Bronze Awards: February 2023

Best Indie Short: Before the Sun Goes Down by Ari Ernesto Figueroa Aguirre (Mexico)

Best Drama Short: The Driver by Evan Oliver and Allen Baker (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Milieu by John Edgar Hart and Nikoloz Chanturia (Australia)

Best Romantic Short: Walking in the Wrong Direction by Lisa Singletary (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Rainfall The Band by Shane Peltzman (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Bran-Don of the Dead by David Over (USA)

Best Horror Short: Old Flames by Fugitives (Canada)

Best Sci-Fi Short: The Woman of the Sun by Bekah Andrew and Nick Andrew (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Ella and the Ghost by Clara Gil (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Tenuto by Meg Halski (USA)

Best Student Short: 1.2m by Dongjuan lvy (China)

Best Animation Short: Timeless in the Metaverse by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan(Australia)

Best Children Short: Hide and Seek by Maddie Tran and Zachary Willis (USA)

Best Women Short: The Sibling Rule by Mari SanGiovanni (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: The Sibling Rule by Mari SanGiovanni (USA)

Best Microfilm: One Baby, Please! by Polly Pierce (Canada)

Best Music Video: Love In Vain by Rudy Strukoff (USA)

Best Female Director: Lisa Singletary for Walking in the Wrong Direction (USA)

Best Male Director: Skyler Bible for Left (USA)

Best Student Female Director: Dereka Bennett for A Terrorist or a Cry for Help? (USA)

Best Student Male Director: Milan Tangirala for Countdown (USA)

Best First Time Female Director: Jennie Butler for Jailed For Weed (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Krstover Luaay for Money Greed (USA)

Best Actor: Jon Lee for The Driver (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Rylan Rand and Kimeka Sardine for The Midnight Retaliator (Canada)

Best Ensemble Cast: Mostafa Shaker, Adrian Neblett, Tanya Jade, Leysan Timirboulatova, David Bloom, Oula Hamadeh, Charles Jarman, Lynnette j Kissoon, Amitai Mamorstein, and Azriel Dalman for One Baby, Please! (Canada)

Best Cinematography: Jay Kamal for One Baby, Please! (Canada)

Best Editing: Mandy Brown and Jake Frank for Oh Boys (USA)

Best Production Design: Melaiah Schaefer-Romine for The Driver (USA)

Best Sound Design: The Princess and The Pond (USA)

Best Original Score: Avast Ye Scallywag (South Africa)

Best Original Story: Yanguo Hou for The Water Has Memory (China)

Best Short Script: Happy Hour by Cary James Mason (USA)

The Driver
Before The Sun Goes Down
Rainfall The Band
Milieu
Walking in the Wrong Direction
Bran-Don of the Dead
The Woman of the Sun
Old Flames
1.2m
Tenuto
Ella and the Ghost
Timeless , in the Metaverse
The Sibling Rule
A Terrorist or a Cry for Help?
One Bably, Please!
Love In Vain
Countdown
Left
Jailed For Weed
The Midnight Retaliator
Money Greed
Oh Boys
Avast Ye Scallywag
The Princess and The Pond
The Water Has Memory

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