SHORTS FINALISTS

BEST OF THE FEST NOMINEE FINALISTS
IN A-Z ORDER

ANIMATION CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
LITTLE WOLF, THE NIGHT TRAIL	JESSE COWAN	.
THE DARK ODYSSEY	MICHAEL LAVINE	.
THE LAST BATTLE	STEVE CYPERT	.

BASS & BELLE WILD WESTERN CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
JAVELINA RUN	LISA BELCHER	.
ODE TO U.S. DEPUTY MARSHAL BASS REEVES	HAROLD ALDRIDGE, JR.	.
WASTELAND	MICHAEL MUCHNIJ	.

COMEDY SHORT CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
ALL SHOOK UP	MATTHEW RAMSAUR	.
CALL ME BACK: THE UNCOMMON WISDOM OF YVETTE SLOSCH	AARON WEINSTEIN	.
MY DINNER WITH WERNER	MAVERICK MOORE	.

COVID-PANDEMIC CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
BANDWIDTH	ROBERT FRANCKE & PAT BATTISTINI	.
CHOICES	MICHAEL MC CALLUM	.
ROUTINE	RUSS EMANUEL	.

DARK COMEDY SHORT CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
FRAN	BEN HAUSDORFF	.
HOW TO FALL IN LOVE IN A BROTHEL	SUNHUI CHANG	.
THE PEWTER BROS.	MICHAEL MCCALLUM	.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
HONEY CYCLE	YUDELKA HEYER	.
JESSE JAMES	JOSEF STEIFF	.
THE NEW ABOLITIONISTS	CHRISTINA ZORICH	.

DRAMA SHORT CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
LYDIA OF THE DESERT	CORY AYCOCK	.
STAKE	CHRISTOPHER VERNALE	.
THE DANCE	IRA FARMER & CHUCK NULL	.

FAMILY DRAMEDY SHORT CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
DIGNITY	PAT BATTISTINI	.
GRACELAND	BONNIE DISCEPOLO	.
LEAVE A MESSAGE	DAVID MALOUF	.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
DAZE MOMENT	POBITRA KHOUND	.
THE KILLER IN CURSED WATER	LAURENT ARDOINT & STEPHANE DUPRAT	.
THE VANISHING HITCHHIKER	ROSARIO BRUCATO	.

FOREIGN ORIGIN/LANGUAGE MICRO SHORT CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
IMMERSION	ANAELLE MORF	.
MAYONNAISE	ANAELLE MORF	.
THE MILLIONAIRE'S BURGER	ROB WHITE	.

HORROR MICRO-SHORT CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
A MONSTER WITHIN	DEVIN MONTGOMERY	.
APARTMENT 203	RICKY REID	.
RUMSPRINGA	JOHN PUTMAN	.

MAX-SHORT/TV PILOTS CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
HALFDANR	LANCE B. WITMER	.
THE LEGACY SESSIONS	WILLIAM D. ASHTON	.
THIRD BASE	KATT GILCREASE	.

MICRO-SHORT CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
CONSUMER BURGER	C.W.JOHNSON, JR.	.
THE BABYSITTER FROM HELL	RENDALEE SINGLETON	.
THE ERASER	PHILIP & ROBERT SNYDER	.

MUSIC VIDEO CATEGORY: BEST OF THE FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
FIGHT BACK!	GEORGE WADA	.
INFECTED	ALFONSO "CRONOPIO" MORENO	.
REVIVAL	REAGAN ELKINS	.

OKLAHOMA SOIL SHORT CATEGORY:BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
CARRIER	STEPHANIE ALICIA ROSE & BRANDON SMALLWOOD	.
GALDRA	CLIFF CRULL	.
QUEENS	ROGELIO ALMEIDA	.

ORIGINAL MUSIC COMPOSER CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	ORIGINAL MUSIC BY	.
DEATH BELLS-FILM SCORE	"DR. SNIK" JUSTIN SNIKKAR	.
JIYAN-MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK	NICOLAS BIANCO	.
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SONGWRITING CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	ORIGINAL MUSIC BY	.
SPECIAL SOMEONE	MICHAEL LAFATA	.
TAKE ME AS I AM	EYTAN RIBNER	.
THE NIGHT OF THE END (LA NOCHE DEL FINAL)	OMC-ENRIQUE PONCE LYRICS BY RUBY MALDONADO ARTIST-ALLISON FALCON	.

STUDENT CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
A WAR ON FRIENDLY GROUNDS	KING JAQUELL MARTIN & DEANTE GRAY	.
IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT	JONATHAN GONZALES	.
POTION FOR PASSION	PARRIS BURRIS	.

STUDENT THRILLER SHORT CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
COMMUTE	COLBURN	.
EPILOGUE	MATT BARSE	.
THE 4	KEVIN NAIL	.

THRILLER SHORT CATEGORY: BEST OF FEST	DIRECTED BY	.
BAD DREAMS	TUCKER CLEMENT	.
BONEYARD RACERS	DAVID HEACOCK	.
HIT ON ME	JOSH BAXTER	.