S/W Awards
The Short Awards 2025: Nominees
Award season is here, and so is our annual Short Awards! Explore the 20 nominated films and cast your vote for the Audience Choice award.
Fantasy
Tim Hendrix
Baggage
A snappy absurdist comedy about a blind date where everyone brings their emotional baggage to the table in the form of literal suitcases.
Documentary
Faye Tsakas
Christmas, Every Day
From their rural Alabama home, two preteen girls market fashion and beauty products to thousands of online fans.
Dramedy
Tyler Riggs
Blue Boy
Insecure New Jersey bodybuilder, Joey Rossi aka Joey Muscles, starts doing steroids in a last ditch effort to go pro.
Drama
Atsushi Hirai
Oyu
A man who has come to the public baths to retrieve a forgotten object finds an old but valid ticket and lets himself be tempted. Among clouds of vapor and the gestures and conversations around him, a simple bath slowly becomes an invitation to existential reflection.
Dark Comedy
Joshua Giuliano
Tiny Thing
A couple’s romantic getaway is derailed by a declaration of love and a tiny fly.
Horror
Tom Campbell
Analog Medium
A musician couple retreat to a rural property to do some recording on vintage reel-to-reel tape. Is there something supernatural lurking in the old house? Or just the darkness of their relationship?
Thriller
Rafaël Beauchamp
Les battues (The Fading)
In foggy rural Quebec, grieving mother Luce is stunned when three hunters claim to have found her missing son's alleged killer—a seemingly harmless young man.
Dark Comedy
Victoria Warmerdam
I'm Not a Robot
After repeatedly failing CAPTCHA tests, music producer Lara becomes obsessed with a disturbing question: could she be a robot?
