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GOLD AWARD WINNERS
MAIN CATEGORies
FEATURES
BEST FEATURE - DRAMA
Inez & Doug & Kira
(dir. Julia Kots, USA)
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BEST FEATURE -
LOVE IS LOVE
Flawless
(dir. Tal Granit &
Sharon Maymon, Israel)
BEST FEATURE -
ACTION/MYSTERY/THRILLER
Adam and Eve
(dir. Dmitriy Kashuba,
United Kingdom)
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BEST FEATURE -
SOCIAL AWARENESS
Quest for Beauty
(dir. Cris Saur, USA)
TIE
BEST FEATURE - COMEDY
Douze Points
(dir. Danny Syrkin, Israel)
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BEST FEATURE -
FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
Horatio
(dir. Mathias Mangin, Brazil)
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BEST FEATURE -
SPORTS/INSPIRATIONAL
Paolo Rossi: Dreams Create the Future
(dir. Michela Scolari &
Gianluca Fellini, Italy)
BEST FEATURE -
FAMILY/FAITH
Double Income, Kids
(dir. Hendrik Schäfer, Germany)
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BEST FEATURE - FOREIGN
Celeste
(dir. Ben Hackworth, Australia)
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BEST FEATURE - DOCUMENTARY
Triple Take
(dir. Nick Nanton, USA)
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BEST FEATURE -
SOCIAL AWARENESS
Drive Me to the End
(dir. Richard Summers-Calvert,
United Kingdom)
TIE
SHORTS
BEST SHORT - DRAMA
Day Release
(dir. Martin Winter, Germany)
BEST SHORT -
WAR/MILITARY DRAMA
The Third King
(dir. Christoph Oliver Strunck, Germany)
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BEST SHORT -
FAMILY/FAITH
A Brief Wait
(dir. Jason Shumway, USA)
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BEST SHORT -
SCI-FI/FANTASY
The Hen
(dir. David Braun, France)
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BEST SHORT -
FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
Sonntag
(dir. Mariano Cabaco, Argentina)
TIE
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BEST SHORT -
DANCE/FASHION
Olympia
(dir. Giulia Achenza, Italy)
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BEST
TRAILER
Triple Take
(dir. Nick Nanton, USA)
BEST SHORT - COMEDY
You Need Help
(dir. Barbara Elbinger,
United Kingdom)
BEST SHORT -
SOCIAL AWARENESS
The Sound of
Unexpected Death
(dir. Alexander Sagmo, Denmark)
TIE
BEST SHORT -
STUDENT
Miller and Son
(dir. Asher Jelinsky, USA)
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BEST SHORT -
DOCUMENTARY
L’eau Est La Vie: From Standing Rock to the Swamp
(by Sam Vinal, USA)
BEST SHORT -
ANIMATION
Mind My Mind
(dir. Floor Adams, Argentina)
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BEST
MICROFILM
The Greatest Dad
in the World
(dir. Oriol Colomar &
Aya Wolf, Spain)
BEST SHORT - FOREIGN
Eva
(dir. Bernardo Lopes, Portugal)
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BEST SHORT -
SOCIAL AWARENESS
The Strangers
We Know
(dir. Alana Grace, USA)
TIE
BEST SHORT -
MYSTERY/THRILLER
The Agreement
(dir. Falk Poetz, Germany)
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BEST SHORT -
FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
Ghost in the Gun
(dir. Andrew Chen, USA)
TIE
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BEST SHORT -
SILENT/EXPERIMENTAL
New York Rhapsody
(dir. Salvatore D'Alia, USA)
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BEST
COMMERICAL
CNMI - Woolmark
(dir. Matteo Grimaldi, Italy)
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MUSIC & POSTER
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
"I Won't Be Right Anymore"
(dir. Shahab Najafi, Iran)
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BEST POSTER
Quest for Beauty
(dir. Cris Saur, USA)
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BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“What the River Carried”
(written by Ryan Love & Danezion Mills, Performed by Danezion Mills & Terrell Mollison, Produced by Connor Musarra)
From the short film “ Flow”
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Therese
(Composed by David Bessler, Switzerland)
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WEB SERIES / TV PILOT
BEST WEB/TV PILOT
Dog Housecalls
(dir. Greg Checketts, USA)
SCREENPLAY
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
LAJJAWATI
(by Sumathy Ram &
Charles Leopardo, USA)
BEST SHORT SCRIPT
The Joymaker
(by Tara Grover Smith, USA)
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BEST TV SCRIPT
Death of a Revolutionary - “Reign of Terror”
(by Marshall Ferrin, USA)