Silver Awards: July 2019

Independent Shorts AwardsBest Indie Short: The David by Jan Bauer (USA)

Best Drama Short: The Family, Your Choice by Andrea Vaccarelli (Italy)

Best Documentary Short: Rooted in Arizona by Christian Ely (USA)

Best Romantic Short: Blue Funk by Ashutosh Jha (India)

Best Comedy Short: Fully Formed Adults by Scott Boxenbaum (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Red Kraken by Andrii Lantukh (USA)

Best Thriller Short: The M.I.C.E. in the Wall by Jimmy Naples (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: A Faithless Act by Guilherme Filipe Régio (UK)

Best Action Short: 1947 Two Soldiers by Sravan Gajabhinkar (India)

Best Horror Short: Survivor Girl by Laura Russo (USA)

Best Mystery Short: The Legend of Um Elmagareen by Moeez Alrammah (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: The Dustbin Connection by Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko (Bangladesh)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Virtually by P. Patrick Hogan (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Long Distance by David Thompson (USA)

Best Student Short: Bonsai by Sebastian Ortiz Wilkins (Canada)

Best Children Short: The Dustbin Connection by Chowdhury Asif Jahangir Arko (Bangladesh)

Best Animation Short: Serpendipity by Carlos Mejia and Kevin Barwick (USA)

Best Women Short: Detox by Katherine Cattani (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: Memento Audere Semper by Giulia Lupetti (USA)

Best Microfilm: Lost Thekra by Almuhannad Alkadam (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Rubber Room by Dugan Bridges (USA)

Best Web and New Media: Maria by Cuquis Robledo (USA)

Best Drone Short: Merganser Migration by William Harper (USA)

Best Music Video: Dope D.O.D. and Gemtaiz: Scooby Doo Gang by Anton van der Linden (Netherlands)

Best Director (Female): Barbara Mones for Dancer By The Sea (USA)

Best Director (Male): Howard Perry for Skye Steele: Rise of Nefertiti (UK)

Best Student Director (Female): Angie Nicholas for Submerged (USA)

Best Student Director (Male): Cameron Elmore for Secret Space (USA)

Best First Time Director (Female): Qiman Zheng for I Can’t Hear (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Chad Todhunter for Past Consumption (USA)

Best Actress: Naomi Prentice for Secret Space (USA)

Best Actor: Shay Dixon for Past Consumption (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Corey Sherman for Perfect Lives (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Izabella Angelie Cruz for The Last Cry (USA)

Best Child/Young Actor: Oliver Junior Cameron for Pineapplism (Australia)

Best Acting Duo: Amber-Rose May and Stuart Walker for Skye Steele: Rise of Nefertiti (UK)

Best Acting Ensemble: The Family, Your Choice (Italy)

Best Cinematography: Neal Parsons for Skye Steele: Rise of Nefertiti (UK)

Best Editing: Ty Brueilly for Grieving Process (USA)

Best Visual FX: Linoleum (France)

Best Sound Design: Dominique Dean for Home (USA)

Best Original Score: Ralph Pelleymounter for Eugene vs Humanity (USA)

Best Original Story: Taylor Wilson for …And Some Don’t (USA)

Best Short Script: Perchance to Dream by Scott Nelson (USA)

BRONZE AWARDS

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