Independent Shorts Awards

A man escapes to a nearby nature preserve to feed his bad habit. As he strolls the shores of a secluded pond, he finds that getting back home may be harder than he thinks and anxiety gives way to terror as he discovers he is not alone.
Directed by Dane Elcar (USA)

During a bizarre series of events a vampire discovers that harmless forest creatures, and even his own body, have turned against him.
Directed by Christopher Angus (Canada)

A quirky journey through recent time to an ethos of futurity, which explores the potential ramifications of technology on human beings while leaving us with choices.
Directed by Christopher Angus (Canada)

Stumbling upon a seedy bar in an obscure part of town, Emil is surprised to cross paths with Methylene, a renowned music producer who has been assumed missing or dead. Enticed by adventure and mystery, he decides to follow him…
Directed by Ferdinand Coste (France)

Morning sport in the park ends very differently than planned.
Directed by Dieter-Michael Grohmann (Belgium)

Two star-crossed lovers in colonial New Zealand incur the wrath of a deadly spirit that follows them into the present where they must decide between lives apart or love and death.
Directed by Jonathan Zsofi (New Zealand)

A woman goes on a blind date and runs into an old high school friend in the bathroom; chaos ensues!
Written by Mary C. Ferrara (USA)

A writer’s subconscious-insight into a character’s inception, his life, and his storied end. Showcasing a writer’s approach to a story or character being bland on the exterior but artistic in it’s purest form.
Directed by Anugat Raj (India)

ll Richard asks in life is a quiet peaceful dinnertime with his teenaged daughter, Claire, and his new young wife, Marie. When the family dinner is interrupted by texts for Marie, she’s explains them away as worktexts. In fact, the texts are coming from Elliot, Marie’s lover. Claire has her suspicions about Marie and ends up confronting her in the most lethal of ways.
Directed by Matthew Moore (USA)

Along with her team, the “36′, Lea, commander of operations, faces the true face of the news, filled with blood crimes.
Directed by Delphine Montaigne (France)

Joseph, father, and Peter, future son in law, are trying to find the girl wearing underwear around on the street till the point of suffering a car crash. Meanwhile, Helen, the second daughter, is dating a garbage man who prioritizes garbage over her boobs and tries to clean everywhere he goes even when he is kissing Helen and criticizes her for throwing garbage as well. Noah, the first daughter, is seriously obsessed with people copying her fashion and makes sure her original shirt is not seen in anybody else but her.
Directed by Katrina Lena (USA)

A disability attorney begins turning into her clients after a witch puts a hex on her.
Directed by Laura P. Valtorta (USA)