The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the monthly round of May, competing in 62 different categories.
These projects have been shortlisted from an official selection pool with 47,9% acceptance rate, based on submissions from 23 countries and total runtime of 46:12:31, plus the short scripts.
The nominees are placed in the top 30,5%.
***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
Caroline by Jack Highberger (USA)
Echoes by Gong Cheng (USA)
Open Season by João Italo (Brazil)
The Ocean, Hundreds of Birds and Grandpa’s Suona by Yumo Zhang (USA)
What You Left in the Ditch by Tucker Bliss (USA)
Best Drama Short
After Us by Alexandre Szuren (France)
Ana Paula by Leigh Marling (Canada)
Cachot by Samueldavid John Baromeo (Curaçao)
Chicken Tikka by RJ Hendricks (USA)
Long Way Home by Yu Jing Luo (China)
Best Student Short
Casa Paraíso by Mateo Sicilia (USA)
China Bowl by Wan Huang (China)
Instant Noodle by Michelle Sastraatmadja (USA)
Missing Verses by Jiaxin Wang (USA)
The CD From Outer Space by Wenhui Ren (China)
Best Documentary Short
Celebration of Life by Jiarong Lu (USA)
Show Up by Maria Zakhodiaichenko (USA)
The Han River by Hannah Hwang (South Korea)
The HoodTrophy Bino Story: Breaking the Generational Curse by Sam “Gebar” Gebremiche (USA)
Today Must Not Be Our Last Goodbye by Meng Wu (China)
Best Comedy Short
Casa Paraíso by Mateo Sicilia (USA)
Code Name Sausage by Timothy Barry (USA)
Meme Me by Alec Goldberg (USA)
Real Heroes Don’t Die by Roman Mitichyan (USA)
Wolf Culture by Will Attwood (Canada)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
TBA
Best Dark Comedy Short
Father Daddy by Mayrav Estrin (USA)
Finding Mr. Reich by Brandon Bacall (USA)
The Three Wise Men by Kirk Mihelakos (Australia)
Best Action Short
TBA
Best Crime Short
The Three Wise Men by Kirk Mihelakos (Australia)
Whitey On The Run by Donald Watson (USA)
Your Move, My Lady by Tereza Hirsch (Czechia)
Best Thriller Short
TBA
Best Sci-Fi Short
TBA
Best Fantasy Short
Deja Vu by Jean Frenette (Canada)
To the Hour, Blue by Keunpyo Yoon (South Korea)
Up, Up and Away by Kai Yin Canice Tam (Hong Kong)
Best Western Short
A Tale of Earl Gray by Michael King (USA)
Out on a Limb by Filip Kojic (USA)
The Final Bounty by Paul Pavlosky (USA)
Best Animation Short
A Celebration of Great Artists in Alan’s Universe by Susan Mey Lee Lim and Samudra Kajal Saikia (Singapore)
Ariel by C. A. MacFinn (USA)
Cod & Chips by Matt Pidgeon (Ireland)
PixelTide by Jingjing Fang, Chiayu Chen, and Kimia Mohammadi (USA)
Wishing to The Sky by Yiyi Xing (USA)
Best Children Short
Band-Aid Jesus by Richard Mario Santoro (USA)
Dino by Romi Henenson (Israel)
Paper Flowers by Todd Lien (USA)
Best Women Short
Blue Marks by Gal Salomon (Israel)
Eggs by Sarah Corean (USA)
Ellipsis by Bita Arefnia (USA)
Power Play by Camila Rueda Florez (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
TBA
Best Microfilm
Knives by Yeobin Park (South Korea)
Smoking Kills by Pravdeep Singh Sidhu (Australia)
What Dreams May Come by Anthony Cally (USA)
Best Experimental Short
End of The by Ganlkhavga Ganbold (Mongolia)
Eternal Presence: Journey into the Mind by Behdad Esfahbod (Canada)
It’ll Get Lighter With Time by Martin Perry Lutz (USA)
Retrospect by Katherine Ren (USA)
Screaming Silence by Kalyn Elizabeth Wood and Hal Waghorn (UK)
Best Screendance Short
TBA
Best Music Video
AMMO – Harm by Adrian Pruett and AMMO (USA)
Annabel (lee) – If You Show Me (Alice) by Tyler Hubby (USA)
Find You by Angel Pan (Spain)
Lost All Care by Chris Wu (USA)
Stay With Me by Jiaxin Wang (USA)
Best Web Series & TV Pilot
Cause Celebre by Patrick John Donnelly (USA)
Feet On The Street with Alyssa Poteet by Jessie Sanchez (USA)
The Gliwensbourg Chronicles – Season 1 by Emilie Tommasi (France)
Best Mobile Short
TBA
Best Parody Short
TBA
Best Short Script
El Male by Leonardo Mileikowsky (Belgium)
Live Through This by Sarah Carss (USA)
The Elderly Influencer by Eric Faulkner (USA)
The Inglorious Truth by Suhjung Kim (South Korea)
The Tin Soldier by Austin Hughes (USA)
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