Gold Awards: May 2019

Independent Shorts AwardsBest Indie Short: The Healing of Harman by Seth Pinsker (USA)

Best Drama Short: Night Tales by Randy Rubin (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Her Turf: The Untold Story about Three Female Football Refs by Shantel Hansen (USA)

Best Comedy Short: The Bibcocks’ Incursion by Alvin Joo (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Killer Friends by Peter Calvin (USA)

Best Crime Short: A Night at the Table by Tamara S. Hall (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: A Calling by Sahil Kaur (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Deep Water by Xiao Ni (USA)

Best Horror Short: Alice by M.K. Edwards (USA)

Best Western Short: Rise n’ Shine by Silver Kim (Canada)

Best Experimental Short: Scenes From a Migranthood by Roozbeh Behtaji and Jovid Eisai (Sweden)

Best Student Short: Jack and Anna by Ksenia Ivanova (USA)

Best Children Short: Ribbons by Marcela Cantú Serrano (USA)

Best Animation Short: The Hollow Moon by Eric Robison (USA)

Best Women Short: Backpedal by Dani Pearce (Australia)

Best LGBTQ Short: Idle Weeds by Wendy Zhang (China)

Best Microfilm: The Blessing and the Curse by David Kennedy (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Hijab by Eric Smith-Gunn (USA)

Best Music Video: I Must Upgrade! by Oliver Denyer (UK)

Best Director (Female): Dani Pearce for Backpedal (Australia)

Best Director (Male): Eric Smith-Gunn for Hijab (USA)

Best Student Director (Female): Wendy Zhang for Idle Weeds (China)

Best First Time Director (Female): Deniz Dirin for My Blue Car (Turkey)

Best First Time Director (Male): Alvin Joo for The Bibcocks’ Incursion (USA)

Best Actress: Kate Smith for Jack and Anna (USA)

Best Actor: Alessandro Calonaci for Carolina (Italy)

Best Supporting Actress: Anna Lemonaki for Solange (France)

Best Acting Duo: Silver Kim and Ashley Evans for Rise n’ Shine (Canada)

Best Cinematography: Isaac Newcombe for Ripple Effect (New Zealand)

Best Editing: Kevin Douglas Harris for No No On’nanoko (USA)

Best Visual FX: Kevin Douglas Harris for No No On’nanoko (USA)

Best Sound Design: Cameron Milne and Mireille Abbott for Backpedal (Australia)

Best Original Score: Alex J. Steed for Sketches From a Dancer’s Album (Australia)

Best Original Story: Roozbeh Behtaji for Scenes From a Migranthood (Sweden)

Best Trailer/Teaser: Volkov (USA)

Best Short Script: Daughters Of God by Maza White (New Zealand)

SILVER AWARDS

BRONZE AWARDS

HONORABLE MENTIONS

PLATINUM AWARDS