Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
At a present-day family seder, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor is pulled into vivid musical visions of her past in Nazi camps, transforming memory, trauma, and survival into an act of defiant hope.
“Mom Is Here” and “Where The Shadows Wait” explore cinema’s emotional extremes, affirming short filmmaking as a space for empathy, risk, and human connection.
Five standout screenplays, five distinct worlds: from wartime conscience and youthful desire to algorithmic paranoia, supernatural faith, and love reclaimed at life’s edge.
Independent Shorts Awards is proud to announce the award winners for December 2025. This month’s selections were chosen from a
Learn more about the 6 nominees for Best Short of December 2025—contenders for the special jury awards of this season. Winners across all competition categories will be officially announced soon.
Set in suburban America, Henry Goodman fights to liberate his own mind and overcome his father’s small-town ideas of being
On a warm spring Sunday, Hera prepares a family lunch on the balcony. Her hope for a peaceful afternoon collapses
The protagonist is guiding through loneliness while trying to fight for his relationship, which is falling apart. As the night
A mother and daughter struggle to live in harmony as they both want different things and have different definitions of
Engagement is a captivating story that propels you into the unknown. It takes you through a person’s mind, where there’s
An outlandish dental aficionado, Jerry, stumbles upon the perfect set of teeth and sets out on a mission to make
Charlotte listens to strangers’ fantasies for a living. A priest listens to their guilt. But, when this disillusioned phone sex
The Mission Possible Book Award Movie is a documentary movie based on the success of Dr. Chisholm’s award-winning book, Mission
Ten minutes before curtain, a theatre group unravels into warm-up disasters, personal drama and backstage chaos as they scramble to