September 2025 – Independent Shorts Awards

The Sleep of Reason

A renowned poet is haunted by dreams that prophesy his death. Confronted with the choice to surrender to his end

“The Retreat” is a dark comedy set at a picturesque silent retreat.Day by day, the facilitators’ demands become increasingly extreme

Before Brown v. Board of Education changed the nation, the fight for school desegregation quietly began in rural Delaware. Return

Shiri and Lior, a young couple eagerly awaiting the birth of their first child, find themselves in the midst of

Two middle-aged adults face the music about why they despise each other before it’s too late. Directed by C. F.

A widowed father asks his adult daughter to help him reinvent himself on the internet. Written by John Kestner (USA)

A passionate argument about when to give up on bad movies turns into an existential realization about the deadlines we

The year is 1997. Fresca, Maxim Magazine and Hawaiian Tropic Tanning Oil flow like wine, and the Kukecs are getting

As oceans levels submerge the USA, American refugees pour into a dystopian, near-future Canada. One couple must decide between morality

Cacti in love – one have avoidant attachment style, the other goes to ala-cactus and meets a musician named Spike.

Four actors, never having met, have six hours to come up with a play before performing it to a live

A grieving sci-fi nerd receives an other-worldly transmission which he believes to be a deep space message from his late

The plot of a demolished building in Beyoğlu is turned into a temporary parking lot. A small-time criminal organization gathers

After she and her son battled addiction together for seven years, a mother keeps her promise to her 21-year-old son