The 2018 Best Short Film Winner Is:

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  • Lies & Oblivion: Sessions Vocal Unit - (Jezabel Montero, director-writer-producer; USA; 2017; comedy; 15 min. 24 sec.; English) Two sisters hash out their differences, over their dead father and jailbird mother, in a therapist's office. The only thing is, the malnourished therapist hasn't had a decent meal in over a month. What can go wrong? Watch the Trailer
Jezabel Montero and PIFA founder Floyd Marshall
Jezabel Montero showcases her trophy for Best Short Film 2018 on the red carpet with PIFA founder Floyd Marshall.
Montero accepts her trophy on stage at International House.
Montero accepts her trophy for Best Short Film 2018 on stage at the International House.

The 2018 Best Short Film Nominees:

A boxer faces a career crippling illness in the film short drama
A boxer faces an uncertain future when he's stricken with Systemic Lupus in the dramatic film short "Standing Eight."
  • Standing Eight - (Brian Kazmarck, director; Kazy Tauginas, writer; Louis Peduto, producer; USA; 2016; drama, sport; 20 min. 46 sec.; English) A professional boxer is forced to contend with life outside of the ring after being diagnosed with Systemic Lupus. Watch the Trailer
  • Silent Cries: The Prelude - (Shauntay Cherry, director-writer-producer; Okema T. Moore, producer; USA; 2017; drama; 15 min. 30 sec.; English) An underemployed construction worker begins to buckle under the pressures of fatherhood as his son's 7th birthday approaches. Watch the Trailer
  • Bad Romance - (Maurice Paramore, director-writer-producer; US; 2017; drama, romance; 16 min.; English) A couple rides the ups and downs of modern romance.
    Watch the Trailer
A scene featuring the character
Smiling on the outside, sweating on the inside: Corey (Chris Boylan) rethinks he and his friends' plot to murder the woman they all obsess over.
Nightcap - (Bernard S. Gray, director; David J. Greenberg, writer; US; 2014; drama, thriller; 14 min. 7 sec.; English) Corey, Derek, Jason, and Will are college students who are fed up with being rejected by the women at their school. They have channeled their frustration at hate at the most popular woman at their school, Miranda Hamilton.

On this night, they have decided to kill her by giving her a poison they have concocted. As they work up the nerve to pull off their crime, Corey begins to have cold feet and tries to talk his crew out killing the woman they love to hate and hate to love.  Watch the Trailer

The other nominees include:

The list of movie production nominees for the 2018 film awards are now available: