The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the round of June competing in 63 different categories. These projects were shortlisted from a 34,9% acceptance rate official selection pool, based on submissions from 34 countries with a total runtime of 146:20:08. The nominees represent 20,6% of all submitted projects.
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Best Short (Overall)
Astray by Josh Brainin and Ernest Kabashi (USA)
Carma by Sunny Na (USA)
Class Photo by Laura Niles (USA)
Jane Doe by Brett Rickaby (USA)
Juicy Girl by Mj Kim (South Korea)
Mathilda by Yaqi Tao (USA)
Susie by Jordan Doig (USA)
The Most Beautiful by Rachel Irene Wilke (USA)
The Whistleblower by Troy Brown (UK)
Uncario by Didier Konings (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Short (Overall)
1971 by Magnus Häll (Sweden)
3 Karmas by Andrés Roa (Colombia)
Explorers by Borja Escribano (Spain)
Father by Suzanna Zawieja (Germany)
Munich 1936 by Fränzi Heinrich (Germany)
Nausea by Thomas Webber (Brazil)
Rumori by Sämen (Italy)
The Apple Of My Eyes by François Szabowski (France)
The Reflection by Avdjin Kutakis (Russia)
Vanilla by Ana Adams and Géraldine Alluaume (France)
Best Indie Short
Astray by Josh Brainin and Ernest Kabashi (USA)
Dialectical Lyric Poetry by Chengyang Xie (China)
Distance by Jesse Edwards (USA)
Going Country by Philip Stevens (UK)
Juicy Girl by Mj Kim (South Korea)
Los Vagos by Luis Hernàndez (USA)
Naked Ambition by Mai Iskander (USA)
Red Flags by Tess Goldwyn (USA)
The Apple Of My Eyes by François Szabowski (France)
The Great Power by Hitoshi Matsumoto (Japan)
Best Drama Short
1971 by Magnus Häll (Sweden)
A Love Not Lost by John Anthony (USA)
Color of a Nation by Raja Valluru (India)
Il Vestito (The Suit) by Maurizio Ravallese (Italy)
Jacob’s Blessing by Tom Ruddock (UK)
L’Oro di Famiglia (The Family Gold) by Emanuele Pisano (Italy)
Owen the Owl by Sarah-Jo Bramfit (Australia)
The Veil by Vanessa Silva (USA)
The Whistleblower by Troy Brown (UK)
While the River Returns by Tianxing Wang (China)
Best Documentary Short
5×7 by Michele Citoni (Italy)
Aleeya by Andy Li and Zhiyu Zhang (USA)
Big Bons by Katherine Montgomery (USA)
Burgundy Story by Billy Faraut (USA)
Dehlight by Indresh Singh and Rishabh Nayan (Australia)
Salvadoreño by Will Ramirez (Canada)
Say You Will by Mariel Sosa (USA)
Spirits We Dance by Natalija Gormalova (Ghana)
The Hustle Is Real by Thomas B Draudt (USA)
The One and Only Jewish Miss America by David Around (USA)
Best Comedy Short
Bagel Bite Fright Night by Tessa Evelyn (USA)
Big Break by Dicle Ozcer (USA)
Habib by John N Rizkallah (USA)
Jenna The Great by Dan Tonkin (UK)
Name Calling by Dean Mathers (Australia)
Offering by Tsubasa Matsumoto (USA)
OG Handshake by Ryan Burnham and Luke Robson (UK)
One Dave At A Time by Eman Elsweisy and Marie France Louis (USA)
The Grown-Up Mermaid by Jason Eksuzian (USA)
The Woman I Fell in Love With by Andrew Crocker (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
Across The Room by Mellinda Hensley (USA)
Durian by Cici Chu (USA)
Fast Forward Style by Kari Kennon (USA)
Manasanamaha by Deepak (India)
Not Suitable by Cooper Shaw (USA)
One-Night by Grant Gadbois (USA)
Red Flags by Tess Goldwyn (USA)
She Had To Ask by Tailiah Breon (USA)
Swipe Left by Renee Chandler (USA)
The Woman I Fell in Love With by Andrew Crocker (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short
American Licorice by William Stancik (USA)
Assistance by John Doherty (Ireland)
Awakening by Mark Anthony Hogan and Tamara Hamilton (Canada)
Beautiful Fragments by Aris Mendoza (USA)
C’est La Vie by Taniel Kilajian (USA)
Gabby! by Adam Murray (USA)
Holy Hell! or: A Profound Tale of Evil and Satanic Wickedness! by Nicholas W. Callais (USA)
Magic Lighter by Ryan Burnham and Luke Robson (UK)
The Axe And The Iron by Matthew Roseman (USA)
Tmaramrlt by Egor Barkanov (USA)
Best Action Short
Fieldcraft by Yasmin Neal (USA)
Out Of Options by ChenJiang Dong (USA)
The Divine Carrion by Andrés Roa (Colombia)
Best Crime Short
Betrayal by Jerry Garcia (USA)
Flamingo by Darius Gardner (USA)
Juicy Girl by Mj Kim (South Korea)
Rendezvous by Seth Kozak (USA)
Tmaramrlt by Egor Barkanov (USA)
Best Film Noir Short
Incriminating Mary by Srishti Chhabria (UK)
Life Behind Bars by AJ Bishop (USA)
The Delivery by Yusei Tada, Louie Gibson Scarlet, and Coby William (New Zealand)
Best Mystery Short
3 Karmas by Andrés Roa (Colombia)
Emily by Doore Jang (South Korea)
Isabella by Clay E Jones (USA)
Overcast by Anthony Kalmeta (USA)
Rendezvous by Seth Kozak (USA)
Best Thriller Short
201 by Alexander Ferguson (USA)
714 by Alex Pychtin (Australia)
Carma by Sunny Na (USA)
Disconnected by Traci Hays (USA)
Jane Doe by Brett Rickaby (USA)
Moriah by Nathan Tape (USA)
The Confined by Christopher Picone (USA)
Vestige by Anthony Thornton-Hopwood (UK)
Best Horror Short
201 by Alexander Ferguson (USA)
Green Hat Diner by Zoe Alexandra and Olivia M. Busby (USA)
Nausea by Thomas Webber (Brazil)
Pirabok by Ferman Narin (Turkey)
Soon Comes Night by Austin Rourke (USA)
Susie by Jordan Doig (USA)
The Reflection by Avdjin Kutakis (Russia)
Vacant by Charles Schwan (USA)
Welcome To The Deadzone by Rhys Ward (Australia)
Whatever You Want by Edoardo Ranaboldo (USA)
Best Fantasy Short
Dystopia by Romain Rodrigues (France)
Ecclesiastes by Lola Rùi (USA)
Inner-critic by Tara Tusher (USA)
Love Spell by Emily Robyn Clark (USA)
Neva-eh: Prince of Black Angels by Lonnie Lyndell Henderson (USA)
Offering by Tsubasa Matsumoto (USA)
Red: A Fairy Tale by Nathaniel Turner (USA)
The Beacons of Gondor by Scott Paterson (Canada)
The Tale of Mari and Yimae by Jiho Won (South Korea)
The Voyager by Aaron Jablon (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
(Dys)Functional by Adam Nowak (Poland)
Anomaly by Camil Dumont (Canada)
Dialectical Lyric Poetry by Chengyang Xie (China)
Explorers by Borja Escribano (Spain)
Infinitus by Cameron Currin (USA)
Malware by Cristina Beviá (USA)
Sentris by Ian Harrington (USA)
Strange Lights by Brian Eric Johnson (USA)
Un autre jour à LA by Marie Tollec (USA)
Uncario by Didier Konings (USA)
Best Western Short
Mathilda by Yaqi Tao (USA)
No Angels in the Shape of Men by Lauren Lay (USA)
Outlaws by Julianne Donelle (USA)
Best Animation Short
Bacterium Delirium by Fransis Chicote and Nicole Tan (USA)
Droplet by Simon Deeley (UK)
Going It Alone: A Guide to Being Single In a Pandemic by Rebecca Silvers and Brent Rose (USA)
Isle of Chair by Ivyy Chen (Taiwan)
Long Way Down by Brandon Lopez (USA)
Sharp as Stone by Jasmine Vahidsafa (USA)
The Line by Warren C. (Canada)
The Train to Qinling by Shir Baron (USA)
Best Children Short
Bacterium Delirium by Fransis Chicote and Nicole Tan (USA)
Camping by Seongwook Lee (South Korea)
Droplet by Simon Deeley (UK)
Long Way Down by Brandon Lopez (USA)
ofGod: Miracles by Artie Romero (USA)
Planet Pax by Clemens Beier (Germany)
Sharp as Stone by Jasmine Vahidsafa (USA)
Violet by Samantha Gaynor (USA)
Best Women Short
A Black Sleep by Mark DiStefano (USA)
Corked by Lori Shockley (USA)
In The Name of The Father by Cara Griffin (Czech Republic)
Making of Making Nothing by Barbara Erni (Switzerland)
Mathilda by Yaqi Tao (USA)
Mirror by Faranak Sahafian (USA)
Munich 1936 by Fränzi Heinrich (Germany)
My Walk Home by Lindsay Heatley (USA)
Spirits We Dance by Natalija Gormalova (Ghana)
The Most Beautiful by Rachel Irene Wilke (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
Coffee by Ji Hoon Yeo (USA)
Nadia Jaan by Enrico Falconi (USA)
Patrick by Adam Swain Ferguson (USA)
Sam & Emma by Vanessa Leigh (USA)
Side Hustle by Jennifer Zahlit (USA)
Stallion by Zachary Smith (USA)
Tessellation by Yang Liu, Yuning Su, and Yichi Chen (USA)
Vanilla by Géraldine Alluaume (France)
Best Microfilm
2132 by Axel Rydén (Sweden)
Altered by Sarah Le (USA)
Day Dreamers by Chandler Clarke (USA)
Ecclesiastes by Lola Rùi (USA)
Inside Out Terrain by Samia Zaidi (USA)
No Way Out by Stefano Giorgetti (USA)
Soon Comes Night by Austin Rourke (USA)
The Alpha’s Bet by Dan Ramm (USA)
The Bird Song by Lawrence Chandam (India)
Woman Screaming In Car by Clara Goldfarb (USA)
Best Experimental Short
A Shore by Sam Gilberg and Armand Dov Brescia (USA)
Density of Air by Sooin Cho (South Korea)
Father by Suzanna Zawieja (Germany)
Floaters by Aurélie Garon (France)
Hired by Tony Raud (France)
Inside Out Terrain by Samia Zaidi (USA)
It Had To Be You by Grant S. Anderson and Neo Wagner (USA)
Making of Making Nothing by Barbara Erni (Switzerland)
Malware by Cristina Beviá (USA)
Those Who Don’t Like Handel Will Be Roughly Handled by Sergey Solovyov (USA)
Best Student Short
Coin Flippers by Seongwook Lee (South Korea)
Cold Meat by Mohd Shabaz (Germany)
Dialectical Lyric Poetry by Chengyang Xie (China)
Green Hat Diner by Zoe Alexandra and Olivia M. Busby (USA)
Helen by Emily-Anne Mikos (Canada)
Los Vagos by Luis Hernàndez (USA)
Mathilda by Yaqi Tao (USA)
Perfect by David-Dennis Morgan (USA)
Soon Comes Night by Austin Rourke (USA)
The Little Thief by Nicole Vanden Broeck (USA)
Best Screendance Short
LINKt: The Dance Film by Joy-Marie Thompson, Sherah Shipman, and Casey Brooks (USA)
Mojana by Tamika J. Spaulding (USA)
Spirits We Dance by Natalija Gormalova (Ghana)
컨트롤/Control by 곽새미 (South Korea)
Best Music Video
Dreaming by D. R. Thompson (USA)
Lost Boys by Trevor Carr and Jeff Thompson (USA)
Mountains of the Moon by Judith Berndsen (USA)
Rodney Chrome – Pulpit by Zachary Dov Wiesel (USA)
Sleet by Maksym Kotskyi (Ukraine)
The Enigma Men – Marquis Of Vaudeville by Toby Lawhon and Geneva Arena (USA)
Too Young by Colin Babcock and Amanda Smith (USA)
We’ll Meet Again by Oliver Gieth (Germany)
What Am I Afraid Of by Calvin Kai Ku and Ken Newman (USA)
컨트롤/Control by 곽새미 (South Korea)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
Coup! by Matthew Klaus Esolda and Brian Goodheart (USA)
Deceased Ones by Kate Hopkins (USA)
Frank James – Episode One and Two by Jon Massey (USA)
Fully Formed Adults: Pay Or Quit by Scott Boxenbaum and Nik Smith (USA)
Mixed Up by Agron Karameti (USA)
One-Night by Grant Gadbois (USA)
Public Relations by Thomas H. Stewart and Elle Jae Stewart (USA)
The Honey Trapper – Season 2 by Felise Garcia (USA)
The Resentful Angel by Shelley Daniels, Carmen Roman, and Emily Railsback (USA)
Tumbling Towards Home by Imelda O’Reilly (Ireland)
Best Web and New Media
30° Below by Kevin McGee and Brandon Bondehagen (USA)
Come Back To Me by Vineesha Arora Sarin (USA)
CoronaVegas by Michael Tushaus (USA)
Coup! by Matthew Klaus Esolda and Brian Goodheart (USA)
Frank James – Episode One and Two by Jon Massey (USA)
Best Drone Short
TBA
Best Mobile Short
Come Back To Me by Vineesha Arora Sarin (USA)
Forever Allie by Ricardo Ramos (USA)
Out Of Our Windows by Prakash Gandhi Natarajan (USA)
The Bird Song by Lawrence Chandam (India)
The Shakedown by Randy Brown (USA)
Too Young by Colin Babcock and Amanda Smith (USA)
Best Parody Short
Anyone for President by Matt Nye (USA)
Coasters: A Film by Ben Kurns by J.G. Murphy and Nolan Pugh (USA)
Elders React by Tom Carroll Armstrong (USA)
Little Diva Rising by Les Zig (Australia)
Return of the Spirit Bug by William Stancik (USA)
Tech News Network by Ted Alder (Finland)
The Grown-Up Mermaid by Jason Eksuzian (USA)
Zader Law by Stanley Sievers (USA)
Best Short Script
Final Interview by Scott Nelson (USA)
Greetings From Sarajevo by Penny Jackson (USA)
Han by Silver Kim (Canada)
Obama’s Dreams by James Fitzmaurice (UK)
One In A Trillion – Escape by Marven Likness (Canada)
Siren by Jack Maraghy (USA)
Stalked by Corey Baker (USA)
The Golden Boys by Darrell Reeves (USA)
The L.A. Kid by Robert Tartell (USA)
When I’m Free… by Hope Miller (USA)
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