The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the round of May competing in 66 different categories. These projects were shortlisted from a 41,5% acceptance rate official selection pool, based on submissions from 13 countries with a total runtime of 18:37:50.

Categories not listed below have no submissions meeting the requirements.

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Technical Categories: Nominations of May 2021

Semi-finalists

Best Horror Short

Hello? by Tim Shechmeister (USA)

Mavka by Douglas Duffy Johnson (USA)

The Man in the Shadows by Tom Kircher (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short

TBA

Best Comedy Short

The Deal by Jeremy Carr (USA)

The Invite by Jordan Rader (USA)

The Porns by Adam Juegos (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short

TBA

Best Crime Short

Choice by Wen-Chun (Catherine) Cheng (USA)

Persuasive by J. Writer Ward (USA)

Rude Buay by John Alan Andrews (USA)

Best Thriller Short

TBA

Best Mystery Short

TBA

Best Fantasy Short

TBA

Best Indie Short

TBA

Best Drama Short

Blizzard by Ramtin Kouchaki Hassankiadeh (Iran)

Choice by Wen-Chun (Catherine) Cheng (USA)

Yao Hua by Wen-Chun Cheng (Taiwan)

Best Animation Short

Forget Me Not by Courtney LeBlanc and Saige Guevara (USA)

Ode to an Inanimate Companion by Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, and Samudra Kajal Saikia (Singapore)

The Ocean Cleanup System 001/B – A Fanart Full CG Animated RnD Project by Oliver Kentner – Olika3D (Germany)

Best Children Short

TBA

Best Romantic Short

It’s All a Game by Joan Kabugu (Australia)

Kiss Me When He’s Gone by Nicholas Muhlbach (USA)

TheSunVanished by Aidan Elliott (USA)

Best Women Short

TBA

Best LGBTQ Short

TBA

Best Documentary Short

I… Overcame Hothi Mines by Nisreen Alsbeihi Noman (Yemen)

It Gets In Your Blood by Ed Hartman (USA)

Ras Khan by Shruti Anindita Vermaa and Amitabh S Verma (India)

Best Experimental Short

TBA

Best Microfilm

TBA

Best Web Series/TV Pilot

TBA

Best Web and New Media

Alone by Sage Drake (USA)

Do It Yerself Dewey – Sweet on Dewey S1 E9 by Bobby Adams and Bryan Ashford (USA)

Madame Gandhi – Freedom feat. Trakgirl by Kiran Gandhi (USA)

Best Mobile Short

TBA

Best Music Video

Madame Gandhi – Freedom feat. Trakgirl by Kiran Gandhi (USA)

Rai – Heaven by Cristian Balint (Romania)

Triptides – Hand of Time by Lejla Subasic (USA)

Best Parody Short

TBA

Best Short Script

TBA

Technical Categories: Nominations of May 2021

Semi-finalists

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