Gold Awards: February 2020

 

Best Indie Short: Buffalo by Freddie Paull (USA)

Best Drama Short: Planet Earth Calling Ana by Fernando Bonelli (Spain)

Best Documentary Short: Reclaiming The Negative by Mike Beech (UK)

Best Romantic Short: I Won’t Say I Love You by Jamie Anderson (UK)

Best Comedy Short: Bryers Cucumber Tostino’s by Christopher Hall (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Canceled by Khomari Flash (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Express by Nimi Lkhagva (USA)

Best Crime Short: Canceled by Khomari Flash (USA)

Best Mystery Short: Other People by Chad Schollmeyer (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Far Away by Rodrigo Urriolagoitia (Bolivia)

Best Horror Short: Dead Batt by Eli Balce (Philippines)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Tender is the Kiss by Longwei Deng (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Mishin by Kitae Yang (South Korea)

Best Student Short: Hunting and Gathering by Zehua Yang (USA)

Best Animation Short: Monkey and Cat by Artie Romero (USA)

Best Children Short: Reflective Blue by Jocelyn Harp (China)

Best Women Short: Daisy Desire by Léa Sassi (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: Mermaid by Fia Perera (USA)

Best Microfilm: Sincerely Yours by Ali Memarchi (Sweden)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: TechTalk by Jonny Caplan (USA)

Best Web and New Media: Memorio by Vadim Gordt (Russia)

Best Director (Female): Nimi Lkhagva for Express (USA)

Best Director (Male): Max Marklund and Anders Jacobsson for Thank You for Patiently Waiting (Sweden)

Best Student Director (Female): Maria Paula Arboleda for Tacet (USA)

Best Student Director (Male): Yifu Li for Dinner Blue (China)

Best First Time Director (Female): Fia Perera for Mermaid (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): F. Thomas Vincent for Gladys and Dee Dee: Secrets (USA)

Best Actress: Rachel August for Music Box (UK)

Best Actor: Rafael Pettersson for Thank You for Patiently Waiting (Sweden)

Best Supporting Actress: Beatriz Rivera Lizarazu for Far Away (Bolivia)

Best Child/Young Actress: Xinyi Shan for Sixth Grade (China)

Best Child/Young Actor: Marik Knight for Mermaid (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Paul Oakley Stovall and James Andrew Fraser for Buffalo (USA)

Best Acting Ensemble: Meg DeLacy, Jeremy Shada, Toni Trucks, Adam Kang, Avy Samala, Ted Larkin Jr., Adi Shankar, and Terry VIrts for Scars (USA)

Best Cinematography: Binkai Xiang for Sixth Grade (China)

Best Editing: Annie Chen for Glitches (Taiwan)

Best Visual FX: Tender is the Kiss (USA)

Best Production Design: Sabrina Suarez for Magico (USA)

Best Sound Design: Glitches (Taiwan)

Best Original Score: Nicolas Prada for Magico (USA)

Best Original Story: Chuanfa Wan and Nan Jia for The Drone Over Corn Fields (China)

Best Short Script: Eminent Domain: A Love Story by Kitty Troll (USA)

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HONORABLE MENTIONS

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