Silver Awards: September 2023

Best Indie ShortBlink of Heart by Mark Ma (China)

Best Drama ShortWandering Alone by YuRi (China)

Best Documentary ShortThe Urgency Of Now by KC Schulberg (USA)

Best Dark Comedy ShortDripping with Tension by Ben Murphy (USA)

Best Action ShortThe Wrong Guy by Alberto Scisco and Andrea Navicella (Italy)

Best Sci-Fi ShortHannah by Mingyang Li (USA)

Best Fantasy ShortCrave by Zac Coats and Dana Kippel (USA)

Best Experimental ShortEicha: The Book of Lumenations by Adeena Michelle Karasick (USA)

Best Student ShortCross Bay Bridge by Yihan Yang (USA)

Best Animation ShortWho Lost a Dream? by Asaf Rahamim (Canada)

Best MicrofilmJessica AI by Jason Chun Lee (USA)

Best Web Series/TV PilotThe Crew – Episode 1 by Havon Baraka (USA)

Best Web and New MediaEicha: The Book of Lumenations by Adeena Michelle Karasick (USA)

Best Female Director: Vanessa Williamsen for Behind the Smile (USA)

Best Male Director: Carlos Ramirez for Five Tool Player (USA)

Best Student Female Director: Yihan Yang for Cross Bay Bridge (USA)

Best First Time Female Director: Gabrielle Makower for The Chromo-Zone (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Andrea Antonio Vico for Big Noise (Italy)

Best Young Filmmaker: Sienna Stiefel for Roses Don’t Only Bloom Love (USA)

Best Actress: Carlotta Parodi for Big Noise (Italy)

Best Actor: Eric Peddy for The Need (USA)

Best Supporting Actress: Sasha Bystrzhitskaya for Balloons (UK)

Best Ensemble Cast: Dan Rathke, Juliet Chevelle, Shannon Lepard, Tyler Visagie, Lindsay Lewis, and Preston Bounds for Who Invited The Robots? (USA)

Best Original Story: Derek Romrell for To Err (USA)

Best Short ScriptGlitch by Sharon Burrell and Darren Lee Murphy (UK)

BRONZE AWARDS

HONORABLE MENTIONS

FINALISTS

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