Independent Shorts Awards

A clown tries to earn some money on the street by doing balloon tricks. But no matter what he tries, the audience doesn’t seem to notice him.
Directed by Eoin McLoughlin (Ireland)

A girl wakes up one morning with a goat head. Not knowing what to do, she goes through an internal crisis that ultimately brings her to an important and essential realization.
Directed by Marta Dias (UK)

This video was born for the hip-hop culture event “Beerockin” guest of the famous “Beernocchi Beer Festival” in Rome. The goal of this video is to keep together the four disciplines of hip-hop: Djing, Writing, Mcing, Bboyin.
Directed by Gianlorenzo De Donno (Italy)

Third-grade student Charles really needs to go to the bathroom. And when his evil teacher Miss Bird finally releases him to go and relieve himself, he arrives at the bathroom to find a full-grown tiger sitting outside of the stalls.
Directed by Mike Johnston (Canada)

A short documentary that attempts to explain the mentality of the Greek taxpayers and their view on tax evasion. The journey of a Greek filmmaker to find the reasons why tax evasion rates in Greece are that high. A funny approach in an otherwise boring subject of taxes. The film juxtaposes the opinion of the Greek community versus what has been considered as the main view of that subject.
Directed by Kelly Sarri (Greece)

North of Nowhere, South of Somewhere, lies the town of Thereabouts where the undertaker, Oskar, is a boy who has never laughed, never smiled, never felt anything. That is why he is on a quest to find that one thing we all need… a little hope.
Directed by Kevin Molohan (USA)

A man finds himself stuck into an odd public phone conversation that quickly turns into an otherworldly experience.
Directed by Jerome Leclere (USA)

When a fiery pair of red dance shoes unleashes a burning passion for contemporary dance, an obedient ballerina stands up to her cold controlling mother in order to become her new true self.
Directed by Amanda Abicalaffe (USA)

Relationships are difficult and there is always that one argument, that one conversation that couples have over and over again.
Directed by Marjorie DeHey (USA)

The short film “Seventy” happened In 1997, when the government planned to promulgate a new regulation about cremation prior to burial.
An old single man wants to hold a funeral for himself in advance.
Directed by Jiage Tong (USA)

A group of teenage boys rope each other into a deadly game.
Directed by Pedro Correa (USA)

On a planet submerged with water, three survivors must outwit and defy each other in a life-or-death struggle to the bitter end.
Directed by Brendon Fogel (USA)

A visual piece of a green man wandering around searching for meaning on a skateboard and discovering parts of himself along the way.
Directed by Jeffrey W Entwistle (USA)

After humanity’s excesses have depleted the water supply, one man journeys to the past to secure his future.
Directed by Jean-Luc Julien (Germany)