Award Winners: June 2019

Independent Shorts AwardsThe Eagles by Hanyang Huang (USA)

 

Independent Shorts AwardsRunner-up

Spizella by Mehmet Tığlı (Germany)

 

Independent Shorts Awards

Best Indie Short: All The Mundanities by Lu Yuanjiong (China) (Nominated for Best Film of the Month)

Best Drama Short: All The Mundanities by Lu Yuanjiong (China)

Best Dark Comedy Short: One Way by Jonathan Munoz (USA)

Best Thriller Short: 12th Floor by Pedro Kalli and Renata Moraes (Brazil) (Nominated for Best Film of the Month)

Best Film Noir Short: Interview With Marilyn by Agatino Zurría (USA)

Best Horror Short: Shtriga by Jayde Williams (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Flamboyanes by Javier Montes d’Arce (Mexico)

Best Experimental Short: The Silence Of Professor Tösla by Ilan Stavans and Jay Bolotin (Mexico) (Nominated for Best Film of the Month)

Best Student Short: M Like Mobius by Faranak Moradi (Iran)

Best Animation Short: The Silence Of Professor Tösla by Ilan Stavans and Jay Bolotin (Mexico)

Best Women Short: Spizella by Mehmet Tığlı (Germany)

Best LGBTQ Short: Champ by Tomislav Vujcic (Germany)

Best Microfilm: One Way by Jonathan Munoz (USA)

Best Music Video: Know You by Omri Malka (Israel)

Best Director (Male): Sheldon Wong Schwartz for The Tattooed Heart (USA)

Best Student Director (Female): Teresa Lavina for Bad Fruit (The Unheard Voice of the Tuam Babies) (Ireland)

Best First Time Director (Female): Magdalena Wodzisz for The Alchemist (Ireland)

Best First Time Director (Male): Steven Hudson for Kapara (Australia)

Best Actress: Rosalinda Rodriguez for Interview With Marilyn (USA)

Best Actor: Aramis Merlin for The Eagles (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Anthony Rapp for Scrap (USA) (Nominated for Best Film of the Month)

Best Child/Young Actress: Sasha Neuhaus for A Good Story (Canada)

Best Acting Duo: Vivian Kerr and Anthony Rapp for Scrap (USA)

Best Acting Ensemble: Scrap (USA)

Best Cinematography: Chris Staniec for The Alchemist (Ireland)

Best Editing: Daniel Madoff for The Avant-Gardener (USA)

Best Sound Design: Shtriga (USA)

Best Original Score: Şehabettin Genç for Spizella (Germany)

Best Original Story: Ilan Stavans for The Silence Of Professor Tösla (Mexico)

Best Short Script: Raymond Carver and Derrida’s Zombie Army by James Fitzmaurice (UK)

GOLD AWARDS

SILVER AWARDS

BRONZE AWARDS

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