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22nd Edition

March 2023

Best Narrative Short

War of Colors
Director: Emir Kumova

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Best Documentary Short 

Plantas de los Dioses
Director: Julieta Lozano Prieto

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Best Indie Short

Road Home
Director: Stepan Sokolov

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Best Director & Best Editor

Immortal

Director: Mark Zibert

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Best First-Time Filmmaker

The Return
Director: Bo Tanas

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Best Actress

Shanie Schwartzman
Because of This

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Best Actor

Peter Stormare

H A N G M A N

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Best Experimental

Scheherazade's eastern dream
Director: Katayoun Afrooz

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Best Animation

Emergence

Director: Nick Pascoal

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Best Web/TV Pilot-Series

Kombucha Cure

Director: Dr. Cecilia Choi

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Best LGBTQ

The Straight and Narrow

Director: R. Kayeen Thomas

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Best Thriller

Stiffed

Director: Matthew Kui

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Best Science Fiction

The Recycling man

Director: Carlo Ballauri

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Best Music video

The Rebellion
Director: Gabriel Hostetler

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Best Horror

Room Tone

Director: Michael Gabriele

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Best Comedy

ZA
Director: Sam Silverstein

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Best Producer

Ashley Eberbach-Alix Van Aernam-Tomik Mansoori

Radio Telescope

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Best Cinematographer

Director:  Angel E. Vera

Creation

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Best Composer

Christina Giannone

The Ghost in The Machine

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Best Youth Actor/Actress

Actress:  Lauren Jude Rosa      Five and a Half

Actor:  Navi MBAKOP      NUMB

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Best Student Film

CUFFED
Director: Parker Caston

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Best Screenplay (Produced)

            Escort            

Writer: Asmit Pathare

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Best Unproduced Script

     BROAD SHOULDERS       

Writer: Samson Ari Ziegelman   

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Honorable Mention Narrative Short

Grace

Director: Diego Lopez

 

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Honorable Mention Short Documentary

When I Get Grown—Reflections of a Freedom Rider

Director: Chris Preitauer

 

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Honorable Mention Indie Short

Brothers till the End

Director: Roman Mitichyan

 

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Honorable Mention Short Director

American Dream

Director: Angela Garcia Combs

 

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Honorable Mention Web/TV Pilot-Series

H A N G M A N

Director: Sam Upton

 

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Honorable Mention Short Director

Confines

Director: Richard Bazley

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Honorable Mention Composer

 "Boreal Twilight"
  Kristopher Carter

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Honorable Mention Music Video

Poison the Well
Director: Kalliope Poulianos

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