Independent Shorts Awards

Two sisters inseparable, locked in a decadent house, vie for a small wealth kept for decades.
Directed by Renata Jesion (Brazil)

Two Italian guys living in London discuss their low-budget life, embarrassing events, sentimental interests, and today’s social problems, during the most important moment of the day: when we open the fridge in order to choose what to eat.
Directed by Matteo Valentini (Italy)

This is the story of a soldier after being part of the first World War in where he experiences some traumas.
Directed by Pablo Adame (Mexico)

“Hazardous Materials” is about anxiety, loneliness and friendship. Nora has trouble talking to anyone and is scraping by day to day avoiding contact with people, while Rachel, a well-meaning co-worker, wants to bring her out of her shell. When Rachel invites Nora to a house party – how will Nora react?
Directed by Brian O’Brien (Ireland)

Midnight Sun: Extraction is a 6 part web series about the journey of three Resistance army soldiers, who have never worked together before, leaving the comfort of their base to go into vampire infested territory to save a high ranking army official.
Directed by Terence Johnson (USA)

Overworked detective James Harris, chasing a brutally elusive serial killer, finds the past coming back to haunt him in the form of an old friend- a criminal colleague from a former life he’d rather forget. This unwanted houseguest offers an unusual parlay – new insight into a cold case for the relatively small price of an evening of self-reflection. What transpires sends both of them on a path through the murky corridors of the human psyche, where shining a light on the sinister shapes looming in dark corners yields images which sometimes cannot be unseen. Birthday dinner is definitely ruined.
Directed by Tyler Ward Stephenson (USA)

Edward Kiss is a veteran who’s had enough of politicians especially one in particular – outgoing and corrupt Mayor Rudy

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A story about what a man is capable of doing for the woman he loves and why it is important to be self.
Written by Krzysztof Dykas (Poland)

“Geometry” is a visual music animated piece. Inspired by Oskar Fischinger and John Whitney, “Geometry” combines graphic shapes with music to show a ball’s journey.
Directed by Simo Liu (USA)

A couple on a backpacking excursion stumble upon a red string and decide to follow it to see where it leads.
Directed by Karel Candi (Iceland)

Anna was sent to a Totally Closed Sanatorium where all the patients were miraculously healed to cure her voice after a conflagration. Unexpectedly, she had discovered a huge secret of the Sanatorium while waiting for the surgery. All the patients who got out of here were clones! However, when Anna was ready to kill her clone, she hesitated.
Directed by ChunChun Chen (China)

The new teacher in the village understood that one of his students, who is the only girl in the class, don’t talk and a cigarette burning is visible in her hand.
Directed by Mohammad Towrivarian (Iran)

This is my single called ‘Social Butterfly’ which is inspired by social media. The lyrics focus on how connected we are now and yet so disconnected as people now with technology (Anthony Barbarich).
Directed by Dane Parsons (Australia)

Do you want to hear a bedtime story? A man who consumes the flesh of his kin shall be cursed to roam the land as a bloodthirsty beast. He will be plagued by an ancient evil that will invade his mind and force him to commit unspeakable acts. He is coming. Sleep tight.
Directed by Michael Davis (USA)