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The International Gold Awards is a monthly film festival.

Our mission is to promote films, and be another step up in the filmmakers' careers.

Every month we'll assign three awards for each category (Best, Gold Silver) and Honorable Mentions.

An international film festival that had important movie stars among the films in competition, as 12-time Grammy winner Willie Nelson, Eric Roberts, Peter Bogdanovich and many more actors and directors from all around the world.

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Awards & Prizes

MONTHLY COMPETITION (33 categories):

Best Picture
(feature film or short film, any genre)

Best Feature Film
Best Indie Feature Film (low budget)
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Film
Best Indie Short Film (low budget)
Best Short Documentary
Best Super Short Film
Best Web/Tv Series
Best Music Video
Best Experimental
Best Animation
Best Student Film
Best First Time Director
Best Drama
Best Comedy
Best Horror
Best Thriller
Best Action
Best Sci-Fi
Best Fantasy
Best LGBTQ
Best Director
Best Producer
Best Actress
Best Actor
Best Original Screenplay
Best Original Score
Best Original Song
Best Cinematography
Best Editing
Best Sound Design
Best Feature Script
Best Short Script

Every month we'll assign three awards for each category (Best, Gold Silver) and Honorable Mentions.
All winners receive a free certificate (pdf/jpg file).

Rules & Terms

We accept:
- Short and feature films, in the form of narrative (fiction), documentary (non fiction), experimental or animated film.
- Music Videos
- Web/TV Series (also pilot)
- Feature Scripts, Short Scripts

By submitting your film, take note that:
- You agree to use parts of your film (including trailer/teaser/film poster/stills) for promotional purpose.
- Entry fees are non-refundable.
- Multiple entries are allowed for each filmmaker and each entry may be entered in multiple categories.
- By submitting for the festival, you agree to receive promotional emails from the festival itself or from its partners.
- You agree to receive promotional email from us and our festival partners
- The films must include English subtitles (unless the spoken language is English or Italian)
- The scripts must be in English or Italian.

We do not accept:
1. Amateur videos
2. Extremist or propaganda content from religious or political organizations
3. Films involving politics / films promoting political agenda
4. Films with a poor production standard (bad sound, lack of subtitles/captions for non-English films, video resolution less than 720p HD
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  • Frances Maguire

    Delighted and honored for the award of Best Short Documentary. Also for your fast correspondents too.
    Huge thank you, Frances Maguire.

    June 2025
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  • Deborah Hadfield

    The International Gold Awards is an amazing experience and winning with our feature film Chinese Whispers was fantastic. All the steps of process at the festival are professionally handled with such clear communication. It is an honour to be recognised by the festival. A top notch festival 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

    June 2025
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  • Alberto Diamante

    Great festival! Thank you for your support!

    June 2025
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  • Donald D'Haene

    Wow! thanks for the Gold Award for my #documentary #InterpretingErik from #Canada...so honoured...what a great festival! Donald D'Haene #instagram @donalddhaene1961

    June 2025
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  • Jefferson Bittencourt

    It was a true honor to be part of this festival with our short 'The Cigarette' and we're thrilled to have won Best Actress. We're incredibly grateful for this recognition of our hard work. THANK YOU!!

    June 2025
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