Gold Awards: June 2025

Best Indie ShortThe Pursuit Of Forgiveness by Thomas McQuillan (Ireland)

Best Drama ShortGeneration Well by Jack Serra (USA)

Best Romantic ShortSingle Buffalo by Laura Anastasia Jones (USA)

Best Comedy Short#1 Bad Dad by Natalie Camou (USA)

Best Dark Comedy ShortCarve by Femke Huurdeman (Netherlands)

Best Film Noir ShortShock Value by Sam Veeramachaneni (USA)

Best Thriller ShortVibeland: Zodiac by Rodrigo Williams and Alexi Papalexopoulos (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Mya: The Beginning by Frederick Taouil (USA)

Best Fantasy ShortWelocome To The Doghouse by Joo-Hyun Kim (South Korea)

Best Student ShortFirst Wing by Alexx Simone Johnson (USA)

Best Animation ShortHoly Cow by Karthik Swaminathan (USA)

Best Women Short: M/Other by Andy Twyman (UK)

Best LGBTQ Short: Not Another Coming Out Story by Rufus Shaljean (UK)

Best Music VideoMarionettes – Marquis of Vaudeville by Toby Lawhon and Geneva Arena (USA)

Best First Time Female Director: Sourabha Rao for Huliyappa (India)

Best Actor: Yingnan Dongmen for Reciprocal Causation (China)

Best Ensemble Cast: Rance Nix, Thomas Everett, and Tatiana Turan for Forward Thinking (USA)

Best Cinematography: Thomas McQuillan for The Pursuit Of Forgiveness (Ireland)

Best Editing: Natalie Pellegrino for Single Buffalo (USA)

Best Original Score: Chris Stucker, Eric Ackerman, Maggie Grazioso, and Laura Anastasia Jones for Single Buffalo (USA)

Best Original Story: Max Hoedl for Isle Of The Dead (Austria)

Best Short ScriptCornered by Judah Eric Meade (UK)

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