See also Annual Awards 2026: Finalists (A–Ma)
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.
Moloch by Felix Geiger (Germany)
Monsters by Mees Van Oosten (Netherlands)
Moonlight Sea by Hsia Tzu-Han (China)
Mother by Sebastian Kwidziński (Poland)
Mr. Benjamin’s Birthday by Crystle Viviana Dorsey (USA)
Mr. Fleischmann by Frank Crim (USA)
Needless to Say by Hanzhi Jiang (China)
Night Shift by Megumi Lim (Ukraine)
Notice Me by Amy Leonard (UK)
On The Other Side by Andréas Freisse-Correa (France)
One Of One by Daniel Kyle Mccartney (USA)
Our Last Summer by Alannah Wilson (Ireland)
Our Monsters by Mia Petrovic (Canada)
Pick Up by Idil Hermansen (Australia)
Rebel Flowers by Roberta Pia De Angelis (Italy)
Reflection by Daniel Robichaud (USA)
Rise by Jessica J. Rowlands (Zimbabwe)
Rooms by Levi Elizaga (USA)
Satomi by Rayner Wang (Hong Kong/Japan/USA)
Second Shift by Jackie Moore (USA)
See You Next Tuesday by Whitney Moore and Marques Mallare (USA)
Serenity’s Song by Christopher Andrew Schultz (USA)
Shallow End by Maria de la Cruz Rudloff (USA)
Shorts by Qiaoyin Wang (China)
Spare! by Jules Cales and Balthazar Ullmann (France)
Stolen Reins by Nolan Tondreau (USA)
Stroke of Genius by Karel Van Bellingen (UK)
Strolling Down Brighton Pier by Kenny McCracken (UK)
Swine by Claire Delany (USA)
Table Read by Norris Wong and Hoi Wong (Taiwan)
Take It Back by Lee Daehan (South Korea)
Tarde Noche by M. Fernanda Ramos-Francia Y. (USA)
Teenhood by Jiayang Liu (USA)
The Apricot by Alex Z. Avila (Mexico/USA)
The Assassination of Michael D. Higgins by Dave Minogue (Ireland)
The Asset by Christopher T Folkens (USA)
The Candyshop Girls by Mel Blake (UK)
The Cover Girl by Yuki Kobayashi (Japan)
The Experiment by Hugo Will (USA)
The Geisha and The Gunfighter by Clint Lilley (USA)
The High King’s Daughter by Joël Gibbs (Ireland)
The Homecoming by Brian Timoney (UK)
The Last Rehearsal by Carling Ernstzen (UK)
The Last Supper of Girl by Jring Van (China)
The Listeners by Joslyn Rose (USA)
The Ornament by Jinjara Mitchell (Canada)
The Painter by Yufei Fu (China)
The Race by Zoran Pribičević (Croatia)
Transcend the Sword by Ashley B. Wern and Eric Benjamin Alirez (USA)
Twist by Lilian Baculard (France)
Umit Kozi by Aisultan Seit (Kazakhstan)
Untethered Souls by Reinis Kaspars (Latvia)
When The Moon Goes Down by Trever Riney (USA)
Where Rooms Go by Qianxun Ren and Yupei Tang (China)
Where the Light Enters You by Matt Alesevich and Hemal Trivedi (USA)
Where The Stars Meet by Benjamin Martin (South Africa)
Where We Remain by Olivia Bancel and Katelyn Van Mater (USA)
Wide Awake by Roman Daniel Rütten (USA)
XY by Stephan Fleet (USA)
You Don’t Say by Juliet Colyer (USA)
See also Annual Awards 2026: Finalists (A–Ma)
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