Independent Shorts Awards International Film Festival

The Water Shaman Eternal Love Oath

Directed by Maria La Bonte (USA)

A fiercely independent Florida bait-shop family wages guerrilla economic warfare on the soulless corporate mega-chain across the highway – armed

Driven by a moment of greed, a chauffeur accidentally kills his wealthy employer. On the run, he stumbles into Rogue

After moving into a remote cabin in the Australian countryside, Luka is confronted by a nauseating reality: directly across from

Directed by Pierluigi Gigi Malavasi AIC (USA)

You Asked explores the battle of girlhood, identity, and algorithmic practices in a present day dystopian reality. Returning to the

A young wizard student, terrified that his alchemy exam will reveal a monstrous side of himself, deliberately fails again and

Follows a young woman named Zaia Hadid, who goes by her stage name, Laurie Cooper, a struggling actress with nothing

Haunted by grief, a mother journeys through dreams and memories to confront the loss of her father, ultimately discovering that

Buried alive in total darkness, a man is left alone with the memories that brought him there. As his confinement

When Gabriel, a migrant father, journeys toward the United States with his young son Isaac, he is driven by one

An exploration of inventor Steve Pevnick’s “graphical waterfall,” a modern engineering marvel that’s captivated people around the world. Directed by

Reduction follows Gabe, a neurodivergent man in his late 20s, as he retreats into his apartment after the death of

Shows lots of couple that are separated or getting together and enjoying holidays together and shows couples separated by the