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Independent Shorts Awards International Film Festival

    • 2020s
    • 2010s
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    Platinum Award

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    Best Actor

    • William Baldwin
      Winner
      • William Baldwin
      • Talk
      R-Lines Productions
    • Bob Turton
      Winner
      • Bob Turton
      • Comedy Videos
      Draw Me A Sheep Productions

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Star Child (EDE)

      Alex Guéry(director of photography)

    Best Director

    • Winner
      • Alex Guéry(director)
      • Star Child (EDE)

    Best Drama short film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Star Child (EDE)

      Alex Guéry(director)

    Best Film of the Month (Runner-ups)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Rekindle

      Fan Xun Lilac(writer/director)

    Best First Time Director (Female)

    • Winner
      • Fan Xun Lilac(writer/director)
      • Rekindle

    Best Original Story

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Comedy Videos

      Peter Lazarus
      Draw Me A Sheep Productions

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Beto Coville
      Winner
      • Beto Coville(Actor)
      • A Margem
      Teatraço
      Trio St

    Best Visual Effects

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Notebook

      Tommaso Malaisi
      Bruno Eritt
      Domenico Tedone

    Foreign-Language Film of the Month

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Star Child (EDE)

      Alex Guéry(director)

    Gold Award

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    Best Actress

    • Luisa Ortigoso
      Winner
      • Luisa Ortigoso(actress)
      • A Margem
      Teatraço
      Trio St

    Best Child/Young Actor

    • Winner
      • Wyatt Darling
      • Strung
      4est Films

    Best Child/Young Actress

    • Winner
      • Ellie Tevelis
      • Little Diva Rising

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Notebook

      Giacomo la Monaca

    Best First Time Director (female)

    • Winner
      • Sonja Devi(Director)
      • Mizpah

    Best Parody Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Little Diva Rising

      8.8 (9)
      Les Zig
      Maria Tevelis
      Vicky Wanless
      Tony Nicholas

    Best Short Documentary Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Other Side: Mountaineer

      Rajeev Thottippully(director)

    Best short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Talk

      7.3 (41)
      Romuald Boulanger
      R-Lines Productions

    Silver Award

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    Best Dark Comedy

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Comedy Videos

      Peter Lazarus
      Draw Me A Sheep Productions

    Best Director (Male)

    • Winner
      • Mattia Fiumani
      • Notebook

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Comedy Videos

      Fernando Cardoso
      Draw Me A Sheep Productions

    Best Thriller Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Black Heart, Red Hands

      8.9 (10)
      Russell Southam(producer)
      Adam Spinks(producer)
      Owen Elliott(consulting producer)
      Little Big Film Company

    Best Young Filmmaker

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Nexus

      Caleb Reese Paul

    Bronze Award

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    Best Actress

    • Chelsea Murphy
      Winner
      • Chelsea Murphy
      • Infinitus

    Best Crime Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pastiche

      8.7 (16)
      Shivaan Makker
      Sullivan McGuffin
      Sidd Makker
      Pastiche Fiilms

    Best Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Breathe Nolan, Breathe

      7.3 (10)
      Daniel E. Catullo
      City Drive Studios
      West Virginia University
      Anyone Collective
      Sugar Studios LA

    Best Fantasy Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Son of Sheba

      Gino Raphael Payne(Maxie McClintock)
      Devin Teer(producer)
      Maxie McClintock(actress)
      Joseph Anaya(director of photography)
      Joel Christian Goffin(composer)
      360 Films (II)
      MonkeY Teer Entertainment

    Best Film Noir Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Revelationz

      Lawrence Whitener(writer/director)
      Donald Imm(producer)
      JP Vanderloo(actor)
      Katrina Weichman(associate producer)
      Mark Fronk(director of photography)
      D.J. Ohlow(supervising sound editor)
      Sasikumar B.(music)
      DOG-e The Movie

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      AnoMiC

      Hugo Teugels(producer)
      TVP services Video Art Productions

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      When Fire Flies

      Thibaut Vuillermet

    Best Original Story

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jacob's Blessing

      5.7 (9)
      Tom Ruddock
      View 35 Films

    Best Women Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Positive

      Sheilava
      Lauren Lox
      Anton Savenko
      Pati Currie
      Trent Baker
      Jesus Alexandro Santos
      Maurizio Rex Maya
      Christopher De La Rosa

    Honorable Mention

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    BEST MUSIC VIDEO

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tomorrow

      Terry Blade

    Best Actor

    • Winner
      • Jordan McDonald
      • My Demon
    • Sean Gregory Tansey
      Winner
      • Sean Gregory Tansey
      • The Stones of Rome
      Samizdat X Productions

    Best Animation Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Tomorrow

      Terry Blade

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wadayaze

      Shania Vandezande

    Best Director (Female)

    • Lauren Lox
      Winner
      • Lauren Lox
      • Positive
      • Wenqin Ni
      • Daemon

    Best Director (Male)

    • Winner
      • Rodrigo Tavares(director)
      • A Margem
      Teatraço
      Trio St
    • Tom Ruddock Writer,Director on set for debut feature The Draw
      Winner
      • Tom Ruddock
      • Jacob's Blessing
      View 35 Films
    • Winner
      • Rob Steger
      • The Funny Runner

    Best Documentary Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Funny Runner

      Rob Steger
    • [object Object]

      Dehlight

      Indresh Singh
      Rishabh Nayan
      Simla Sooboodoo
      Nikita Goyal
      Dhruv Kumar

    Best Drama Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Margem

      Rodrigo Tavares(director)
      Beto Coville(producer)
      Nucha Martins(producer)
      Teatraço
      Trio St
    • [object Object]

      Daemon

      Wenqin Ni
    • [object Object]

      I Sold My Soul

      Nicole Fahel
      Jason Jimenez
      Pink Mango

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Funny Runner

      Rob Steger

    Best First Time Director (Male)

    • Russell Southam
      Winner
      • Russell Southam(director)
      • Black Heart, Red Hands
      Little Big Film Company

    Best Indie Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wadayaze

      Dieter-Michael Grohmann

    Best Thriller Short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pastiche

      8.7 (16)
      Shivaan Makker
      Sidd Makker
      Sullivan McGuffin
      Pastiche Fiilms

    Best Experimental Short

    • [object Object]

      Dead Horse

      Albert Rudnitsky(director)
      gobro Production

    Best experimental short

    • [object Object]

      Enginuity

      Lawrence Whitener(writer/director)
      Paul H Chapman(actor)
      Torez Mosley(actress)
      Brett Messiora(Actor)
      Mark Fronk(director of photography)
      D.J. Ohlow(supervising sound editor)
      Donald Imm(director/producer)
      Brenda Moore(field producer)
      Judy Go Wong(producer)
      Diane Alexis Wolcott(supervising producer)
      Sherry Hudak(Producer)
      John K. Wood(executive producer)
      Penny Nichols(senior producer)
      Kathy Patterson(casting director)
      Skip Lipman(prop master)
      Abby Dupler(makeup artist)
      Sasikumar B.(composer)
      Katrina Wiechmann(associate producer)
      DOG-e The Movie

    Certificate of Achievement

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    Finalist

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Another Cabin Massacre

      Drake Dalgleish

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