The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the season of August competing in 65 different categories. These works were shortlisted from an official selection pool with acceptance rate of 37,5%, based on submissions from 13 countries with a total runtime of 43:32:32.
***Categories not listed have no submissions meeting the requirements***
***Categories TBA have 2 or less projects with eligible scores for awards. The announcement of the award winner(s) for these categories is done along with the award winners of all of the other categories***
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Technical Categories: Nominations of August 2022
Best Sci-Fi Short
Chasing Phantoms by Greg Berg (USA)
Lifecell by Tyler Mann (USA)
The World in a Beautiful Book by Jin-Hwan Lee (South Korea)
Uncaged by Hongyue Xiao (China)
Zeroth Law by Junbo Qiu (China)





Best Gore Short
TBA
Best Horror Short
TBA
Best Comedy Short
Caged by Jeff Perreca (USA)
Diviner 3000 by Dave Penner (USA)
Rubbers by Jack Gross (USA)
The Opener by David Yama (USA)
Wheel Gone Kid Three And A Half-Plane Stupid by Matt Holt (UK)





Best Crime Short
TBA
Best Film Noir Short
TBA
Best Thriller Short
Metamorphosis by Jonathon Kimble (USA)
The Perimeter by Joel Korhonen (Finland)
Underwater by Yuang Lin (China)



Best Mystery Short
TBA
Best Western Short
TBA
Best Fantasy Short
7 Days to the Carnival by Nanako Irie (Japan)
Duplicate by Erycka Anderson (USA)
Ghost by Artur Sallinen (Finland)



Best Indie Short
Diviner 3000 by Dave Penner (USA)
Forgetting Nobody by R TE J (USA)
No Good Deed by Sotiris Demba (USA)
Tiger Lily by Emmett Kowalski (USA)
Touched Perry by Nanako Irie (Japan)





Best Drama Short
Could You Please Repeat That? by Minnie Nguyen (USA)
Dr. West’s Fervor by Maria Katre Osler (USA)
Lifetime Trial by Miya Wang (China)
Tecata by Mario Theodosio Gallegos (USA)
Undeclared by Xuan Jia (China)





Best Animation Short
Closing Time by Hector Perez-Aguilar and Ryan Wlliam Samuel Johnson (USA)
Found You by Marijane Eloise Vargas (USA)
Red Rabbit by Rory Kerr (Ireland)
The Factory by Gizmo Beardon (UK)
The Thief by Arturo Brena (USA)





Best Children Short
TBA
Best Women Short
Blue Moon by Emily Ruhl (USA)
Happiness is an Illusion by Rebecca Demeter (USA)
The Pussycat by David Charles Bird (USA)



Best Romantic Short
A Date With Semone by Tarik Curry (USA)
Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes by Pat Mitchell (USA)
Rory Home by Genevieve Shi (USA)



Best LGBTQ Short
Bona To Vada by Masha Ko (USA)
Two Anxious Bisexuals by Megan A. Zebrowski (USA)
Under My Skin by Liam Azogui (USA)



Best Documentary Short
21 by Wenting Leung (China)
Beneath the Body Paint by Kristin Burns (USA)
Campfire Academy by Joe Lankheet (USA)
Parts by Guy Longstreet (USA)
The Disease Detective Looks at Sarcoidosis by Laura Puccia Valtorta (USA)





Best Experimental Short
Exhibition by Jingwen Felix Qiang (USA)
Hot Feet by Mike Mentor (USA)
My Mother’s Last Dance by Ivan Knyazev (Russia)
Space Junk by Adam Peltier (USA)
Take Me Back to Earth by Dominic Francisco (USA)





Best Microfilm
A Coward’s War by Anthony Bradley (USA)
All For Me by Jason R Johnston (USA)
Hot Feet by Mike Mentor (USA)
The House on the Cliff by Sarah Le (USA)
The Sponsor by Joe Heck (USA)





Best Web Series/TV Pilot
13th Stepping by Emily Ruhl (USA)
Art of the Hustle by Kenny Tiller (USA)
Survivors by Jack Settipane (USA)
That Moon Show by Jack Settipane (USA)
Two Anxious Bisexuals by Megan A. Zebrowski (USA)





Best Web and New Media
TBA
Best Mobile Short
TBA
Best Music Video
TBA
Best Screendance Short
TBA
Best Mockumentary/Docucomedy Short
Poppy Place: A Tragic Tale by Joel Harris Osborn (USA)
Stopped Motion: The Story of Gulp by David Busch (USA)
Swamp Dragon by Ruben Swart (Netherlands)



Best Parody Short
TBA
Best Short Script
Disappearing Ally by Warren Paul Glover (Australia)
Real Magik by Conor Gallagher (USA)
Stages by Claire Haines (USA)
The Black Cross by Korea Black and Gianna Rose (USA)
Zoom Hit by Laura Puccia Valtorta (USA)
Technical Categories: Nominations of August 2022
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