The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the monthly round of June competing in 62 different categories.
These projects were shortlisted from an official selection pool with 49,7% acceptance rate, based on submissions from 21 countries and total runtime of 26:20:16, plus the short scripts.
The nominees are placed in the top 39,8%.
***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***
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Best Indie Short
Break by Sam Henderson (USA)
Chiaroscuro by Philip Wan (Hong Kong)
The Can by Shadow C. LaValley and Danielle Purdy (USA)
The Death Of Yuling by Zixuan Xiang (China)
Trials and Tribulations by Nathan Morse (USA)
Best Drama Short
Affliction by Eliza Beltz (USA)
AJ’s Story by Leon and Christina Richardson (USA)
Bald Patch by Babajide Bamidele Kolawole (Nigeria)
The Connection by Peng Yue (China)
Who Followed Us Home by John Gowan and Neil Gowan (USA)
Best Student Short
Asarum by Thibaut Lafon (France)
Personalized Futures by Max Delfino (USA)
Space Eye by Kevin Mainenti (Croatia)
Sugar Baby by Dominick Matthew Levy (USA)
The Informal Spread by Christian Yamane (USA)
Best Documentary Short
A Seduction of Fire & Smoke: Chef Brando Moros by Tuan Zaharan Rahim (UAE)
Song & Spirit by Gage Masterson (USA)
Tales of the Boiling River by Vitaliy Perunov (USA)
The Orchestra Chuck Built by Christopher Stoudt (USA)
What if Schools Taught Us to Love by Yannick Borit (Myanmar)
Best Comedy Short
Dad Bod Dale by Carly Fawcett (Canada)
Jungle Chic by Maxime Laurin and Devon Slack (Canada)
The Clipboard by Seraphine Terryberry (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
TBA
Best Dark Comedy Short
TBA
Best Action Short
TBA
Best Crime Short
TBA
Best Film Noir Short
TBA
Best Mystery Short
TBA
Best Thriller Short
TBA
Best Horror Short
Atonia by Zach Drummer (USA)
Thieves Under The Moon by Martín Pérez Vallejos (Peru)
Thumper’s Revenge by Sean Haitz (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
Horizon by Daniele De Muro (Italy)
Mass Teleportation Authority by Geoff Smeltzer (USA)
Odd/Even by Ya-Ting “Itchy” Yang (USA)
Other Side by Yale Fried (USA)
Zib by Jonathon Gauthier (USA)
Best Fantasy Short
TBA
Best Animation Short
A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan (Singapore)
Dreamscape Renaissance by Tyler Croteau (USA)
FirstStrike by Martin Bastian (Canada)
Play Dead by Zijiang Yang (USA)
Sow Don’t Sing – This Old Winner by Alysha Nunez (USA)
Best Children Short
TBA
Best Women Short
TBA
Best Microfilm
Framed by Milan Tangirala and Joseph Coleman (USA)
Game of Life by Marcel Flock (Germany)
Good Friday by Adrian Patino (USA)
Best Music Video
ChatMrE by Kin Shing Kwok and Ka Lee Cheuk (Hong Kong)
Heli – Who Saw The Funk Die On The Street? by Heli (Estonia)
To All the Gabbys in the World by Rick Walker (USA)
Traps In My Feed by Lubos Vacke (Czechia)
Vespa (by Pesto) by Pawel Stokajlo and Piotr Smolenski (Poland)
Best Screendance Short
TBA
Best Web Series & TV Pilot
CCF’s Solstice Stories by Kai Damali Little-White and Marel Alemany (Canada)
Cerebrum: The Tulsa Murders by Katherine J. Espin (USA)
Who’s Annie? by Sophia Peer (USA)
Best Web and New Media
TBA
Best Mobile Short
TBA
Best Parody Short
Ciecho (by Kaylo) by Pawel Stokajlo and Piotr Smolenski (Poland)
Dad Bod Dale by Carly Fawcett (Canada)
Spy High by Josh Minnie (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser
TBA
Best Short Script
Ailliegory by David Fein (USA)
Boundaries by Lea Mende (USA)
What Liba Felt by Nik Perring (UK)
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