Gold Awards: February 2022

Best Indie Short: Almond Wood by James Frost (USA)

Best Drama Short: Imaginary’s Eyes by Stéphane Parientitho (France)

Best Documentary Short: Redline: Bernardo Sousa by Phillip Reese (Portugal)

Best Comedy Short: Servants by Sarah Tither-Kaplan (USA)

Best Horror Short: Where’s Weirdo by Duncan Peake (Australia)

Best Experimental Short: Things She Wants by Kevin Andrew Heslop (Canada)

Best Animation Short: Almost Christmas by Xinyuan Zhao (USA)

Best Children Short: Seeds by Morningstar Angeline and Ajuawak Kapashesit (USA)

Best Women Short: Just A Little by Hanna Gruber (Austria)

Best Microfilm: Things She Wants by Kevin Andrew Heslop (Canada)

Best Music Video: DL? – Tutt Jones by Daffy London (USA)

Best Director (Male): Hamid Reza Mahmoudi Mehrizi for The Game The Doubt (Iran)

Best Student Director (Female): Paloma Gonzales for Esther Eats the Bible (USA)

Best First Time Director (Female): Emily Penick for The Coronation (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Ilan Azoulay for Masada Dead Sea Denim (Israel)

Best Actress: Heather McPhaul for 1 (USA)

Best Actor: Will Brandt for Almond Wood (USA)

Best Child/Young Actor: Jizhong Zhang for The Monkey King (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Courtney Enea and Susan Solomon for Still (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Briana Marin, Erik Marmo, Renata Zhigulina, Brittany Lewis, Jae Kim, and Barbara Keegan for Alexis (USA)

Best Cinematography: Anastasiia Kulikalova for The Coronation (USA)

Best Editing: DL? – Tutt Jones (USA)

Best Production Design: The Coronation (USA)

Best Sound Design: Ryan Yurada for Scatterbrain (USA)

Best Original Score: Renata Mellão for Alexis (USA)

Best Short Script: Lump by Daniel Arora (Austria)

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