Gold Awards: July 2023

Best Indie Short: The Rocking Chair by Jenö Hodi (Hungary)

Best Drama Short: Matthew by Matt Servitto (USA)

Best Documentary Short: There and Back Again by Will Allen-DuPraw (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Coffee and Listerine by Eric T. Roth (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: A Prayer for the Devil by Rageeth Kollatt (UAE)

Best Mystery Short: Kiloherz by Jakob Gessner (Germany)

Best Horror Short: Affentanz – Hunter by Cyprian Hercka (Germany)

Best Experimental Short: Wait by Reagan Yorke and Jillian Nicole Smith (USA)

Best Student Short: The Egg by Zilan Lin (USA)

Best Animation Short: Roses by Hyunjoon Kang (South Korea)

Best Children Short: Letter by Yiwei Zhao (China)

Best Music Video: Mad Fox – Cinerama by Matt Fulks (Mad Fox) (USA)

Best Screendance Short: Replica by SimonaGun (Nicolas Simon and Virna Hagen Auvergne) (France)

Best Web and New Media: AI-lice Through the Looking Glass by Pemanagpo (Switzerland)

Best Female Director: Lexi Johnson for They Took Jacob (USA)

Best Male Director: Yuchen Ding for Lao Du (China)

Best Student Male Director: Kevin Mainenti for Space Eye (Croatia)

Best First Time Female Director: Pemanagpo for AI-lice Through the Looking Glass (Switzerland)

Best First Time Male Director: Li Huan-Yu for Ten Thousand Times (Taiwan)

Best Actress: Lee Malka for Ave Gradiva (Israel)

Best Actor: Doron Brokman for Ave Gradiva (Israel)

Best Supporting Actress: Shira Katzenelenbogen for Ave Gradiva (Israel)

Best Acting Duo: SJ Kennedy and Sachin R Nayak for A Prayer for the Devil (UAE)

Best Ensemble Cast: Miklós Székely B., Franciska Farkas, and Béla Mészáros for The Rocking Chair (Hungary)

Best Cinematography: Gábor Szabó for The Rocking Chair (Hungary)

Best Editing: Mendirman (I’m the One) (Uzbekistan)

Best Production Design: Just 14 (UK)

Best Sound Design: Tarpuna: Guardians of the Coconut and the Mangrove (Ecuador)

Best Original Score: Arthur Valentin Grósz for The Rocking Chair (Hungary)

Best Original Story: Tom Slevin for Matthew (USA)

Best Trailer/Teaser: Just 14 (UK)

Best Short Script: Body Count by Bill Pierce and John Kestner (USA)

There and Back Again
Matthew
Coffee and Listerine
A Prayer for the Devil
Kiloherz
Affentanz - Hunter
Wait
The Egg
Roses
Letter
Mad Fox - Cinerama
Replica
AI-lice Through the Looking Glass
They Took Jacob
Ten Thousand Times
Space Eye
Ave Gradiva
Mendirman (Im the one)
Just 14 Promotional Trailer
Tarpuna: Guardians of the Coconut and the Mangrove

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