The following projects — spanning short films, TV & web series, and screenplays — are the finalists for the February monthly season, competing across 65 categories. These works were selected from an official pool with a 40.3% acceptance rate, drawn from submissions across 14 countries, totaling 24:48:36 of runtime, plus short scripts.
The nominated projects rank within the top 32.2%.
Categories not listed have no submissions meeting the minimum score requirements.
Categories marked “TBA” have two or fewer qualifying projects. Winners in these categories will be announced alongside the award recipients for all other categories.
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Technical Categories: Nominations for February 2025
Best Indie Short
Bunny’s Family by Chuming Wei (USA)
Clock Shop by Jennifer Sklias-Gahan (USA)
Lost Time by Maile Jade Ancheta (USA)
Next Up by Elisabeth Silveiro (UK)
Wisps by Haoran Chen (USA)
Best Drama Short
La Bala by Brie Zepeda (USA)
Reignite by Claire “CJ” Stanton (USA)
The Last Wish by Ilya Noyabrev (Ukraine)
Best Documentary Short
Field of Freedom by Cristina Principe (Italy)
Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs by Suhas Premkumar (India)
Peace Wilderness Man by Tim Millard (Australia)
The Leap Beneath by Roman Willi (Switzerland)
The Long Road Home by Barbara Anne Lindstrom (USA)
Best Romantic Short
TBA
Best Comedy Short
Inflight Inflatables by John Mac Menamie (USA)
Lacy’s World: Mission New Crib by Lois Talullah (UK)
The Independent by John Kestner (USA)
Best Thriller Short
Dead Butterflies by Andy Lowe (UK)
The Mix by Christian La Morte (USA)
The Visionary by Matthew Quaid (USA)
Best Film Noir Short
TBA
Best Mystery Short
TBA
Best Horror Short
Dead Butterflies by Andy Lowe (UK)
House Rules by Jeffrey Harvey and Melanie Rosedale (USA)
Praying Mantis by Mack Breeden (USA)
Best Sci-Fi Short
TBA
Best Animation Short
TBA
Best Women Short
Casa y Comunidad: Latino/a/x Housing in Oregon (Woodburn) by John C. Arroyo (USA)
Next Up by Elisabeth Silveiro (UK)
Retreat by Mari SanGiovanni (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
Chrysalis by Arantxa Ibarra and Naz Tokgoz (Turkey)
Retreat by Mari SanGiovanni (USA)
So To Speak by Celine Parreñas Shimizu (USA)
Best Experimental Short
Ancress by Liam “Lilo Ghul” Doheny (USA)
Gloss by Grace Smith (USA)
Ice Breath by Leonard Alecu (Romania)
Best Music Video
TBA
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
TBA
Best Web and New Media
TBA
Best Trailer/Teaser
TBA
Best Short Script
TBA
Technical Categories: Nominations for February 2025
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