Gold Awards: February 2019

Independent Shorts AwardsBest Narrative Short: Down by Arnaud Mizzon (France)

Best Drama Short: Amity by Jordan McAfee-Hahn (USA)

Best Indie Short: In Plain Sight by Paul Foster (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Bomi(native) by Kiumars Sarshar (Iran)

Best Comedy Short: Grillin’ by Christopher James Heiman (USA)

Best Thriller Short: In Plain Sight by Paul Foster (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Anacronte by Raúl Koler and Emiliano Sette (Argentina/Mexico)

Best Western Short: Black Gold by Aaron Huggett (Canada)

Best Music Video: I Shall Wear Midnight by Anna Hildebrandt (Australia)

Best Experimental Short: Arcanum by Andrew Vandaele (Netherlands)

Best Student Short: Broken English by Oscar Alvarez (USA)

Best Director (Female): Anna Hildebrandt for I Shall Wear Midnight (Australia)

Best Director (Male): Paul Foster for In Plain Sight (USA)

Best First Time Director: Ben Majest for Pool (USA)

Best Student Director: Oscar Alvarez for Broken English (USA)

Best Actress: Christa Watson for In Plain Sight (USA)

Best Actor: David Ford for In Plain Sight (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Kathryn Rheault and Zooey Brown for Northern Star (USA)

Best Acting Ensemble: Andrew Jardine, Olivia D’Lima, Stuart Walker, Emily Ralph, Alex Mills and Al Coppola for Storytellers (UK)

Best Cinematography: Yipo “Peter” Pan for In Search of Paul (USA)

Best Editing: John Stokes for I Shall Wear Midnight (Australia)

Best Sound Design: Arcanum (Netherlands)

Best Original Score: Marcelo Quinonez for Lunchtime is Over (USA)

Best Original Story: Govind Chandran for Storytellers (UK)

SILVER AWARDS

BRONZE AWARDS

HONORABLE MENTIONS

PLATINUM AWARDS