Gold Awards: October 2020

Best Indie Short: A Piece of Us by Justin Rhys Grant (Australia)

Best Drama Short: Lost Dance by Mohammad Fouladi (France)

Best Documentary Short: Panacea by Laiqa Hitt and Jared Bunn (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Movie Match by Neil Toussaint (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Ladykiller by Ben Newbury (UK)

Best Action Short: Transpo by Parker Ronan (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Broken Window Theory by Cristian Trujillo García (Colombia)

Best Crime Short: Oceans Alone by Frederik Hagedorn-Poulsen (Denmark)

Best Film Noir Short: Place du Trocadéro by Pierre Leon Luneau and Mathieu Cayrou (France)

Best Horror Short: Sonant by Vik Ramen (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: 84-06 by Hussain Abdullah (Germany)

Best Western Short: Armstrong by Lucas Zambrano (USA)

Best Romantic Short: MarriageFit by Rob DiNinni and Jeffrey Palmer (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Residue by Kai Lendzion (USA)

Best Student Short: Armstrong by Lucas Zambrano (USA)

Best Animation Short: Can I Have a Mask by Sahan Jayawardena (USA)

Best Women Short: Breaking the Silence by Seayoon Jeong (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: Ripples by Xinhao Wang (USA)

Best Microfilm: One Is The Loneliest Number by Augie Duke (USA)

Best Music Video: Survive Growing Up by Edwin Arellano (Ecuador)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Click Next To Continue by Abdul Stone Jackson (USA)

Best Web and New Media: It Doesn’t Matter by Zack Browne (USA)

Best Parody Short: Speaking by Nich Esposito (USA)

Best Director (Female): Seayoon Jeong for Breaking the Silence (USA)

Best Director (Male): Oliver Lavery-Farag for Piece of Mind (UK)

Best Student Director (Female): Gabriella Hanna for Lights Within (Australia)

Best Student Director (Male): Gabriel de Varona for Hurricane Flora (USA)

Best First Time Director (Female): Alice L Walker for 3rd Time’s A Charm (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Mohammad Fouladi for Lost Dance (France)

Best Young Filmmaker: Anna Martin for bun·ny /’bənē/ – lost girl (USA)

Best Actress: Pauline Chalamet for Adulting (France)

Best Actor: Jesse C. Boyd for The Fixer (USA)

Best Supporting Actress: Veronica Diaz Carranza for The Fixer (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: David Stenstrom for 3rd Time’s A Charm (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Charlotte Spencer and Kerrie Hayes for Ladykiller (UK)

Best Acting Ensemble: Danny Trejo, Jesse C. Boyd, Veronica Diaz Carranza, and Vincent van Hinte for The Fixer (USA)

Best Cinematography: Alexander Sworik and Daniel Agre for Devil’s Gold (Canada)

Best Editing: Jack Brame for The Grand Gesture (USA)

Best Production Design: Josephine Michelle for Lights Within (Australia)

Best Special FX: Click Next To Continue (USA)

Best Visual FX: Roshana Delwala for Click Next To Continue (USA)

Best Sound Design: Shiheng Xu for Drifting (China)

Best Original Score: Joe Hodgin for Khushi (UK)

Best Original Story: Jack Brame for The Grand Gesture (USA)

Best Short Script: Moonshine by Warren Lane (USA)

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BRONZE AWARDS

HONORABLE MENTIONS

FINALISTS

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