Independent Shorts Awards

A troubled 12-year-old skateboarder must overcome his biggest fears on and off the board — all with the help of his loyal skate crew The Businessmen.
Directed by Aaron Legg (USA)

“Singled Out” follows Ellie, a culturally savvy, eternally single college student. Her three roommates, however, are in relationships — and they never let her forget it.
Directed by Danielle Yacobson, Dylan Hancook, Jesse Aaronson and Gabriel Frieberg (USA)

“Dawg Grooming” is a film about what happens when people drink too much and hook up in bars without considering the consequences of their actions.
Directed by Nathan Bradford (USA)

A couple of friends come home to find that someone has been murdered. With no signs of entry, the killer is still among them.
Directed by Chani Louise (USA)

When Güray holds his breath, he realizes the true intentions of the person who is speaking and the facts behind the words.
Directed by Emin Murat Kılıç (Turkey)

Poetic short about the beauty of the Earth and space as captured from the International Space Station.
Directed by Marcelle Abela (Malta)

This is a video for the song “Food To Ate” off the upcoming album release “The Broke Leg EP.” The EP and the video were made while recovering from a broken leg. This track is old school nursery rhymes with a little modern twist. Featuring Michael “Baba” Raudenbush.
Directed by Randy J. Huling (USA)

An ethnically ambiguous actor struggles to find his place in an unforgiving industry.
Directed by Taz Skylar (UK)

While four buddies are hanging out in one of their houses, Kaan mentions a digital drug called “I,Doser.” They watch videos of people who have tried it but it doesn’t look secure to them. None of the boys dare to try it. They decide to play a game and incidents occur.
Directed by Emre Yapici (Turkey)

Pablo and Marius make a disturbing discovery about their childhood friend Lou: she appears to be able to synthesize into sound the light she is exposed to. But as she soon becomes an instrument of their musical experiences, her gift turns into a sort of curse…
Directed by Valentin Petit (France)

A middle-aged actress, Jane, has been failing to balance her acting career and taking care of her father who has Alzheimer’s. One the way to an important audition, she has to overcome unexpected hurdles which also forces her to reevaluate her life. 
Directed by Qianzi Gao (USA)

The Man is rejected from reentering his country of residency after visiting his country of origin. Due to being a former immigrant, he is prohibited from coming back to the place where he has built his life and relationships. He is separated from his wife, the Woman, with whom he is deeply in love and has decided to share his life with. Therefore, he decides to undertake a journey by foot across the desert in order to illegally reenter the country and be reunited with his love.
Directed by Vicente Almuna (USA)

A discouraged and disillusioned high school senior receives eye-opening and life-changing advice from his beloved older sister.
Directed by Kaleb Cruzado (USA)

The second season of the Award-Winning, supernatural web series finds Poe attempting to transform her tortured soul and move on as ‘Rose’ in a hellish odyssey set in the In-Between, led by the darkly mysterious Nerissa. Bravely facing down her many demons, Rose’s journey soon grows even darker, rapidly sending her to the outer edges of Hell, and threatening the very destruction of her soul. Will ‘The Halloween Girl’ come to her friend’s aid, or will even Charlotte find the price too high in the Circle of Hell…?
Directed by Richard T. Wilson (USA)