Brooklyn International Short Awards is an online awards event. The festvial will welcome any independent project from all genres. The Festival is looking for independent projects from all genres, particularly low or no-budget ones and all countries. The selection process has two parts. First, the submitted projects are judged through private screenings by our internal programming team, and they will select the Finalist films of each edition. Then the Festival’s jurors, who are a random team of invited experts mainly from the film industry, will privately review the films and award the best projects. All of the winners will receive the official laurel and an achievement certificate and can request an online screening. Winner’s announcements will be released through our social media to help promote the films.

Awards & Prizes

The winners will be announced at the event, on our website.

-Best Short Film
-Best Short Documentary
-Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
-Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
-Best Animated Short
-Best Director
-Best Screenplay
-Best Unproduced Script
-Best Music Score
-Best Feminist Film
-Best Student Film
-Best First Time Filmmaker
- Best Micro
- Best Music Video
-Best Experimental Film
-Best LGBT Film
-Best Action Film
-Best Comedy Film
-Best Sci-fi Film
- Best Horror
-Best Soundtrack

Award winners will be announced at our festival!
All laurels will be available to download on our website.
You can apply for as many categories as you want!

Rules & Terms

Terms & Rules.
– In order to submit a film, you must own the rights or
have permission from the owner.
– Any Foreign film that is not in English must have English subtitles.

– All fees are non-refundable.

– Not all the submissions are selected for the official competition. Our Judges are free to make their own choices and no answers will be given about not selected films.

– Palm Spring Shorts can consider any film to be disqualified if the festival considers the content inappropriate. If you have any question regarding this decision you might contact us at our email address.

– Filmmakers can submit the film in multiple categories in order to become a multi-award film. Still, the decision about the selection is strictly determined by our judges’ team and no selection is guaranteed.

– Submitting your movie, you authorize the festival to use, distribute and share the film poster, trailer, synopsis and movie stills in our social media.

– Films can be available online and still be entered in the competition for our festival.

– Multiple submissions and multiple category submissions are accepted.

– Films must have been completed within the past 5 years.

– Shorts must be less than 50 minutes.

-We do not require premiere status.
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  • Shannon Denise Evans

    Pleased to have my short film ALL CATS ARE GREY IN THE DARK named a Semi-Finalist at the Brooklyn International Short Awards. The festival offers a solid platform for short filmmakers and the communication throughout the process was clear and professional.

    April 2026
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  • Mira Kim

    hank you for recognizing my film and the memories inside it. The Korea of my childhood carried heavy pain, but it also carried a quiet strength. That strength came from people—parents who protected their children, neighbors who shared food, and communities that held each other up. With AI as a new artistic tool, I was able to rebuild those moments with respect and tenderness. I am grateful that this festival allowed those memories to be seen and felt.

    April 2026
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  • Christopher C. James

    I am so thrilled to have our short documentary Omelettes for Yummies (2025) selected into the Brooklyn International Short Awards. This acknowledgement holds special meaning. I was born in Brooklyn and have many wonderful memories. Thank you very much! 🎥

    April 2026
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  • Sydney Rincón

    On behalf of the cast and crew of Sensus Mori (2025), we thank the Brooklyn International Short Awards for the opportunity to showcase our film to bright new audiences and share our story in new collaborative spaces.

    December 2025
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  • Caroline Mardok

    Thank you Brooklyn International Short Awards for selecting Water Guardians as a semi finalist. It is a joy to be selected and to celebrate with the community of Brooklyn who is at the root of the project

    December 2025
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