FINALISTS-23

18 MARZO

by Beppe Manzi

(Italy)

A KILLER OUTSIDE

by Joe Zalias

(UK)

APEX

by Cándido Pérez de Armas

(Spain) 

BACK SEAT

by Maya Chodu

(Israel)

BACKSEAT DRIVER

by Jake Balfour-Lynn

(UK)

BOY IN THE BACK SEAT

by Scott Pickup

(UK)

DEMON BOX

by Sean Wainsteim

(Canada)


DYING TO MEET YOU

by Ava Bounds

(UK)

JUST LIKE WATER

by Manos Triantafillakis

(Greece)


HEDGEHOG

by D. Mitry

(USA)

SIGNS AND GESTURES

by Itandehui Jansen

(UK)

TWO DOLLARS

by Natalia Cricri

(Australia)

BENEATH A MOTHER'S FEET

by Elias Suhail 

(UK/Morocco)


WAKING UP

by Mattias Olsson

(Sweden)

OGRE

by Herminio Cardiel

(Spain)

OUR MALES AND FEMALES

by Ahmad Alyaseer

(Jordan)

QUEENIE

by James Skinner

(UK)

ROCK THE CRADLE

by Asis Sethi

(Canada)


THE HAUNTED BABY CARRIAGE FROM HELL

by JT Seaton

(USA)


UPROOTED

by Andzej Gavriss

(Latvia)

THE NEWCOMER

by Ivan Villamel

(Spain)

THE SPANISH KING

by Celine van Heel

(Spain)

WIDER THAN THE SKY

by Philip Taylor

(UK)


WORK IT CLASS!

by Pol Diggler

(Spain)

CHRONOLOVIE

by Victor Cesca

& Clémence Rocand

(France)

SEMI-FINALISTS 2023

 

1.  A DINNER by Jack Gorman, Shannon Walsh (United States)

2.  A FREE RUN by Lauriane Lagarde (France)

3.  A WORLD FREE OF CRISIS by Ted Hardy-Carnac (France)

4.  AUGUST by Eli McGowan (United States)

5.  COLD GIRL by David Sainz (Spain)

6.  CORNELIA by Sander Blom (Netherlands)

7.  FIVE AND A HALF by Heidi Nyburg (United States)

8.  FORBIDDEN by Charlotte Vacková (Czech Republic)

9.  GOOD GIRL by Jenny Kleiman (United States)

10.   GOOD MORNING MY LOVE by Gökşin Doğa Egesoy (Turkey)

11.   HER MOTHER'S EYES by Sawyer Macres (United States)

12.   HOW TO MAKE SHEPHERD'S PIE by Christen R. Carter (United States)

13.   I WALK WITH GHOSTS by Grant Clover, Michael Metzler Jr. (United States)

14.   INVISIBLE by Gilbert Kyem Jnr (United Kingdom)

15.   JANE by Sydney Scotia (Canada)

16.   KITE by Olivier Hero Dressen (China)

17.   LET'S TALK by Elad Mukades (Israel)

18.   LOSING ERIC by Jai Santiago

19.   LOVE&LOSS by Nihat Seven (United Kingdom)

20.   MATIÈRE GRISE by Chauffrut Théophile (France)

21.   MISDIRECTION by Kurt Sear (United Kingdom)

22.   NO TIME OFF FOR GOOD BEHAVIOR by Christopher Riley (United States)

23.   NOVEMBER by Armand Christophe Etienne Ariel Daniaud (United Kingdom)

24.   PATRIMONY by Stefan Tomić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

25.   PAY TO by Mohammad Ghazazani (Iran)

26.   PLEASE HOLD (YOUR CALL MEANS A LOT TO US) by Max Burton (United Kingdom)

27.   REDIFFUSION by Dan Hodges, Lewis Nancet (United Kingdom)

28.   RESTLESS by Dhun Sharma (Canada)

29.   RIDING HALLEY'S COMET by Troy R. Poplous (United States)

30.   ROCKAWAY SUNSET by PJ Landers (United States)

31.   SIRENS by Charlie White (United Kingdom)

32.   SLAM DUNK, SEHAJ! by Asis Sethi (Canada)

33.   STRAY FLOWER by Nandi Nastasja (Germany)

34.   THE LAST WALTZ (OF J.S.) by Sergio Garai (Spain)

35.   THE VIRGINS by Manu Roma (Spain)

36.   THE WAIT by Rik Langan (United Kingdom)

37.   THE WORDS by Josu Martinez (France)

38.   TRIGGER by Corry Raymond, Ed Palmer (United Kingdom)

39.   UP CLOSE AGAIN by Kristjan Knigge (Netherlands)

40.   WAR GAME by Didier Guillaume (Morocco)

41.   ZERO COORDINATES by Nima Valibeigi (Iran)

QUARTER-FINALISTS 2023

1.  12 by Hussain Alahmed (United Arab Emirates)

2.  12 MINUTES by Matthew Lee (United Kingdom)

3.  21 by Giacomo Tanzarella, Christian Mancini (Switzerland)

4.  A DAY AT THE BEACH by Chris Arnold (United States)

5.  A MOMENT IN TIME by Morgan Jones (United Kingdom)

6.  A PACKET OF CHEESE & ONION BUREAUCRACY by Katy Kendrick (United Kingdom)  

7.  A VERY SMALL GENTLEMAN by George Kleanthous (Greece)

8.  AFTER TODAY by Rosalie St-Laurent (Canada)

9.  ALPHABET SOUP by Romina De La Puente (United States)

10.   AN AXE TO GRIND by Joshua Gollish (United States)

11.   ATM CARD by Rajit Chandan (India)

12.   BAYANG SENJA by Dinie Haiqal Majid (Malaysia)

13.  BICYCLE by Tianpeng Yao, Fangcheng Yin (China)

14.   BODY KNOTS by Kevin Pickering (United Kingdom)

15.   CLONE by Alexander Stephens (United States)

16.   CAN BE by Mohammedally Nashir Shushtari (United Kingdom)

17.   CANARY TOMATO by Arima León (Spain)

18.   DANTE by Antonio Riccardo Santorelli (Italy)

19.   DAYDREAM by Tom Jancso (United Kingdom)

20.   DEVIL ON MY SHOULDER by Morgan Simonson (United States)

21.   DIG by G J Hewitt (United Kingdom)

22.   DRIFT by Katie Milner (United Kingdom)

23.   DUELO by Fernando Pliego García (Spain)

24.   DUMDUM by Giancarlo Diaz (United States)

25.   EVA REVISITED by Xan Gilmour (United Kingdom)

26.   FIGURE IT OUT by Georgia F Daly (United States)

27.   FilAm by Tony Marquez (United States)

28.   FINDING SERGEANT by Luke Wissell (Australia)

29.   FLAMES by Matthew Manhire (Canada)

30.   FOG OF WAR by Steven Lundgren (United States)

31.   FOR MY SON by Mathilde Jouaud (United Kingdom)

32.   FORCED by Siavash Gorjestani (Iran)

33.   FRUGAL by Juan Vicente Chuliá (Spain)

34.   GOOD TO TALK by Stephen Broekhuizen (Ireland)

35.   GROSS by Mehdi Ghayoumi (Iran)

36.   HAROLD & LAILA by Jagoda Puczko (United Kingdom)

37.   HEAD by Benjamin Hess (United States)

38.   HELD by Toby Wharton (United Kingdom)

39.   HOME TO THE HANGERS by A. D. Cooper (United Kingdom)

40.   I DID by Pedro Patricio (United States)

41.   IT COMES AT DAWN by Rafael Aragón (Spain)

42.   IT'S JUST A PARCEL by Sam Turnbull (United Kingdom)

43.   JUMP by Mohammad Reza Arabzadeh (Iran)

44.   LA PLANCHADA by Michael Snyder

45.   LE SORBET AU GINGEMBRE by Oscar Boisson (France)

46.   LETTING GO by Àlex Agüera (Spain)

47.   LILE  by Nino Shonia (Georgia)

48.   LILI by Brian Ríos (Puerto Rico)

49.   LITTLE TURTLE by Mingyang LI (China)

50.   MA TUTTO QUESTO ALICE NON LO SA ?! by Alessandro Carrier (Italy)

51.   MARTÍN’S VANTAGE POINT by Chedey Reyes (Spain)

52.   MISSING MANUEL by Ro Olivares (Chile)

53.   MR. COVID by Abhishek Chatterjee (India)

54.   MY CHILDHOOD FRIEND by Maïté Lottin (France)

55.   MY DEAR AUNT SALLY by Tom Procida (United States)

56.   NASA - THE DAWN OF THE THIRTEENTH DAY by Tukle Ruff (France)

57.   ODYSSEY by Akshay Saseendran (India)

58.   OH, LORD! by Gerson Ramos (Spain)

59.   OSCAR'S LOVERS by Lottie Andersen (France)

60.   OSIRIS by Elliott Reeves (United Kingdom)

61.   PIONEER by Dillon Sienko (United States)

62.   PREGNANT by Golnaz Jamsheed (Iran)

63.   PURGATORY by Alec Patchin (United States)

64.   ROSIE by Mark Shaba (Australia)

65.   SELFIE CONTROL by Rajesh Kalhan (United Kingdom)

66.   SHADOWS by Mohadeseh Asadi Zadeh (Iran)      

67.   SHE SAID HE SAID by Rupert Thorpe (United Kingdom)

68.   SHEIA EYES by Nathaniel Bertram (United Kingdom)

69.   SHOP at the Edge of Town by Cailin Tamplin (United States)

70.   SLEEPOVER by Kari Layland (United States)

71.   SON by Tom Jancso (United Kingdom)

72.   SOUL STRINGS by Samuel Mason (United Kingdom)

73.   SWEETY CHRISTMAS by Manuel Flix Fuentes (Spain)

74.   THE BEGIN INFLUENCER by Enzo Bossio (Italy)

75.   THE BLACK BOX by Olivier Hero Dressen (China)

76.   THE BOOK by Víctor Izquierdo (Spain)

77.   THE GIG by Xander Turian (Sweden)

78.   THE HEAD HUNTER by Joseph Matheson (United Kingdom)

79.   THE INTERROGATION by Zenghiok Ng (United States)

80.   THE INTRUDER by Qian Cheng (United States)

81.   THE MAN OF THE HOUSE by Daniel Elkin (United Kingdom)

82.   THE PORTRAIT by Jakob Hüfner (Germany)

83.   THE SOUL OF UKRAINE by Roman Ostrovskyi (Ukraine)

84.   THEY by Seyed Morteza Sabzeghaba (Iran)

85.   THEY PROMISED YOU THAT THE RIVER AIN'T DEEP by László Lenhardt

86.   TIME SPENT by Rob Daniel Hutt (United Kingdom)

87.   TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DAYS by Jamie MacDonald (United Kingdom)

88.   UNSOLVABLE by Liang Han (China)

89.   UNWRITTEN by Olena Marchuk (Ukraine)

90.   VALERY by Derek Patterson (United States)

91.   VARGAN by Oleksandr Yatsko, Taras Lashchak (Ukraine)

92.   VAX by Barak Shpiez (United States)

93.   WELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN ETHICS by Rory Chapman (United Kingdom)

94.   WHAT DID YOU SAY?! by Kiel Robinson (United Kingdom)

95.   WIRED by Peter Koevari (Australia)

96.   XÉNIA by Alexander Kakouris (Greece)

97.   YOUR BLUE IS MY GREEN by Yidan Xiao (China)