Here is a collection of this year's Nevermore Jury Award winners for Best Shorts.
BEST SHORT (US/CANADA)
Tim Travers & The Time Traveler's Paradox: It is called the Time Travelers Paradox. In which a scientist creates a Time Machine and kills their younger self. So now a man who should not -- can not -- exist, somehow does. That is the Paradox, and Paradoxes are impossible.
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT
Jettison: A restless young woman ships off to fight an interstellar war, only to struggle with the effects of being cut off from her home by both time and space.
BEST HORROR-COMEDY SHORT
The Last Christmas: 'Tis the night before Christmas and all is peaceful. That is until High School Cheerleader, Kirsten, is awoken in the middle of the night by her mischievous 8-year-old sister, Alice. Teased at school for still believing in Santa, Alice's plan to capture the mythical gift giver and prove his existence has gone horribly wrong. The living room is trashed and Santa lies dead amidst a gruesome Christmas crime scene! But Alice has a plan and convinces her older sister they must work together to get rid of the evidence and bury the body before anyone finds out they killed Christmas!
BEST SHORT (INTERNATIONAL)
The Last Game: Alvaro and his friends are about to play one of their usual role games when a disturbing discovery will change the game forever.
In Spanish with English subtitles
BEST LONG-FORM NARRATIVE SHORT
Viral: An online activist was trying to uncover the truth about the Virus before she went missing earlier this year. Now, her FaceTime history has been extracted and the truth is worse than you think.
BEST LONG FORM NARRATIVE SHORT
Lips & Tips: Melanie -- a hard working flight attendant -- arrives late at night at the airport. She only wants to go home and get some sleep. But someone is watching her. As she enters the parking garage, someone is talking to her, and this person seems to have sinister plans. She manages to escape the stranger, but now someone has followed her home. Will Melanie survive this night of terror and find out what is going on?
Viewer's Guide: Graphic sexual dialogue and gore.
NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE!
It is called the Time Travelers Paradox. In which a scientist creates a Time Machine and kills their younger self. So now a man who should not -- can not -- exist, somehow does. That is the Paradox, and Paradoxes are impossible.
2022 Nevermore Jury Award Winner! 
BEST SHORT (US/CANADA)
BEST DIRECTOR – Short Film
Stimson Snead (“Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox”, United States)
BEST ACTOR – Feature or Short:
Samuel Dunning (“Tim Travers”, Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox”)
BEST SCREENPLAY – Short Film
Stimson Snead (“Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox”, United States)
2022 Nevermore Jury Award Nominee!
Best Production & Set Design
Best Visual Effects
Best Editing
Best Sound
Director Biography - Stimson Snead
Award-winning director, illustrator, and ten-year veteran of the indie scene. With multiple stage musicals, short stories and comic strips also to his name. Some describe him as an open-minded team leader who lends his signature style to projects with grace and good humor while still respecting the ethos that informs the source material. Although others have described him as a ticking time bomb of insanity and social anxiety, ready to go screaming off the deep end at any...
- Year2021
- Runtime19 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorStimson Snead
- ScreenwriterStimson Snead
- CastSamuel Dunning
- EditorStimson Snead
- Production DesignVincent De Felice
- Sound DesignMort Orecchio
Here is a collection of this year's Nevermore Jury Award winners for Best Shorts.
BEST SHORT (US/CANADA)
Tim Travers & The Time Traveler's Paradox: It is called the Time Travelers Paradox. In which a scientist creates a Time Machine and kills their younger self. So now a man who should not -- can not -- exist, somehow does. That is the Paradox, and Paradoxes are impossible.
BEST SCIENCE FICTION SHORT
Jettison: A restless young woman ships off to fight an interstellar war, only to struggle with the effects of being cut off from her home by both time and space.
BEST HORROR-COMEDY SHORT
The Last Christmas: 'Tis the night before Christmas and all is peaceful. That is until High School Cheerleader, Kirsten, is awoken in the middle of the night by her mischievous 8-year-old sister, Alice. Teased at school for still believing in Santa, Alice's plan to capture the mythical gift giver and prove his existence has gone horribly wrong. The living room is trashed and Santa lies dead amidst a gruesome Christmas crime scene! But Alice has a plan and convinces her older sister they must work together to get rid of the evidence and bury the body before anyone finds out they killed Christmas!
BEST SHORT (INTERNATIONAL)
The Last Game: Alvaro and his friends are about to play one of their usual role games when a disturbing discovery will change the game forever.
In Spanish with English subtitles
BEST LONG-FORM NARRATIVE SHORT
Viral: An online activist was trying to uncover the truth about the Virus before she went missing earlier this year. Now, her FaceTime history has been extracted and the truth is worse than you think.
BEST LONG FORM NARRATIVE SHORT
Lips & Tips: Melanie -- a hard working flight attendant -- arrives late at night at the airport. She only wants to go home and get some sleep. But someone is watching her. As she enters the parking garage, someone is talking to her, and this person seems to have sinister plans. She manages to escape the stranger, but now someone has followed her home. Will Melanie survive this night of terror and find out what is going on?
Viewer's Guide: Graphic sexual dialogue and gore.
NORTH CAROLINA PREMIERE!
It is called the Time Travelers Paradox. In which a scientist creates a Time Machine and kills their younger self. So now a man who should not -- can not -- exist, somehow does. That is the Paradox, and Paradoxes are impossible.
2022 Nevermore Jury Award Winner!
BEST SHORT (US/CANADA)
BEST DIRECTOR – Short Film
Stimson Snead (“Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox”, United States)
BEST ACTOR – Feature or Short:
Samuel Dunning (“Tim Travers”, Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox”)
BEST SCREENPLAY – Short Film
Stimson Snead (“Tim Travers and the Time Traveler’s Paradox”, United States)
2022 Nevermore Jury Award Nominee!
Best Production & Set Design
Best Visual Effects
Best Editing
Best Sound
Director Biography - Stimson Snead
Award-winning director, illustrator, and ten-year veteran of the indie scene. With multiple stage musicals, short stories and comic strips also to his name. Some describe him as an open-minded team leader who lends his signature style to projects with grace and good humor while still respecting the ethos that informs the source material. Although others have described him as a ticking time bomb of insanity and social anxiety, ready to go screaming off the deep end at any...
- Year2021
- Runtime19 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited States
- PremiereNorth Carolina Premiere
- DirectorStimson Snead
- ScreenwriterStimson Snead
- CastSamuel Dunning
- EditorStimson Snead
- Production DesignVincent De Felice
- Sound DesignMort Orecchio