Independent Shorts Awards

Morgan

This film shows one of the most remote places of this world and yet we feel somehow connected by listening to the names of some of the most known companies appear.
Directed by Mia Basile and Alexander Basile (Germany)

Bou (bride)

The film is about young Rohingya girls who are sold into marriage by traffickers. It also explores the mindset of the men who buy them for thousands of dollars.
Directed by Mahi Ramakrishnan (Malaysia)

Fool’s Gold: a Dolaucothi Love Story

Made in 1927 and inspired by real events, as well as an outrageous mustache, “Fool’s Gold” tells the timeless tale of boy meets girl in a dimly lit mine passage amidst the backdrop of a bitter struggle for the control of the Dolaucothi Gold Mines and the keys to the Johne’s family fortune.
Directed by Simon Howlett (UK)

Dana’s Story

Based on a true story, the film is an adaptation of A.L. Smith’s critically acclaimed novel “Behind Closed Doors”. The film depicts the harsh realities of the sex trafficking industry.
Directed by Huey Rawls (USA)

Snug as a Bug

Mickey and Gav are six floors up with a corpse, a rug that’s too small and a van they haven’t got. Worse still, they’re almost out of air freshener: a pungent comic short with bodies, bowels and bin-bags.
Directed by Louise C Galizia (UK)

Hearts Want

Two former lovers reunite for a play by the drama teacher who first brought them together. They still carry a torch for each other, but will their love survive when the truth is revealed about their past?
Directed by Jason P. Schumacher (USA)

After The Storm

A documentary short film about triumph over adversity, a story of never losing faith or giving up hope.
Directed by Ava ST.Pierre and Sheree’ Cogburn (USA)

Mariam

In Iraq, military media team help and rescuer Mosul family from the rubble after their house was blown up by ISIS.
Directed by Mohammed Jaffar (Iraq)

Midnight Blue

The ultimate story of betrayal. Sidney has dug himself into a predicament that he might not be able to escape. An ode to the Film Noir genre, this is “Midnight Blue”.
Directed by Trey Squire (USA)

Safe

Three masked intruders break into a Woman’s home to retrieve an item from her safe. But what they get is much more than they bargained for.
Directed by Tim Earnheart (USA)

What Could Have Been

A Pakistani young man and a young Catholic woman meet by chance after the events of 9/11, but their chance for a relationship is tested by the prejudices of the times.
Directed by Henry Murray (USA)

The Freezer

After a drunken night out, a student gets stuck in a large kitchen freezer. He has to find a way out, or face a slow, cold death.
Written by Martin Keady (UK)