The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the round of June competing in 66 different categories. These projects were shortlisted from a 36,2% acceptance rate official selection pool, based on submissions from 14 countries with a total runtime of 25:55:33.
***Categories not listed below have no submissions meeting the requirements***
***Categories TBA have 2 or less projects with scores eligible for awards. 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 June 2021
Best Horror Short
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Best Comedy Short
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Best Dark Comedy Short
Late With Nothing by Jack Palmiotti (USA)
The Butcher by Bruce Liang (USA)
The Meeting by DC Evans (USA)



Best Thriller Short
Bloodline by Richard Poche (USA)
Disturbance by Ryan Christopher Blount (USA)
Heathens by Marlene Emilia Rios (USA)



Best Mystery Short
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Best Crime Short
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Best Film Noir Short
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Best Fantasy Short
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Best Western Short
Crude Massacre by Ven Scott (USA)
Desert Flowers by Carolina Alvarez (USA)
Fable of The Hired Guns & The Woman Who Cried Witch by Timothy A. Coons (USA)



Best Indie Short
American Immigrant by Shady A Mawajdeh (USA)
Lolo by Keone Madrid and Mari Madrid (USA)
The Gangbuster by Mark Adderley (UK)
The King of Nowhere by Victor Harder Hesel (Denmark)
The Painter by Zackary J. Cowell (USA)





Best Drama Short
Julian Comes Home by Joseph Ziad Khoury (USA)
Kaleidoscope by Axel Rydén (Sweden)
Pap’s Manifesto by Chris Danuser and Casey Clark (USA)
Playing with Fire by Jacob Andres Padilla (USA)
Restless by Asger Krøjer Kallesøe (Denmark)





Best Animation Short
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Best Children Short
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Best Romantic Short
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Best Women Short
Heathens by Marlene Emilia Rios (USA)
She by Derrick Getzfred (USA)
The Tunnel by Ghazaleh Zaim (Iran)



Best LGBTQ Short
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Best Documentary Short
Be Alive by Sahar Nasouti (Iran)
Everything But Fear by Bryan TwZ Brousseau (USA)
In a Whole New Way by Jonathan Fisher (USA)
In the Mind of Abstract by Mark Curran (Ireland)
Unemployment Hotline by Nikos Campbell (USA)





Best Experimental Short
Exodus by Colin Sanders (USA)
Les Dieux Changeants by Lucio Arese (Italy)
She by Derrick Getzfred (USA)
TangoX by Alessandra Guarino (Italy)
The Skin of Our Souls by Logan Weisberg (USA)





Best Microfilm
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Best Web Series/TV Pilot
Couples Therapy by Katie Chonacas (USA)
Tapu by Hinano Tekurio Tanielu and Manu Tanielu (USA)
The Old Guards by Will Branner (USA)



Best Web and New Media
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Best Mobile Short
Dream Upon Waking by J. Andrew (USA)
Hope. by Lauren Ash (USA)
Silence Speaks Volumes by Christopher E. Terry (USA)



Best Music Video
Desolvido by Andrés Roa Ariza (Colombia)
Mad World by Shaun David Barker and Matt Henry (USA)
Slowpoke by PJ Koelbel (USA)



Best Trailer/Teaser
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Best Short Script
Around Every Corner, Part 1 by Francesco Nuzzi (USA)
Dark Side by Aaron Alexandre Dumas (USA)
The Forgotten by Melissa L. Aspeitia (USA)
Technical Categories: Nominations of June 2021
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