Independent Shorts Awards

Do you believe in ‘love at first sight’? What if this love is one-sided? 
Directed by Daniel G. Ross II (USA)

This short is about a waitress and the burden of making choices for others.
Directed by Brian Vasquez (USA)

On the day of the father’s death, five of his family members find themselves in the minutia of everyday life that take on heightened, disarming power in his absence.
Directed by Dorian Tocker (USA)

While anti-Semitism is on the rise in Nazi Germany, a young Jewish couple takes on a cultural practice that prohibits them from touching one another. . . and as they yearn to be closer, they express their love in ways they never could have imagined.
Directed by Michael Mike Canon (USA)

A college student reflects on his life in this social commentary on texting and driving.
Directed by Niko Baumbach, Christian Sheehan and Beshoy Eskarous (USA)

In one of the most physical and demanding sports, a high school wrestling team finds their biggest hardship is not on the mat. An insiders look at the nature of the sport of wrestling as told through the eyes of one team and their season-long quest to make it to the state tournament. Wrestlers are lost to injury, competition, and attrition. But their toughest loss is the death of a teammate.
Directed by Clark Vandergrift (USA)

He slept with her but dreamt of him.
Directed by Duane Michals (USA)

SuperHillCool: the most badass and crazy underdog rock band in town.
Directed by Sergio Barbasso (USA)

Schoolteacher Amy Parker’s world is turned upside down, when she finds herself embroiled in a high-profile child trafficking ring, after an old university friend asks her on a date.
Written by Mark Oxtoby and Dawn Buckland (UK)