The following projects (films and scripts) are the finalists of the round of July competing in 62 different categories. These projects were shortlisted from a 22,8% acceptance rate official selection pool, based on submissions from 25 countries with a total runtime of 88:48:45.
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Best Short (Overall)
At the End of the World by Fon Davis (USA)
Camilla, Keep Your Word by Holland Gallagher (USA)
Eugene vs Humanity by Michael David Charles Hicks (USA)
Foxx n Wolfe by Shaunette Renée Wilson (USA)
Keys by Jeremiah Puni (Australia)
Best Foreign-Language Short (Overall)
Beyond the Green Mountain by Meicen Meng (China)
Lullaby by Roger Villarroya (Spain)
Setdec and Props: Anthony Skinner by Lalo Dominguez (Guatemala)
Sonntag by Mariano Cabaco (Argentina)
Unlike Today by Astrid Menzel (Germany)
Best Indie Short
Beyond the Green Mountain by Meicen Meng (China)
Green Run by Jeremiah Milmine (Canada)
Lullaby by Roger Villarroya (Spain)
Mr Punchbag by Shirit Kedar, Frank Burke and Gavin O’ Brien (UK)
Sonntag by Mariano Cabaco (Argentina)
Best Drama Short
Camilla, Keep Your Word by Holland Gallagher (USA)
Downstream by Scott D Clark (Australia)
Drown the Clown by Sinclair Rankin (USA)
Hear Me by Kevin M. Turner (USA)
Mr Punchbag by Shirit Kedar, Frank Burke and Gavin O’ Brien (UK)
Best Documentary Short
Cowardice by Frankie Oatway (UK)
Dancing on Black and White by John Li (USA)
Jail or Yale: Young, Black and Out of Options? by Christopher Spence (USA)
Making Curling Great Again by Jesse Wachter (Canada)
Tension by Erin Brockhouse (USA)
Totalité by Laurie Little and Justin T. Jones (USA)
Best Comedy Short
Alternative Therapy by Roberto Raad (USA)
Celly by Julie Doyle (USA)
COP-DOC by Doug Bost (USA)
Dream Date by Phillip Lindsey (USA)
Emunah by Michael Yosef (USA)
The Assistant by Peter Calvin (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
Blind Date by Brandon Yavas (USA)
Going Black by Jamel Baines (USA)
Married. No Kids. by Danny Abrahms (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short
…And Some Don’t by Taylor Wilson (USA)
Eugene vs Humanity by Michael David Charles Hicks (USA)
Millennials Throughout History: A Titanic Following by Deanna Director and David Ma (USA)
Queue by Jacob Worden (USA)
Saving Santa by Lauren Richards and Eli Mizrahi (USA)
Best Crime Short
A Small Mistake by William Weinig (USA)
Blind Trust by Eric Mann Robinson (USA)
Duty’s Veil by Rhiannan Falshaw-Skelly (UK)
Ghosts That Cry in the Dark by Kain Baigent (Australia)
Tama by Giannis Bletas (Greece)
Best Film Noir Short
A Faithless Act by Guilherme Filipe Régio (UK)
At the End of the World by Fon Davis (USA)
Collapse by Mike Finch (USA)
Lacuna by Hsu Che-Yu (Taiwan)
The After Party by Colin Francis Costello (USA)
Best Mystery Short
Lucid by Shelly Ortiz (USA)
Setdec and Props: Anthony Skinner by Lalo Dominguez (Guatemala)
The Torment of Penelope by Colin Henning (USA)
Best Thriller Short
After Hours by Chris Butler (Ireland)
Eugene vs Humanity by Michael David Charles Hicks (USA)
Ghosts That Cry in the Dark by Kain Baigent (Australia)
Hunting Ground by Domenico Palomba (UK)
You’re Grounded by Landon Coats (USA)
Best Horror Short
Blue Blood by Lars Janssen (Netherlands)
Can You See It? by Kevin Harvey (USA)
Llora Conmigo by Camilo Urdaneta (USA)
The Difference by YuBin Zheng (Canada)
Under Red Water by Neo Nguyen (USA)
VideoGenic by Lawrence Whitener (USA)
Best Fantasy Short
Alder by Vanda Ladeira (UK)
Flamboyanes by Javier Montes d’Arce (Mexico)
Flour Baby by Caroline Laffaldano (USA)
The Dustbin Connection by Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko (Bangladesh)
The Legend of The Lake by Hetzel Chloé (Switzerland)
Best Sci-Fi Short
For the Greater Good by Michael Gavino (USA)
Foxx n Wolfe by Shaunette Renée Wilson (USA)
Parked by Brian White (USA)
Best Western Short
Country Home by Rachel Ussery (Canada)
Courage by Eric Wann (USA)
My Declaration by Jiayi Li (USA)
The Apple by Jared Firstbrook (USA)
The Lost Mine by Mauriel Morejon (USA)
Weyward by Logan Fulford (Canada)
Best Children Short
Bridge by Jesse Scimeca (USA)
Keys by Jeremiah Puni (Australia)
Preheated by Luke Snedecor and Sarah Heinz (USA)
Best Animation Short
Dancer by the Sea by Barbara Mones (USA)
Division by Jonathan Reser (USA)
Preheated by Sarah Heinz and Luke Snedecor (USA)
Sylvia by Meirav Haber (USA)
The LLorona by Adriana Ronquillo (Mexico)
Best Women Short
Back to the Wall by Brian Drillinger (USA)
Before It Was True by Dana Offenbach (USA)
Spizella by Mehmet Tığlı (Germany)
Sunshine Policy by Angela Koh (USA)
Tennis by Magaly Ugarte de Pablo (Mexico)
Best LGBTQ Short
But He Was Home by Camille Liu Nock (UK)
Detox by Katherine Cattani (USA)
Giving Up the Moon by Samantha Bloomfield (USA)
Letters by Anna Olshansky Fox (USA)
Wine Bottles by Kate J. Tuxford (USA)
Best Music Video
Asian She: Competitive Mourning by Kevin Beauchamp and Mando Lopez (USA)
Fade by Jonathan Levit (USA)
Paresthesia by Davey White (Canada)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
COP-DOC by Doug Bost (USA)
Duty’s Veil by Rhiannan Falshaw-Skelly (UK)
FOBia by Reshmi Hazra Rustebakke (USA)
Just Call Me Ripley by Cassie Ahiers (USA)
Kara the Invincible by Ben Floss (USA)
Best Web and New Media
2 For Flinching: The Church by William Reed (USA)
FOBia by Reshmi Hazra Rustebakke (USA)
In The Gym Shorts by Erick Szot, John Duffy, Chris Davies and Daniel Augustine (USA)
Just Call Me Ripley by Cassie Ahiers (USA)
Play the Hits by CJ Ballesteros and Lauren Moon (USA)
Best Experimental Short
30 Days of Skate by Henry Solorzano (Venezuela)
Gift I’ve Provided by Aiden Berglund (USA)
Memento Mori by Luis Cross (UK)
Setdec and Props: Anthony Skinner by Lalo Dominguez (Guatemala)
The Quickening by Brad Cooper (USA)
Three by Bo Nawacharee (USA)
Best Microfilm
Daymares by Jon Tu (USA)
Dikshya by Brittney Thaxton (USA)
Opposition by Justin Jahn (USA)
Red Watch by David Kennedy (USA)
Valhalla by Hannah Smith (UK)
What Goes Up by Christopher O’Reilly (USA)
Best Parody Short
Alien Guy Tim by Scott Simerly Jr. (USA)
Snow and Oranges by William Stancik (USA)
Half and Half by Jonathan Pokay (USA)
Millennials Throughout History: A Titanic Following by Deanna Director and David Ma (USA)
Best Student Short
…And Some Don’t by Taylor Wilson (USA)
Before My Eyes by Mason Bowen (USA)
Flour Baby by Caroline Laffaldano (USA)
Mire by Xinpeng Chen (USA)
Reece by Dusan Brown (USA)
Rose by Skyler Brigmann (USA)
Best Short Script
A Most Awkward Evening by Nick Alverson (USA)
Discipleship by Caleb Parazette (USA)
Magnetic by Mike Waugh (UK)
My Ride’s Here by Malcolm Holt (UK)
Perchance to Dream by Scott Nelson (USA)
The Morning After by Rodney R. Bigham II (USA)
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