Silver Awards: May 2019

Independent Shorts AwardsBest Indie Short: Benjamin by Marco WestWood Gonzalez (USA)

Best Drama Short: Homecoming by Shaughn Tillman (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Peking Opera Overseas by Zhaochen Zhang (USA)

Best Comedy Short: JKG by PK Simone (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: One of Those Murder by Jerry Hadiprojo (Indonesia)

Best Crime Short: Summerholidays by Christopher Connor (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Alice by M.K. Edwards (USA)

Best Horror Short: Print Beat by Valeria Marcon and Lukas Olson (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Utopia by Pablo Adame (Mexico)

Best Western Short: For The Sake Of by The Helmers (Canada)

Best Action Short: The Night of the End of Days by Chris Rakotomamonjy (Madagascar)

Best Experimental Short: Summer Storm by Daniel Colella (USA)

Best Student Short: Idle Weeds by Wendy Zhang (China)

Best Children Short: The Hollow Moon by Eric Robison (USA)

Best Women Short: Suntanned Orange by Peiqi Peng (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: Lesson #8 by Alberto Ferreras (USA)

Best Microfilm: A Service to My Gender by Elizabeth Burch-Hudson (Czech Republic)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: The Last Sound by Gregg DaCosta (USA)

Best Music Video: So Many Divisions: Ya Rahman (“O Beneficient”) by Mohammed Paika (USA)

Best Parody Short: Reservoir Dwarfs by Jack Richardson and Shannon Anthony (UK)

Best Director (Female): Tereza Hirsch for Beyond Her Lens (Czech Republic)

Best Director (Male): Silver Kim for Rise n’ Shine (Canada)

Best Student Director (Female): Gundeep Kaur for The News (India)

Best Student Director (Male): Daniel Colella for Summer Storm (USA)

Best First Time Director (Female): Ava Ismaiylova for Petrichor (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Kevin Douglas Harris for No No On’nanoko (USA)

Best Young Filmmaker: Anabella Mortenson for Anywhere Else (USA)

Best Actress: Pascaline Bellegarde for Solange (France)

Best Actor: Roderick Bradford, Jr for One Last Goodbye (USA)

Best Child/Young Actor: Vaibhav Santosh Madge for White Rope (India)

Best Acting Duo: Nathan Wright and Adam Stones for The Ties That Bind (UK)

Best Acting Ensemble: Utopia (Mexico)

Best Cinematography: Isaac Mccord for No No On’nanoko (USA)

Best Editing: Colton Stock for The Bibcocks’ Incursion (USA)

Best Visual FX: Robert Vigorito for Rise n’ Shine (Canada)

Best Sound Design: Eddie Lopez for Alice (USA)

Best Original Story: Ashley Price for The Ties That Bind (UK)

Best Trailer/Teaser: Telly (USA)

Best Short Script: Manifest (The Artist) by Mila Johansen (USA)

BRONZE AWARDS

HONORABLE MENTIONS

PLATINUM AWARDS

GOLD AWARDS