Independent Shorts Awards

The Red

There is a man who wants color in his life, and there is a man who won’t allow him.
Directed by Mohammadreza Keshavarz (Iran)

Caution: Spikes

Big game hunter Jack Peterson travels to a small island off the coast of Lousiana to hunt “Big Bubba,” a 400-pound wild boar that carries $25, 000 in prize money. Even though no hunter has ever managed to kill the elusive boar in 10 years and news reports have been issuing warnings about a missing girl who recently disappeared there, Jack is determined to hunt Big Bubba at any cost. Things take an eerie twist when he arrives on the island and meets Penelope, an eccentric paranormal investigator who tells him to leave. It’s not long until both Jack and Penelope realize they are the ones who are being hunted — and the enemy is thirsty for blood!
Directed by Jax Price (USA)

Human Wreckage

A couple will do anything to survive the zombie Armageddon caused by an alien virus from a meteor shower.
Directed by Tom Young and Libby Mitchell (USA)

The Littles

Thomas’s wife, Geneva is a successful creative partner in an advertising firm. Her frequent lapses have shattered his dream to finally get the motorcycle he’s always wanted. Again. Her reaction sends her back to her past, and Thomas reveals something of himself as he embraces Geneva’s different sides.
Directed by Melody Brooke and Mike Henricks (USA)

Seed

Following the death of a developmentally delayed young man’s co-dependent mother, Ryan gets to visit the lab under supervision to see how his mother’s donation of her body to science will benefit cancer research, but the special relationship with his mother may transcend death and science as we know it.
Directed by Josh Kaukl (USA)

Rose Castle

1890, a tavern for sailors in Scotland. Old Captain Amberlynn, drunk, gives to Walter, a sad and romantic sailor, a magic blazon for a dangerous mission. Walter accepts to go to “Rose Castle”, an old manor in which a sect adorer of the demon Yog-Sothoth devotes itself to a secret ceremony…
Directed by Emmanuel Duchez (France)

Faded Love

A reporter repulsed by older men evades her psychiatrist who plans to reenact a disturbing scenario from her childhood to cure her. As her doctor morphs into pursuer, her treatment becomes a psychosexual game.
Directed by David Leidy (USA)

To Almeria

Life is a journey, not a destination, and some journeys matter more than others.
Directed by Stephen Gallacher (Spain)

Transfer

A young man who knows a thing or two about cars comes to the aid of a lovely young lady in distress whose engine refuses to start up in the cold. In gratitude, she invites him to a party at her house with some friends. He’s shy and can’t quite believe such a pretty lady has invited him to spend time with her socially. Then the party gets serious.
Directed by Vibol Sungkriem (USA)

Balance

It’s a story about the soldiers who are sacrificing their lives and resist in order to the people of the city and future generations live in peace…
Directed by Barzan Rostami (Iran)

Alveus

The game of your life. If you lose, you die. If you win, you got to play again.
Directed by Shamila Lengsfeld (Germany)

Loneliness of a Woman

The Afghan worker and the wife of the homeowner are alone at home and when the husband returns home, the Afghan worker is dead…
Directed by Hossein Hojati Nejad (Iran)

Sweetheart

Three young women are tormented by a dark figure who is somehow connected to their past.
Directed by Alex Zamora (USA)

Blocked

Renee is a wildly successful author, suffering from a debilitating case of writer’s block. With a book due to her publisher in the next couple of days, she must confront and conquer the blank screen. As she attempts to complete the book, she’s visited by a muse, Elena. She offers Renee a serious lesson on friendship, love and the importance of artistic integrity.
Directed by Calvin J Walker (USA)