The festival is an international online film festival for independent filmmakers to promote their work.
The Cold Ones is the first film Mr Hindle has written.
“In all honestly it was a major shock for me, but it's an amazing feeling, knowing I've worked so hard,” he said.
“It was out of nowhere that we won Best Gore Film considering it was corn syrup with food colouring.”
Mr Hindle's passion for acting has taken him to the New York Film Academy, based in the Gold Coast.
While filming his last film — House of Inequity — Mr Hindle learned about special effects from Emmy-award winning SFX artist Chad Atkinson, which he put into practice in The Cold Ones.
The script for The Cold Ones was written in just four days.
“I decided to do it for fun at first and it kept growing, when I showed it to Adam Cooper at the academy he said it was a great concept and I should put it in film festivals,” Mr Hindle said.
Mr Hindle gathered five friends and filmed the short over six hours.
One of the filming locations was the underground car park of his student accommodation.
“My character is a vampire who doesn't like his own nature and wants to end it all,” he said.
“Although it's my own writing and characters, it's a big responsibility to act in your own work.”
The Cold Ones was the only Australian entry, competing against films from the United States and Italy.
Award winners will receive a trophy of a golden hand shipped from the US.
Mr Hindle said he had his fingers crossed it would arrive in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
He is working on a script which he hopes to film locally soon.
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