GOLD AWARD WINNERS
MAIN CATEGORies
FEATURES
BEST FEATURE FILM - DRAMA
Goliath (dir. Dominik Locher, Switzerland)
BEST FEATURE FILM - SOCIAL AWARENESS
Love and Bananas: An Elephant Story (dir. Ashley Bell, Thailand/USA)
BEST FEATURE FILM - FOREIGN
Hawaii (dir. Jesús del Cerro, Romania)
BEST FEATURE FILM - FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER
Robin (dir. Kevin Schmutzler & Tobias Schmutzler, Germany)
BEST FEATURE FILM - LOVE IS LOVE
Call Her Ganda (dir. PJ Raval, USA/Philippines)
BEST FEATURE FILM - FAMILY / FAITH
Edge of the World (dir. Randy Redroad, USA)
BEST FEATURE FILM - ANIMATION / EXPERIMENTAL
8:30 (dir. Laura Nasmyth & Philip Leitner, Austria)
BEST FEATURE FILM - MYSTERY / THRILLER
Tejano (dir. David Blue Garcia, USA)
BEST FEATURE FILM - ACTION / HORROR
The Ranger (dir. Jenn Wexler, USA)
BEST FEATURE FILM - DOCUMENTARY
Crime + Punishment (dir. Stephen Maing, USA)
SHORTS
BEST SHORT FILM - DRAMA
Regarde (dir. Charles Grammare, France)
BEST SHORT FILM - WAR DRAMA
Someone (dir. Marco Gadge, Germany)
BEST SHORT FILM - SOCIAL AWARENESS
Surviving Theater 9 (dir. Tim McGrath, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - COMEDY
So You Like The Neighborhood (dir. Jean Pesce, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - FAMILY / FAITH
Sisterly (dir. Nina Vallado, USA)
Make Aliens Dance (dir. Sebastien Petretti, Belgium)
BEST SHORT FILM - FOREIGN
Flesh Of My Flesh (dir. Matthys Boshoff, South Africa)
BEST SHORT FILM - MYSTERY / THRILLER
The 100th Victim (dir. Anthony Von Seck, Canada)
BEST SHORT FILM - SCI-FI / FANTASY
Exit Strategy (dir. Travis Bible, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - HORROR
She Came From the Woods (dir. Erik Bloomquist & Carson Bloomquist, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - STUDENT
Main Man (dir. Florian Forsch, Austria)
BEST SHORT FILM - DOCUMENTARY
Person of the Forest (dir. Melissa Lesh & Tim Laman, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - FIRST-TIME FILMMAKER
The Girls Were Doing Nothing (dir. Dekel Berenson, Israel)
BEST SHORT FILM - LOVE IS LOVE
Gray (dir. Preet, India)
BEST SHORT FILM - ANIMATION
MARFA (dir. Greg McLeod & Myles McLeod, United Kingdom)
BEST SHORT FILM - SILENT / EXPERIMENTAL
God I Need A Girlfriend (dir. Stefan Janoski, USA)
BEST SHORT FILM - SPORTS / INSPIRATIONAL
The Good Fight (dir. Ben Holman, Brazil / United Kingdom)
BEST SHORT FILM - DANCE
Cold Storage (dir. Thomas Freundlich, Finland)
BEST SHORT FILM - FASHION
Isabelle (dir. Justin Coupe & Alvaro G. Huezo, USA)
BEST MICROFILM
Enough (dir. Anna Mantzaris, United Kingdom)
BEST TRAILER
Dirge Trailer (dir. Richard Oakes & Adam Leader, United Kingdom)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Stronger Than I've Ever Been" (by Kaleena Zanders, Eric Lee McNeely, & Frank Joseph Palazzolo, USA)
BEST POSTER
Goliath
WEB SERIES / TV PILOT
BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT
Beast (dir. Ben Strang, USA)
MUSIC VIDEO
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Birthplace (dir. Sil Van Der Woerd, Indonesia)
SCREENPLAY
BEST FEATURE SCRIPT
Cat and Mouse (by Bristol Mac Donald, USA)
BEST SHORT SCRIPT
Honey (by Naddine Madell-Morgan, Canada)
BEST TV SCRIPT
Iron Border "Family Secret" (by L.W. Thomas, USA)