Winners of July 2023
BEST SHORT FICTION FILMCURSED HEIST
Directed by KOREKI ANTHONY MIAN
BEST SHORT NON-FICTION FILMJune
Directed by Clay Thomas Stanley
BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM – FICTIONIntimate Partners
Directed by Kaitlyn Coffey
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM3 Hours Per Frame: Creating Of Wood
Directed by Morgan Jones
BEST SHORT ANIMATION FILMSquabble
Directed by Christopher Nguyen
BEST FEATURE FILMIDA
Directed by Brandon Gotto
BEST LGBTQ FILMI’d Like To
Directed by Queenie Zhang
BEST FEMALE FILMMAKER’S FILMI’d Like To
Directed by Queenie Zhang
BEST MUSIC VIDEOThe Story of Mafalda
Directed by Daniel Herz & Luis Felipe Sá
BEST WEB SERIESSilent – season 2
Directed by Leonardo Saggese
BEST TRAILERA Box of Chocolates
Directed by Cris Thorne
BEST IRANIAN FILMZero Coordinates
Directed by Nima Valibeigi
BEST IRANIAN DIRECTORWhy did the Giraffe’s flower fades? (ep4 se3 2022)
Directed by Kaveh Kanani
BEST DIRECTORThe Dead That Live
Directed by Mark Oguschewitz
BEST FEMALE DIRECTORLove, Harmony
Directed by Julia Sousa
BEST SCREENWRITERGoodbye and Hello My Dearest
Written by Larissa Matulevicius
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHYJonas and Jacinta
Cinematography by Rich Whitby
BEST EDITORMOM
Edited by Eric Willis
JURY CHOICE AWARDWhenever I see the sun
Directed by Lukas Kotthaus
AUDIENCES CHOICE AWARDI Made War of the Worlds
Directed by Luke Walters
FESTIVAL CHOICE AWARDMOM
Directed by Eric Willis
MOST VIEWED FILMThe Villain In His Mind
Directed by Merritt Lars Gregory