Independent Shorts Awards

Award-winning student comedy “Spice Affair” premieres at ISA TV channel

An overcritical Indian chef fires all his incompetent employees, in order to match his father’s excellence. In his fight for

A psychedelic thriller set in the surreal beauty of Catskill Mountains. “Millbrook Road” (USA), a 30-minute mobile short directed by

“The Web Opera” tells of a group of college freshmen and the invasion of privacy that forever changes a young

A Black Ops mission to kill a terrorist leader starts to have bad outcomes. “Operation Shell Shock” (Brazil), the 17-minute

A young woman retells her story of death to rebirth in this cinematic depiction of struggles with self-harm, suicide and

An animation to discuss people’s bias and discrimination against different races, genders and sexual orientations. Ten participants were also invited

A retroactive catharsis through nature, body, and spoken word. This is “This Body Has No Text” (USA), the 4-minute experimental

A teen’s solo journey through a spiritual rite of passage tragically changes the trajectory of his life. “Wilderness Quest” (USA),

Fabrizio and Lena are a couple like any other. They love each other and they are going to become a

An aerial drone audio-visual poem describing the confrontation between Earth and Water, under the aegis of the Wind. Directed by Koreen

It is a long, sad, swan song about the story between a boy and a girl and their sources of

A motorcyclist races up a mountain to catch the sun setting a second time for the evening. Directed by Tim

Kyle, a 17-year-old with PTSD goes through a rough therapy session talking about his friends who he witnessed get murdered.

There’s a killer on the loose. Will Elisa get home? Directed by Thomas Scott (UK)