Seasonal Fest Winners
2023/May
Best Narrative Feature
Miranda's Victim
Director: Michelle Danner
Best Narrative short
The King's Sacrifice
Director: Raphaël Houde Belle-Isle
Best Feature Documentary
IN THE SHADOW OF BEIRUT
Directors: Stephen Gerard Kelly, Garry Keane
Best Short Documentary
Cloistered
Director: Catherine Finsness
Best Independent Film
WE ARE STILL THE SAME
Director: Paulo Nascimento
Best Horror/Feature
It Came From The Water / Apokawixa
Director: Xawery Żuławski
Best Horror/Short
GREED & GORE
Director: Adam Kirkey
Best Comedy
IF I WERE YOU
Director: Antonio Galdamez Munoz
Best Animation
AIKĀNE
Directors: Daniel Sousa, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson
Best Science Fiction
Future Tense
Director: Samuel Carrillo
Best Web Series/TV Pilot
Carly Glenn
Best Experimental
The Bytes Dreams are Made of
Director: Alessandro Amaducci
Best Environmental
A Reflection of Life
Director: Jesse Locke
Best Female Director
Longing for the Soul; A Quest for Rumi
Director: Aryana Farshad
Best Human Rights
I Don't Like You
Director: Borislav Kostov
Best First Time Filmmaker
Meeting Ms. Leigh
Director: R.S. Veira
Best Student Film
SUMANAI
Director: Bo-Yu Pan
Best LGBTQ
#LookAtMe
Director: Ken Kwek
Best Music Video
The Rebellion
Director: Gabriel Hostetler
Best Short Thriller
Loved
Director: David Joseph Higgins
Best Canadian Indie
Tattoo
Director: Liam Andrew Karp
Best Director
Drifter
Director: Simão Cayatte
Best Cinematographer
Graham GS
ASHES, The myth of the heron and the 62 lakes
Best Actor
Alain Goulem
Thoughts and Prayers
Best Actress
Abigail Breslin
Best Composer
Kristopher Carter
"Boreal Twilight"
Best Original Score
Capitol
Best Scriptwriter
Jim Carroll
The Pickleball Killer
Best Youth Artist of the Season
Rúben Simões
Drifter
Best Feature Script
My Splendid Stranger
Writer: Michael John Nelson Baker
Best Unproduced Short Script
Just Outside of Victory
Justin Wheelon
Honorable Mentions of the Seasonal Fest
May 12th, 2023
Honorable Mention Experimental
"REM - The waves of endless dreams" MK-C
Director: Aiuchi Keiji
Honorable Mention Environmental
The Erie Situation
Director: David J Ruck
Honorable Mention Music Video
Flipside
Director: Stacey Jackson
Honorable Mention First Time Filmmaker
Universe Zone
Director: Alexander Sadreddini
Honorable Mention Feature Script
21 Days in Paris
Writer: Denis Mortenson
Honorable Mention Actor
Donald Sutherland
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