July 2025 – Page 2 – Independent Shorts Awards

Now You’re Talking

Right before her big scary speech, Nadia desperately wishes to go to her happy place, and in the blink of

Olivia is a few weeks into camp at religious mental heath organization for young girls in a made up, middle

While mourning the loss of her beloved uncle, a teenage pianist named Alyssa discovers a hidden world in an alternate

Directed by Page Kennedy (USA)

On this episode of Maximum Health, Road to Wellness: California, we search for healing and balance in nature and technology.

A man, no longer wanting to be the focal point of his own life, yearns to become a nobody. Directed

Hamsa tells the story of a woman trapped in the repetitive grind of daily life under the invisible weight of

After two years of struggling with the aftermath of bullying, Ángela and her mother share how, hand in hand, they

Clare Kramer is struggling to make ends meet and raise funds for her father’s end of life care. She finds

Two sisters, Orpha and Rosalee, have never been exposed to the outside world until an intruder appears. Directed by Layne

On January 7th, 2025, my home burned down in Altadena. My entire community burned down. I was only able to

A young man struggles with the death of his friend at the wake, while dealing with comedic elements his friend

A widow in her 80s invites her four adult daughters home to share devastating news, challenging them to navigate their

It tells a story about how a student named Tom, being expelled from his former school due to fighting with