Gold Awards: June 2019

Independent Shorts AwardsBest Indie Short: The Alchemist by Magdalena Wodzisz (Ireland)

Best Drama Short: Scrap by Leena Pendharkar (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Bad Fruit (The Unheard Voice of the Tuam Babies) by Teresa Lavina (Ireland)

Best Comedy Short: The Assistant by Peter Calvin (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Sven by Christopher Rucinski (USA)

Best Crime Short: Maga! by Jordan C Michael (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: Sven by Christopher Rucinski (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Shtriga by Jayde Williams (USA)

Best Mystery Short: Trapped by Shan Tong (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Blue Murder by Alex Sultoon (UK)

Best Student Short: Through the Door by Allison Alonzo (USA)

Best Children Short: Godspeed by Sunny Wai Yan Chan (USA)

Best Animation Short: Godspeed by Sunny Wai Yan Chan (USA)

Best Women Short: M Like Mobius by Faranak Moradi (Iran)

Best LGBTQ Short: The Mask I Wear by Brett Newton (USA)

Best Microfilm: Blue Murder by Alex Sultoon (UK)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Lovers Lyfe by Emmai Alaquiva (USA)

Best Music Video: Catchpenny Ritz by Haiyang Yu (USA)

Best Director (Female): Jayde Williams for Shtriga (USA)

Best Director (Male): Alex Sultoon for Blue Murder (UK)

Best Student Director (Female): Allison Alonzo for Through the Door (USA)

Best First Time Director (Female): Shan Tong for Trapped (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Sunny Wai Yan Chan for Godspeed (USA)

Best Young Filmmaker: Qing Zhao for Her Spark (China)

Best Actress: Vivian Kerr for Scrap (USA)

Best Actor: Carey Feehan for A Good Story (Canada)

Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Mann for The Assistant (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Allison Moses for Yours Are Mine (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Jesse Gavin and Andy McPhee for Sven (USA)

Best Acting Ensemble: A Good Story (Canada)

Best Cinematography: Gabriel Goldberg and Mileydy Artiles for Interview With Marilyn (USA)

Best Editing: Agatino Zurría for Interview With Marilyn (USA)

Best Visual FX: Shtriga (USA)

Best Sound Design: Simon Lister for Kapara (Australia)

Best Original Score: Lindsay Katt for The Avant-Gardener (USA)

Best Original Story: Vivian Kerr for Scrap (USA)

Best Short Script: Bad Karma by Caleb Parazette (USA)

SILVER AWARDS

BRONZE AWARDS

HONORABLE MENTIONS

PLATINUM AWARDS