Independent Shorts Awards

Unlike Any Other

“Unlike Any Other” explores themes of culture appropriation, pride, loss, identity, and evolution. This film confronts twisted fascination with Black

In another universe, Kendrick Knight is looking for work and discovers a micro entrepreneur job similar to Uber. A lot

Ben Jenkins leads a comedic one man variety show with stand up, sketch, and character work. Directed by Liza Gross

Based on a 2000-year-old Tamil poem. It’s the year 100 BC, somewhere in present-day Tamil Nadu, India. A widowed mother

A high school girl Summer has to choose between natural sciences and humanities. Would she obey to probably the best

In Diyarbakir, which was the “Emergency State Region” in the 1990s, some newspapers were not allowed into the region although

An erectile dysfunction commercial triggers Claire to reflect on how the past 3 months since her unforeseen breakup with J.T.

A man at his most vulnerable reaches out to someone who has been absent most of his life. Directed by

After an impromptu visit from his estranged sister and her boyfriend, a young man slowly unravels the true motivation behind

The psychiatrist Dong Huiwen is treating a physicist who has become crazy. In the process of treating the patient, bizarre

The film opens on a pair of hands opening a wooden box, slowly revealing the doll inside. Then the hand

Jenna, a thirteen year-old bullying victim, is brought to the brink after getting beat-up, and decides to end her life,

Moments before taking her life, a young woman encounters an older man Directed by Karim Chaiep (USA)

After discovering a hidden message in a bottle, a young girl is convinced her true home isn’t with her dysfunctional