6th edition

2023

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Best US Documentary

We Were Going to Start a Death Metal Band

Dir: Lexi Phillips

 

 

Best International Narrative Feature 

Best director 

The Last Passenger

Dir: Takashi Horie

 

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Best Edit

Bicyclist

Editor: Ray Shaw

 

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Best Independent Film 

ayama City, Saitama Prefecture

Dir: Mitsuo Kuribara

 

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Best International Documentary Feature

Corona in the Congo - A diary of uncertain times

Dir: Guyslaine Aimée Thalmann, Maria-Theres Schuler

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Best First time filmmaker 

Parking Lot

Dir: josh Lopez 

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Best US Narrative Short 

Bella Y Cedro

Dir: Joseph Galizia

 

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Best US Documentary Short

Steel Magnolia

Dir: Lyuwei Chen

 

 

 

Best International Narrative Short 

Bicyclist

Dir: Miguel Tanz

 

 

 

Best cinematography 

Happening 

DOP: Bahri Badakshan

 

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Best Script (Unproduced and Produced) 

Unspeakable

Writers: Wayne Egon Christensen, Leroy Stringer, Jr.

 

 

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Best Horror 

Pet Sitting

Dir: Jack McMillan

 

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Best Producer 

Your Lucky Day

Producer: Rémy Robert

 

 

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Best Animation 

Best Music Video

Timeless , in the Metaverse

Dirs: Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, Christina Teenz Tan

 

 

 

Best Experimental 

All in All

Dir: Cedric van Eenoo

 

 

 

Best Science fiction 

Sapient_2.021

Dir: Amenda Tate, Bruce James Bales

 

 

 

Best Composer 

Into the Mist

Music: Caren Homayoni

 

 

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Best Comedy 

Double-bogey Player Begins

Dir: Woojin Song

 

 

 

Best Web Series /TV Pilot 

Hot Set: Joes - Finale

Dirs: Jenny Urice, Ben Fout

 

 

 

Best student filmmaker 

Interpretive Dance

Dir: Anne Brashier