
21st Edition
Jan 2023
Best Narrative Film
The Things We Can't Forgive
Director: Zach Cox, Jeff DuJardin
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Best Documentary
The Battle of Red Buttes
Director: Robert E. Noll
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Honorable Mention Documentary
A Touch of Kindness: Man of Fire
Director: Justin Rowe Tolliver
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Best Indie Short
Brothers till the End
Director: Roman Mitichyan
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Honorable Mention Indie Short
You Can't Be Here
Director: Zachary A Pope
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Best Director
MADLEEN
Director: wesley Tc Howard
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Best First Time Filmmaker
Just the Negatives
Director: Andrea Sabatino
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Best Actress
Kristina Miller-Weston
To Say Goodbye Is To Die A Little
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Best Actor
Will Sayegh
Rorschach
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Best Experimental
RAY
Director: Jesse Deganis-Librera
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Best Animation
Mud on My Shoes
Director: Rosie Geozalian
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Best Web/TV Pilot-Series
Web Crawler Episode One Series One White lies
Director: Paul J Lane
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Best LGBTQ
VIRIUM
Director: Margarita Faneitte
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Best Thriller
Hannah's Wild Fire
Director: John Jaret
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Best Science Fiction
Second Life
Director: Darrin Rose
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Honorable Mention Science Fiction
Mir
Director: Nicolaus Taylor
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Best Music Video
MACHEN
Director: Tarek Shayne Tabet
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Honorable Mention Music video
Scegli Me
Director: fabrizio fanelli
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Best Horror
Red Wash
Director: Philip Ledeboer
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Best Comedy
A Future In Question
Director: Chris Wilson Orr
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Best Producer
Eden River
Jack Evans, Logan Young, Mike Evans, Wade Lynton, James Arran Bevis, Tito West
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Best Cinematographer
Gabi Kislat
Darwin's Fox
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Best Editor
J.C. Doler
The Blue Dress
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Best Composer
Maurice Heerdink
Property for Sale
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Honorable Mention Composer
Kit Conway-Colin Fraser-Jim White
Friday Night
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Best Youth Actor/Actress
Actress: Nora Harriet The Astronaut
Actor: Aidan Wallace Virgil
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Best Student Film
El Mozote
Director: Jasmine Galdamez
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Honorable Mention Student Film
The night before tomorrow
Director: Ruijing Bu
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Best Screenplay (Produced)
3:14
Leigh Reddick
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Best Unproduced Script
Coyote
Dana Maree Olita
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