Gold Awards: April 2019

Independent Shorts AwardsBest Indie Short: Taking a Piss by Josh Romyn (Canada)

Best Drama Short: Soul Bones by Andrew Huggins (USA)

Best Documentary Short: The Last Day of The Year by Jingqi Hu (China)

Best Romantic Short: Four-Sided by Vittoria Colonna (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Happenstance: Episode Two by Brett Carmical (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Johnny Colorado by Alejandro Espinoza and Michael Benton (USA)

Best Mystery Short: Platonic by David Leidy (USA)

Best Crime Short: The Cold Season by Josiah Stendel and Silvio Wolf Busch (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: Platonic by David Leidy (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Ricochet by Tim Earnheart (USA)

Best Horror Short: The Milkman by Jody Bryce Phelps (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Reaction by Chelsea Nwasike (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Shallow by Joshua Steele (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Four-Sided by Vittoria Colonna (USA)

Best Student Short: Raspberry and Coke by Francesca Sewell (New Zealand)

Best Animation Short: The Blue of Salt by Alice Bohl (France)

Best Women Short: Whispers Of The Wing by Marco Adrián Cincotta (Argentina)

Best LGBTQ Short: Happenstance: Episode Two by Brett Carmical (USA)

Best Microfilm: The Machine by Leon Williams (UK)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Foreign Nationals by Louis J. Guerra (USA)

Best Music Video: No Avocados in the Ghetto by John Connor Hammond (USA)

Best Parody Short: Of Course God Is An Alien by Rokk Lattanzio (Australia)

Best Director (Female): Yvette M. Hochberg by Riding with the Rabbi (USA)

Best Director (Male): Andrew Huggins for Soul Bones (USA)

Best Student Director (Female): SeoHyeon An for Daydream (South Korea)

Best Student Director (Male): Steve Grigdesby for The Cut (USA)

Best First Time Director (Female): Selin Bonfil for A Place in Between (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Alejandro Espinoza and Michael Benton for Johnny Colorado (USA)

Best Actress: Lydia Peckham for Raspberry and Coke (New Zealand)

Best Actor: Daniel Baldock for Johnny Colorado (USA)

Best Supporting Actress: Kym Wilson for Erin (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Teddy Coluca for Hook’D (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Virginia Shipp for Broken Souls (USA)

Best Child/Young Actor: Kaleb Roberts for Broken Souls (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Casey Wright and Emily Ashby for Night of Adventure (USA)

Best Acting Ensemble: Ghouali Momo, Raynal Axel, Pistolesi Marc, Carlier Cédric and Melchior Karina for Fashion Alibi (France)

Best Cinematography: Derek Donovan for Broken Souls (USA)

Best Editing: Joshua Steele for Shallow (USA)

Best Sound Design: Ricochet (USA)

Best Original Score: Steve Arm for Nasty Habits (USA)

Best Original Story: Myles Yaksich for Erin (USA)

Best Short Script: A Life So Precious by Debby Huvaere (USA)

SILVER AWARDS

BRONZE AWARDS

HONORABLE MENTIONS

PLATINUM AWARDS