Gold Awards: March 2023

Best Indie Short: Dasher by Joaquim Adrià Pujol (USA)

Best Drama Short: Leydenville by Dale Fabrigar (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Regenerate Ojai by Rebecca Tickell and Josh Tickell (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Livable Measure of Miserableness by Curt Neill (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Old Time Radio: Your Move by Joel Harlow (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: Starry Eyed by Jessica Orcsik (Australia)

Best Thriller Short: Caught by Leon Sandy Mitchell (USA)

Best Horror Short: Caught by Leon Sandy Mitchell (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: The Dead Driver by Rachel Jacob (USA)

Best Experimental Short: These Wounds by David A Knight (Australia)

Best Animation Short: Let Go Of the Prisoner by Baowei Guo (China)

Best Women Short: Starry Eyed by Jessica Orcsik (Australia)

Best Microfilm: Happy Noodle by Helen Chan (USA)

Best Music Video: Feel The Love by Sookie Sookie by Dave Haws (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Kombucha Cure by Cecilia Choi (USA)

Best Female Director: Rachel Jacob for The Dead Driver (USA)

Best Male Director: Christopher Baiza for Water Dawg (USA)

Best First Time Female Director: Amritpal Kaur for Zindagi Dobara – Life Again (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Xano Alexander Cuervo for The Risk Takers (USA)

Best Actress: Ambyr Michelle for The Little Girl Inside (USA)

Best Actor: Tony Stavola for Leydenville (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Gracie Silva for The Dead Driver (USA)

Best Child/Young Actor: Jakob Wagner for August (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Tony Stavola and Charlene Tilton for Leydenville (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Jakob Wagner, Meredith Johnson, Sam Cass, Ricky Smiley, Caleb Avery, Stuart Maxheimer, and Avery Kellington for August (USA)

Best Cinematography: Nina Miller for August (USA)

Best Editing: Sean Male for Farewell to a Legend: The Last Blast (UK)

Best Production Design: Dark Cell (France)

Best Original Score: Abigail Western for August (USA)

Best Original Story: Christopher Baiza for Water Dawg (USA)

Best Short Script: Change by Dan A Edwards (USA)

Leydenville
Dasher
Livable Measure of Miserableness
Regenerate Ojai
Old Time Radio: Your Move
Starry Eyed
Caught
The Dead Driver
These Wounds
Let Go Of The Prisoner
Happy Noodle
Kombucha Cure
Zindagi Dobara - Life Again
The Risk Takers
August
Water Dawg
Feel The Love by Sookie Sookie
Farewell to a legend: The Last Blast

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