We're thrilled to unveil the triumphant selections of the 9th edition of Top Shorts, celebrating outstanding achievements in both filmmaking and screenwriting. After careful deliberation and fierce competition, we proudly present the remarkable projects that have made it to the top. Best of Fest OPIA - Edward Mines Best Narrative Film Torn Souls (Les Mains Vides) - Arthur Dupont Best Indie Film Goggles - Brenda Laidman, Anna Nadtotchii Best Drama Premonition - Nick Marchuk Best Comedy Boss of the Toss - Chris Harboldt Best Thriller More Than Meets The Eye - David Samson Best Horror ..read more

We're thrilled to unveil the triumphant selections of the 8th edition of Top Shorts, celebrating outstanding achievements in both filmmaking and screenwriting. After careful deliberation and fierce competition, we proudly present the remarkable projects that have made it to the top. Best of Fest All Blood Runs Red - Paul Mignot Best Narrative Film Deus Ex Machina - Jessy Langlois Best Indie Film At the Strawberry Stand - Gerald Gerhard Pribek Best Drama Restless - Asger Krøjer Kallesøe Best Comedy The Rite Girl - Cody Theilman Best Thriller Reshape - Siming Zheng Best Horror The Gam ..read more

Film of the Month Real Heroes Don't Die - Roman Mitichyan, Michael Pashan Best Narrative Film Candies - Iga Xiaoyi Zhou Best Indie Film Revenge Tour - Bryon Jones Best Drama Cross - Hyunjin Lee Best Comedy The Liberry - Nicholas Bompart, Max Sterling Best Sci-Fi Rehearsal - Allan Shen Best Experimental Film A Shadow of A Doubt - James Campbell Best Inspirational Film The 90 Year Old Cyclist - Florent Piovesan Best Dark Comedy Real Heroes Don't Die - Roman Mitichyan, Michael Pashan Best Documentary The 90 Year Old Cyclist - Florent Piovesan Best Animation Interview With A King - Barrye L. Pric ..read more

Andreas Mortensen writes a genre-bending story about grief in his screenplay Phantom Questions. A thirty year old named Benny digs up his mother’s body and takes it to a haunted house in order to reanimate her spirit with the help of his friend Alfons, in this horror dramedy.   Once in the house, Benny’s quest doesn’t quite go according to plan. A phantom takes up the spiritual energy instead of his mother’s spirit. Instead of having the chance to ask his mother’s spirit questions, Benny has to make space for a phantom to reach her closure.   It’s difficult to put one’s finger on th ..read more

Film of the Month Worst Date, Best Date - Cameron Thrower Best Narrative Film The Space Between - Rhianna Morris, Chris McQuire Best Indie Film The Delicacy - Jacek Nastal Best Drama Slough - Yuzhu Lan, Yutong Wang Best Comedy Worst Date, Best Date - Cameron Thrower Best Thriller Gidi Gidi Gi - Iye Teblu Best Sci-Fi Gidi Gidi Gi - Iye Teblu Best Experimental Film Rhomboid Major - Monica Goldberg Best Inspirational Film ÑUÑUYACHIY - Jose Miguel Soriano, Ricardo Macian Best Fantasy Film Two Conjure - Miguel Lopez de Leon Best Romance Film RAINAISSANCE - Frances Katz Best LGBTQ Film A Closet of ..read more

In the middle of New Jersey, a rideshare driver and a client from opposite sides of the political spectrum must work together to solve a car breakdown in this buddy comedy directed by Gabriel Tibi. The script was written by Morgan Cini and Gabriel Tibi starring Hannah Coffman as Ashley, the rideshare driver, and Michael Paone as Sean, the passenger.   Breakdown is as much about a car breaking as it is about the breakdown of society. Much how Hannah wishes to dump Sean on the side of the road for suggestive, racist commentary while he is a passenger, or how much Sean wishes for Hanna ..read more

Film of the Month ELM - Kay Qiao Best Narrative Film ELM - Kay Qiao Best Indie Film Hazing Rain - Rosie DeHoyos Best Drama The Geierwally - Mario Dengler Best Comedy What Happened at Don's? - Eden Gamliel Best Thriller The Still of the Night - Luke Valdes-Rodriguez Best Horror Glamping - Rosemary Idisi, RaeAnne Carlson Best Sci-Fi An AI Story - To Be or Not to Be - Steve Halpern Best Experimental Film Zoltar's Fortune - Robrecht Berg Best Inspirational Film Dare to Dream - Max Ornstil, Pedro Garcia Best Fantasy Film ELM - Kay Qiao Best LGBTQ Film Sharon and the Vege Plot - John Brooks Best We ..read more

Film of the Month Breakdown - Morgan Cini, Gabriel Tibi Best Narrative Film Breakdown - Morgan Cini, Gabriel Tibi Honorable Mention: Narrative Film The Cycle - Vilma Jackson Best Indie Film RUST - Tim Mountain Honorable Mention: Indie Film Straight to the Moon ! - Nathan San Filippo Best Drama Say Your Name - Matt Kerr Best Comedy Ye Ole Glorya - Jeff Kazanjian Best Experimental Film …der Flitter graut. Es bleibt Verpasstes übrig. - Carsten Fuhrmann, Mark Klotz Best Web Series Roaming History: Emmett Till - Michael Rios, James Fierro Best Documentary Art of Survival - Tony Heriza, Valerie Kel ..read more

MEET THE TEAM Chelsea Nwasike Chelsea Nwasike is an award-winning Filmmaker who holds a BA degree in Media Production at Bournemouth University, England, and a Master's degree at New York Film Academy. She first began her directorial journey in England when she shot a 45 mins pilot for the series "Twisted". She was awarded an Arts Award and Co-Creation Award plus a grant to lead and direct the production of. "Genetics for the public" project. After working on Christopher Nolan’s three-time Academy Award-winning historical drama Dunkirk, Chelsea moved down to LA where she began writing and dire ..read more

Film of the Month Saint-Sacrifice - Jean-Claude Leblanc Best Narrative Film Saint-Sacrifice - Jean-Claude Leblanc Honorable Mention: Narrative Film Bonding - Luke Rex Best Indie Film Dark Web - Tyler Appian Honorable Mention: Indie Film Bildur Aize - Daniel Llusa Ribes Best Drama Social Life - Alex Montagnani Best Comedy Two Fridges - Rob Banish Best Thriller Dark Web - Tyler Appian Best Sci-Fi Turing - John Cihangir Best Experimental Film Con Artist - Griffin Glendinning, Addison Rafford Best Inspirational Film The Street Photographer - Benjamin Templar Best Documentary The Last Repair Shop ..read more