The following projects — spanning short films, TV & web series, and screenplays — are the finalists for the May season, competing across 65 categories. These works were selected from an official pool with a 46.3% acceptance rate, drawn from submissions across 11 countries, totaling 24:57:49 of runtime, plus short scripts.
The nominated projects rank within the top 36.2%.
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 May 2025
Best Indie Short
TBA
Best Drama Short
TBA
Best Documentary Short
Moving Arts – Setting Hearts Ablaze by Zac Cornfield (USA)
The Top-Secret Story of SACO – Sino American Cooperative Organization by Daniel J. Levendowski (USA)
Trakuban: Puyuma’s Boys House by Tsung-Yuan Li and Li-Yu Fu (Taiwan)
Best Comedy Short
Chatbot DeeDee by Kenny Holmes and Kyle Bales (USA)
Do Not Update by Jon Allison and Nate Allison (USA)
The Meme Creators by Aodhan Guy (Canada)
Best Dark Comedy Short
Attempted Murder by Gavin J. Konop (USA)
Confessions by Veronica Valenti (USA)
Death in the Afternoon by Brandon Cox (Canada)
Rideshare Rumble by Justin Patten (USA)
Susan by Matt Blackwell (USA)
Best Crime Short
TBA
Best Thriller Short
Dive by Victoria Horn (USA)
Impure by Xavier Mesme (France)
The Renfrew County Killing by Quentin Ferrant (Canada)
Best Horror Short
TBA
Best Sci-Fi Short
TBA
Best Animation Short
TBA
Best Women Short
Bare by Marc-Antoine Kelertas (Italy)
Charlie by Nicole Field (Canada)
Sorry, She Can’t Help Herself by Roqiye Tavakoli (USA)
Best LGBTQ Short
Bare by Marc-Antoine Kelertas (Italy)
Daddy? by Eric D’Agostino (USA)
Drugs Are Fun by Malcolm J Cook (USA)
Best Romantic Short
Ada & Jayson by Mozart Louis (USA)
Fading Silver by Sean Nyambayo (USA)
Lost In Love by Risti Sagala (USA)
Best Experimental Short
TBA
Best Microfilm
TBA
Best Music Video
TBA
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
Working with Kids by Youssef Delara (USA)
Just Matthew by Dmytro Malkov (USA)
General Assembly by Brianna Caterina Titone and Jesse Collier Sutterley (USA)
Best Web and New Media
TBA
Best Mobile Short
TBA
Best Short Script
Cats Vs Geese: Vs Raccoon by Rachel Santos (USA)
Damascus by John Kestner (USA)
Gators by Linda Kampley (USA)
The Boots by Ruby Lovell and Jaskaran Bahia (USA)
The Silence Between Us by Devansh Saraf (USA)
Technical Categories: Nominations for May 2025
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