Award Winners: May 2020

Best Film of the Month

Calf Rope by Bradley Hawkins (USA)

 

Outstanding Achievement Award (Special Jury Prize)

A Parable For Winter by Conor Soucy (USA)

 

Runner-ups

A Strange Calm by Austin Rourke (USA)

Astray by Josh Brainin and Ernest Kabashi (USA)

Class Photo by Laura Niles (USA)

Fine by Maya Yadlin (Israel)

Henry Needs a New Home by Seamus Murphy (Australia)

On The Floor by Corey Koepper (USA)

 

Platinum Awards

Best Indie Short: Henry Needs a New Home by Seamus Murphy (Australia)

Best Drama Short: A Parable For Winter by Conor Soucy (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Spirits We Dance by Natalija Gormalova (Ghana)

Best Romantic Short: A Lily in L.A. by Glen Michel (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Brunch in Babel by Derek Nicoletto (USA)

Best Thriller Short: A Strange Calm by Austin Rourke (USA)

Best Mystery Short: Interrupted by Giorgio Carlevaro (USA)

Best Horror Short: Soon Comes Night by Austin Rourke (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Inextricable by Shuang Lyu and Sining Pan (China)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Raze of the Cyborg by Young-H. Lee (Taiwan)

Best Western Short: Calf Rope by Bradley Hawkins (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Brunch in Babel by Derek Nicoletto (USA)

Best Student Short: Night Cab by Keping Sun (USA)

Best Animation Short: The Train to Qinling by Shir Baron (USA)

Best Children Short: Calf Rope by Bradley Hawkins (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: On The Floor by Corey Koepper (USA)

Best Microfilm: Another Satisfied Customer by Peier “Tracy” Shen (USA)

Best Screendance Short: Cold Storage by Thomas Freundlich (Finland)

Best Music Video: Wasted by Denys Shchukin (Ukraine)

Best Mobile Short: The Music Team: Herman Faustus Chatman Pt. 2 by Jonathan Croft (Canada)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Harbor Island by Tiffany Rhodes (USA)

Best Parody Short: Coasters: A Film by Ben Kurns by J.G. Murphy and Nolan Pugh (USA)

Best Director (Female): Tiffany Rhodes for Harbor Island (USA)

Best Director (Male): Conor Soucy for A Parable For Winter (USA)

Best Student Director (Female): Maya Yadlin for Fine (Israel)

Best Student Director (Male): Ian Thomas Kent for Heartstruck (USA)

Best First Time Director (Female): Laura Niles for Class Photo (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Alexis Perrotte and Diego Perrotte for Skitoz (France)

Best Actress: Heather Hentila for The Veil (USA)

Best Actor: William Baldwin for Talk (France)

Best Supporting Actress: Vanessa Silva for The Veil (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Beto Coville for The Edge (Portugal)

Best Child/Young Actress: Lacey Caroline for Harbor Island (USA)

Best Child/Young Actor: Lukas Barnett for Calf Rope (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Samuel Dunning and Johan Gran for A Parable For Winter (USA)

Best Acting Ensemble: Lacey Caroline, Pat Dortch, Chris Lamica, Tiffany Rhodes, William Ferguson, Luke Weber Hondros, Alistair Stufflet, Frank Johnson, Brooks Robinson, Noelle DeAtley, and Collin Davidson for Harbor Island (USA)

Best Cinematography: Michel Amathieu for Skitoz (France)

Best Editing: Ryan Geesaman for Calf Rope (USA)

Best Visual FX: Wasted (Ukraine)

Best Production Design: Harbor Island (USA)

Best Sound Design: Art Espinosa for Interrupted (USA)

Best Original Score: Ellie Brooke and Bradley Hawkins for Calf Rope (USA)

Best Original Story: Simon Longmore for Not Your Average Bear (Canada)

Best Short Script: Mijo by John Mccarney (USA)

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