Independent Shorts Awards

Standing Up

An influencer walks into a stand-up comedy club for his debut. However, he might not be as funny as he

A telepathic bartender who uses her ability to help patrons feel seen, until one night she hears something she can’t

In 2022, a young white man drove 200 miles to kill 10 Black people at a supermarket, live-streaming his violence

After a mass suicide in LA, a SWAT team closes in on the cult leader known as “The Whisper”. Directed

A father and a daughter are reunited after years apart. Their candid, unfiltered conversation brings to light the feelings and

A former chef becomes an actress after a life-altering accident, as her physicist husband’s ideas about quantum reality begin transforming

The Night Mutilator, a gaming madman who vows to destroy anyone who beats his high scores, travels through town to

A documentary set in Morocco, highlighting the lives of two Amazigh women, Fadma and Hanan. The Amazigh people are the

Jiaba Quze, a young Yi man with uremia, fights against the predicament of fate with ordinary perseverance in daily dialysis

An elderly woman quietly attempts to restore her wedding dress. As she sews, unspoken memories resurface, and a tender act

A Butler’s Job follows Amos, the impeccably mannered butler, to a sickly detective kidnapped by a seemingly nefarious vampiric organization.

Directed by Lee Daehan (South Korea)

Haunted by a collapsing relationship, a young man journeys through a dreamlike subconscious landscape where a Snow Woman consumes his

A commission by John Gaeta (creator of the VFX for The Matrix film series) to create a “Classic Hollywood Busby