Silver Awards: May 2024

Best Indie ShortPartly Hazy by John Brownell (USA)

Best Drama ShortAlice by Vasco Madureira Rocha (Portugal)

Best Documentary ShortThe Dolphin Dilemma by Olivia Andrus-Drennan (USA)

Best Comedy ShortLoco Dreams by Wesley Quinn (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Diana’s Electric Tongue by Haroula Rose (USA)

Best Action ShortBotching by Brian Williams (UK)

Best Thriller Short1201 by Bobby Jordan (USA)

Best Sci-Fi ShortBotching by Brian Williams (UK)

Best Experimental ShortThree by Scott Petill (USA)

Best Student ShortThe Morning Train by Elijah Kimmel (USA)

Best Animation ShortMango Tree by Morgan Caitlyn Edwards (USA)

Best Children ShortThe Radio by Nir Yaniv (USA)

Best Women ShortNana by Hillary Carrigan (USA)

Best MicrofilmPipe by David Camero (USA)

Best Screendance ShortGazel by Ceyda Tanc and Roarke Pearce (UK)

Best Music VideoSymphonic Fantasy: Cine Concert with Animation and Orchestral Magic by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan (Singapore)

Best Web Series/TV PilotCause Celebre by Patrick John Donnelly (USA)

Best Web and New MediaLillith & Bert Go Nowhere by Rex Provost (USA)

Best Female Director: Mila Vilaplana for Beneath The Veil (USA)

Best Male Director: Erik Bergamini for Cerebellum (USA)

Best Student Female Director: Morgan Caitlyn Edwards for Mango Tree (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Keunpyo Yoon for To the Hour, Blue (South Korea)

Best Young Filmmaker: India Anne Mitchell for Guiding Light (USA)

Best Actress: Anna Mawn for Direct Action (UK)

Best Actor: Tyler Weisenauer for The Stars in New Mexico (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Eric Kot for Bric-A-Brac (Hong Kong)

Best Acting Duo: Josh Ventura and Trae Romano for 1201 (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Cassidy Krygger, Verity Higgins, Lachlan McKillop, and Roy Barker for Daisy (Australia)

Best Cinematography: Agnese Marsilii for Bloom – The Only Way Out Is Through (USA)

Best Editing: Behdad Esfahbod for Eternal Presence: Journey into the Mind (Canada)

Best Original Score: Manu Martin for Symphonic Fantasy: Cine Concert with Animation and Orchestral Magic (Singapore)

Best Original Story: Brian Foyster for The Last Take (USA)

Best Short ScriptThe Matt Chat by Benjamin Neuberger (USA)

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