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 ShortHenry Needs a New Home by Seamus Murphy (Australia)

Best Drama ShortA Parable For Winter by Conor Soucy (USA)

Best Documentary ShortSpirits We Dance by Natalija Gormalova (Ghana)

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

Best Dark Comedy ShortBrunch in Babel by Derek Nicoletto (USA)

Best Thriller ShortA Strange Calm by Austin Rourke (USA)

Best Mystery Short: Interrupted by Giorgio Carlevaro (USA)

Best Horror ShortSoon Comes Night by Austin Rourke (USA)

Best Fantasy ShortInextricable by Shuang Lyu and Sining Pan (China)

Best Sci-Fi ShortRaze of the Cyborg by Young-H. Lee (Taiwan)

Best Western ShortCalf Rope by Bradley Hawkins (USA)

Best Experimental ShortBrunch in Babel by Derek Nicoletto (USA)

Best Student ShortNight Cab by Keping Sun (USA)

Best Animation ShortThe Train to Qinling by Shir Baron (USA)

Best Children ShortCalf Rope by Bradley Hawkins (USA)

Best LGBTQ ShortOn The Floor by Corey Koepper (USA)

Best MicrofilmAnother Satisfied Customer by Peier “Tracy” Shen (USA)

Best Screendance ShortCold Storage by Thomas Freundlich (Finland)

Best Music VideoWasted 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 ScriptMijo by John Mccarney (USA)

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