Fall/2023
Seasonal Winners
Best Narrative Feature
Songs of Kamui
Director: Hiroshi Sugawara
Best Narrative Short
The monkey
Director: Itziar Leemans
Best Feature Documentary
Vibrant
Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Best Short Documentary
Freeman Patterson: The Universe is Unfolding as it Should
Director: Scott Anthony David Munn
Best Independent Film
I Think I'm Sick
Director: Danny Gevirtz
Honorable Mention Independent Feature
Director: Rob Margolies
Best Horror
My Baby
Director: John Dada
Best Short Comedy
Heavenly Flames
Director: Quentin Ferrant
Best Short Animation
Repaint
Director: Anna Arutiunian
Best Short Science Fiction
Laplace
Director: Erim Sisman
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
EAST
Director: Dana Marisa Schoenfeld
Best Experimental
In the Shadow of Palms
Director: Mischa Meyer
Best Environmental
War for The Woods
Directors: Sean Stiller, Geoff Morrison
Honorable Mention Environmental
Salted Earth
Director: Ben Hemmings
Best Female Director
The Dogs
Director: Valerie Buhagiar
Honorable Mention Female Director
Moisture
Director: Duda Gorter
Best Human Rights
ABANDONADOS "Abandoned"
Director: Francisco Manso Faria
Honorable Mention Human Rights
The Asifa Bano Story
Director: Mina Isabella JafriMalik
Best First Time Feature Filmmaker
Beyond the Blue Border
Director: Sarah Neumann
Best First Time Short Filmmaker
CROIX DE BOIS CROIX DE FER (wooden Cross / Iron cross)
Director: David Moerman
Best Student Film
THREAD TENSION
Director: Ruby Mastrodimos
Best LGBTQ
Honey & Milk
Director: Dash Donato
Best Music Video
Hold You Down
Director: Jean Charles Charavin
Best Thriller
The Post
Director: Justin Hunt
Canadian Indie of the season
The Founder Effect
Director: Justin MacGregor
Best Director of the season
Forgive Me Father
Director: James Biberi
Best Cinematographer of the season
Andy Morin
Honorable Mention Cinematographer
Bang Bang
Piotr Skowronski
Best Actor of the season
Pat Shortt
The Life of Lester Wink
Best Actress of the season
Babetida Sadjo
JUWAA
Best Composer of the season
Gedminte Samsonaite
Honorable Mention Composer
Andersen VIANA
PITÁGORAS DE SAMOS
Best Scriptwriter of the season
Emma Who?
Writer: Laura Michelle Edmundso
Best Youth Artist of the season
Mattia Peren
999- THE OTHER SOUL OF FOOTBALL
Best Unproduced Feature Script
End Of Discussion
Writer: Richard Redlo
Best Unproduced Short Script
Psychopathic Killers
Writer: Susan May Thomas