Independent Shorts Awards

An Irish Catholic boy spends the day with an English Protestant girl during the height of the Irish Troubles.
Written by Jared Crowelle (USA)

An exiled smuggler, hiding out in the lawless underworld of Phnom Penh, struggles to cope with the confinements of fugitive life.
Directed by Howie Cheung (Canada)

‘The Tattooist’ studio is renowned for its remarkably crafted tattoos. But during your visit, you’ve been drugged and imprisoned with other unfortunate victims that bear his prized masterpiece. Fight your fears and race against time to escape from The Tattooist before you end up as a victim of his morbid obsession!
Directed by Michael Wong (China)

Norman comes to realize the hard way that sometimes it is best not to indulge our baser instincts and dark impulses that dwell in the shadows of all of us.
Written by Luke Hanlon (Ireland)

When a gifted but frustrated Broadway dresser finally reaches her breaking point with her life backstage, she decides to take a stab at her real dream.
Directed by Peini Chen (USA)

A musical video that shines a comedic spotlight on the invisibility of older women. Based on an original song with lyrics by Larason and Rubin.
Directed by Matthew Garlin (USA)

Each mini-episode in the “Try Light Zone” is a standalone story, dealing with controversial and contemporary issues that deal with aging, loneliness or dying. Set in Utah’s red rock country and in the alternative present time, every episode has its own twists and shocking ending.
Directed by Sandra Hammack-Brown (USA)

Shahab has to choose between the hard and harder way.
Directed by Kayvan Sarvari (Iran)

Three fashion films, each shot independently featuring a single character, combine organically into a single journey past the confines of a post-truth world.
Directed by Shannon Lowell Frady (USA)

By trying to make fun of old legends, the young Katic will learn to her regret that one should never mock the dead.
Directed by Marie Vandelannoote (France)

Tom lives with Katie. They hire a beautiful gardener. Tom definitely fancies her.
Directed by Pawel Son Ngo (Poland)

When someone goes missing during a human trafficking case the detectives must race the clock to find her.
Written by Sharrie Mccain (USA)

Corrine goes missing and her brother Javior is doing whatever it takes to find her.
Directed by Morgen Whiteman (USA)

Out of millions of devotees in our world who pray and undertake expensive pilgrimages, hardly anyone understands the real meaning of Prayers or Pilgrimages like Hajj which is actually an inward act of compassion of intentions towards the Allah (God) and his children. And the Almighty God does not accept the Hajj or prayers merely on the basis of a physical journey. Through our fiction short film, inspired by a mythical story about the real meaning of a pilgrimage or worship, is demonstrated by a poor cobbler who has no resources to perform Hajj Mecca but through his spiritual strength and noble heart, his prayers are accepted by the Almighty.
Directed by Suresh K Goswami (India)