Independent Shorts Awards

Michele is a sardinian kid, fatherless, exuberant and rebel. One morning he skips school and reaches a coastal town, apparently deserted. He wanders through the streets of the city, has an accident, gets scared and goes back home. He asks his mother for help, but she ignores him. He runs away, and roams lonely and abandoned, as a stray dog, through ruins and wild paths, pushing himself further and further away from the sea. Exhausted, he descends a gorge carved in red rock, at the end of which he commits a violence that will change him forever.
Directed by Federico Olivetti (Italy)

3049, Earth is dying, one human, one machine… face to face.
Directed by Sébastien Duhem (France)

A digital girl outcast in the real world has to stop an impending war.
Directed by Luiz Fernando Rohenkohl (Brazil)

Two firefighters are trying to extinguish a burning house but face a modern problem.
Directed by Mike Fuhrmann (Switzerland)

Bruno went out with her four days ago, and since then no response from her. Today he texted her using whatsapp two hours and twenty-seven minutes ago, and that does not receive response. He arrives to his neighborhood after a long day and while shopping in the Chinese supermarket, he despairs.
Directed by Julián Castro and Alejo Rosemberg (Argentina)

Animation that explains how the Tokit application works,
Directed by Simone Cassas (USA)

When Marine veteran Jim overhears his family talking about his problems he wants to take his life, but he is surprised when he discovers they care more than he thought.
Directed by Melody Brooke and Mike Henricks (USA)

“Chiseled” is an heritage documentary about magnificent temples, splendid forts and beautiful lakes ruled over by a warrior civilization called “Kakatiya Dynasty”, in the South Indian district of Telangana.
Directed by Ram Alladi (India)

This short film is about a girl named Sarah who found love until her past came back to her!
Directed by Sylaz Ud’ee and Sammy Moet (USA)

While reading the Bible on a particularly windy day, Father Harris is confronted by a tall stranger, one who makes him question his beliefs and motivations. And all in a quest for the truth, however horrifying. Not even a helpful woman can save this priest, who must make a choice. For not all sins can be forgiven.
Directed by Russ Emanuel (USA)

After six years of not talking to each other, two brothers meet again at their father’s funeral.
Directed by Kobus Louw (USA)

Damian Swan was 10 years old when he passed away from SUDEP. His death was a shock to the Swan family because they had not known, and never been told, about SUDEP.
Directed by Tanzeal Rahim (Australia)

Music video for “The Lockhearts”.
Directed by Tanzeal Rahim (Australia)

In a post-apocalyptic world, a fight ensues between two strangers: one fights for survival, while the other fights for a memory from the past.
Directed by Vlad Micu (Romania)