August 2025: The Nominees for Best Short of the Season (Special Jury Awards)

Acorn, Iowa by Madison Wolfe (USA)

Dokhtar’am – My Daughter by Pedram Sadough (Germany)

Fireside by Xiaopei Wang (China)

Focal Point by Raphael Buisson (USA)

Hamdardi by Ashley Tabatabai and Stefan Fairlamb (UK)

Hamsa by Aram Abdulrahim (Syria)

Hills by Jennifer Cadena (Spain)

Land of Forgotten Echoes by Layne Marie Williams (USA)

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