October 2023 (Winner)

Winners of October 2023

BEST SHORT FICTION FILM

Come Back

Directed by Roman Duneshenko

BEST SHORT NON-FICTION FILM

More Than You See

Directed by Jelan Maxwell

BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM – FICTION

Paloma

Directed by Loic Viatte

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM

In His Pursuit – A Photographer’s Journey

Directed by Kiran Kesav

BEST SHORT ANIMATION FILM

The Old Age Home

Directed by Rahul Razdan

BEST FEATURE FILM

False Front

Directed by Alastair Railton

BEST LGBTQ FILM

Not Just Porn

Directed by Taylor John Coleman, Nik Cubio

BEST FEMALE FILMMAKER’S FILM

DEADLY BLUE

Directed by diana cignoni

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Ghost Medium Detective Music video

Directed by Bron Theron

BEST TRAILER

DEADLY BLUE

Directed by diana cignoni

BEST UKRAINE SHORT FILM

Butchery

Directed by Andrii Makarchenko

BEST UKRAINE DIRECTOR

God Will Forgive

Directed by Hovhannes Khachatryan

BEST IRANIAN FILM

Life in numbers

Directed by Amin Javaheri, Mina Moeinfard

BEST IRANIAN DIRECTOR

Parthenogenesis

Directed by Ariobarzan Momen

BEST DIRECTOR

Paloma

Directed by Loic Viatte

BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR

Jade

Directed by TSERWEN TSENG

BEST SCREENWRITER

Gilipollas

Written by Joan Bentallé, Pol Diggler

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

The show ends twice

Cinematography by SHOTA KAMITANI

BEST EDITOR

IT BE AN EVIL MOON

Edited by Ben Etchells

JURY CHOICE AWARD

Ghost Medium Detective Music video

Directed by Bron Theron

AUDIENCES CHOICE AWARD

The Writer’s Block

Directed by Jack Richland Anderson

CRITICS CHOICE AWARD

Scrap of Paper

Directed by Victor de Almeida

FESTIVAL CHOICE AWARD

Don’t Come Back

Directed by Jacob Ethan Tanner

MOST VIEWED FILM

Most Unfortunate

Directed by Charles Leith