Hollywood Gold Awards
WINNERS - JULY 2026
Best Picture
Best Thriller
Best Director
Best Producer
Best Actress (Jade Warwick)
Best Actor (Tom Michaels)
Best Cinematography (Benjamin Steeper)
Best Screenplay (Tom Michaels)
Best Editing (Ned Thorne)
Best Original Score (Samuel Joseph Smythe)
Best Original Song Samuel ("Trail of Jack-O-Lantern" Joseph Smythe & Slasher Dave)
Best Sound Design (Maui Holcomb)
COME THE NIGHTFALL
Tom Michaels
United States
(alphabetical order by Film' s title)
Silver Award - Experimental Film
ANABASIS
Mimi Garrard
United States
Best First Time Director
ALEPH
Joao Butoh
Brazil
Silver Award - Music Video
BABY I WAS HYPNOTIZED - VIDEO
Anindgita Dasgupta
India
Gold Award - Super Short Film
BEAR IN MIND
George Kouvaras
Greece
Best Indie Feature Film
Best SERVED COLD
Keith C Lukowski
United States
Gold Award - Indie Short Film
Silver Award - First Time Director
BODY
Arshak Khachaturian
Armenia
Best Web/Tv Series
CAGNEY AND HOOCH 2: STAKEOUT FAKEOUT
John Altobello III & Lee Barron
United States
Gold Award - Thriller
CENTRAL'S BABY
Cornell Hubert Calhoun III
United States
Silver Award Original Song
CRESCENT MOON AND GOLDEN STAR
Karen Braysher
United Kingdom
Best Short Script
DIARY OF A MADMAN
Written by Eugene Hattingh
Not Specified
Gold Award - Experimental Film
Gold Award - First Time Director
DISPLAY ONLY
Nadia White
Canada
Best Feature Documentary
ESEUSEU
Zaya Benazzo &Maurizio Benazzo
Kenya\United States
Best Animated Film
FIDO
John Norris Ray & Maria Victoria Sanchez
United States
Gold Award - Indie Feature Film
HOLLYWOOD MOUTH 2
Jordan Mohr
United States
Silver Award Experimental Film
ICOSAGON
Mimi Garrard
United Staes
Silver Award Short Film
ISOLATED SILENCE
Vicente Garibay Lijanova
Mexico
Silver Award - Short Documentary
KONGFRONTATION
Ashley Newquist & Eddie Newquist
United States
Silver Award - Indie Short Film
LADY KILLER
Stephen Elliot McClure
United Kingdom
Silver Award - AI Film
LITTLE BROTHER
Yuan GAO
China\Hong Kong
Best Original Song
LOST INSIDE A GIANT MV
Bo Kim
Korea
Silver Award - Short Documentary
MATCHSTICK
Sameh Eskander
Germany
Best Feature Film
MILAREPA
Louis Nero
Italy\United States
Silver Award - Feature Script
MR. POLO LOUNGE: A COMEDY PART II
Kevin Micheal Irvine
Not Specified
Silver Award Feature Documentary
NASTY
John Gerald Scaletta
United States
Best Music Video
OASIS
Glen Jacques Park
South Korea
Silver Award Short Script
PIDGE
Written by Paul Millward
United States
Gold Award - AI Film
POMPEII: BURNING SILENCE
Gwang Yeol Lee
South Korea
Best Super Short Film
Gold Award - Web/Tv Series
SEASON 1 EPISODE 4 -- THE VIGILANTE YELLOW DEATH -- THE 2 MINUTE SHOW
Dik Lee
Canada
Best Indie Short Film
Gold Award -First Time Director
SHEPHERDS
Ashland Thomas
United States
Gold Award - Comedy
SOUTH JERSEY DRIVING ACADEMY
Brian L. Weakland
United States
Best AI Film
SPIN
Rodrigo Aben-Athar
Brazil
Best Experimental Film
THALASSA JPKJ
Mimi Garrard
United States
Gold Award - Feature Documentary
THE ANGEL OF BUENOS AIRES HISTORY OF FILIPPO DI BENEDETTO
Enrico Blatti
Italy
Silver Award - Short Script
THE COMIC BOOK
Written by Sonny Kruger
United States
Gold Award - Short Script
THE DEAD PLAINS
Paul Corricelli
United States
Gold Award - Feature Film
THE FOREVER WATCHMAN
Ralph Cinque
United States
Gold Award - Animated Film
THE HAUNTED ROSEBUDS
Martha Wickham
Not Specified
Best Comedy
THE IMPOSSIBLE FRIEND
Kyle Allen & Anders Jay Ravenstad
United States
Best Feature Script
THE LAST ROOMMATE
Zack Van Eyck
United States
Gold Award - Short Documentary
Gold Award - Director
Gold Award - Screenplay (Chris Mugford and Stuart Bradley)
Gold Award - Cinematography (Chris Mugford)
Silver Award - Producer
Silver Award - Editing (Chris Mugford)
Silver Award - Original Score (Michael Graham)
Silver Award - Sound Design (Joe Driver)
THE LOST SHARDS OF HISTORY
Chris Mugford
United Kingdom
Silver Award - Director
THE LOVE FACTOR
Cameron C. Davis
United States
Best Short Film
THE MIRROR WITHIN
Steve Jones
United States
Silver Award - Feature Documentary
THE PAIN AND THE POWER
Cai Indermaur
United States
Best Original Score (Kelly Joe Richardson)
THE SEVEN TALES OF POE
Doug Clyde
United States
Gold Award -Feature Script
THE SILVER MIRROR
Written by John M Grace
United States
Best Short Documentary
UNDER THE ICE
John Martin
Canada\South Africa
Gold Award - Short Script
VESPERTINA
Paloma Lejana
Australia
Gold Award - Producer
Gold Award - Director
Gold Award - Actress (Roberta Nicosia)
Gold Award - Actor (Patrizio Recchioni)
Gold Award - Original Score
Gold Award - Editing
Gold Award - Sound Design
Silver Award Feature Film
Silver Award Cinematography
Silver Award Screenplay
WHEN ONE DAY YOU WILL SLEEP
Filippo Ruggieri
Italy
Gold Award - Original Song
WITHIN THE BOTTLE
Teresa Marie Warwick
United States
Best First Time Director
Gold Award - Short Film
YARD SALEING
Tom Logan
United States