The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the round of July competing in 63 different categories. These projects were shortlisted from a 41% acceptance rate official selection pool, based on submissions from 18 countries with a total runtime of 48:00:07. The nominees represent 27,5% of all submitted projects.
***Categories not listed have no submissions meeting the requirements***
***Categories TBA have 2 or less projects with eligible scores for awards. The award winner(s) announcement for these categories is done along with the award winners of all of the other categories***
Follow the links for the other sections:
Best Indie Short
A Date by Farhiya Ahmed (Canada)
Neighbors by Elisabeth Viel (USA)
Spleen by Maxime Duval (Canada)
Best Drama Short
Astronauts by Mariano Cabaco (Austria)
Clown by Antonio De La Cruz (USA)
Incognito by Jacky Song (USA)
Playing with Fire by Jacob Andres Padilla (USA)
Restless by Asger Krøjer Kallesøe (Denmark)
Best Documentary Short
Guinea Pig? by Rui Chen (China)
Lolo by Keone Madrid and Mari Madrid (USA)
Pleasers by Aja Corynn and Alexandra Casillas-Boggs (USA)
The Clown Without A Mask by Oskar Dektyar (USA)
The Show Must Go On by Paul Grant and Nathan Crane Cohen (USA)
Best Comedy Short
Inconvenience Store by Danny Coolahan (Australia)
Pap Trap by Rachel Napolitano (USA)
Swipe by Anthony Sneed (USA)
Vane by Anton Filipenko (Russia)
Waiting for Deading by Paul Sestakov (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
TBA
Best Dark Comedy Short
TBA
Best Action Short
TBA
Best Crime Short
Heavy Bones by Alan Tsao (USA)
Loyalites by Derick Thomas (USA)
Serial by Robert Engle and Noah Phillips (USA)
Best Film Noir Short
TBA
Best Mystery Short
I Had To by Earnesto Rhea (USA)
Memories by Kaustuv Mukherjee (USA)
Nociva by Jesse Gasca Garcia (USA)
Best Thriller Short
Off Limits by Megan Gorman (USA)
Symptoms May Include Shortness of Breath by Ben Hess (USA)
The Dark Valley by T.J. Morehouse (USA)
Best Horror Short
1,000 Steps by Tiffany Melia (USA)
Strigoi by Aron Florian Anghel (Romania)
Triptych of the Spirit by Olivia Dinman, Ryan Henderson, Katie Kemp, and Brandon Miller (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
TBA
Best Fantasy Short
First Draft by Nicola Irvine (UK)
Ode to an Inanimate Companion by Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, and Samudra Kajal Saikia (Singapore)
White Cat by Zhang Heng (China)
Best Western Short
TBA
Best Animation Short
Chasing Light by Gloria Fish (USA)
Do Robots Daydream of Television Reruns? by Courtney Chapman (USA)
Loves Me Not by Heidi Jo (USA)
Ode to an Inanimate Companion by Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, and Samudra Kajal Saikia (Singapore)
Praising the Lost by Abigael Kurtz (USA)
Best Children Short
Ode to an Inanimate Companion by Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, and Samudra Kajal Saikia (Singapore)
PeaceTime: A Royal Frog by Steve Moore (USA)
Wheel Gone Kid by Wayne Kelly (UK)
Best Women Short
Normal by Polly Cole (USA)
Pleasers by Aja Corynn and Alexandra Casillas-Boggs (USA)
Vessels by Diya Correa (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
TBA
Best Microfilm
Empire Love by Harrison Marx and Julia Nesterova (USA)
Fly by Jared Walker (USA)
The Climate Change Problem by Bruce Barker (USA)
The Prodigal Son by Jamison Jones (USA)
Underskin by Giulia Woergatner (Italy)
Best Experimental Short
F stand for liFe by Alessandro Nardini (Italy)
Flux by DFTCNT (UK)
From Your Neighbour by Natalie Vaughan-Graham (Canada)
I Found Malevich by Ron Pollard (USA)
The Final Overture by Michael McKenna (USA)
Best Student Short
After the Dark Clouds by Xiang YiZhuo and Gao PengCheng (China)
Daylight Nocturne by He Yuqing (Hong Kong)
Oonch Neech by Aryaman Prasad (USA)
Still With You by Ryan Livesay (USA)
The Final Overture by Michael McKenna (USA)
Best Screendance Short
Time to Attune by Marianna Varviani (USA)
Turn Illness to the Light by Fusako Yamamoto (Japan)
What Do You Wanna Watch? by Keone Madrid and Mari Madrid (USA)
Best Music Video
Decay by Luke Kellerhouse (USA)
Iraqis in Pajamas – Cancer Is My Engine by Sean Sebastian (USA)
Mad World by Shaun David Barker and Matt Henry (USA)
Scarlett Fae – Black Molasses by Scarlett Fae and Nathan Shadrach (UK)
Vo – Gone Ft. Sandy Redd by Marquis Simmons (USA)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
Algorithm by Terrell Lamont and Asheesh Williams (USA)
Motel by Criss Gidas (Australia)
The Old Guards by Will Branner (USA)
Best Web and New Media
TBA
Best Mobile Short
Fly by Jared Walker (USA)
I Had To by Earnesto Rhea (USA)
Still Light by Aparna Sharma (India)
Best Parody Short
TBA
Best Trailer/Teaser
TBA
Best Short Script
2001 by Jagger Waters (USA)
A Package of Dreams by Bradley M. Look (USA)
David by Matthew Forbes (Canada)
The Come Up: Episode One by Glenn McBride Jr, Eugene T. Barnes, and Ryan Roman (USA)
Zeda The Hunter by Alexandru Ranta Gheorghe (Romania)
Indie Short Fest 2018-2021 © All Rights Reserved