22nd Edition
March 2023
Best Narrative Short
War of Colors
Director: Emir Kumova
Best Documentary Short
Plantas de los Dioses
Director: Julieta Lozano Prieto
Best Indie Short
Road Home
Director: Stepan Sokolov
Best Director & Best Editor
Immortal
Director: Mark Zibert
Best First-Time Filmmaker
The Return
Director: Bo Tanas
Best Actress
Shanie Schwartzman
Because of This
Best Actor
Peter Stormare
Best Experimental
Scheherazade's eastern dream
Director: Katayoun Afrooz
Best Animation
Emergence
Director: Nick Pascoal
Best Web/TV Pilot-Series
Director: Dr. Cecilia Choi
Best LGBTQ
The Straight and Narrow
Director: R. Kayeen Thomas
Best Thriller
Stiffed
Director: Matthew Kui
Best Science Fiction
The Recycling man
Director: Carlo Ballauri
Best Music video
The Rebellion
Director: Gabriel Hostetler
Best Horror
Room Tone
Director: Michael Gabriele
Best Comedy
ZA
Director: Sam Silverstein
Best Producer
Ashley Eberbach-Alix Van Aernam-Tomik Mansoori
Radio Telescope
Best Cinematographer
Director: Angel E. Vera
Creation
Best Composer
Christina Giannone
The Ghost in The Machine
Best Youth Actor/Actress
Actress: Lauren Jude Rosa Five and a Half
Actor: Navi MBAKOP NUMB
Best Student Film
CUFFED
Director: Parker Caston
Best Screenplay (Produced)
Escort
Writer: Asmit Pathare
Best Unproduced Script
Writer: Samson Ari Ziegelman
Honorable Mention Narrative Short
Director: Diego Lopez
Honorable Mention Short Documentary
When I Get Grown—Reflections of a Freedom Rider
Director: Chris Preitauer
Honorable Mention Indie Short
Director: Roman Mitichyan
Honorable Mention Short Director
Director: Angela Garcia Combs
Honorable Mention Web/TV Pilot-Series
Director: Sam Upton
Honorable Mention Short Director
Director: Richard Bazley
Honorable Mention Composer
"Boreal Twilight"
Kristopher Carter
Honorable Mention Music Video
Poison the Well
Director: Kalliope Poulianos