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
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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
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
Writer: Samson Ari Ziegelman
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Honorable Mention Narrative Short
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
Director: Roman Mitichyan
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Honorable Mention Short Director
Director: Angela Garcia Combs
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Honorable Mention Web/TV Pilot-Series
Director: Sam Upton
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Honorable Mention Short Director
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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