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Monthly Indie Shorts

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July Award

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Audience Award

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    Life's a Show

    Harvey Puttock

Best Actor

  • Winner
    • Rodrigo Alfonso
    • Mente sana en cuerpo sano

Best Actress

  • Winner
    • Justine Allame
    • Anna

Best Comedy Short

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    The Witch Hunters are Coming

    8.0 (5)
    James Atkins

Best Film

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    The Programme

    Antony Spina

Best Horror Short Film

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    Dark Directions

    J.D. Hodge
    Dan Black

Best Micro Short Film

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    Wheel Gone Kid

    Wayne Kelly
    K Lens UK
    Spoonjar Films

Best cinematography

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    Anna

    8.0 (9)
    Alexandre Franchet

January Award

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Audience Award

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    Richtungswechsel

    Andreas Ortner(director) (co-writer) (producer) (actor)
    Helmut-Michael Kemmer(writer) (producer)
    Harald Walzer(camera operator) (VFX)

Best Short

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    The Tell Tale Heart

    9.0 (70)
    McClain Lindquist
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    The Passenger

    8.0 (21)
    Alexander Bruckner
    Tizian Gruner
    Live Free, Live Film Productions
    GrunerFilms
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    UV - A Resistance Story

    Lorenzo Scalzo(director)

Best Trailer

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    The Tell Tale Heart

    9.0 (70)
    McClain Lindquist

Jury Award

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    Boneyard Racers

    7.6 (49)
    Neil Chase
    Preston Ewasiuk
    David Heacock
    Lindsay Christopher
    Empty Holster Media
    Man With A Cane Media

Best Music Video

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    Let There Be Drums

    Louis Murphy
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    Let There Be Drums

    Louis Murphy
    Victor Montanez

May Award

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Best Comedy short winner

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    Living the dream

    Yuri Maslak(director)
    Olga Tugaeva(director)
    I.E. Yuri Maslak

Best Director

  • Winner
    • Isaiah Galarza
    • Project Gemini

Best Documentary

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    Everything in Hardware

    Jamie Wright

Best Student Film

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    Graffiti

    Charlie Norton

Best Horror Short

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    Night, Night, Baby 2: The Revenge

    7.4 (5)
    Ben Tefft
    Robert G. Hoff
    Heather LeCon
    Slashed Productions
    Inner Circle Films

April Award

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Best Comedy

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    The Bodega

    9.0 (8)
    Nicholas Bromund
    Victoria Horn
    Capital B Films

Best Editing

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    Dawn of Spectral Darkness

    Stanescu Motatu Demetrio Leonidas

Best Mobile Film

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    Winner

    Dawn of Spectral Darkness

    Stanescu Motatu Demetrio Leonidas

Best Trailer

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    Le Veilleur

    Chris Moreira

Special Mention

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    Le Veilleur

    Chris Moreira

June Award

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Best Short Film

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    Jackie the Cleaner

    Wilfredo Aqueron(Director/Writer)

August Award

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Best Actor

  • Pierre-François Bouffard
    Winner
    • Pierre-François Bouffard
    • Spleen

Best Cinematography

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    La Belle et le Torchon

    Yan Berthemy
    Fusa Studios

Best Comedy Short

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    Mate & Date

    Teresa Picciano
    Picci Productions

Best Director

  • Michael G. Kehoe
    Winner
    • Michael G. Kehoe
    • 99 Problems
    AdventureScope Entertainment

Best Lockdown Short Film

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    Walk. Don't walk.

    Christian Cook

Best Sound Design

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    A Dark Visit

    Roger Betancourt(sound designer)

Best Trailer

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    Spleen

    Justin Breault

Horror Short

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    Ofuda

    Yoshinobu Nakamura(director)

Jury Prize

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    La Belle et le Torchon

    Yan Berthemy
    Fusa Studios

September Award

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Audience Award

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    A Morte Não Te Ama

    Fábio Brandão

Best Animation

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    Winner

    Being a Dog

    7.1 (7)
    Felix Swahn
    Being a dog

Best Director

  • Winner
    • Roberto Loiacono(director)
    • Apocalypse
    F.D.T. Studio

Best Editing

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    Shadows of the World

    Marios P. Papageorgiou(director/writer/editor/producer)

Best Original Score

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    I Close My Eyes to See

    Alice Mills

Best Screenplay

  • Winner

    Fatal Ambition

    6.4 (7)
    Angel Connell(screenwriter)
    Parousian Pictures

Best Sound Design

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    There's No Hell Like Home

    Jamie Gamache

Best Student Short

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    Embryo

    Noah E. Logan(Director)
    Rachel Lebak(Producer)
    Regent University

Best Thriller Short Film

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    No Pasa Nada

    Victoria Naranjos Montoya(director)
    Intelia Films

Jury Choice

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    A Morte Não Te Ama

    Fábio Brandão

Micro Short film

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    A year of Sundays

    Jérémie Dameme
    Ava Mihaljevich

November Award

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Audience Award

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    Lost in the Black Hole

    Salman Aziz

Best Acting Duo

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    T Water moge stijgen (The water may rise)

    Marcel Romeijn(actor)
    Iris Van Geffen(actress)

Best Experimental Short Film

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    Lost in the Black Hole

    Salman Aziz

Best Short Film

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    Winner

    T Water moge stijgen (The water may rise)

    Sven Peetoom(director)
    Chris de Krijger(director)
    Yvonne Kuijn-Gerrits(producer)

Best Sound Design

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    Winner

    The Girl in The Black Coat

Best Thriller Short Film

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    Winner

    The Girl in The Black Coat

Jury Choice

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    Stay with Me

    Mark Owen
    Belloq Productions

Best Music Video

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    Future Memories

    Vincenzo De Sio(producer)

October Award

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Audience Award

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    Beautiful Violence

    9.2 (11)
    Joey Medina
    Bronx Boy Entertainment

Best Actor

  • Takashi Hara
    Winner
    • Takashi Hara(actor)
    • Obsidian
    Acting For Mindfulness
    Phoenix Eye Films
  • Amanda Redman
    Winner
    • Amanda Redman
    • Fading
    In The Room Productions

Best Director

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    • Julia Shlenskaya(Director)
    • Providence

Best Documentary

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    Winner

    Anamnese

    Tiago Lipka(director)

Best Editing

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    Obsidian

    Takashi Hara(director)
    Maria Tran(director)
    Therese Chen(editor)
    Acting For Mindfulness
    Phoenix Eye Films
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    Winner

    Providence

    Julia Shlenskaya(Director)

Best Horror

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    Winner

    What the Devil Said

    Chris Hall

Best Micro Short Film

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    La fin de l'innocence

    Adélaïde Nicvert

Best Sound Design

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    Providence

    Julia Shlenskaya(Director)

Best Student Short Film

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    Winner

    This Too, Shall Pass

    Parisa Zandbaf

Narrative Short Film

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    Winner

    Providence

    Julia Shlenskaya(Director)

Student Short Film

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    Providence

    Julia Shlenskaya(Director)

Best Thriller

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    Big Finish - Private Dicks

    J.D. Hodge
    Paris LaLonde
    Dan Black
    tt23862464

Experimental Short Film

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    Detrimental

    Mikael Roth(Director)

February Award

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Best Comedy

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    The Karening

    Bec Fordyce(director)
    Matt Sternberg(executive producer)
    Morbid Little Girl Productions

Best Horror Short

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    Winner

    The Skullduggery

    8.1 (9)
    Ben Tefft(director)
    Robert G. Hoff(producer)
    Heather LeCon
    Spencer Mead
    Slashed Productions
    Inner Circle Films

Best Sound Design

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    Winner

    Stay Connected

    Paul Viret
    Paul Bros FX
    N-tertainment Productions

Special Mention

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    Winner

    Dominion Evolucion

    Lucas Zoppi

Best Short Film

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    The Undateable George Gibbs

    9.2 (12)
    Matt Mirams
    Breeding Ground Productions

December Award

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Best Actor

  • Winner
    • Carl Lindquist
    • Max
    Bottomland Productions

Best Director

  • Marko at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival
    Winner
    • Marko Möttönen
    • Max
    Bottomland Productions

Best Editing

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    Winner

    Lisa & Emma

    László Bús

Best Horror Short Film

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    Winner

    Where's Weirdo

    6.9 (19)
    Duncan Peake

Best Original Score

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    Once a Hero

    Jordan Bennett
    Rogue Division

Best Screenplay

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    #FollowMe

    Karina Sorelli
    Semi-Finalist

Best Young Actress

  • Callie Santoro
    Winner
    • Callie Santoro
    • Burden
    First Hour Productions

Jury Choice

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    First Light

    Christopher Sammut(director)
    First Light

March Award

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Best Director

  • Michael Winingham
    Winner
    • Michael Winingham
    • Car Jack

Best Editing

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    Car Jack

    Michael Winingham
    Ray Langridge

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