Independent Shorts Awards

Don’t be afraid

A painter suffers from sleep paralysis. Directed by Brian J. Rassmann (Germany)

A young girl watches an old dog. Taking the dog on a walk, a rough encounter with a bully has

Hidden in a dark sewer pipe beneath a ruined besieged city, a mother and her eight-year-old daughter are starving. They

Is inclusion just a promise?Julian Hess grows up with Down syndrome in an inclusive environment. But as his friends move

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland with humanity on the brink of extinction, a girl journeys alongside her robot to find a

Twelve-year-old Wang Qiaoqiao confronts an unfair school dress code that allows boys to wear shorts but forces all girls into

For generations, some of the most guarded secrets of Wing Chun Kung Fu have been kept inside traditional Cantonese kwoons—passed

An 8-year-old girl goes through an unexpected journey with grief after the sudden loss of her best friend. Written by

A story about a girl who knows herself will be blind soon and her friend. Directed by Yixin Liu (USA)

When a close knit multigenerational family unknowingly brings home an ancient journal from a secluded Northern California Airbnb, they become

After an EMP resets humanity, a silent tracker must infiltrate the territory of a ruthless militarized cult to find the

We live in a time of tension and widespread uncertainty, marked by wars, division, environmental breakdown, deepening inequality. It is

Still I Rise: Sade’s Story is a powerful 30 minute documentary that tells the story of Sade, a West Side

Robin Cecilia Wheat is a portrait of an unbreakable spirit. From a childhood marked by hardship to the devastating loss