The following projects — spanning short films, TV & web series, and screenplays — are the finalists for the July season, competing across 65 categories. These works were selected from an official pool with a 46.5% acceptance rate, drawn from submissions across 10 countries, totaling 20:18:56 of runtime, plus short scripts.
The nominated projects rank within the top 37.6%.
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 July 2025
Best Indie Short
No Left Turns by Douglas Ryan (USA)
Somebody by Sawyer O’Brien (USA)
The Green Room by Shashank Banawalikar Subhash (Canada)
Best Drama Short
Echoes of Us by Joe Rajan (India)
Our Keys by Paulo Gaete-Beeman (USA)
The Watcher by Jack Werner Alvarado (USA)
Best Documentary Short
After 30 Years Back To Muli by Deng Xiangfeng (China)
Almost Zero by Saam Gabbay (USA)
Pawns of Progress by Rebecca George (India)
The Inventors by Ryan Egypt ElHosseiny (USA)
Then & Now by Raymond J Reiss (USA)
Best Comedy Short
TBA
Best Action Short
TBA
Best Crime Short
TBA
Best Thriller Short
Falling Out by Luke Carrillo (USA)
Trunk by Jack Matthew Villhard (USA)
Union Avenue by Gino Cazzali (USA)
Best Film Noir Short
TBA
Best Mystery Short
Lavender and Thyme by Isaac Sunderland Hammon (USA)
Penelope! by Colin Henning (USA)
The Watcher by Jack Werner Alvarado (USA)
Best Horror Short
Birdsong by Lavinia Tan (USA)
Brown Hare by MK McGehee (USA)
Intus Dark by Denise Sganzerla (Brazil)
Penelope! by Colin Henning (USA)
Plastic Surgery by Guy Trevellyan (UK)
Best Sci-Fi Short
Mumbai X – The Prelude by Rahul Dhiman (USA)
Focal Point by Raphael Buisson (USA)
Says Prisoner 8903 by Heewon Lee (South Korea)
Best Animation Short
TBA
Best Women Short
TBA
Best LGBTQ Short
TBA
Best Romantic Short
TBA
Best Experimental Short
TBA
Best Microfilm
TBA
Best Music Video
I’m Back by Ilya Noyabrev (Ukraine)
Loose Ends by Ian Chen (USA)
Muggle by Zoe Peng (China)
Timeless: A Symphony in Motion by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, and Samudra Kajal Saikia (Singapore)
Timeless: Animated Visions by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, and Samudra Kajal Saikia (Singapore)
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
TBA
Best Trailer/Teaser
TBA
Best Short Script
TBA
Technical Categories: Nominations for July 2025
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