Independent Shorts Awards is proud to release the full list of the projects officially selected for the round of July 2019. All of these projects are the finalists of this season competing in 52 different categories for awards given in 5 …
Rooted in Arizona
Dan Deublein, an Arizona native, returns to the White Mountains where he grew up. Through fly fishing, he finds a deeper connection with nature and recognizes the need to protect it. Directed by Christian Ely (USA)
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A young woman, forced to move between the realm of the living and the dead, must choose one side for good, and find a way for her rival to stay on the other. Directed by Jacob Worden and Jessica Wilson …
Merganser Migration
Mergansers are in migration and seen from a drone looking straight down at the waterway. The swimming mergansers are crossed by flying gulls and herons. This film is an expression of my engagement with line and the contrapuntal movement of …
Giving Up the Moon
A transgender woman learns the consequences of assuming the people we love are better off without us. Directed by Samantha Bloomfield (USA)
Be-Longing
"Be-Longing" is the story of a young boy aged 9 years old who has been placed in care and is living in a foster home. Removed from violent and chaotic birth parents after a series of family breakdowns, he is …
Chained
A mystery man holds Thomas in captivity and takes him to their haunting past which brings emotional distress in their minds. Thomas tries to escape which goes awry in an unexpected dimension that leaves him with no choice left in …
The Ebbing
A desperate mother is haunted by nightmare visions and clues as to what happened to her missing daughter. Directed by Kevin Patrick Murphy (USA)
Prom Posers
On the verge of flunking his final class, a college senior convinces his best friend to take the professor’s daughter to prom in return for a passing grade. Directed by Gal Ron (USA)
