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WINNERS - August 2023

Best Picture 

Best Director

CITY OF GHOSTS

Christian Elliott & Elle Ginter

Bulgaria






(alphabetical order by Film's title)





Honorable Mention

5.56

Antonio Petrone

Switzerland


Silver Award - Director 

Silver Award - Actress (Constance Cilva)

Silver Award - Actor (Roy Boucher)

37

Roy Boucher

United States


Gold Award - Actress (Rachel Taggart)

Silver Award - Indie Short Film

...BEST SERVED COLD

Van Allen Cooper

United States


Silver Award - Short Film

A DARK TIME

Mimi Garrard

United States


Gold Award - Short Script

ASHERAH'S COLORS II

Written by Gary Mazeffa 

United States


Gold Award - Director 

Gold Award - Actress (Shira Katzelenenbogen)

Gold Award - Original Score (Yuri - George Primenko)

Silver Award - Short Film 

Silver Award - Actor (Doron Brokman)

Silver Award - Cinematography (Alon Grego)

Silver Award - Editing (Lev Goltzer)

Silver Award - Sound Design (Yuri - George Primenko)

AVE GRADIVA

Yuri Riklis

Israel


Best Music Video 

Best Original Song (Milica Paranosic)

BUBAMARA

Lara St John

United States


Gold Award - First Time Director

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND

Liang Kai

China


Silver Award - Short Documentary

CALIFORNIA LOCOS RENAISSANCE AND REBELLION

Dave Tourjé

United States


Best Experimental Film

FEAR, THAT THE RATS RISE UP

Kristina Schippling

Germany


Silver Award - Experimental Film

FINDINGS

Kristina Schippling

Germany


Gold Award - Indie Short Film

Silver Award - First Time Director

GAIN

Seongho Won

Republic of Korea


Silver Award - Feature Script

GOLD, GLOVES & GLORY

Written by Michelle Lynn 

United States


Honorable Mention

GOPESA X GOPESA : I AM ALL THE TEXTILE I AM

Gopesa Paquette

Canada


Best Short Film 

Best First Time Director 

Best Actress (Juliet Wolfe)

Best Screenplay (Bear Kosik)

Gold Award - Director 

Gold Award - Cinematography (Stephen Folker)

Gold Award - Original Song (Lani Madland & Bear Kosik "Breaking Things Down")

HIDING BODIES

Erika Lupo

United States


Gold Award - Experimental Film

JE

Zane

France


Best Short Documentary

JOURNEY TO ITHAKA

Michael Westreicher & Jenny Ioannou

Austria


Silver Award - Music Video

KALEIDOSCOPE

Massimo Vito Avantaggiato

Italy


Best Short Script

KARMA

Written by Michael Ringdal 

Norway


Best Indie Short Film

L'AMOUR EST TEMPS DE REFLETS

Yann Richebourg

France


Best Original Score (Douglas Pipes)

LIFELESS

Maria Collette Sundeen

United States


Best Actress (Ana Lugo)

Gold Award - Actor (Maurice Moore)

Silver Award - Director 

Silver Award - Cinematography (Adam Yadlovskyi & Frank Rios)

LIGHT

Maurice Moore & Alex Rios

United States


Best Student Film

LIGHTBULB

Samuel Cahill

Ireland


Honorable Mention

LIL

Damiano Rossi

Italy


Gold Award - Feature Film 

Silver Award - Actress (Bashaelia Olivera)

Silver Award - Actor (Greg L. Hines)

Silver Award - Original Song (Greg L. Hines/“Sometimes”)

LOVE AND HORROR 

Greg L. Hines

United States


Gold Award - Sound Design (James M. Storm)

Silver Award - Feature Film 

Silver Award - Producer 

Silver Award - Actor (Michael Owens)

MEET MY PET MONSTER

James Matthew Storm

United States


Gold Award - Editing (Alon Alagem)

Silver Award - Actress (Lee Malka)

Silver Award - Actor (Alon Steinberg)

Silver Award - Screenplay (Yuri Riklis)

NO, PRIME MINISTER!

Yuri Riklis

Israel


Gold Award - Animated Film

PIGASUS: THE LOST PARADISE - BATTLE FOR EVERMORE

Sean Patrick O'Reilly

United States


Gold Award - Short Documentary

SCENES FROM A SCHOOL YEAR

Robert Yeomans

United States


Honorable Mention

SLIDING INTO MOMENTUM: LIFE IN JUNIOR A BASEBALL

James Anthony McElligott

Canada


Gold Award - Music Video

ST. NICOLAS - METAMORPHOSIS

Nicolas Bullentini & Andrew Arguello

United States


Gold Award - Experimental Film

STATIONED

Anne Gart

United Kingdom


Best Producer 

Best Actor

STATUS: RETIRED

Nathan Porter

United States


Best Feature Film 

Best Cinematography (Abdulhafeez AL-Bosife)

Best Editing (Mouayed Zabtia)

Best Sound Design (Hafeed Jraybee)

Gold Award - Director 

Gold Award - Producer (Mouayed Zabtia)

Gold Award - Screenplay (Ibrahim Albishari)

Silver Award - Actress (Basma Al Atrash)

Silver Award - Actor (Wasof Al Khweldi)

Silver Award - Original Score (Mazen Loai)

STORY OF GODIA

Mouayed Zabtia

Libya


Best Original Score (Artashes Kartalyan)

Gold Award - Feature Documentary 

Silver Award - Cinematography (Ashot Mkrtchyan)

THE AMERICAN GOOD SAMARITANS

Ara Mnatsakanyan

Armenia


Best Feature Script

THE BOBBSEY TWINS GO TO HELL

Written by Gil Luna 

United States


Gold Award - Feature Script

THE EDGE - EPISODE ONE "INTO THE PAST"

Written by Gary F St. Martin

United States


Gold Award - Short Film

THE EVE 

Luca Machnich

United States


Gold Award - Student Film

THE SEARCH FOR TOBY

Nathan Hall

United Kingdom


Honorable Mention

THE YESTERDAY

Benita Vera von Sass

Canada


Honorable Mention

TRACE TRACING RARE AFRICAN CANADIAN EXTRAORDINAIRE 

Sonia Oduwa Aimiumu

Canada


Best Animated Film

WATER NATION

Kim Spierenburg

Netherlands


Silver Award - Feature Documentary

WHAT IF SCHOOLS TAUGHT US TO LOVE

Yannick Borit

Myanmar


Silver Award - Indie Short Film

WHAT IS A DIVIDUAL?

Ilkka (Bloom) Ilmari Lev√§

Finland


Best Feature Documentary

WOIWODE - OF HOPE AND PAIN: THE MEMORIES OF A SURVIVOR

Maik Giessler

Germany

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