Independent Shorts Awards

Christmas Is Believing

A Scrooge of a father has less than 24 hours to change his attitude in order to give his five

An HIV-infected man with suicidal ideation contemplates taking his life, as well as his lover’s who has left him for

When Josh took a stroll on the wrong side of the law he became the target of an abandoned house

Enola, early twenties, First Nations and an outsider in her small town in 1985, is humiliated and abused at a

In Tomi’s life, the day has come which changes everything. Feeling confused, he goes on a journey alone, facing the

This film features the critical conservation work done on rhinos, elephants and lions at the Somkhanda Game Reserve in South

Gladys moves into a new apartment in Los Angeles but soon discovers that her roommate isn’t as easygoing as she

A wealthy tenant subdues a burglar caught robbing his downtown Toronto condo, but loses control of the situation right before

Two intoxicated young women leave the club after a night of partying and get into an Uber, only to eventually

“Therapy” in a dream state haze, weaving a story of lovers caught up in the spell of passion and desire

A successful Children’s Show Producer gets into trouble as he struggles to keep his private and professional life from colliding.

In the wake of a bank robbery, two criminals seek out an unexpected means of escaping the scene of the

Award-winning short documentary about humankind’s first walk on the moon with Apollo 11, NASA’s first test mission of Orion for

A man, having left his hometown of Fukushima, is working in Tokyo as a company employee. A woman, his ex-girlfriend