Gold Awards: October 2024

Best Indie Short: An Exam’s Journey by Carl Bengtsson (Sweden)

Best Drama Short: Giselle by Lauren Goetzman (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Coffee Needs People by Cody Hansen (USA)

Best Romantic Short: Always & For Never by Melissa Papel (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Tomorrow by Jackson Schlekewey (USA)

Best Horror Short: Party Panda – The Birth of a Serial Killer by Uriah Herr (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Absumo by Emile Biegel (France)

Best Student Short: Family Video by Niande Liu (China)

Best Animation Short: The Anatomy of Jane Doesn’t Exist by Kai Brown (USA)

Best Children Short: Purim by Dana Mor Katz (Israel)

Best Women Short: Carny Hallelujah! by Anne Paquette (USA)

Best Music Video: Pretty Please by Vanessa Zamarripa (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Blackberry by Katie O’Grady (USA)

Best Female Director: Ella Lentini for Hemorrhage (USA)

Best Male Director: Or Schraiber for Strays (USA)

Best Student Female Director: Julia Messick for Funnel Cake (USA)

Best First Time Female Director: Lauren Adler for Here With You (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: P.J. Sosko for Stuck in Muskogee (USA)

Best Young Filmmaker: Silai Yuan and Zehan Zheng for Shaolin Youth (China)

Best Actress: Marta Reiman for Stuck in Muskogee (USA)

Best Actor: James Rana for Strays (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Justin Simons for Carny Hallelujah! (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Jada Delgado and Tyler Vincent for Here With You (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Kianna Vo, Danika Star Aragones, Grace Lee Chan, Debbie Y.J. Lin, Kelsey Susino, Ian Reier Michaels, Andrew Abaria, and Henry Mark for Back to the 8 Count (USA)

Best Cinematography: Timur Guseynov and Ricardo A. Nascimento for Two Breaths (USA)

Best Editing: Vanessa Brogna for Hemorrhage (USA)

Best Production Design: MaryAlyssa Rodrigues for Back to the 8 Count (USA)

Best Special FX: Vincent Guastini for Party Panda – The Birth of a Serial Killer (USA)

Best Sound Design: Studiokamp for Tennis, Oranges (USA)

Best Original Score: Dian Shuai for Secret Garden (USA)

Best Original Story: James Rana for Strays (USA)

Best Short Script: Capital by Samet Bayrak (Turkey)

An Exam's Journey
Giselle
Always & For Never
Coffee Needs People
Tomorrow
Party Panda - The Birth of a Serial Killer
Absumo
Family Video
The Anatomy of Jane Doesn't Exist
Purim
Carny Hallelujah!
Pretty Please
Blackberry
Funnel Cake
Here With You
Stuck in Muskogee
Two Breaths
Tennis, Oranges
Shaolin Youth
Back to the 8 Count
Secret Garden

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