario (USA)
Creatures in My House by Ilena Finocchi (USA)
Fowl Crossing by Nancy Snipper (Canada)
Gaman by Benjamin Tomimatsu (USA)
In A Pickle by Jennifer Gelfer (USA)
Rescue Master Tang by Adam Juang (Taiwan)
The Incredibly Short Life of Peter Panties by Daniel Abril (USA)
What A Beautiful Simulation by Sammy Cooperstein (USA)
Best Children Short
Baba by Sonnie Sung, Yu-Jung Chou, Xin-Yu Qiu, Faran Li-He Simpson, Rainen Yi-Fan Simpson, Meng-Zhe Wu, and Meng-Ru Wu (Taiwan)
Go Go Mask Girl by Shu-Man Chang, Yi-Shiuan Chang, Chih-Ling Chen, Yu-Fei Chen, Zhi-Rong Chen, Yu-Shuo Hsu, Nien-Jie Jan, and Yung-Chieh Lan (Taiwan)
Miracle Journey of Xi-Liang-Liang by Chiu-Wan Lin, Shi-En Chen, Pei-Chi Kao, and Wei-Sheng Tang (Taiwan)
Miracle of Science by Michael S. Hemenway (USA)
Mobile Folktales by Long-Wei Chen, Yung-Lin Chen, Wei-Ling Wang, Di-Ying Su, Min-Ci Wu, Cheng-Yan Wu, Ya-Hsuan Wan, Wen-Ying Wang, Chin-Ting Su, and Wun-Leng Su (Taiwan)
Monster in the Underground Pipeline by Pei-Wen Hsieh, Fu-Chin Lin, Bo-Lin Huang, Ping-Cheng Hou, Hsin-Yu Lin, and Bo-Kai Lian (Taiwan)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, FL by Mariana Medina (USA)
What I Learned on Lovett Street by Stacia Ahlers (USA)
Best Women Short
Ascending Grace by Claire Byrne (Ireland)
Crane Wife by Lauren Vroegindewey (USA)
Resolution by Carla Perrotta (USA)
Suave by Aurian De Wouters (Belgium)
There by Wu Yu Fen (Taiwan)
Best LGBTQ Short
2 Weeks by Victoria Negri (USA)
At Last by Lorena Gordon (USA)
I Love You With All My Teeth by Gilles Geary (USA)
Silver Femme by Nico Reano (USA)
Somewhere Out There by Leo Li and Wu Zi-jing (Taiwan)
Best Microfilm
Anna & Luter by T.R.E. Nue (UK)
Conversations: Time. by Anas Tolba (USA)
Hope by Harmen Van Andel (Canada)
Miracle of Science by Michael S. Hemenway (USA)
Revolution-Edu by Michael Potter (USA)
Sleep Well by Mauro Grosso (Italy)
The Gift of Years by Josiah Dunjey (Australia)
Twenty-Two by Kyle James Marr (USA)
Best Experimental Short
Caring for Your Carcass by Johanne Chagnon (Canada)
Conversations: Time. by Anas Tolba (USA)
Kilter by Rob Stanton-Cook (Australia)
Pneuma by Eyal Ben Simon (Israel)
Tale in the Blue Forest by Joey-Zhou Gutterman (USA)
We Travel by Ethan Payne and Brian Foster (USA)
Why by Erica Sarah Carrubba (Italy)
Withered by Roderick D. Rascoe V (USA)
Best Student Short
Falling Sparrow by Justin Wang Powell (USA)
Fish Out Of Water by Adriana Mrnjavac (Austria)
Hal by Hunter Bushwell (USA)
Here Cut Salon by Kenneth Ma (USA)
Investigative Experiment by Maciej Jankowski (Poland)
Khakis by Scott L Wisdom (USA)
Natural Paul by Sam Tibi (UK)
The Flexed Arm Hang by Findlay Brown (Canada)
Best Screendance Short
Breath by Oriada Islami (USA)
Deez Nuts!: Black Bodies Dancing Defiance by C. Kemal Nance and Cristian Barreto-Avila (USA)
Tapis Roulant by Kat Sullivan and Cassandra Trenary (USA)
Best Music Video
2 Down by Sam Farage (Finland)
All Night Long by Jason W. Gordon, Ethan P. Johnson, Michelle Molineux, Luke Wohlgemuth, Nathaniel J. Wohlgemuth, and Jay Slay (Canada)
Bloodvape by Maxson Jarecki (USA)
Funeral Flavored Cigarette in the Morning by Alexandra Ostrovskaya (USA)
Mothica – Blackout by Ian Rowe (USA)
Pröwess – Let It Ride by Scott Roby (USA)
Rope Walkers – It’s Nothing by Fernando Silva (Portugal)
They Don’t Know About Us by Kerri Lyn Walsh (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
Antique Secrets with Paul Martin by Andrew Blackall (UK)
Guess Who: Divorce with a Smile by Wen-hung Li (Taiwan)
Incompleteness by David Ash (USA)
Best Web and New Media
Holding the Rope by Harlow Schuman (USA)
Covid, Tango and The Lagom Way by Claudia Nye (UK)
We Got Divorced by Natalie Metcalfe and Danny Nash (Canada)
Best Mobile Short
Cold Water Therapy by Remy Brand (Australia)
Fools by Jimmy Prosser (USA)
Heading Out by Derek DeRoche (USA)
Submerged by Tom F. Pardo (France)
The River by Paula Brackston (UK)
Best Parody Short
TBA
Best Trailer/Teaser
TBA
Best Short Script
Albert by Judy Litman (USA)
Before God by Martin Keady (UK)
Carrion by Lacey Taylor (USA)
I had An Affair, Or Did I? by Francesco Nuzzi (USA)
Just By Chance by Antoinette Fernandez (USA)
Maysîr by Lyna Dubarry (UK)
Out On A Limb by Antoinette Fernandez (USA)
The Girl & The Vulture by Matthew Jones (UK)
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