Independent Shorts Awards

Ray, a motorcycle mechanic, ends his day just like any other, but upon reaching his old watering hole, he realizes things aren’t quite the same and he may never be the same again.
Directed by Felix Piñeiro (USA)

It’s 1995 in Compton, California, and Keith’s dad walks out on him and his mom at an early age. Slowly but surely, Keith grows into the role of “man of the house.” Years later, Keith’s Dad finally comes back to reclaim that title and is met with great resistance.
Written by George Khouri (USA)

An ultra low-budget film director, Adam ends up dead, after his bikini-clad, leading actress, Angelique quits the movie, in a temperamental argument. Is it murder? Or just a prank gone terribly wrong?
Directed by Adam Steinfeld (USA)

An older lady’s first job interview and what happens thereafter.
Directed by Sai Deodhar Anand (India)

Three longtime friends go camping in the woods, but the fun and games end when one of them takes a “fossil” from a nearby abandoned nuclear power plant.
Directed by E.K. Scarfone (USA)

Mitt Foster (70 years old) wishes for nothing more in life, but to spend time with his only Grand Children. But because of the lack of technology, he is being denied that chance.
Directed by Jery J. Cunningham (USA)

James Beck is a successful, married man living the American Dream in New York City. Unfortunately for him, that dream is about to end. In a single day, James manages to get let go from his job, discover his wife is cheating on him and learn that his mother has recently passed away. With no hope in sight, James returns home to Miami for his mother’s funeral, reuniting him with his father Augie for the first time in a while. James and Augie never really saw eye to eye on much, only sharing an apparent frustration with each other. But family is family. So James decides to extend his visit to be there for Augie in his time of need. However, it is James that needs Augie much more.
Directed by John Manzelli (USA)

“The Larry D. Show” illustrates the life of CEO and Founder of Declan Media, Larry Declan. Larry is a nonsensical, social media manager for internet “celebrities” who desperately wants the world to hustle as hard as he is.
Directed by Justice Parman (USA)

A single mom Andrea struggles to take care of her son and her father diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.
Directed by Mengyuan He (USA)

Madame Wonder always makes wishes come true! Be careful what you wish for, there are always consequences. She’ll twist your words with moralistic, disastrous and shocking results.
Directed by Adam Steinfeld (USA)

An unlikely romance is forged, between Caleb and Nelcisto, built on obsession and the desperate need to heal family wounds; while one of these young men is running from the law. Quickly a fiery love affair becomes much more. The couple explores (and enjoys) sensual fetish and role-play: fueled by alcohol, and marred in power struggles, the lines of fantasy and real life are blurred and come to a dangerous crescendo of abuse… ultimately ending in a twisty revelation.
Directed by David Kennedy Polanco (USA)

“Welcome to Saint Angel” is a dead-serious comedy about development gone mad and a rural community’s battle to stop unscrupulous developers and drought deniers from turning their beloved high-desert home into a suburban nightmare. A David versus Goliath story for the 21st Century.
Directed by Lucinda Luvaas (USA)

A big island located in the north of Japan, Hokkaido. This place was once known as the Ezo land, but since the political reform that occurred in the late 1800s, it was renamed as Hokkaido.
Directed by Hiroki Ito (Japan)

The promised land – Onsite – is a dream of all software engineers and possibly the single greatest reason people decide they want to engineer software and want to join an IT company. But what these software engineers undergo, is similar to the case of a hamster placed in a wheel, with a treat dangling five millimeters from its perky nose.
Directed by Mayank Singh (India)