The following projects — spanning short films, TV & web series, and screenplays — are the finalists for the June-July season, competing across 65 categories. These works were selected from an official pool with a 51.1% acceptance rate, drawn from submissions across 21 countries, totaling 43:27:52 of runtime, plus short scripts.
The nominated projects rank within the top 28.9%.
Unlisted categories had no submissions meeting the minimum score threshold.
Categories marked “TBA” had two or fewer projects qualifying for awards consideration. Winners in these categories will be announced together with the rest of the award recipients.
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Technical Categories: Nominations for June-July 2026
Best Indie Short
Blind Spot by Chirag Saluja (India)
The Last Goodbye by Kailey Wolf (USA)
What We Keep by Kailey Wolf (USA)
Best Drama Short
An Iris Wild by Benjamin Hess (USA)
Casus by William Eguienta (France)
The Pursuit Of Forgiveness by Thomas McQuillan (Ireland)
Best Documentary Short
Alan Next Door by Stephen Folker (USA)
Decarb by Roel Swierenga (Netherlands)
Don’t Forget to Come Back by Hannah Freeman and Lluca Huatuco (USA)
Paint What You Feel by Aaron James Peterson (USA)
Resilience by Alex Young (USA)
Best Comedy Short
My First Day of Yoga by Joe Michael Rosenheim (USA)
Sisters of Evergreen by Allison Brooks (USA)
Trader Verdinkle: The Underpinnings of an Understudy by Tom Everett (USA)
Best Dark Comedy Short
TBA
Best Action Short
TBA
Best Crime Short
TBA
Best Film Noir Short
TBA
Best Thriller Short
An Iris Wild by Benjamin Hess (USA)
Control by Zachary Padgett (USA)
The Very Best One by Craig Bass (USA)
Best Mystery Short
TBA
Best Horror Short
Follow Me Home by Stanislav Puzdriak (USA)
Heathen by Nathan Schiele (USA)
Styxia by Joshua Torresvalle (Mexico)
Twilight of the Undead by Leonardo Daccarett (USA)
We’ll Be Right Back by Lorena Stefania De Maddalena (Switzerland)
Best Gore Short
TBA
Best Sci-Fi Short
Limit Exceeded by Setareh Samandari (USA)
Once Upon a Time in the Apocalypse by Tiago Pimentel (Portugal)
Skip to the Next by Andrew Barahona and Jorge Barahona (USA)
Best Fantasy Short
Gardeners by Merry May Ma (USA)
Mr. Sandman’s Funhouse by Jax Azad (USA)
Sergeant by Joshua Longfellow Wright (USA)
Best Animation Short
Broad Bruno by Jane Jiang and Kerry Sun (USA)
In Beer, There Is Freedom by Olivia Park (USA)
Pokedbots Delta City by jonathan ball (UK)
Skater Haters by Justice Nelson (USA)
They’re All Waiting For You by Georgina Goldbart (UK/USA)
Best Women Short
Journeez by Rowan Wheeler (USA)
Lethal Dust by Bryscia Dosal (USA)
Tierra by Elena Conic (USA)
Best Romantic Short
In Everything You Do by Austin Allen Albright (USA)
Stai Bene by Sean Daniel Cunningham (USA)
Three Dates: A Head Case Factory Anthology by Shane Wise and Derek Vonk (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
TBA
Best Experimental Short
Animosity by Jeremy Perry (USA)
Mirror Sickness by Shirin Jafarizadeh (USA)
Raw Vision by Acacia Khonji (UK)
The Ruby-Red Butterfly by Chris Clarence (Germany)
Tires Velvet Paws by Don Eugene Freeman (USA)
Best Microfilm
Despite It All by Bridget Avildsen (USA)
Don’t Be Afraid by Brian J. Rassmann (Germany)
Journey by Sevier Crespo (USA)
Lawless Entanglement by Allan Cheng (Australia)
The Miracle of You by Peter Spruyt (USA)
Best Music Video
Boy Scientist: The Prequel to Forever by Susan Mey Lee Lim (UK)
MerryGo by John Laww (USA)
Mutual Shock – Lamprey by Caleb Young and Julien Scherliss (USA)
The Deeper It Cuts by Colby Hulet and Evan Harris (USA)
Toy Chest by Tamara Victoria Gamez (USA)
Best Screendance Short
TBA
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
TBA
Best Mobile Short
02:03 by Robby Sean Sexton (USA)
Pull Up by Ashkan Allaf (Germany)
Toothman by Clint Green (USA)
Best Trailer/Teaser
TBA
Best Short Script
Before the Fall by Pablo Catalan (Spain)
Flex by Lea Devon Sorrentino (USA)
The Only One I See by Clinton Morales (USA)
The Pieces of Me by Karmen Audino (United Arab Emirates)
Yosmagül by Ercan Değirmenci (Turkey)
Technical Categories: Nominations for June-July 2026
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