Honorable Mentions: July 2019

Independent Shorts AwardsBest Indie Short: Dark Corner by Spencer Leonard (USA)

Best Indie Short: Mountain Ave by Sean Renzettin (USA)

Best Drama Short: Home by Michael J Claman (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Amazing Racers by Susan Colleen Snell (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Best Chance U by Elizabeth Jenny (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Christmas Shit by Sage Drake (USA)

Best Comedy Short: The Screaming Monster in the Closet by Alex Tasker (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: The Interrogation by George Sayah (USA)

Best Thriller Short: The Carting Call by Armin Nasseri (USA)

Best Action Short: Sur’vi by Stephen Wise (USA)

Best Horror Short: Love Sick by Mark Emilio Sciubba (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Bucky by Geoffrey Gould (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Sur’vi by Stephen Wise (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Ryoko’s Qubit Summer by Yuichi Kondo (Japan)

Best Experimental Short: Alpha Omega by Clément Papillon (France)

Best Student Short: Sip by Kelly Elsas (Australia)

Best Animation Short: Division by Jonathan Reser (USA)

Best Women Short: The Ins and Outs of Community Property by Mike Stinnett (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: Wish by Kaustuv Mukherjee (USA)

Best Microfilm: Sip by Kelly Elsas (Australia)

Best Microfilm: The Runner by Patrick Reynolds (USA)

Best Drone Short: Rivaj’ by Koreen Valard (Martinique)

Best Director (Female): Susan Colleen Snell for Amazing Racers (USA)

Best Director (Male): Ashutosh Jha for Blue Funk (India)

Best Student Director (Male): Andres Jarrin for Vendetta (USA)

Best Student Director (Male): Skyler Brigmann for Rose (USA)

Best First Time Director (Female): Sofia Pellegrino for The Last Cry (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): George Sayah for The Interrogation (USA)

Best Actress: Alexa Moffo for They Broke In (USA)

Best Actress: Taneea Rajawat for Blue Funk (India)

Best Actor: Mackenzie Ogden for Home (USA)

Best Supporting Actress: Penny Middleton for Rubber Room (USA)

Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Esperanza for The Carting Call (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Gabrielle Faulkner for Sur’vi (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Celik Kayalar and Kyle Simsek for DNA (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Diana Spohn and Daniel Spohn for The Ins and Outs of Community Property (USA)

Best Acting Ensemble: Rubber Room (USA)

Best Cinematography: Frank Souter for Downstream (Australia)

Best Cinematography: Jan Jackino Bauer for The David (USA)

Best Editing: Skyler Brigmann for Rose (USA)

Best Sound Design: Mike Miller for They Broke In (USA)

Best Sound Design: Snow in the Summer (South Korea)

Best Original Score: Christy Carew for Virtually (USA)

Best Original Story: Sravan Gajabhinkar for 1947 Two Soldiers (India)

Best Short Script: Helping You To Forget by Scott Nelson (USA)

PLATINUM AWARDS

GOLD AWARDS

SILVER AWARDS

BRONZE AWARDS