February 2023 – Page 3 – Independent Shorts Awards

Election Day

Less than an hour before the results of an election, François Gras’ campaign team discovers a compromising video of the

USC freshman forward Vince Iwuchukwu suffered cardiac arrest during a team workout last July and was faced with the prospect

It’s lockdown. Emboldened by red wine, a fortysomething woman braves her first Zoom date with a guy in snowy Montana.

Hundreds of Universities across the country are contracting with an AI software company to monitor student protests and their social

When a school shooting hits a nearby school, a young girl struggles to go through her day while watching from

When a call home prompts Marques to visit his father, he must push past his urge to procrastinate in order

Two women with a past decide to fake a gay marriage in order to take advantage of the Sibling Rule,

“Be Happy” presents the story of Hannah and Toni, a young couple who will be forced to face a harsh

Suburban parents Mitzi and Jon Wall are shocked when their 27-year-old Jonathan is charged with a nonviolent cannabis crime that

Marble Worms is an experimental film that immerses you in the mind of a cynical artist and his nihilistic perspective

A musician and her husband, away for the weekend, collide with pioneering plans of another. Directed by Meg Halski (USA)

A music video that tells the story of Robert Johnson’s lament, LOVE IN VAIN. The film takes the viewer on

Two women meet at a house on the Arava desert in Israel. Ruti, a smart and vivacious woman dealing with

At the end of his rope, Lewis has one last game to play. Directed by Spencer Ventresca (USA)