Independent Shorts Awards

An experimental short about the interpretation of dream hatching and symbol of captivity and entrapment.
Directed by Mel Hsieh (Russia)

Comic Fielding Edlow explores women’s inherent inability to accept a compliment.
Directed by Garrett Sutton and Fielding Edlow (USA)

A high school boy named Tony gets help from his best friend, James, on how to use his gift.
Directed by Christopher Beauchamp (USA)

This series of shorts visualizes the words of the Sufi Master Hafiz. Told by Kaia Rose.
Directed by Eric Mann (USA)

When aspiring actor James, (Christopher Hancock) lands a movie audition in LA, he becomes determined to move to California with his girlfriend Ashley, (Aysha Hamed) to continue pursuing his dreams. Things seem to be going according to plan until unforeseen circumstances create an obstacle in James’ pursuit of happiness.
Directed by Christopher Hancock and Kyle Johnson (USA)

Driven by a soulful musical score with songs by Deanna Delore, “Silent Love Stories” captures a series of flirtatious encounters between couples vying for each other’s attention.
Directed by Amr Al-Hariri (USA)

Time goes by filtering.
Directed by Laya Abbasmirzaei (Iran)

A true story of a blind woman who learns to dance ballet.
Directed by Eric Mann (USA)

A short docu-film told from the voice of Ghanaian’s on what preceded the Middle passage–raids, deals, and markets–in the Southern and Northern parts of Ghana. A compelling truth that has been omitted from history and most are ignorant of its existence.
Directed by Adam Thomason (USA)

What happens when mankind has lost all love?
Written by Stacy Owens (USA)

A public wake is being held for the relationship of Kanye West and the Black Culture. Many people from all over attend to speak their minds on the past and current events of Kanye West.
Directed by Darian Jobity (USA)

After Diana ‘s husband dead, a scientist preserved his brain. With the help from a world-renowned neurologist who is also her ex-boyfriend from college, she dedicated her whole life invented a machine called “Whisper”, in order to stay connected with her husband.
Directed by Di Hang (USA)

When Justin Hawthorne decides it’s time to retire and pass on his doll company to his children, they are surprised, to say the least. After they remember how they hated it when they were little and the worthless company it is, they decide no. As they leave, a gardener tells them quite interesting news about the company and they rush to ask their father to take over the company. But he has other plans now that don’t involve them.
Directed by Andrew Proctor (USA)

After nuclear war devastates the nation, gangs rise in the five boroughs of New York: Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island fighting for power. In his quest to unite the boroughs a scientist develops a new weapon, his daughter.
Directed by David M. Wallace (USA)