First Runner Up – Tally Shorts Favorite Award

An estranged daughter finds new answers about her relationship with her terminally ill mother. For the first time, the two finally meet halfway.

A mother and son on the run escape to an isolated mountain cabin where their fears catch up with them.

A Latina doctor sufferes a devastating personal loss during a high school shooting. Thrust into an unfathomable situation, she must choose between succumbing to overwhelming rage or staying faithful to the Hippocratic oath.

Shooting a rape scene, a female director exposes the social and religious red lines no actress is willing to cross because they fear getting in trouble with the law.

With her daughter Yoshiko diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, and her husband overseas serving in the military, Saki Omura is finding it harder and harder to cope. Saki faces the now-daunting task of giving her daughter the best life possible.