BEST COMEDY SHORT
TRUST FRANK
Directed by Penny Moore
(AUSTRALIA)
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
STRIPPED RAW
Directed by Tim Gurrie
(AUSTRALIA)
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
ABSURD MAN
Directed by Burak Kum
(TURKEY)
BEST SCIFI SHORT
PASS
Directed by Elika Abdollahi
(IRAN)
BEST STUDENT SHORT
SISTER FROM THE SOUTH
Directed by Samantha Birdseye
(AUSTRALIA)
BEST TRAILER
THE LOCKDOWN
Directed by Sarah Stephenson
(AUSTRALIA)
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
BELLE DE NUIT
Written by David Barbeschi and Maurice Kadamani
(AUSTRALIA)
March 2021 Finalists
COCOON | Yavar Darehzami (IRAN)
D A N G E R | William Maxime Fortin (CANADA)
Dolores | Michael Seabolt and Greg Schroeder (USA)
Haleh | Jafar Mahyari (IRAN)
In Loving Memory | Callum Thomas (AUSTRALIA)
Lisa & Emma | László Bús (HUNGARY)
Rebirth of Venus | Robin Noorda (NETHERLANDS)
The Black Spur | Themba Wahlstrom (AUSTRALIA)
These Men Did | Lachlan Stephens (AUSTRALIA)
When The Snow Will Melt | Losing Truth (ITALY)
Zhwan | Kaveh Jahed (IRAN)
March 2021 Semi-Finalists
A Tattoo for Christmas | Lee Ryan Coston (USA)
Adam in Aeternum | Pedro Jaen R. (SPAIN)
an eight letter word starting with A | Natalia Cricri (AUSTRALIA)
Chiaroscuro | Samantha Birdseye (AUSTRALIA)
Faded Memories | Valentina Galdi (ITALY)
Family | Marcelo Landaeta (BOLIVIA)
Heart feels warm | Tsering Wangmo (INDIA)
Iris | Archie Porter (NEW ZEALAND)
Like falling leaves... | Vincenzo Totaro (ITALY)
Madcaps: The Web Series | Brandon English and Jenn O'Brien (USA)
Numbers Don't Lie | Jason Anthony Fisher (USA)
Ode to the Climate | Vittorio Caratozzolo & 3A (ITALY)
Tainted | Caner Kaldı (TURKEY)
The Game of Life | Hamid Araghi (IRAN)
The Not So Incy Wincy Spider | Quinn Murphy (AUSTRALIA)
The Pod | Patrick Prior (AUSTRALIA)
Trauma Model | Abtin Taharrozi (AUSTRALIA)
We Know Our Worth? | Behrooz Abbasi (IRAN)