Independent Shorts Awards

Sourdough

Four elderly bakers turn to a pagan ritual to avenge a murdered co-worker. Directed by Jonah Lindley and Nils Terton

A recently promoted police Lieutenant interrogates the younger brother of his slain partner/best friend who has turned to a life

You thought you were with the perfect guy, but you find out he was just a creepy Mirage who keeps

Two higher beings meet to play an absurd but serious board game. Directed by Maggi (Iceland)

First, there are just few fragments, then it shaped into blur images. Until one day, the mangaka realized that the

After suffering a home invasion Xavier installs a security system, instead of making him feel safe, it introduces him into

The protagonist of this experimental short – an immigrant cellist – is having a nightmare of being arrested by local

A text written by people living with DID, Interpreted and directed by Queer Faith and TheMany, as peers. To give

A college freshman struggling to get the money to register for an ethics class volunteers as part of a campus

A girl is haunted by echoes of herself as she explores an endless wasteland of dry grass. She struggles to

In a small, nondescript highschool, a new student arrives. As the students bustle around talkatively, the teacher quiets them down

Pam is eager to make friends at her new job, but will a coworker who does not understand social boundaries

Before moving out, a man hastily prepares for a surprise party solely. He decorates the room with baloons, lights the

Guns. Knives. Clarinets. Armed mercenaries shan’t disrupt one of Winifred Aldridge’s music lessons. Directed by Kevin Murray (USA)