Independent Shorts Awards

Anyone can wake up, walk outside, wave to your neighbor, and do good things for the people around him, but in the end, what does it mean to be a good person?
Directed by Mark Mohn (USA)

A black student struggles with being labeled by others as he attempts to escape a rut.
Directed by Ryan Larkin (USA)

An insecure musician learns to accept himself when he turns down a cougar for career advancement.
Directed by Oboatarhe Ebiye Ikuku (Nigeria)

A teenage girl soon learns she can control a traffic light with the candy she’s eating and decides to have some fun with her new power.
Directed by  J. Samuel Ryan (USA)

After a fatal blow to the head in the boxing ring, underground street boxer (Ronan Mathias), loses all sense of vision. During his rehabilitation process, Ronan discovers his newfound abilities to visualize objects in front of him through a variant of echolocation. With consistent turmoil, Ronan goes against the advice of his homecare nurse and trains with his coach how to fight under these new circumstances. Fueled by vengeance and pride, Ronan reenters the ring for a final fight against the opponent who took his vision; only this time… if he loses… he dies.
Directed by Akil McKenize (Canada)

What can one do on a frozen lake? Nobody is there, but a couple tries to escape from the city, having a good time.
Directed by János Szén (Hungary)

In this artistic video you can see how Helge Kallevik works amazingly with the camera in the beautiful surroundings of Haugesund City Park and Christine Elisabeth’s graveyard, and in his own studio in Haugesund. The concept of the music video was made in collaboration between the artist, Joakim Lund and the director, Helge Kallevik. The song itself is inspired by Joakim Lunds one month stay in Tokyo, Japan.
Directed by Helge Kallevik (Norway)

Enola, early twenties, First Nations and an outsider in her small town in 1985, is humiliated and abused at a high school reunion party. Darcy, a girl at the party, helps Enola off the farm in a shopping cart, drifting on long highways through the night. Derek, a son of a late priest, the leader of Enola’s attack, follows them.
Directed by Shelby Wilson (Canada)

A man struggles to deal with the news that he has a terminal illness and only has a few weeks left to live. He decides to take things into his own hands, which in the end might be a mistake.
Directed by Austin Muratori (USA)

Taken hostage by a crazed stranger, a married couple try to defuse the insane ramblings of their captor.
Directed by Joshua M.G Thomas (USA)

Two high school seniors discuss their senior prank on the drive to the last day of school.
Directed by Landon Coats (USA)

Rolf Ulf is confronted with the aftermath of his grandfather’s death in rural Norway.
Directed by Sascha Taylor Larsen (Norway)

A young vibrant, aspiring artist, who thrives on chance, puts her absolute all into auditioning to a panel of producers and a casting director for a rare opportunity for a part in a film. What extremes must women go to for an opportunity to have an opportunity?
Directed by Ayeshah Rose (Australia)