Silver Awards: April 2025

Best Indie Short: After Reuniting by Piao Jinghao (South Korea)

Best Comedy Short: Priceless: Pool Party by Maxwell Innis II (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Motel Room Six by Aron Cagan (USA)

Best Action Short: Knight Owls by Ron Aldrin Bilon (Philippines)

Best Horror Short: Harlowe’s Well by Jack H Wood (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Urban Cowboy by Dustin J Robison (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Mastermind by Mason Beals (USA)

Best Student Short: Sybil by Stella Bleau (USA)

Best Microfilm: Hugo by Rianne Cloudie (UK)

Best Screendance Short: Lines by Svetlin Travis (Netherlands)

Best Female Director: Stephanie Keelan for StreetVet (UK)

Best Male Director: Jack H Wood for Harlowe’s Well (USA)

Best Student Female Director: Stella Bleau for Sybil (USA)

Best Student Male Director: Zoltan Gergely Szabo for Release (Hungary)

Best First Time Female Director: Ming Fen Congdon for Whispers (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Aron Cagan for Motel Room Six (USA)

Best Actor: Gennadii Omelianiuk for Just Matthew (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Kate Surinskaya and Monaye Moyes for Whispers (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Darrell Battle Jr, Nicholas Sorillo, Lila Jay, Keith Bartley, Shayla Navarro, Avalon Rose, Candace Bridges, Gregg Martin, and Ashley Chatman for Priceless: Pool Party (USA)

Best Cinematography: Wen Zhihao for Black Sheep (China)

Best Editing: Ron Aldrin Bilon for Knight Owls (Philippines)

Best Production Design: Entanglement (USA)

Best Visual FX: William Barrios for Deep Time (USA)

Best Sound Design: Nadav Shelly for Whispers (USA)

Best Original Score: Aaron Dillon for Deep Time (USA)

Best Original Story: Gennadii Omelianiuk and Dmytro Malkov for Just Matthew (USA)

Best Short Script: IV EFF by Lindsey Brannon (USA)

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