November 2025 Award Winners

Independent Shorts Awards is proud to announce the award winners for November 2025.

This month’s selections were chosen from a diverse pool of submissions representing 28 countries, with a total combined runtime of 32:20:10, plus the short scripts.

Final breakdown:

Official Selection – 54.7%

Award Winners – 33.9%

You can find the full list of awardees and finalists in the following sections:

PLATINUM AWARDS

GOLD AWARDS

SILVER AWARDS

BRONZE AWARDS

HONORABLE MENTIONS

FINALISTS

All monthly awards (from Platinum to Honorable Mentions) are eligible to be listed on IMDb via our official event page.

2026 Annual Awards

All award-winning projects from this monthly round are now in consideration for the 2026 Annual Awards.

Director Ella Lentini and lead actress Megan Davis, of *Hemorrhage* (USA), awarded Best Women Short and Best Acting Duo at Regal LA Live, Los Angeles

This marks the 5th monthly qualifying season in the current annual cycle, which runs from July 2025 to June 2026. The annual shortlist will be compiled from the winners across all monthly rounds.

Annual nominees will be announced in July 2026 and will be screened at the 8th Annual Independent Shorts Awards, held at Regal LA Live, Downtown Los Angeles, in September 2026.

Official Trophy

Monthly winners can order the official Independent Shorts Awards trophy, a unique piece of art crafted from pure optical crystal, via this page.

For any inquiries, feel free to contact us at info@independentshortsawards.com.