Genre Categories: Nominations of December 2023

The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the monthly season of December, competing in 65 different categories. These works were shortlisted from an official selection pool with acceptance rate of 38,7%, based on submissions from 19 countries with total runtime of 34:51:25, plus the short scripts.

The nominations are placed in the top 31,8%.

***Categories not listed have no submissions meeting the requirements, namely with minimum scores to make the cut***

***Categories TBA have 2 or less projects with scores for the awards’ cut. The award winner(s) announcement for these categories is done along with the award winners of all of the other categories***

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Technical Categories: Nominations of December 2023

Semi-finalists

Best Indie Short

Little Hearts Seeking Love by Lye (China)

Lose Me Not by Desmond Hudson and Nina Zogg (Switzerland)

The Cycle by Vilma Jackson (UK)

The River by Joseph Paul Alvarado (USA)

Therapist of the Year by Abel B. Padilla (USA)

Best Drama Short

Cozy Eurekas by Marco Felipe (Brazil)

Everything Is Not What It Seems by Anton Chernonog (USA)

On The Paths Awakened by Axel Dahan (France)

Best Documentary Short

Cannabis + Creativity by Elana Frankel (USA)

Mahjong Butterfly by Yinlin Chen (China)

The Vanishing Kindergarten by Jian Liu (China)

Tiger Run: The Untold Story by Dee Brown and Omarosa Manigault Newman (USA)

What Happened To You by Alec Goldberg (USA)

Best Romantic Short

After All by Amanda Villalpando (USA)

Finding Dan by Abraham Lopez (USA)

Next, Please by Rishav Kapoor (India)

Best Comedy Short

Cats and Husbands by Grace Samson and Barry Samson (USA)

CPA by Gabriela Revilla Lugo (USA)

Kombucha! by Jake Myers (USA)

Rug Burn by Devin Gillis (Canada)

The Feature by Derek Diamond (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short

TBA

Best Action Short

TBA

Best Crime Short

TBA

Best Film Noir Short

Blue Bell Hill by Geoff Bell (UK)

The Face of Death by Zachary Chilcote (USA)

The Shower by Bo Sanders (USA)

Best Mystery Short

Flensing by Matt Jeston (Australia)

I Know What You Need by Julia Marchese (USA)

ReBirth by William Brooke (UK)

Best Thriller Short

Dinner for Two by Matt C. Hourigan (USA)

Monster In the Closet by Neil Miguel Watson (USA)

The Brink by Matthew Wayne Roberts (USA)

The Diary by Fozan Khan (Pakistan)

Vital Instruments by Greg Kase (USA)

Best Horror Short

Eyecatcher by Jun Shimizu (USA)

Vital Instruments by Greg Kase (USA)

You’re On Your Own, Kid by Michael Matsui (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short

Outer Reaches by Karl Redgen (Australia)

Press 1 by Danny Erb (USA)

To The Moons And Back by Owen David Solomon (USA)

Best Fantasy Short

Adversary: Wanted Dead or Alive by Korea Black (USA)

Dante, El Prisionero De La Torre by Frank Reyes (Spain)

The Wine Worm by Xi Wenting (China)

Best Animation Short

Beauty by Aitana Belda CamĂłs and Aroa Celdrán LĂłpez (Spain)

Being Frank by Jason Joel Lethcoe (USA)

Foreigner by Giovanni A Lodigiani (USA)

Play Dead by Zijiang Yang (China)

The Funlandia Incident by Ido Montaniez (Israel)

Best Children Short

Mailbox by Sal Cirmi (USA)

Make a Wish by Bo Peng and Guoqing Li (China)

Slay Slay by Michael Isaac Jacobs (USA)

Best Women Short

Cats and Husbands by Grace Samson and Barry Samson (USA)

Live Now! by Veronika Vivien Biro (Ireland)

The Cycle by Vilma Jackson (UK)

Best LGBTQ Short

TBA

Best Experimental Short

Always, Already by Ken Sackheim (USA)

Painful Flavours by Julian Hand (UK)

Rust by Tim Mountain (UK)

Best Microfilm

Cats and Husbands by Grace Samson and Barry Samson (USA)

Rust by Tim Mountain (UK)

Take Oveer’ by Ish Schacher (USA)

Best Screendance Short

TBA

Best Music Video

Don’t Worry by Elise Felber (USA)

Talk It Out – Ava Della Pietra by Adam Lukowski (USA)

Won’t Be Around by Terry Blade (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

TBA

Best Mobile Short

Beyond the Gate by Hunter Nickless (USA)

Blowing off the Lake by Maria Brandt (USA)

Dead Body by Elise Felber and Noah Kelly (USA)

Best Mockumentary/Docucomedy Short

TBA

Best Short Script

Lower than Angels by John Kestner (USA)

Machines by Izabela Borowska (Poland)

Meteor by Line Rainville and Franco Pirrone (Canada)

Under the Moon by Julie Sandrine Montarnal (France)

You Are Going To Die Today by Elise Felber (USA)

Technical Categories: Nominations of December 2023

Semi-finalists

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