Silver Awards: June 2023

Best Indie Short: Squeezed by Vitalii Andrulis (Canada)

Best Drama Short: Tainted Treasure by Stephanie Cood (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Nitrogen 2000 by James Patrick (USA)

Best Comedy Short: A Birthday Tale by Virgo Velasquez (Canada)

Best Dark Comedy Short: The Last Dinner by Marie-Ange Casalta (France)

Best Thriller Short: Parabens by Michael Bukovanský (Czechia)

Best Mystery Short: Grenzen by Daniel Alvarenga (Germany)

Best Horror Short: Genesis by Morgan Dwyer (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: Maluna by Jason Gonzalez (USA)

Best Experimental Short: Postprotein by Misung Lee (South Korea)

Best Student Short: No Questions Asked by Ashton Sasse (USA)

Best Microfilm: Framed by Milan Tangirala and Joseph Coleman (USA)

Best Women Short: Playing House by Eunjin Lee (South Korea)

Best Music Video: Ciecho (by Kaylo) by Pawel Stokajlo and Piotr Smolenski (Poland)

Best Screendance Short: Never Fade Away by Donna Weng Friedman (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Snow Hunt by Patrick Andreas Marcher (Denmark)

Best Web and New Media: Just Like Us by Jorge Alejandro Perez and Linda Pianigiani (USA)

Best Male Director: Jeremy Johnstone for Gold In Them Hills (USA)

Best Student Female Director: Macy Goller for Boys and Husbands (USA)

Best Student Male Director: Nico Love for In Threes (USA)

Best First Time Female Director: Tanja Bombach for Alow (Germany)

Best First Time Male Director: Vitalii Andrulis for Squeezed (Canada)

Best Young Filmmaker: Lichen Chen for Insufficient-sense (China)

Best Actress: Paula Zweiböhmer for Grenzen (Germany)

Best Actor: Israel Torres for My Little Astronaut (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Jiyun Lee for Playing House (South Korea)

Best Acting Duo: Fee Basanavicius and Marissa Chastain for Detective Tickles (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Ep Cho, Narisa Suzuki, Brandon Holam Lee, and Susan Gayle Watts for Our Late Father (USA)

Best Cinematography: Jeremy Johnstone for Gold In Them Hills (USA)

Best Editing: Jeremy Johnstone for Gold In Them Hills (USA)

Best Production Design: Alow (Germany)

Best Original Score: Miu Sato for The Informal Spread (USA)

Best Original Story: Nico Love for In Threes (USA)

Best Short Script: The Ride by Alysha Haran (USA)

Squeezed
A Birthday Tale
Nitrogen 2000
Tainted Treasure
Parabens
The Last Dinner
Grenzen
Maluna
No Questions Asked
Framed
"Ciecho" (by Kaylo)
Genesis
Snow Hunt
Playing House
Postprotein
Never Fade Away
Just Like Us
Gold In Them Hills
Boys and Husbands
Alow
In Threes
Insufficient-Sense
Detective Tickles
Our Late Father
My Little Astronaut
The Informal Spread

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