Month: February 2025

Omnipotent
02/2025 New Entries

Omnipotent

Omnipotent is an experimental film using a matte-box to achieve the appearance of multiple ongoing scenes and division of the frame. The film is meant...

02/2025 News

Award Winners of January 2025

Independent Shorts Awards is proud to announce the award winners of January 2025. These projects have been shortlisted from a pool of submissions from 20 countries...

Sweetest Vacation
02/2025 New Entries

Sweetest Vacation

Now delivered in memorial to fallen Producer John Michael Elfers, 95th Academy Award® televised ceremony appearing Phillip E. Walker-MFA Stars in this much celebrated Serlingesque...

Feliz Cumpleaños
02/2025 New Entries

Feliz Cumpleaños

After a difficult move from Mexico and financial strain, a single mother Carmen’s determination to give her son Samuel a memorable 10th birthday is challenged...

Cierro los Ojos
02/2025 New Entries

Cierro los Ojos

A mother’s poetic journey to the U.S., grappling with grief for her late father while making sacrifices for a brighter future. Directed by Angel Rodriguez...

The Waiting Room
02/2025 New Entries

The Waiting Room

In an afterlife that is like a DMV waiting room, the receptionist’s world is turned upside down when a new person enters. Directed by Noah...

Who's Chico?
02/2025 New Entries

Who’s Chico?

After one of his collections comes in short, crime boss Maka Kupa‘a thinks a lesson in torture is just what his crew needs to fall...

GEM
02/2025 New Entries

GEM

In the small community of Abankese, where illegal mining casts a long shadow, seventeen year old Paapa, a tech-savvy dreamer, is determined to build a...

I Am Enough
02/2025 New Entries

I Am Enough

A group of young adults navigate the overwhelming challenges of their mental health, each burdened by feelings of inadequacy. Struggling with bipolar disorder, self-harm, eating...

Better Fate Than Never
02/2025 New Entries

Better Fate Than Never

When a 50 something LA Magazine writer is forced to pivot or quit, fate rewirtes her story with an unexpected twist. Directed by Isabella Blake...

Touch
02/2025 New Entries

Touch

Shot in Los Angeles, New York, London and Tokyo, Touch follows 100 people who share their stories of human connection and what that means to...