The animatu festival just announced its shortlist for its mid-november event...

The Days After
Direction: Andre Pesch

Un Unfair War
Direction: Thuyen Nguyen

Desassossego
Direction: Claus-Dieter Schulz

Unbreak my Heart
Direction: Shakti Pherwani

(thanks machinima.com).

Also, the Holland Aimation festival's 7-day Machinima filmfest (in cooperation with Google) announced their shortlist to be viewed here.

The movie that gets the most views will win, so go view your favorite now!

And before people forget, there's also the Gameshadow innovation in games award, that you can vote for here.