Independent Shorts Awards

Unfinished

A painter on a brutal deadline for a career-defining gala is completely blocked, until she falls into a volatile, magnetic

Lured into a dust-submerged forest by a mysterious stranger, a teenage boy becomes lost in a mutated world, where the

A troubled boy, Donaime, tries to escape a bad situation by resorting to his mother. Directed by Michael Anthony Carter

Frey, goalkeeper for Earth 2, faces a critical moment when her experimental technology fails during a match. Remembering her mother’s

In a future where medical care depends on online fame, a son races to become viral enough to save his

Directed by Montana James Miller (USA)

For years, Mary has been writing protest letters to help free a famous poet held as a political prisoner in

Miss You follows Mark, a man haunted by the slow disappearance of the woman he once loved. Through memories of

Process is an audiovisual composition structured in four movements. The work explores sound as an evolving system rather than a

There are two reasons I can’t break up with Big Jerry: My friends need to steal his money, and I

Two broken souls escape into a hidden beach where time freezes, and pain fades, but their surreal romance soon becomes

While visiting her old hometown, Jenny runs into Martin – a childhood friend she hasn’t seen in years. Their chance

A struggling musician sneaks into a hospital to find an ailing record executive, but instead meets a terminal little girl