Honorable Mentions: April 2019

Independent Shorts AwardsBest Indie Short: The Persian by Amir Farhang (USA)

Best Indie Short: Vagina Town by Chopper Bernet (USA)

Best Drama Short: Spring Cleanup by David Labrecque (Canada)

Best Drama Short: Zero Time by Jingni Yu (China)

Best Documentary Short: Rocky Mountains Encounter by John Banovich (Canada)

Best Romantic Short: Old Flames by Cydney Cox (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Jesus Rides A Harley by Michael Boston (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: The Bedtime Story by David W. Bertoni (USA)

Best Crime Short: Bxautiful Nightmarx by Brittny Williams and Juanita Ingram (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Bxautiful Nightmarx by Brittny Williams and Juanita Ingram (USA)

Best Horror Short: The Devil’s Lamp by Chetna Vaidyanathan (UK)

Best Sci-Fi Short: The Greeting by Michael Ricci (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Ishtar Speaks by Dena Ryane (USA)

Best Western Short: Phantom. by Drayden DeCosta (Canada)

Best Experimental Short: Mother by Ewan Gotfryd (USA)

Best Experimental Short: One For Each by Marlon West (USA)

Best Student Short: Lost Things by Ariano Trevino Angelone (USA)

Best Student Short: Pure by Stephan Eigenmann (Switzerland)

Best Animation Short: Shadowland by Bellopropello (Switzerland)

Best Women Short: Um Firas by Madeleine Kate McGowan (Denmark)

Best LGBTQ Short: Liked by Pedro Bitar (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: Old Flames by Cydney Cox (USA)

Best Microfilm: Tommy by Mike Stevens (Canada)

Best Microfilm: Vilomah by Art Ornelas (USA)

Best Music Video: Break The Chain by Angelena Bonet (Australia)

Best Mobile Short: Paper Trail by Emily Brown (UK)

Best Parody Short: Let’s Talk Numbers by Austinn Harris (Australia)

Best Director (Female): Amanda Kim for Eclipse (USA)

Best Director (Female): Louise Marie Beauchamp for Anything For The Ones We Love (Canada)

Best Director (Male): Scott Peters for Notes Of An Insomniac (UK)

Best Student Director (Male): Ryan Henry Knight for Ludere (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Matteo Belletta for The Painting (USA)

Best Actress: Helena Prat for Coda Sacra (Spain)

Best Actress: Olivia Lim for Vagina Town (USA)

Best Actor: Lenny Venito for Hook’D (USA)

Best Supporting Actress: Liliana Cura for Whispers Of The Wing (Argentina)

Best Supporting Actor: Adam Flowers for The Burdens They Carry (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Jophielle Love for Rose (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Eduardo Vildasol and Brandon McInnis for Old Flames (USA)

Best Acting Ensemble: Eleanor Burke, Olu Adaeze, Rachel Nottingham, Ingrid Evans, Joe Hughes and Kenny Davies for Guilty Bunch of Flowers (UK)

Best Cinematography: Derek Means and David Leidy for Platonic (USA)

Best Editing: Julie Goldstein for Virtual Memory (USA)

Best Sound Design: Nathan Streifel and Ryan McDuffie for Crossing: 2036 (USA)

Best Original Score: Mattan Cohen for A Lady (USA)

Best Original Story: Lenny Venito and Thomas Baldinger for Hook’D (USA)

Best Short Script: Audition by Bailey Shropshire (UK)

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