Gold Awards: August 2024

Best Indie ShortEverything Will Flow by Zhang Zhuotong (China)

Best Drama ShortThe Fries Rebellion by Dan Hertzog (USA)

Best Documentary ShortRefuge: A Duty to Care by Annie V Goldson (New Zealand)

Best Romantic ShortFrontman by Hamilton McAfee (USA)

Best Comedy ShortThe Penalizer by Brighton Bucher (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Binate by Sahvannah Rae (USA)

Best Western ShortOutlast by Connor Nagel (USA)

Best Experimental ShortWired by Daniel Salas (USA)

Best Student ShortOutlast by Connor Nagel (USA)

Best Animation ShortZ/Q by John Harrison Trinder (USA)

Best MicrofilmThe Elevator by Julie Goldstone (USA)

Best Screendance Short: Centrum by Laure Gervais (Belgium)

Best Parody Short: Interrogation of A Guy Below Any Suspicion (Sospetti su un sospettato al di sotto di ogni sospetto) by Giorgio Zingone (Italy)

Best Female Director: Keenan Ferguson for R.E.S.C.U.E. (Kenya)

Best Male Director: Haoran Liu for Lost in the Strait (China)

Best Student Male Director: Sam Zheng for Flora (USA)

Best First Time Female Director: Kat Sparks for Applause (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Marcus Mills for Elixir (UK)

Best Actress: Yidda Beatriz Eslava for Corkscrew (Peru)

Best Supporting Actress: Casey Breneman for Under the Hawthorn Tree (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Andreea Ramona Pasăre and Oana Anghel for Reflexiv (Romania)

Best Ensemble Cast: Veronica Reyes, Carl Mamawag, Jing Diaz, Jef Gaitan, Kevin Regalado, Vee Rolle, and Jen Pauline Lopez for Mi Unico Hijo (Philippines)

Best Cinematography: Yash Bhatnagar for Wired (USA)

Best Editing: Sida Wang for Shape (Australia)

Best Production Design: Clare Conway for Elixir (UK)

Best Original Score: Mark Doggett for Elixir (UK)

Best Original Story: Yidda Beatriz Eslava and Pedro Maldonado for Corkscrew (Peru)

Best Short Script: No Solicitation by Emily McGowan and Eli McGowan (USA)

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