Silver Awards: March 2019

Independent Shorts AwardsBest Narrative Short: Shallow Grave by Tang (USA)

Best Drama Short: Scotch Tape by Siyuan Chen (USA)

Best Documentary Short: The Ancestors’ Memories by Arata Shigeno (Myanmar)

Best Comedy Short: The Report by Alexander Callens (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: White Guys Solve Sexism by Christopher Guerrero (USA)

Best Crime Short: The Victim by Junmin Wang (China)

Best Thriller Short: Constant Treason by Ruvin Orbach (USA)

Best Mystery Short: Parallel Experiment Dawn by Evgueni JC Goloubev (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Human Extinction by Jordi Manca and Vincent Vallon (France)

Best Fantasy Short: Manny Fantasma by Michael Carnick (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Fallin by Tomohiko Tsuji (Japan)

Best Student Short: Time, Life, and Why by Kayla Hashimoto (USA)

Best Animation Short: Big Boom by Brian Watson (USA)

Best Children Short: The Greatest Magician by Runze Qiu (USA)

Best Women Short: Scotch Tape by Siyuan Chen (USA)

Best LGBT Short: Women Not Permitted by Brad McDermott (Canada)

Best Western Short: Good Friend From the West by Shuaiyu Liu (USA)

Best Microfilm: Denis Prose by Marvin Sordell and Maxwell Harris-Tharp (UK)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Hot Flash: The Chronicles of Lara Tate Menopausal Superhero by Danny Woodburn (USA)

Best Web and New Media: Car Stealers by Christopher Guerrero (USA)

Best Mobile Short: Blame Yourselves If No One Comes by Gustav Egerstedt (Sweden)

Best Director (Female): Tammy Klembith for House of Redemption: Hear Me (USA)

Best Director (Male): Mark Solter for The Moon Smells Like Gunpowder (USA)

Best First Time Director: Joseph Channell for The Fox and the Rabbit (USA)

Best Student Director: Djordje Mikovic for Grounded (USA)

Best Actress: Crystal Porter-Bazemore for Sound (USA)

Best Actor: Chen Guan Kang for The Translator (Singapore)

Best Child/Young Actor: Malik Quetzalcoatl Cano for The Serenade (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Brandon George and Thomas Smith for The Fox and the Rabbit (USA)

Best Acting Ensemble: Chen Guan Kang, Zhao Jia, and Watcharayu Suradej for The Translator (Singapore)

Best Cinematography: T-Thawat Taifayongvichit for The Translator (Singapore)

Best Editing: Kayla Hashimoto for Time, Life, and Why (USA)

Best Visual FX: The Red Page Syndrome (France)

Best Sound Design: Africa Amini Alama – Africa I Believe in You (Austria)

Best Original Score: Catherine Mcquade for The Widow (Australia)

Best Original Story: Amir Hossein Behbahani for Dear Uncle (Iran)

Best Short Script: Mother by Sevra Baklaci (Turkey)

BRONZE AWARDS

HONORABLE MENTIONS

PLATINUM AWARDS

GOLD AWARDS