See also Annual Awards 2026: Finalists (Mo–Z)
Selected from 3,409 submissions received throughout the 2025–2026 qualifying cycle, the 120 Annual Finalists bring together established festival-circuit films, professionally accomplished productions, emerging voices, and distinctive discoveries recognized through Independent Shorts Awards’ monthly competitions.
The long list is presented alphabetically and is not a ranking. All projects remain under consideration in a new jury review for the official nominees list.
(+33) by Sean Nam (France)
12th House by Ilona Laboy and Israel Laboy (USA)
27 Minutes by Alexander Sworik (Canada)
A Burden to Bare by Jorge Orellana (Canada)
A Complete Mess by Ying Hu (China)
A Murder Rings Hollow by Brandon Rozo (USA)
All the Colours by Leo De Haan (UK)
An Iris Wild by Benjamin Hess (USA)
Another Saturday by J.A. DellaRipa (USA)
Artemis Jampanoï by Ornella Pacchioni (France)
As It Should Be by Edwin Lai (Hong Kong)
Asf1xia by Álvaro Benítez (Spain)
Baby Teeth by Will Lowell (USA)
Big Jerry by Elle Reck (USA)
Birth by Jumana Radi (United Arab Emirates)
Boatlift 9/11 by Dale Fabrigar (USA)
Breaking the Tide by Katrin York (USA)
C.Y.A by Guy Lifshitz (Israel)
Canon Event by Carmen Cecilia Halphen (USA)
Checked Shirt by Bonde Sham (Hong Kong)
Cherry by Eftychia Manola (Greece)
Child Check by Natalia A Warchol (USA)
Churrería Maravillas by Ana García and Guillermo Rodriguez (Spain)
Daddy Daze by Phil Ossai (UK)
Dating a Suspicious Man by Anna Zaitseva (USA)
Decarb by Roel Swierenga (Netherlands)
Desert Inn by Yuanhao Zhang (USA)
Disconnected by Vít Hradil (Czechia)
Ditto by Suresh G (India)
Do You Know Who I Am? by Andreea Păduraru Hristescu (Romania)
Dog’s Life by Xueyan Wang (China)
Dokhtar’am – My Daughter by Pedram Sadough (Germany)
Don’t Call Me Anymore by Denis Chereukho (Russia)
Don’t Feel Sorry for Me! by Eir Í Ólavsstovu (Faroe Islands)
Dream Addicts Anonymous by Ella Braff (USA)
Eat Me by Alice Fay Frishman (USA)
Edgar: Enhanced Data Gathering Analysis Robot by Virginia de Witt (USA)
Efflorescence by Sofia Garza-Barba (USA)
Egoli – Place of Gold by Martin Miron (Germany)
Esperança by Amora Moreira and Marcelo Pereira (Brazil)
Everything’s All Right by Yasemin Hickl (Austria)
Eye Contact by Eva L Hoffman (USA)
Filigree Siege by Nicole Zizhen Long (China)
Fireside by Xiaopei Wang (China)
Flower of Life by V R Bhagat (India)
For God’s Sake, Smile! by Melanie Fronicke (Germany)
Grampa by Justice Smith (USA)
Guardian’s Lament by Phoebe Chou (USA)
Have a Great Apocalypse by Francois Theurel (Australia)
Hellevator by Reed Kaplan (USA)
Hide and Seek by Xiyuan Qiao (China)
Hide by Ian Curtis (UK)
Hills by Jennifer Cadena (Spain)
Hopscotch by Alicia Betty Fall (France)
How to Get Caught by Alexandre Bassard (France/UK)
Intertwined by Yaniv Boaz (Israel)
Little Life by Roshan Buddhika Fernando (Sri Lanka)
Lovebug by Jalaludin Trautmann and David Mahmoudieh (Germany/USA)
Malka by Stacey Maltin (USA)
Max Distance by Marissa Goldman (USA)
See also Annual Awards 2026: Finalists (Mo–Z)
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