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Best Film Awards

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    • 2010s
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    Best Director

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    Best Director

    • Scott McCullough and Tony Stewart
      Winner
      • Scott McCullough(Director, DP, Editor)
      • MkX: It Wont Load

    Best Director Action Short Film

    • Wolfgang Stegemann
      Winner
      • Wolfgang Stegemann
      • Andrea Alive
      Munin Entertainment

    Best Director LGBTQ Film

    • Screen International Rising Star Headshot
      Winner
      • Katie McNeice
      • Lambing

    Best Director Psychological Film

    • Next Generation Indie Film Awards 2023 (Best Director nomination)
      Winner
      • Daniel Deville(Writer/Director)
      • By Any Other Name
      Slick Films

    Best Director Short Film

    • Winner
      • Ben Élie
      • Bad Vintage: A Randy Tale
    • Gregg Jaden
      Winner
      • Gregg Jaden
      • The Curse Effect
    • Next Generation Indie Film Awards 2023 (Best Director nomination)
      • Daniel Deville(Writer/Director)
      • By Any Other Name
      Slick Films
    • Dennis Trombly
      • Dennis Trombly
      • Man in the Mountain
      Parse Entertainment

    Best Female Director

    • Winner
      • Julie Ducrocq
      • La zingara et les jeunes gens

    Best Male Director

    • Winner
      • Charlie Di Stefano
      • Is This Forever
      02 Projects

    Best Student Short

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    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Photographers in Focus - Abdo Magdy

      Mohamed Jad

    Best Sci-Fi Short

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Interrogation

      Steve Garratt(writer/director)
      Distortion Productions

    Best Student Director

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    Best Student Director

    • Winner
      • Marcel Ruizendaal
      • Het Huis in het Midden van de Zee

    Best First Time Director

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    Best First Time Director

    • Mariana Salek
      Winner
      • Mariana Salek(writer/director)
      • Pan
    • Lucy Sheen
      Winner
      • Lucy Sheen
      • Abandoned Adopted Here
      Foundling Films

    Best Music Video

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    Best Indie Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      UGA: Biedeigais B

      Ruslan Fradkin
      Olga Bogdanova
      Konstantins Simonovs
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Romantic Dividends: Gold in Them Hills

      Jeremy Johnstone
      Horseshoes & Hand Grenades Productions

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Talk

      Zishan Sun(director)

    Honorable Mention Best Music Video

    • [object Object]

      Talk

      Zishan Sun(director)

    Best Action Film

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    Best Action

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Andrea Alive

      Munin Entertainment

    Best Short Film

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    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Problem with Time Travel

      8.7 (10)
      Mike Kearby
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Two Dancers One Love

      Gloria Laino(executive producer, writer, lead actress)
      Denise Blasor(director)
      Caribeña Creatives
    • [object Object]

      Home

      Barbara Barcia(director)
      Fluxa Filmes

    Best Music Video

    • [object Object]

      Feeles: Sonnenlicht

      Tina-Maria Feyrer
      herrmauser - artist collective

    Best Actress Award

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    Best Actress Short Film

    • Shélah Larson
      Winner
      • Shélah Larson
      • Bad Vintage: A Randy Tale

    Best Actress in Feature Film

    • Winner
      • Camilla Armanini
      • Lulu in Turin

    Best Actress in a Romance

    • Cybela Clare
      Winner
      • Cybela Clare
      • Déjà Vu: The Peril of Pauline
      Prism Pictures

    Golden Actress: Child Actor (from 5 to 12 y.o.)

    • Headshot
      Winner
      • Sierra Sandy
      • Guardian of Mine
      Mystical Core Studios

    Best Actor Award

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    Best Actor Short Film

    • Joshua Leomiti
      Winner
      • Joshua Leomiti(actor)
      • Fili
    • Eric Scanlan
      Winner
      • Eric Scanlan
      • Fili

    Best Actor in LGBT Film

    • Jeremy Rafal
      Winner
      • Jeremy Rafal
      • Exit 15

    Best Actress: Short Film

    • Laura Dromerick
      Winner
      • Laura Dromerick(Actress)
      • The Market

    Best Male Actor

    • Ray Calleja
      Winner
      • Ray Calleja(actor)
      • Ballsed Up
      Redmed Films

    Film Director and Actor In One Person

    • Winner
      • Tylar Reese Kirby
      • Guardian of Mine
      Mystical Core Studios

    Best Indie Film Award

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    Best Ensemble

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Station to Station

      4.7 (243)
      David Eggers II
      Jordan Getty
      Cate Luna
      Andrew Cawley
      Nailya Shakirova
      Bobby Slaski
      Josh Beck
      Cheyenne Alexsys
      Anthony Henderson
      Brandon Pitts
      Benjamin Bryant
      Salvatore Greco
      Kevin L. Sanders
      Nicolette Pantaleo
      Tommy Zamberlan
      Cira Valenzuela
      McKaye Harris
      Benedikt Sebastian

    Best European Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La 13ème heure

      Xavier Tesson

    Best Indie Film from Asia and Australia

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Twitch

      Suden

    Best Indie Short Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Is This Forever

      Charlie Di Stefano
      02 Projects
    • [object Object]

      The Problem with Time Travel

      8.7 (10)
      Mike Kearby

    Best Original Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Father's Job

      9.2 (5)
      Frank Christian Wagner

    Best Super Short Indie Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La 13ème heure

      Xavier Tesson

    Best Thriller

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Haunting Trophies

      6.0 (91)
      László Illés(director / producer / writer)
      Roy McClurg Jr.(producer)
      Jeremy Hirsch(producer)
      Fahd Habeeb(producer)
      Jon Vangdal Aamaas(producer)
      Intergalactic Pictures
      Intergalactic Productions
      Stag Mountain Films
      Five Fork Films
      McClurg Productions

    Best Indie Film

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      Blades in the Darkness

      5.4 (1.2K)
      Alex Visani(Director)
      Alessandro Albertini(Producer)
      Aspide 1 UG
    • [object Object]

      Guardian of Mine

      Tylar Reese Kirby
      Mystical Core Studios

    Finalist

    • [object Object]

      Soul of Steel

      7.5 (13)
      Alexandre Bilardo(producer)

    Best Cinematography Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Not an ordinary Mechanic

      9.7 (25)
      Jurijs Kruze
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Fast Track Program

      Luca Fantini
      SNL Film
      Garnet Girl

    Best Short Film Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lily of the Valley

      Bruce Melhuish(director of photography)
      Maverick Motion

    Best Animation Award

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    Best Animation

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Edgar

      David Willer
      Heartwood Production
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Agrinoui

      8.9 (25)
      Alexis Chaviaras(director)
      A. Chaviaras Productions
    • [object Object]

      Dying to Meet You

    Best Documentary Award

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    Best Document about a Theme: War

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      With This Scar

      Adamo Pedro Bronzoni(Director)

    Best Feature Film Award

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    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kathartirio

      5.4 (100)
      Vassilis Mazomenos
      Horme pictures

    Best Script Award

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    BEST SCREENWRITER

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dark Realities

      Pamela A. Perry
      FlyingCloud Studios

    Best Feature Thriller Screenplay

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    Best Thriller Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Stranger in Our Bed

      4.6 (1.3K)
      Samantha Lee Howe(Writer)
      Buffalo Dragon

    Best Feature Horror Screenplay

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    Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Baby in the Basket

      3.1 (341)
      Tom Jolliffe
      Shepka Productions

    Special Award

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    Super short

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Oscar's lovers

      Lottie Andersen
      Dino Gentili

    Best First-Time Screenwriter

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    Best First-time Screenwriter (Feature Screenplay)

    • Winner
        For screenplay: "Crayola Zen" - The Green Brothers

      Best War Screenplay

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      Best War Screenplay

      • Winner

        The Other Mothers

        Victoria Quin-Harkin

      Honorable Mention

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      Best Actor

      • Winner
        • Charlie Di Stefano
        • Is This Forever
        02 Projects

      Best Director

      • Jonah Mazer - On set for the "Baby" short film
        Winners
        • Charlie Di Stefano
        • Jonah Mazer
        • Is This Forever
        02 Projects

      Best Ensemble

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Staying Silent

        Jonah Paull
        Jeremy Indika
        Harvey Quinn
        Kane Surry

      Best Indie Short Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Is This Forever

        Charlie Di Stefano
        02 Projects
      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Cherry Blossoms in March

        Thomas Emann(producer)
        Riley Rheyan(director)
        Tommy Does Everything
        Tommy Does Drama

      Best Indie Experimental Film

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      Golden Shorts: Experimental

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Dystopia

        Thanos Angelis
        Angelis Films

      Best Indie Drama Film

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      Best Indie Drama Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Ten Whys

        Charlotte Hendrickx
        Joaquina Gentil
        Juma Emedi
        Lou Spisto
        Sharmaarke Mohamed
        Joe J. Garcia
      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Olympique

        Julien Marquet
      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Drawback

        8.8 (14)
        Harald Swinkels
        Caroline Bevaart
        Exosphere

      Best Comedy

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      Comedy Short

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Stationheads

        Mihály Gál(Producer)
        Orsolya Horváth(Producer)
        Vicky Kjaer Jensen(Producer)
        Judit Romwalter(Producer)
        Stu Gamble(Executive Producer)
        Michael Penketh(Executive Producer)
        Danny Duke(Executive Producer)
        Tiny Giants
      • [object Object]
        Winner

        ¡Que Importa Esa MI****!

        Isaac Morantus(director)

      Best Film Award

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      Best Fantasy Screenplay

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Wish Granting Factory

        Olena Chepurna(writer)

      Best Indie Short

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      Best Actress

      • Shannon Davidson
        Winner
        • Shannon Davidson
        • Òran na h-Eala
        Full Bodied Productions

      Best Indie Short Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        A Menina e o Mar

        8.4 (17)
        Gabriel Mellin(director)
        Rio Cinema Digital
      • [object Object]

        Home

        Barbara Barcia(director)
        Fluxa Filmes

      Best Director Drama Short Film

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      Best Director Drama Short Film

      • Ly-Ann Foster
        Winners
        • Joshua Bransgrove
        • Ly-Ann Foster
        • Forbidden Love on the Shores of Greece
        Phenascope Films

      Best Male Screenwriter

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      • Winner

        Steady

        Jack Harrison

      Special Jury Award

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      Best Coming of Age Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Chasse gardée

        Elodie Beaumont
        Hélicotronc

      Best Satyre

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Sound of the Shadow

        Gairah Praskovia(Director)

      Best Male Director

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      • [object Object]
        Winner

        Don't Choke

        Sonny Baez

      Best Experimental Film

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      Best Experimental Film

      • [object Object]
        Winner

        A Curious Woman

        Kelby Thwaits(writer/director/producer)
        Angela Manke(writer/producer)
        E-Fusion Studios

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