Gold Awards: March 2024

Best Indie Short: Five and a Half by Heidi Nyburg (USA)

Best Drama Short: Sprout by Allie Yonick (Canada)

Best Documentary Short: Front Lines of Hope by Daniel Hasel (USA)

Best Comedy Short: The Life and Loves of Allan Glickman by Stanley Katz and Eric Lau (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: Le Fardeau de la Memoire (The Burden of Memory) by Aline Smithson (USA)

Best Student Short: Red Rain by Samer Saifan (USA)

Best Animation Short: Colours Set by Yufei Du (UK)

Best Women Short: Elmstone by Ava Lauren Grayson (USA)

Best Microfilm: Guy-Sight by Jean-Diar Kalantar (Canada)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Moments of Truth: Scattered Pictures by Jen Lytle (USA)

Best Female Director: Paula Randol-Smith for Forecast (USA)

Best Male Director: Roman Mitichyan for Real Heroes Don’t Die (USA)

Best Student Female Director: Kailey Danielle Morand for Hadley’s Home (USA)

Best Student Male Director: Samer Saifan for Red Rain (USA)

Best First Time Female Director: Morgan Lu for Winter Is No More Lonely Than Other Seasons (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Chonglang Fan for Song of the Conscripts (China)

Best Actress: Denise Trankalis for The Acting Coach (Norway)

Best Actor: Jeremy Cohen for The Life and Loves of Allan Glickman (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Larrah Lambo for Hadley’s Home (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Sarah Velasco and Taylor Wynn for Computer Blue (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Jeremy Cohen, Kristiana Roemer, Ellie Jackson, Lezlie Lake Dalton, Mark Pinals, and Julyia Grigoryan for The Life and Loves of Allan Glickman (USA)

Best Cinematography: Wei Guo and Hongtao Zhang for Growing Pains (China)

Best Editing: J Pinder for RugbyTown – Season 2 (USA)

Best Production Design: Sam Bloom for Father Daddy (USA)

Best Sound Design: Kim Sungjae for Redman (Japan)

Best Original Score: Alberto Anaya Lopez for The March of the Penguins (Mexico)

Best Original Story: Bee Gul for The Java Plum Tree (Pakistan)

Best Short Script: The Final Inning by Mike Marsh (USA)

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HONORABLE MENTIONS

FINALISTS

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