Silver Awards: February 2019

Independent Shorts AwardsBest Narrative Short: Black Gold by Aaron Huggett (Canada)

Best Drama Short: Billion Dollar Bus Stop by Chad Austin Kerr (USA)

Best Indie Short: Murakami’s Main Character by Cary Chen (China)

Best Documentary Short: 6,743 Count My Voice! by Shristi Joshi (Nepal)

Best Comedy Short: She Comes In Colors Everywhere by Yao Yu (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: An Aspirational Space by GG Hawkins (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Bon Appetit by Surapong Ploensang (Thailand)

Best Fantasy Short: Andersen and the Jinn by Rogier van Beeck Calkoen (Spain)

Best LGBT Short: Violet by Rafael Hernán Gamboa (USA)

Best Music Video: Right Side of the Tracks by Travis Tips (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Pick A Number by Işıl Reina (Turkey)

Best Microfilm: Arcanum by Andrew Vandaele (Netherlands)

Best Student Short: Murakami’s Main Character by Cary Chen (China)

Best Director (Female): Monica Tidwell for Rawdon’s Roof (USA)

Best Director (Male): T.J. Penton for Loneheart (USA)

Best Student Director: Cary Chen for Murakami’s Main Character (China)

Best Young Filmmaker: Olivia Anton for Tillie (USA)

Best Actress: Morgan Reddinger for Billion Dollar Bus Stop (USA)

Best Acting Ensemble: Christopher Rich, Lee Godart and Jamie Askew for Rawdon’s Roof (USA)

Best Cinematography: Dingxuan Huang for She Comes In Colors Everywhere (USA)

Best Editing: Christopher James Heiman for Grillin’ (USA)

Best Sound Design: Vince Tennant for Lunchtime is Over (USA)

Best Original Score: Haley Shaw for An Aspirational Space (USA)

Best Original Story: Takuya Okamoto for Too Young: Two Mornings (Japan)

Best Short Script: Knight of the Kolossos by Jeremy Storey (USA)

Best Trailer/Teaser: An Odyssey: Running Scared (Australia)

BRONZE AWARDS

HONORABLE MENTIONS

PLATINUM AWARDS

GOLD AWARDS