Independent Shorts Awards

Romanian Diary. Muslim Diary

We risk to become irrelevant to the community and danger lurks our vanity and leads to isolation. We only listen to opinions that confirm our own.
“Romanian Diary. Muslim Diary” is intended as a communication vehicle, an invitation to dialogue.
How it influences our location and how much we influence the community to which we belong?  Is Culture one of the pillars of the community? How does Romania look like less touristy and less as seen on television?
Directed by Carmen Lidia Vidu (Romania)

What happened to Evie

A schoolgirl’s splintered memories of a sexual assault reveal a reality that when revisited from an alternative perspective uncovers a very different truth.
Directed by Kate Cheeseman (UK)

Pura Energía

They thought it was a distant future. They thought they knew disaster. But only a few of us were aware of what surely would happen…
In a time when cities grew without limits, where chaos was televised live while people played God, reality was catching up to us – until the day the red dust covered it all. Making us pay for our sins, collapsing our lungs, choking our hope…
2051. Few will survive, with almost no water or food, and barely any… Energy.
Directed by Francisco Garcia Mateos (Spain)

Treading Yesterday

“Treading Yesterday”, an original series plays out through a multi-decade storytelling witnessed through the eyes of Eric, a soon to be a middle-aged gay man, who has lived what appears to be a charmed life. The pilot episode opens as a present-day drama however by midpoint the timeline resets to 1988, in a historical fiction format, during a period in time when monumental anti-gay backlash had been orchestrated.
“Treading Yesterday” juxtaposes 1988’s intolerance of Gays with present-day acceptance while at the same time revealing the inherent challenges existing in both environments.
Directed by Craig Bettendorf (USA)

Eli

Based on a holocaust survivors story. A terrorist attack raises uncomfortable questions about immigration, identity, and morality. When a group of disillusioned strangers encounters Eli, an elderly man, can the harrowing events torn from his past influence their future?
Directed by Colin Gerrard (UK)

Crime Hunter

Officer Hank, a new detective for the Carlsbad Police Department, discovers a long-buried case that leads to digging into the past.
Written by Christopher Beauchamp (USA)

The Inescapable Arrival of Lazlo Petushki

A scruffy young man is about to arrive in a mysterious city by boat when he finds himself lost in the labyrinthine hull of the ship. On his surreal journey through the boat, he is chased by the inescapable; himself, the very luggage he was hoping to leave behind.
Directed by Sven Werner (UK)

Love Departure

Fate brings international student Izabella and local sophomore Brad together, then rips them apart when she must return home to help her ailing father.
Directed by DC Brandon (Canada)

Unge Ferrari – Hjerteløs

Music video for Unge Ferrari, made with a combination of film and 3D. In order to tie live action and 3D together, the same lighting is used, which also pulses to the music throughout.
Directed by Axel Lavin (Norway)

Incomplete

A wounded woman tries to find a missing piece from a puzzle only to find out a horrific truth about her injuries.
Directed by Esteban De La Isla (USA)