The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the round of October competing in 62 different categories. These projects were shortlisted from a 35,7% acceptance rate official selection pool, based on submissions from 34 countries with a total runtime of 122:45:59. These nominees represent 17,9% of all submitted works.
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Best Short (Overall)
Butterfly by Bonnie Foster (USA)
Little Philip’s Birthday by Barsam Naemi (Canada)
Memory Man by Christopher M Armstrong (UK)
Sick Boys Die Alone by Howard Campbell (USA)
The Green Sea by Steven Alexander Robbins (USA)
Zenith by Christopher Yager (USA)
Best Foreign-Language Short (Overall)
Here Comes the Night by Delphine Leoni (France)
Hollow Tooth by Samuel Kaperski (France)
Masterpieces by Alexander Mair (Austria)
Mother of Chernobyl by Alexander Shuryepov (USA)
Terminus by Jan Pool (Netherlands)
True Story by Amine Lakhnech (Tunisia)
Best Indie Short
Butterfly by Bonnie Foster (USA)
Coin Stars by Damian Standen (USA)
Here Comes the Night by Delphine Leoni (France)
Hollow Tooth by Samuel Kaperski (France)
Little Philip’s Birthday by Barsam Naemi (Canada)
Pier Las Vegas by Yun Xie (USA)
Ruby Baby by Lee McQueen (UK)
Terminus by Jan Pool (Netherlands)
Best Drama Short
Alone by Ronald Hernández (Mexico)
Blackhole. by Holly Pilcavage (USA)
Good Kid by Jordan Kelly Parrott (USA)
Here Today by Erica Arvold (USA)
Leave The Road Behind You by Daniel Butler (Ireland)
Sick Boys Die Alone by Howard Campbell (USA)
The Bridge by Mercedes Mason (USA)
Uncovered by Ben Meredith (USA)
Best Documentary Short
Aspire to the Sky: The Wilshire Grand Story by Dilip Khatri (USA)
Chasing Glaciers by Mark Gregory (Peru)
Cowboy by Raimondas Kavaliauskas (Lithuania)
Fáshiön: The Ghost of Luke James by Nik Kleverov (USA)
LN3: Seven Teachings of the Anishinaabe In Resistance by Suez Taylor (USA)
The Daughter of The Caucasus by Giancarlo Bocchi (Italy)
Touching The Past by Simon McKenzie and Nigel Goodwin (USA)
Best Comedy Short
Bottomless by Dustin Curtis Murphy (UK)
F.Y.D. by Chad McCord (USA)
Restart by Ryan Williamson (USA)
Sosi by Heather Fink (USA)
Un-Dateable Britt by Jacob Swanson (USA)
Best Romantic Comedy Short
A Million Times Before by Barrett Edmonds (USA)
Few Hours in Athens by Ari Papargyropoulos (Greece)
Kinky Couple by Aria Sijia Li (USA)
Reply All by Josh Pulido (USA)
Three Reasons To Kiss by Ta’ltosh (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short
Bloody Maria by Duncan Peake (Australia)
Dollhead by Mike Egbert (USA)
Elementary by Jonathan Espolin (USA)
Numb by Rachel Wan (Netherlands)
The Rat by Kunru Lin (Canada)
Best Crime Short
Day Ones by Steven Russell Harts (USA)
One Afternoon in the Woods by Connor Webb (UK)
One Last Last Heist by Darrin Rose (Canada)
Best Action Short
Cargo by Tim Carpenter (USA)
Lady Justice by Saray D. Guidetti (USA)
Pseudo by Steven Chan (USA)
Wasters by Molotov Mitchell (USA)
Well Spent by Matthew Tompkins (Canada)
Best Film Noir Short
Float by Jiayi Li (USA)
In the Midst of Love by William Sung (Australia)
Silence Becomes Her by Brennan Bunn (USA)
Best Mystery Short
Buried in the Air by Xun Zhuo (USA)
The Guard by Shona Charlton (UK)
Hypnosis by Grégoire Vaillant and Charles-Edouard Dangelser (France)
Manic by Anthony Sarracco (Canada)
Whitetail Bucks by Derek Tonks (USA)
Best Thriller Short
A Normal Life by Leon de Levita (Netherlands)
Bite Me! by Sergei Safiullin (USA)
Burner by Mukilan Thangamani (Australia)
Dust by Nigel Mulligan (Ireland)
Whitetail Bucks by Derek Tonks (USA)
Best Horror Short
Boo in the Loo by Koh Chong Wu (Singapore)
Deep Shock by Davide Melini (UK)
Phone Home by Aria Jackson (USA)
Play Along by Brian Hogan and Connor Rog (USA)
The Itch by Connor McIntyre (USA)
Best Fantasy Short
Darling, Darling, Wendy by Elise Robertson (USA)
Souls by Malakai (USA)
True Story by Amine Lakhnech (Tunisia)
We Meet On The Roof by Nicholas Sun (China)
Zenith by Christopher Yager (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
Antique by Ross Berkeley Simpson (UK)
Exkursion by Moritz Brandes (Germany)
Memory Man by Christopher M Armstrong (UK)
Ryoko’s Qubit Summer by Yuichi Kondo (Japan)
The Uncanny Valley by Ian Vardy (Canada)
Best Western Short
Poached by Jesse Lin (USA)
The Last Resort by Lance Lucero (USA)
Trust Issues by Andretti Dante (USA)
Best Children Short
If By Life You Were Deceived by Xun Zhuo (China)
Secret Summer by Carl Miller (USA)
This Day We Saw the Volcano by Dagmara Wyskiel (Chile)
Tree House by Leslie Ann Haller and Claire Kinnen (USA)
We Meet On The Roof by Nicholas Sun (China)
Best Animation Short
Calls for Archie by Zach Christy (USA)
Colour Me Free by Gray Hodgkinson (Singapore)
Enter the Diamond Origins by Bob Bharatwal (USA)
Go! Go! by Patradol Kitcharoen (USA)
Space Sharks by Stefan Schumacher (USA)
Best Women Short
Alone by Ronald Hernández (Mexico)
Killing Irma by Sarah Clark (USA)
Kinky Couple by Aria Sijia Li (USA)
Lighthouse by Manuela Vasquez (USA)
Sweetheart by Diliana Deltcheva (USA)
The Rosy Summer Day by Nicole Shan (USA)
The Wrecker by 李戈其 (China)
Viaticum by Lara Daans (Canada)
Best LGBTQ Short
Fifth Floor On The Left by Renata Lučić (Croatia)
Magnificent by Dawn Jones Redstone (USA)
Rosie by Destry Spielberg (USA)
She Who Hears by Alexi Papalexopoulos (USA)
The Life That Awaits You by Ginevra Barboni (Italy)
Best Parody Short
The Boxcar Adults by Julie Pearson (USA)
The Guardian of the Narnian Gate by Tom Hadrill (UK)
The Next Brando by Evan Borchardt (USA)
Best Music Video
Fighting Giants Visual EP by Ash Von Chamier (USA)
Intoxicated by Claudio Zagarini (Italy)
Sight by Sharwin Samant (USA)
Six Day Back by Scott Cierski (USA)
The First and Last Time by Peter Sacco (Canada)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
Entitled’ by Ryan Sarno (USA)
Fully Formed Adults – Episode 4: Steph by Scott Boxenbaum (USA)
Judgment Call by Jill Maxcy (USA)
Stenches by Rob Barriales (USA)
Swiped by Derek Evans (USA)
Best Web and New Media
Dirty Business by Yutao Chen (USA)
Flicker by Sydne Horton (USA)
Kensington in Crisis by Jill Frechie and John Ricciutti (USA)
Stenches by Rob Barriales (USA)
The Magic Shed by Andrew Carnwath (USA)
Best Experimental Short
No Really, It’s Fine. by Becca Dobyns (USA)
Silence Becomes Her by Brennan Bunn (USA)
Spiral Walk by Sebastian Sabal Bruce (USA)
This Day We Saw the Volcano by Dagmara Wyskiel (Chile)
Zenith by Christopher Yager (USA)
Best Microfilm
Numb by Rachel Wan (Netherlands)
One of Many by Mikel Scott Dever-O’Neil (USA)
Rock Bottom by Syver Flem (Norway)
Secret Summer by Carl Miller (USA)
Sonny Boy by Karolina Lisowski (Poland)
Best Mobile Short
Poker by Christopher Leong (USA)
The Last Doppelganger by Ryan Kaye (USA)
Wasters by Molotov Mitchell (USA)
Best Drone Short
Aspire to the Sky: The Wilshire Grand Story by Dilip Khatri (USA)
Chasing Glaciers by Mark Gregory (Peru)
Colombus by Ludovic Veltz (France)
Best Student Short
101 Knocks by Alkiviadis Tzortzoglou (USA)
A Life Per Frame by Ziyuan He (China)
Encore by Erik He (USA)
If By Life You Were Deceived by Xun Zhuo (China)
Inconclusive by Nicholas Compall (UK)
Mother of Chernobyl by Alexander Shuryepov (USA)
The Firm by Martin Calvo (Canada)
The Green Sea by Steven Alexander Robbins (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser
Black Collar (USA)
Space Diner Tales (USA)
You Were Chosen (Australia)
Best Short Script
Echoes of Kerberos by Steve Brock (USA)
Hit Parade by Kip Pearson (USA)
Mañana is a Happy Day by Andres Pi Andreu (USA)
The 31st Blues by Edward Gadrix (USA)
Yeraz by Jacob Glover (USA)
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