Independent Shorts Awards

Getting Off The Wheel

Ten Days. Ten Lives. One Take. In search of Freedom. Getting Off The Wheel is an intimate, vérité-driven documentary following

A man in the midst of a devastating breakup finds another lost soul in an upstate bar. . . is

Bangkok Dragons follows two estranged friends, like brothers, are forced to reunite when their childhood friend is abducted by a

Hui-kyung (58) lives in quiet isolation, caught between a distant husband and an emotionally absent daughter. Her days blur in

Claus leads a miserable life in a squalid apartment. After being evicted from his home due to rent arrears, he

A college girl grapples with her OCD. Directed by August Beatrice Macdonald (USA)

A group of high school students, due to stealing test papers, each fearing being reported, threatened with losing their scholarships,

This documentary explores the “Boy Creek” cult of Eden Heights from accounts from former members. Directed by Boston James Piquette

In the interior of Hungary, two noble families have been at war for centuries. When the young Baron Frederick Von

Rachel is having the greatest Bon Voyage party of her entire life – a beautiful masquerade ball featuring fawning guests

A frustrated young ping pong player gets angry and makes fun of ballet and opera outside Lincoln Center. Someone records

On the eve of an inevitable separation, a young Asian couple returns to the desert oasis where they first fell

In the year 2134, after the current human race has gone extinct, A human clone struggles to escape his imprisonment.

Yosmagül is a young woman living in a rural village where she is silently watched, judged, and isolated by the