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 have been shortlisted from an official selection pool with 39,8% acceptance rate, based on submissions from 22 countries and total runtime of 65:03:10, plus the short scripts.
The nominees are placed in the top 27,1%.
***Categories not listed have no submissions meeting the requirements, namely with minimum scores to make the cut***
***Categories TBA have 2 or less projects with scores for the awards cut. 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
Crestfallen Leaves by Mark Henderson (UK)
Dreamers Never Learn by Paolo Wriedt (Canada)
Les Comediens by David Lancelin Guerrero (France)
Suddenly, Home by Jiyeon Kim (South Korea)
Walther by Nando Dietz (Germany)
Best Drama Short
Goodnight Darling by Jef Ross Doebler (USA)
Just for a While by Hou Zongkun (China)
Lost in the Waves by Joss Berlioux and Franck Marchand (France)
She Who Raised Me by Sophie Kairis (USA)
The Possible Life by Burke Doeren (USA)
Best Student Short
Dow by Sofi Abou-Assali (USA)
Ikigai by Maren Emiko Elardo (USA)
Miss Mary Mack by Taytum Blake (USA)
The Moons Eat Turkey With Seven Swords by Calyx Prohias (USA)
The Only Son by Piotr Matyja (USA)
Best Documentary Short
Community Interrupted by Franco Sacchi (UK)
Descendants by Zirui Li (China)
Sidewalk Stories by Vugar Tahirov and Elmar Bayramov (USA)
The Drum Song of the Hani by Daoyuan Chi and Yaran Zhou (China)
Voices by Randy Field (USA)
Best Comedy Short
King Ed by Nick Fascitelli (USA)
Love Shack by Felix Williamson (Australia)
The Swap by Natasha Kaminsky (Australia)
The Uninvited by Anthony Barnett Riggins Jr. (USA)
Virtue of Ignorance by Lucas Pelizaro (UK)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
TBA
Best Dark Comedy Short
Dead Crush by Kyle Roark and Maty Young (USA)
Disordered, Recovered, Whatever by McKenzie Moser (USA)
Vic’s Vac Shack by Will Dorney (USA)
Best Action Short
Final Revenge by Run Wu (China)
Kenny Kil by Kenny Chang (USA)
Target Jeremy by Eddie Velez (USA)
Best Crime Short
Dog City by Karl Christon (USA)
Easter Bunny by Bryan L. Tucker (USA)
The Plan by Angelo Donzella (Italy)
Best Thriller Short
Guerrillas by Anson Petrick (USA)
Not Today, Not Tomorrow by Neil Miguel Watson (USA)
Phoenix by Andrew Judge (USA)
Runaways by Jack Szarabajka (USA)
Unforgiven by Justin Suttles, Bryan Tan, and Jesse Scimeca (USA)
Best Film Noir Short
TBA
Best Mystery Short
TBA
Best Horror Short
TBA
Best Sci-Fi Short
A Perfect Copy by Samantha Joia (USA)
Exit Interview by Kate Spates and Carolyn Moloshco (USA)
Go-Chi by Lolly Sawant (India)
Replica by Kim Labick (USA)
The Exiles by Chris Jamerson (USA)
Best Fantasy Short
Gear by Ziqi Wang (USA)
To End All Spells by Nana Kwabena and Zak Cedarholm (USA)
Too Close to the Sun by Ally Lashay Nelson (USA)
Best Animation Short
From Fire by Evren Karl Bilgihan (USA)
Stressy Squishy by Katherine Fan (USA)
The Fish Collectors by Hailey Reese Hameetman (USA)
The Human Fossil by Rebecca Huang (USA)
The Red Heel by Elena Katherine Serenko (USA)
Best Children Short
After The Rain by Xu Yan (China)
Just Say Hi by Georgina Goldbart (USA)
Kindness Crossing by Xi Nan and Ke Liu (China)
Matilda’s Monster by Marc André Misman (Germany)
Spot the Potted Plant by Marc Anthony Morales (USA)
Best Women Short
5 Minutes by Ivana Rauchmann (Austria)
She Who Raised Me by Sophie Kairis (USA)
Something Blue by Fiona Paskoff (USA)
Stay Here by Marley Rankin (USA)
Treatment by Sedona Feretto (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
Àsaka by D (Edduardo Viera) (Spain)
Dino Hart by Lizzie Mayes (USA)
King Ed by Nick Fascitelli (USA)
Out To Run: A Tale of Blood Velvet by James Berry (USA)
Second Thought by Chris Stanley (USA)
Best Microfilm
Beauty and the Biker by Lawrence Le (USA)
Killer Love by Silvia Gutierrez (USA)
Made by Bach Tran (USA)
Marwa and the Moon by Eemaan Qadri (USA)
Seclusion by Alf Floa (Norway)
Best Experimental Short
Blue Desert by Michelle Manxue Ma (USA)
Fig Island by Brendan Void (UK)
No Axis by Mehak Singh Gill (USA)
Three by Scott Petill (USA)
Wired by Daniel Salas (USA)
Best Screendance Short
TBA
Best Music Video
Alaav by Priyakanksha Mishra (India)
Halftime by Juls Prudente (USA)
Red Clay Strays – Wanna Be Loved by Kimberly Stuckwisch (USA)
Return To Skye by Scott Johnson (UK)
Yoke – Zina by Ilya Kuchin (USA)
Best Web Series & TV Pilot
Angeleno by Gavin Chief Meredith and Mark D. Bonner (USA)
Easter Bunny by Bryan L. Tucker (USA)
Pay Your Bill by Anne Bio (Canada)
Target Jeremy by Eddie Velez (USA)
The Cafone: Episode #1 – The Badge by Thomas Bentey (USA)
Best Web and New Media
TBA
Best Mobile Short
TBA
Best Parody Short
TBA
Best Trailer/Teaser
TBA
Best Short Script
Anomaly by Siobhan Donnellan (Ireland)
Burned by Loren Davis (USA)
Hear My Song by Rachel Walsh-Williams (UK)
Let’s Go to the Videotape by Israela Margalit and Fiona Maazel (USA)
Of Prophets and Fools by Josh Williams (USA)
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