Independent Shorts Awards

A Slice of Gaza Jannah

Directed by Tanzira Rahman Rashid (USA)

Thomas, the commandant of a Nazi concentration camp, summons Hannah—a prisoner who has just lost her child in the gas

On the day of her lead debut, a young actress gets stuck on a delayed train to opening night with

I am a traveler, and unable to travel to document territories in these years marked by armed conflicts, I have

Inspired by real events, Zhījiān (Between) follows Lucy, a Chinese immigrant forced to leave the U.S. after her visa gets

A lonely widower, haunted by loss and estranged from his daughter, sets out for what seems like a routine day

Two girls sell placebo diet pills to the girls at their school to fund their move to college. Directed by

The mission of Poetic Justice is to offer restorative writing and creative arts programs to those incarcerated in women’s prisons

A man wakes up in a staged roadside car beside a bound stranger, with no memory of how he arrived.

The City is a collection of unscripted moments from the streets of New York City. Directed by Rayne York (USA)

After a young teen awakes from a hypnotic trance in a strange land he must search high and low for

A woman with an overwhelming attachment to her belongings tries to change for the man she loves — but finds

Over several nights alone in his apartment, a young man’s visits to the fridge become a silent reflection of everything

Johnathan is ready to start dating for the first time, and when he gets set up on a blind date