Gold Awards: December 2024

Best Indie ShortThe Sniper by Dastan Khalili (USA)

Best Drama ShortSonata by Eljin Yoo (USA)

Best Documentary ShortCapacity In Reserve by Brandon Harrop (USA)

Best Comedy ShortReturn to Sender by Lee Vander Boegh (USA)

Best Crime Short: In Monster’s Hands by Christopher Sheffield (USA)

Best Horror ShortLook Away by Andrew Whyment (UK)

Best Sci-Fi ShortThe Delivery by Octavio Ochoa (USA)

Best Student ShortConversations Between You and I by Lou Barogi (UK)

Best Animation ShortThe Thin Man The Gun The Hotpot by Jim HuiHui (China)

Best Children ShortThe Lonely Life of Lint by Sarah Sklar (USA)

Best Women ShortClosed Gates by Naresh Kumar Rajendran (India)

Best Music VideoWish by Janelle Christa (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Unraveling by Rich Devaney (USA)

Best Male Director: Sai Srujan Pelluri for Sahasra (India)

Best First Time Male Director: Lou Barogi for Conversations Between You and I (UK)

Best Young Filmmaker: Heyan Zhang for Traditional Chinese Culture in Courtyard (China)

Best Acting Duo: Johanna Watts and Eli Jane for The Sniper (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Reece Jagpal-Mohan, Rita Jagpal-Mohan, Neil Warnock, Gabriel Lockwood, Eleanor Burke, Peter McManus, Joanne Wells, Andrew Thomas, Gary Dearman, Floyd, and Matt Holt for Wheel Gone Kid 4 – Crash Course (UK)

Best Cinematography: José Ángel Ramírez for Voicemail (USA)

Best Editing: Lee Vander Boegh for Return to Sender (USA)

Best Production DesignReturn to Sender (USA)

Best Original Score: Alex Hynds for What If Sunsets Could Last Forever? (USA)

Best Original Story: Syuen Chia for When I Die (USA)

Best Short ScriptIt’s Open by Doug Maguire (USA)

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