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GOLD AWARD WINNERS
MAIN CATEGORY
FEATURES
BEST FEATURE - DRAMA
Strings of Sorrow
(dir. Mehmet Tanrısever, Turkey)
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BEST FEATURE -
FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
Break of Day
(dir. Maria Forslin & Adrienne West, Sweden)
TIE
BEST FEATURE -
FAMILY/FAITH
Before the Wrath
(dir. Brent Miller Jr, USA)
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BEST FEATURE -
SPORTS/INSPIRATIONAL
Platform
(dir. Sahar Mosayebi, Iran)
TIE
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BEST FEATURE - FOREIGN
Rising Silence
(dir. Leesa Gazi, Bangladesh)
TIE
BEST FEATURE -
FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
To the New Girl
(dir. Aurora J. Culver, Ambika Leigh, Adriana Gonzalez-Vega, USA)
TIE
BEST FEATURE -
LOVE IS LOVE
Proper Pronouns
(dir. Megan Daniels, USA)
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BEST FEATURE -
SOCIAL AWARENESS
Lovemobil
(dir. Elke Lehrenkrauss, Germany)
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BEST FEATURE - FOREIGN
Once Upon a Judgment Day
(dir. Mehmet Tanrısever, Turkey)
TIE
BEST FEATURE - DOCUMENTARY
Seadrift
(dir. Tim Tsai, USA)
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BEST FEATURE -
SPORTS/INSPIRATIONAL
Boundless Life
(dir. Stefan Rainer, Austria)
TIE
BEST FEATURE -
ACTION/MYSTERY/THRILLER
Deadly Promises
(dir. Joseph Ramos, USA)
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SHORTS
BEST SHORT - DRAMA
1,2,3, All Eyes on Me
(dir. Emil Gallardo, USA)
TIE
BEST SHORT - FOREIGN
Sticker
(dir. Georgi M. Unkovski, North Macedonia)
TIE
BEST SHORT -
SOCIAL AWARENESS
Ours to Tell
(dir. Rayka Zehtabchi, USA)
TIE
BEST SHORT -
STUDENT
Garbageman, Nurse, and Cop
(dir. Aiman Samat, Malaysia)
TIE
BEST SHORT -
YOUNG FILMMAKER
Something Better
(directed by Jillian Shea Spaeder & Lilia Buckingham, USA)
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BEST SHORT -
HORROR
The Ceremony
(dir. Jeremy Stewart, USA)
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BEST SHORT -
FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
The Re-Education of Jane Brown
(dir. MK McGehee, USA)
TIE
BEST SHORT -
ANIMATION
Blind Eye
(dir. Isabela Littger De Phino,, Bruno Cohen, Rohit Kelkar, Yujia Wang, Germaine Colajanni, Rohan Deshchougule, Diego Porral, France)
TIE
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BEST SHORT -
DANCE/FASHION
The Strange Story of a Shining Pearl
(dir. Emir Mavitan, Turkey)
TIE
BEST
MICROFILM
The Prisoner
(directed by Harvey Eaton, United Kingdom)
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BEST SHORT - DRAMA
Age of Dysphoria
(dir. Jessica Petelle, Canada)
TIE
BEST SHORT - FOREIGN
Talk
(dir. Boulanger Romuald, France)
TIE
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BEST SHORT -
LOVE IS LOVE
Turn it Around
(dir. Niels Bourgonje, Netherlands)
BEST SHORT -
STUDENT
Ole, Benni und der Rest des Universums
(dir. Anna Ludwig, Germany)
TIE
BEST SHORT -
SCI-FI/FANTASY
The Seahorse Trainer
(dir. Ricardo Bonisoli & Babak Bina, Canada)
TIE
BEST SHORT -
DOCUMENTARY
Reclaiming The Negative
(dir. Mike Beech, United Kingdom)
TIE
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BEST SHORT -
FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
Tony
(dir. Hugo Diego Garcia, France
TIE
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BEST SHORT -
SILENT/EXPERIMENTAL
To Her
(dir. Jacopo Ardolino, Italy)
TIE
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BEST SHORT -
DANCE/FASHION
The Stop
(dir. Liudmila Komrakova, Russian Federation)
TIE
BEST
COMMERICAL
Z Zegna
(directed by Giacomo Boeri, Italy)
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BEST SHORT - COMEDY
40 Minutes Over Maui
(dir. Michael Feld, Josh Covitt, USA)
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BEST SHORT -
SOCIAL AWARENESS
The Prophetess
(dir. Sylvie Weber, Germany)
TIE
BEST SHORT -
FAMILY/FAITH
TABLXS
(dir. Brittny Williams & Juanita Ingram, Esq., USA)
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BEST SHORT -
MYSTERY/THRILLER
The Attaché
(dir. André Stringer, USA)
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BEST SHORT -
SCI-FI/FANTASY
Watch Room
(dir. Noah Wagner, USA)
TIE
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BEST SHORT -
DOCUMENTARY
The Roads Most Traveled: Photojournalist Don Bartletti
(dir. Bill Wisneski, USA)
TIE
BEST SHORT -
ANIMATION
Hors Piste
(dir. Léo Brunel, Camille Jalabert, Loris Cavalier, Oscar Malet, France)
TIE
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BEST SHORT -
SILENT/EXPERIMENTAL
The animal that therefore I am
(dir. Bea de Visser, Netherlands)
TIE
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BEST SHORT -
SPORTS/INSPIRATIONAL
Just a Girl
(dir. Claudia Grace McKell, United Kingdom)
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BEST
TRAILER
Lovemobil
(dir. Elke Lehrenkrauss, Germany)
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MUSIC & POSTER
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
“Artur Rojek - "Sport Life"
(directed by Michał Marczak, Poland)
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Coastal Fire: A Common Diary
(Composed by Susan Maughlin Wood
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BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Five Minutes Fast”
(By Lizzy Cameron, from the film
"Just in Time", USA)
TIE
BEST POSTER
Ours to Tell
(dir. Rayka Zehtabchi, USA)
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BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Something Better”
(Written by Lilia Buckingham & Jillian Shea Spaeder, Performed by Jillian Shea Spaeder, USA)
TIE
WEB SERIES / TV PILOT
BEST WEB/TV PILOT
Remotely Working (Pilot)
(dir. Garrett Tripp, USA)
SCREENPLAY
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
Benny and the Jets
(by Ginger Casey, USA)
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BEST TV SCRIPT
Oaksterdum - Pilot
(by Aleksandar Filimonovic & Nemanja Colovic, USA)
TIE
BEST SHORT SCRIPT
The Bench
(by Jean Maye, United Kingdom)
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BEST TV SCRIPT
Death of a Revolution, Episode 1
(by Marshall Ferrin, USA)
TIE