5th edition

2023

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Best US Narrative Feature

Entanglement

Directors: Lliane Clarke, Kaye Tuckerman, Otgadahe Whitman-Fox

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Best US Documentary Feature

The Baja Bug Movie

Director: Michael David Squier

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Best International Documentary Feature

The Tide Mills Project

Director: Adam Sheldon

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Best International Narrative Feature

Regional exchange center, IRISO

Director: Mitsuo Kurihara

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Best US Narrative Short

Knockout

Director: RALPH GIORDANO

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Best US Documentary Short

CHOMP

Director: Sarah Harvey

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Best International Narrative Short - Best first-time filmmaker

Lucinda´s Pandora

Director: Sylvia Piechocki Gonzalez

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Best student filmmaker - Best International Documentary Short

The HOME

Director: Haeri Jeon

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Best Independent Film

The Psychology of Beauty

Directors: Savanna Crasto, Hayden Maher

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Best director

THAT BOY IN THE DARK

Director: Adolf Borinaga Alix jr.

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Best actress

Freya Kreutzkam

For: Lucinda´s Pandora

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Best actor

Cass Braido

For: Knockout

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Best cinematography

Knockout

DOP: Nathaniel Shields

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Best Script (Unproduced and Produced)

Perry

Writer: RJ Watson

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Best producer

Our Triumphant Holy Day

Producer: Greg Di Roma

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Best edit

The Gift

Editor: Ray Shaw

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Best animation

Dark Room

Director: Peter Hongtai 

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Best science fiction

Project Manager 

Director: Effy Huen

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Best experimental

Echoes of Time

Director: Ema Kugler

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Best composer

Bicyclist 

Music: Brett Tanz

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Best comedy

Happily Ever After

Director: Zara Faraji

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Best Music Video

Synthetic Me

Directors: Susan Lim, Christina Teenz Tan, Samudra Kajal Saikia

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Best Web Series /TV Pilot

Office Party 

Director: Tony Chang