Gold Awards: February 2023

Best Indie Short: The Water Has Memory by Yanguo Hou (China)

Best Drama Short: Sukoon (Addiction of Silence) by Ahsan Minhas and Marwan Bakri (Saudi Arabia)

Best Documentary Short: 45 Mill Street by Daniel E Catullo III (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Gemini by Tadeu Vieira Marinho (Brazil)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Left by Skyler Bible (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Marble Worms by Juliana Betancourth (USA)

Best Student Short: The Water Has Memory by Yanguo Hou (China)

Best Women Short: Ruti and Yona by Ofri Galili (Israel)

Best LGBTQ Short: One Baby, Please! by Polly Pierce (Canada)

Best Microfilm: The Water Has Memory by Yanguo Hou (China)

Best Music Video: Old Flames by Fugitives (Canada)

Best Female Director: Lydia Dean Pilcher for Homing Instinct (USA)

Best Male Director: Damian Apunte for The Astronaut (USA)

Best Student Female Director: Yanguo Hou for The Water Has Memory (China)

Best Student Male Director: Jack Beckett Cohen for Bodywork (USA)

Best First Time Female Director: Juliana Betancourth for Marble Worms (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Paul Alanis for It Listens (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Nora Harriet for The Astronaut (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Alexander Arvizu and Kaitlyn Miller for The Origin of Birds (USA)

Best Cinematography: Daniel Kyle Bower for Bodywork (USA)

Best Editing: Gemini (Brazil)

Best Sound Design: Nick Andrew for The Woman of the Sun (USA)

Best Original Score: Iasonas Psarakis for Missing Moments (Greece)

Best Original Story: Tadeu Vieira Marinho for Gemini (Brazil)

Best Short Script: Der Beker – A Gangster Short in Yiddish by Ruben Levi (Sweden)

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