We are thrilled to congratulate Adam J. Graves, Suchitra Mattai and the entire ANUJA creative team on their 2025 Academy Awards® Nomination.
ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE
ANUJA
We are now accepting film submissions for the 2025 film festival.
2024 Award Winners
Grand Prize
ANUJA by Adam J. Graves and Suchitra Mattai
Best International
The Professional Parent (Slovakia) by Erik Jasaň
Best Drama
Love Without Borders by Joe Epstein
Best Comedy
The Day Keeper by Mark Kiefer
Best Animation
Tennis, Oranges by Sean Pecknold
Best Documentary
Daughter of Mine by Vanessa Martino
Best Experimental
TLT by Dean Woodhouse, Hugo Bierschenk
Best Sci-Fi
Inversion by Linzhe Zhang
Best Horror
Infestation by Yana Sar
Best Music Video
Under The Crosswalk Lights by Peter Chung
Best AI
The Prompt by Francesco Frisari
Halyna Hutchins Cinematography Award
Red Sky at Night by Kieran Stringfellow
SPECIAL MENTION
The Wilde Sisters by Táine King
Shakes Versus Shav by Damian Farrell, Gerry Hoban
The 13th annual New York Shorts International Film Festival will feature 250 short films from 23 countries, special events, talks, retrospectives films, and tributes with honored guests.
An essential destination for independent storytellers with bold and compelling short films to reach a broad and diverse audience of film lovers and industry professionals in NYC.
New York Shorts is one of the premirie exhibitors of short-form cinema in North America and the largest short film festival in America on the East Coast.
A qualifying film festival for the Canadian Screen Awards, presented by The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
OCTOBER 10, 8:00 PM
Welcome!
Filmmakers
Meet & Greet Filmmakers
Ace Bar 531 E 5th St. New York 10009
OCTOBER 18, 7:00 PM
Award
Reception
Filmmaker Award Reception
And the winners are...
OCTOBER 16, 1:00 PM
Industry Session
Working w/ SAG-AFTRA Actors
Low-Budget
Doesn't Mean Low-Creativity
Low-Budget Doesn’t Mean Low-Creativity
How to produce on a micro-budget and still work with SAG-AFTRA actors
Hosted by Jack Mulcahy SAGindie Film Committee for SAG•AFTRA
co-Chairman of the National Low Budget Film Committee
Speaker Michael Sládek, SAGindie NY Consultant
Thank you for attending
WHAT FILMMAKERS SAY
Mario Corry
Writer/Director / Black Mike
So much more than a film festival - NY Shorts created a community with care and compassion. Thoughtfully curated and organized, it's an artistic atmosphere that inspires everyone to aspire higher.
