Gold Awards: July 2020

Best Indie Short: Lavender by Andrew Ball-Shaw (UK)

Best Drama Short: Breaking Brexit by Ben Santos (UK)

Best Documentary Short: Leonardo by Phillip Sexton (USA)

Best Romantic Short: Sweety Sonu ki Filmy Love Story by Roshni Datta (USA)

Best Comedy Short: If You Love Her, Let Her Go by Ilan Zerrouki (France)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Carnivore by Ashton Herrild (USA)

Best Action Short: One War by Jake Rist (Australia)

Best Thriller Short: Signs of a Coming Fall by Peter Swanson (USA)

Best Crime Short: The Believer by Huntr McMillan (USA)

Best Horror Short: Vac Attack by Kyle Lane (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Alice by Andrew Ramirez (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Forget Me Not by Andreas John (USA)

Best Student Short: The Fall Line by Maryann Lonergan (USA)

Best Animation Short: Feed My Piggy by Tabo Tang (USA)

Best Children Short: Fear of Flying by Ernie Berger (USA)

Best Women Short: The Ties That Bind Us by Patricia Chavez (USA)

Best Microfilm: In the Stillness of Summer by Clyde Baldo (USA)

Best Screendance Short: Forget Me Not by Andreas John (USA)

Best Music Video: Mira by Daniel Finkelman (Ukraine)

Best Mobile Short: What Happens When Nothing Happens by Alcimar Veríssimo (Brazil)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Bound For Glory by John Wilcox (USA)

Best Web and New Media: Metanoia: Episodes 1-2 by Gabrielle Reublin (USA)

Best Director (Male): Kazuhiro Kiuchi for The Menu for Tomorrow (Japan)

Best Student Director (Female): Anna Ludwig for Ole, Benni und der Rest des Universums (Germany)

Best Student Director (Male): Jonathan Hair for Slippery Slope (USA)

Best First Time Director (Female): Patricia Chavez for The Ties That Bind Us (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Adrian Daniel Botnariu for Knives & Peaches (Germany)

Best Young Filmmaker: Ryan Chow for Turn (New Zealand)

Best Actress: Ashlyn Stallings for Cupcake (USA)

Best Actor: Michael Naizu for Bound For Glory (USA)

Best Supporting Actress: Georgina Elizabeth Okon for Fugitive Zero (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Derik Young for Bound For Glory (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Jessica Fay for The Making Of Alex (UK)

Best Child/Young Actor: Santiago Muñoz Esquer for Help Me, Please (Mexico)

Best Acting Duo: Abigaille Ozrey and Emily Ozrey for The Ties That Bind Us (USA)

Best Acting Ensemble: Libby Wattis, Caroline Vella, Michelle Grimshaw, and Liam Fox for Lavender (UK)

Best Cinematography: Nuno Martini for Seven Levels Deep (Germany)

Best Editing: Brian Gee for Fugitive Zero (USA)

Best Visual FX: Gert Kombate and Aleksei Seigodin for The Last Pizza (China)

Best Production Design: Erin Day for Cupcake (USA)

Best Sound Design: Vac Attack (USA)

Best Original Score: Cali Wang for The Ties That Bind Us (USA)

Best Original Story: Kazuhiro Kiuchi for The Menu for Tomorrow (Japan)

Best Short Script: Refractions by Paula Rossman (USA)

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