Gold Awards: May 2020

Best Indie Short: Astray by Josh Brainin and Ernest Kabashi (USA)

Best Drama Short: Stolpersteine – Stumbling Stones by Reza Sam Mosadegh (Germany)

Best Documentary Short: Some Way Out of Here by Boning Li (USA)

Best Romantic Short: Heartstruck by Ian Thomas Kent (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Holy Hell! or: A Profound Tale of Evil and Satanic Wickedness! by Nicholas W. Callais (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Class Photo by Laura Niles (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Talk by Romuald Boulanger (France)

Best Film Noir Short: No Way Out by Stefano Giorgetti (USA)

Best Crime Short: Dirt by Alex Rudegeair (USA)

Best Horror Short: Miniatures by Matias Luge (Germany)

Best Fantasy Short: The Tale of Mari and Yimae by Jiho Won (South Korea)

Best Sci-Fi Short: The Red Ball by Jussi Rautaniemi (Finland)

Best Western Short: No Angels in the Shape of Men by Lauren Lay (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Spirits We Dance by Natalija Gormalova (Ghana)

Best Student Short: Exit by Devansh Sahijwani (UK)

Best Animation Short: Doomsday Princess by Alyssa Ragni (USA)

Best Children Short: The Little Thief by Nicole Vanden Broeck (USA)

Best Women Short: Good Girl by Eva Chaitman and Eleanor Baude-Philips (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: Night Cab by Keping Sun (USA)

Best Microfilm: Interrupted by Giorgio Carlevaro (USA)

Best Screendance Short: Spirits We Dance by Natalija Gormalova (Ghana)

Best Mobile Short: Come Back To Me by Vineesha Arora Sarin (USA)

Best Parody Short: The Case by Albert Rudnitsky (Russia)

Best Director (Female): Vanessa Silva for The Veil (USA)

Best Director (Male): Bradley Hawkins by Calf Rope (USA)

Best Student Director (Female): Alyssa Ragni for Doomsday Princess (USA)

Best Student Director (Male): Caleb Brigham for Without Goodbye (USA)

Best First Time Director (Female): Daphski for The Desert (UK)

Best First Time Director (Male): Alexander Vlahos for Lola (UK)

Best Young Filmmaker: Benjamin Nlomngan for Henry & Eddy (France)

Best Actress: Luisa Ortigoso for The Edge (Portugal)

Best Actor: Simon Longmore for Not Your Average Bear (Canada)

Best Supporting Actress: Sugey Cruz for Dirt (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Christian Sloan for Meeting With The Devil (Saudi Arabia)

Best Child/Young Actor: Benjamin Nlomngan for Henry & Eddy (France)

Best Acting Duo: Gorman Ruggiero and Lukas Barnett for Calf Rope (USA)

Best Acting Ensemble: Michael Steger, Justin Alston, Brandee Steger, Carolita Blythe, Paige Jensen, Vanessa Marshall, Sarah Winchester, and Danda Russo for Bumpy Rhodes (USA)

Best Cinematography: Sofia Monzerratt for Calf Rope (USA)

Best Editing: Corey Koepper for On The Floor (USA)

Best Special FX: Edward Diaz for Interrupted (USA)

Best Visual FX: Inextricable (China)

Best Production Design: Celsius (USA)

Best Sound Design: Jonathan Coomes for Bar Crawl (USA)

Best Original Score: Kevin Temmer for Doomsday Princess (USA)

Best Original Story: Laura Niles for Class Photo (USA)

Best Short Script: The Burning of Laguna by Fernando Gómez (USA)

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