Los Angeles International Short Film Festival
A quietly powerful exploration of identity, memory, and emotional reckoning, “What’s Wrong, Emma” is a character-driven short film that captures a moment of personal upheaval with subtlety and depth.
Josh Kaukl is a nurse, a writer and a new filmmaker from Columbus, Ohio. A filmmaker on the rise whose second work, “Seed” was awarded by ISA, in June season, Silver Best Horror Short.
One of the most visually challenging films of July season of ISA awarded an honorable mention for Best Editing, “Indelible Winter” brings us a romantic fantasy with a nightmarish ending. The director Ann Huang reveals the intended meaning behind some powerful visual shots.
Mark Oxtoby, the director of ISA award-winning short film “David’s Here”, is back with the remarkable script “My Week With Maisy”, also a recipient of an ISA Platinum Award. A sensitive and touching writing piece in which Oxtoby turns a simple idea into something beautiful with the power to touch the viewer.
The decision of ISA judges’ committee was unanimous. “The Ghost”, awarded Best Film of the Month, was also a recipient of 5 Platinum Awards: Best Director (Male), Best Child/Young Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Original Story and Best Original Score.
“Having personally struggled at times with severe anxiety and depression, and having experienced moments of overwhelming hopelessness, I passionately wanted to tell a story that would address these issues whilst inspiring hope”, says Annette Westwood.
With a budget of near 50,000 euros, London based writer and film director Adam Crow gathered a cast and crew of over 100 people to shot on location in Barcelona his short film “The Conversation”.
In competition at Independent Short Awards.
What makes “Caregiver Wanted” different is the screenplay, considering every other aspect is very minimal and simple.
For the first time, Independent Shorts Awards have decided to give a special jury prize to recognize the amazing performance of Danny Gavigan in ISA award-winning short film “Rumination”.
The story of ISA award-winning “Futureworld” is definitely what makes this short film extraordinary and intelligent, but another significant strength of this movie is the animation itself.
Even though “God Came ‘Round” was based on the song and has the purpose of illustrating it, the image is so strong and carries such narrative that sometimes it even takes the spotlight from the song.
ISA award-winning “Kill The Engine” is an excellent example of entertainment production, consistent in technical terms and perfectly effective for the effects it seeks.
In this short film, Anugat Raj does not seek originality but the ability to revisit and translate into cinematic language a central theme of the creative process, which is always a huge challenge.
ISA award-winning Clodoaldo Lino produces a statement, in the tradition of Sartre’s existentialism thought: the condemning of humankind to itself, the condemning of Man to an existence without God. And this is where the singularity of this film begins. A courageous work, because it is an unusual cinematic exercise, an excellent piece of filmmaking intended for demanding moviegoers who not only look for entertainment but also for the interpretation, and reconstruction, of reality the cinema can and should do.