Independent Shorts Awards

A young boxer fights in the present, but struggles with his past. 
He is haunted by a figure from his past, a figure that gives him strength to overcome the physical obstacles that he is facing, but at the prize of his mental well being.
Directed by Buster Marker Jønsson (Denmark)

Damian likes to daydream, especially about his ex-boyfriend, Jessie. And on one quiet night in a bar, we see his fantasies take shape and he meets face-to-face with the man of his dreams. As he journeys back to the “love of his life”, Damian gets the wake-up call that memory and desire don’t always match who we are in real life.
Directed by Cydney Cox (USA)

A nudist man leaves his job of overseas government contracting to re-integrate into his colorful family while finally being able

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Emmanouel is out-there. For some, he is an annoying weirdo, while for others, he is a prophet and an invisible light. With only a beer he forgets everything and, like a child, he smiles with the eyes, to remind us that life is …playing.
Directed by Eirini Polydorou (Greece)

The first day on any job can be tough, but this job is something else.
Directed by Leon Williams (UK)

After a dream about a murder scene, a professor discovers a pregnant woman in her house. When she enters, details about the crime resurface.
Directed by David Leidy (USA)

“The Handsomest Town: Episode 2” looks at the life and work of one of Calcutta’s most prolific sons – Rabindranath Tagore. He is the fabric of the city’s culture today – more than 75 years since his death in 1941.
Directed by Ranjan Das-Gupta (India)

We follow to unlikely people create a relationship with few words and even fewer actions. We all are just looking for a place to call home. Our refuge.
Directed by Andrew Caviston (USA)

Based upon the critically acclaimed novel, A Four-Sided Bed, by Elizabeth Searle, and starring transgender pioneer Rain Valdez, “Four-Sided” is an impressionistic romance exploring the dynamics between four lovers encircling a transgender woman’s rites of passage and her co-dependent “sister”. Each reacting differently when it comes to accepting their sexual identities and desires, unveiling uncomfortable truths.
Directed by Vittoria Colonna (USA)

Johnny, a drug-addicted wayward deplorable, runs into the harsh realities of the workforce.
Directed by Alejandro Espinoza and Michael Benton (USA)

March unexpectedly meets April in a coffee shop, who unknowingly leads him on a journey while discovering particular characters.
Directed by Santiago Fierro (USA)

Hunters sneak inside our homes to steal our most private moments and anonymously post the video for all the world to see.
Directed by Patrick Andrew Higgins (USA)

A Vietnam veteran suffering from PTSD struggles to overcome the burdens of his hidden past.
Directed by Alyssa Andrews (USA)

“Mother” (2019) is an experimental short film in homage to one of the most influential female avant-garde filmmakers, Maya Deren. Featuring a dream-like narrative of a woman trapped within a fantasy and confronted by hauntings of her inner fears.
Directed by Ewan Gotfryd (USA)