Honorable Mentions: September 2019

Independent Shorts Awards

Best Indie Short: Bottomless by Dustin Curtis Murphy (UK)

Best Indie Short: Lizzy on Leroy by Seanie Sugrue (USA)

Best Indie Short: The Act is the Enemy of the Thought by Moritz Draheim (Germany)

Best Drama Short: Fog by Jessica Cummings (USA)

Best Drama Short: The Crow’s First Flight by Luis Alberto López Portillo (Guatemala)

Best Drama Short: The Tree by James Sharpe (UK)

Best Drama Short: Wholeheartedly by Theo Francocci (Italy)

Best Documentary Short: L’eau Est La Vie (Water Is Life): From Standing Rock to the Swamp by Sam Vinal (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Strong, the Destry Abbott Story by Wiley Watson (USA)

Best Romantic Short: Backbeat by Martin Blank (USA)

Best Romantic Short: Bronwyn Goes Dancing by Christopher T. Lang (UK)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Raw Pieces by J. Steven Madura (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: VeeBees by Jessica Orcsik and Robbie Ryde (USA)

Best Thriller Short: Kindred by Andrew Lee Potts (UK)

Best Thriller Short: Non-Emergency by Roxanne Marciniak (USA)

Best Crime Short: The Almighty Card by Angela Wang (China)

Best Mystery Short: Antique by Ross Berkeley Simpson (UK)

Best Mystery Short: Forgotten Alive by Kiriakos Kotsinis (Greece)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Another World by Nick Pacione (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: End Point by Rafael Cortes (UK)

Best Sci-Fi Short: System Restore by Matthew Zavala (USA)

Best Horror Short: Eyes Open by Jawed J.S. (Canada)

Best Experimental Short: Post Truth: Or a Frustrating Experience With The Internet by Parker Cooley (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Under The Forest, Above The Ground: Looking Back On Electric Forest 2019 by Steve Conry (USA)

Best Student Short: Beyond by Mira Rumpel (Austria)

Best Student Short: Dedication by Brandon Hill (USA)

Best Student Short: Get Up Eight by Gabrielle Rosson (USA)

Best Student Short: Mansion Rugao by Lucas Chengze Li (China)

Best Women Short: The Hippocampus by LiuXiaoJun (China)

Best Microfilm: If I Could Talk To My Donor by Jayden Cummins (Australia)

Best Microfilm: Sonny Boy by Karolina Lisowski (Poland)

Best Web and New Media: Kensington in Crisis by Jill Frechie and John Ricciutti (USA)

Best Web and New Media: Mi/As by Guillermo Orozco (USA)

Best Director (Female): Nicole Shan for The Rosy Summer Day (USA)

Best Director (Male): Sergio Herrera for The Strangest Fruit (USA)

Best Student Director (Female): Angela Wang for The Almighty Card (China)

Best Student Director (Male): Brandon Hill for Dedication (USA)

Best First Time Director (Female): Ekaterina Belinskaya for The Standard (Russia)

Best First Time Director (Female): Gabrielle Rosson for Get Up Eight (USA)

Best First Time Director (Male): Theo Francocci for Wholeheartedly (Italy)

Best Actress: Andrea Mendez for Wholeheartedly (Italy)

Best Actress: Milena Predic for Submission (Serbia)

Best Actor: Alex Figueiredo for Sonntag (Argentina)

Best Actor: Benjamin Arevalo for The Crow’s First Flight (Guatemala)

Best Child/Young Actress: Shaina Schmid for Who The Hell Is Annie? (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Jono Cota and Lara Jean for Trust Issues (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Wulei Fu and Scott Zhang for Bei Dai Bay (China)

Best Cinematography: Piotr Kosmalski for Luna’s Fortress (Poland)

Best Editing: Paul Usungu for Door to Purgatory (USA)

Best Sound Design: Leroy McClendon for Door to Purgatory (USA)

Best Original Score: A.J. Quarterman for Saving Grace (UK)

Best Original Score: P.T. Adamczyk for Luna’s Fortress (Poland)

Best Original Story: Kiriakos Kotsinis for Forgotten Alive (Greece)

Best Original Story: Ross Berkeley Simpson for Antique (UK)

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