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Austin International Art Festival

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Jury Prize

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Best Family Short

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    The family portrait

    Julia Shlenskaya(Director)

Best First-Time Filmmaker Short

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    Enter the Room

    8.9 (51)
    Harry Waldman
    Edgewater Film Productions

Best International Feature

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    José Luis Espinosa, o espião

    Alfonso Palazón Meseguer(director)
    Antonio Costa Valente(producer)
    Filmógrafo
    Pasajes Invisibles
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    Prétu Funguli

    Monica Musoni(director)
    Antonio Costa Valente(director)
    Filmógrafo
    Cine-Clube de Avanca
    Água Triangular
    Tonton Communication

Best Short

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    A Espuma e o Leão

    7.5 (8)
    Cláudio Jordão(director)
    Antonio Costa Valente(producer)
    Filmógrafo
    Cine-Clube de Avanca
    Kotostudios

Best Social Justice Short Documentary

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    Shopping Cart People

    Duffy Hecht
    The Hecht Company

Best Student Short

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    Pollinator

    8.7 (10)
    Kyriakos Kakoullis
    Best Student Short

Festival Award

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Best Editing

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    Played by Record

    Danny Rio

Best International Narrative Short

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    L'Appartement

    Bruno Cabanis

Best Script in a Feature Film

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    The Four of Us Are Dying

    Jesse Dorian(writer)
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    Donavan Emery, the Android & Himself

    Jesse Dorian(writer)
    April 2023
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    As Scared As You

    Jesse Dorian(writer)

Semi Finalist

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    StartUp: Palmieri Tech

    Johnny C Jones(creator/executive producer)
    Morgan Dukes(director)
    F7 Studios
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    Lady at Number 16

    James Newhook(director)
    Focusyn Films
    CNA Films

Best Comedy Short

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    The Blank

    Peter Sapira(director)

Best International Documentary

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    Farming Without Harming (The Power of Regenerative Agriculture)

    Sorin Pavelesco(director)
    George Zikos(co-writer)
    Larry Day
    Cory Rizos(Sound Design)
    Luc Raymond
    Sorin Media

Best Unproduced Script

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    Forrest Trump

    Mark Donnell

November Award

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Best Actor in a Long Feature Film

  • Bill Victor Arucan
    Winner
    • Bill Victor Arucan
    • Alien Danger 2! With Raven Van Slender
    Alien Donut Films

Best Actress

  • Kasia Trepagnier
    Winner
    • Kasia Trepagnier(actress)
    • Mood (2023)

Best Actress in a Long Feature Film

  • Sheri Davis
    Winner
    • Sheri Davis
    • Alien Danger 2! With Raven Van Slender
    Alien Donut Films

Best Cinematography in a Feature Film

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    Alien Danger 2! With Raven Van Slender

    5.4 (21)
    James Balsamo
    Bill Victor Arucan
    Alien Donut Films

Best Editing in a Feature Film

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    Alien Danger 2! With Raven Van Slender

    5.4 (21)
    James Balsamo
    Bill Victor Arucan
    Alien Donut Films

Best Editor

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    Dancing girl with violin

    9.4 (187)
    Kristina Schippling

Best Feature Film Semi-finalist

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    WordLotto

    8.9 (355)
    Tom Lopilato

Best First-time Filmmaker Short

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    A Thief's Turmoil

    Shawn Alexander Thompson(writer)

Best Horror Short

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    Blends

Best International Narrative

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    Desconectados

    4.7 (319)
    Diego Rougier
    Amazon MGM Studios
    Picardia Films

Best Script In A Feature Film

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    The Stranger in Our Bed

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

Best Social Justice Short Film

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    Luke and Emma and a Gas Station on Franklin Ave

    7.5 (11)
    Levi Wilson
    Wilson Arts Diversified

Best Thriller Short

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    Orest Leere and His Marvelous, Mysterious, Malicious Empathy Machine

    Jeff Smith(writer/director)
    White Elephant Productions

Best Trailer

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    Dream Slasher

    Keith Driver

Best International Narrative Short

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    Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Me, But Never Found the Time to Ask

    Niccolò Besio(writer/director)

Best Micro Short

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    A bag of Bread

    Elean Chiang(director)
    Gabriel Rivas Santa Cruz(sound editor)
    Vaibhavi Bansal(first assistant director)
    Fernando Augusto(executive producer)
    Pei Liu(director of photography)

Best first-time filmmaker short

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    Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Me, But Never Found the Time to Ask

    Niccolò Besio(filmmaker)

February Award

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Best Horror Short

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    Winner

    Down and Out in Vampire Hills

    8.7 (46)
    Craig Railsback
    Renah Wolzinger
    Dawna Lee Heising
    Eye on Excellence Productions
    Railsback Productions
    Renzone Music

Best International Experimental Short

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    Winner

    Das Resort

    Mathias Kessler

Best Script

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    The It Drive In

    Tom Vecchio
    Scrittore West 55th

May Award

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Best International Narrative Short

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    Uno sparo, ovvero: sull'arte del diverbio tra due gentiluomini

    8.7 (33)
    Federico Gatti
    ANIMA

October Award

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Best Actor

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    • James Rodden
    • Somebody to Love
    CBF Media

Best Documentary Short

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    Deserted in Bertie

    Keyonda Smith(Director)
    A Never Sleep Productions

Best Social Justice Film

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    Deserted in Bertie

    Keyonda Smith(Director)
    A Never Sleep Productions

Best International Documentary Film

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    I Custodi Del Tempo Dalla Palude Al Novantesimo

    Flavio Cammerano

April Award

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Best Cinematographer

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    Where I'm From

    Kevin Perissinotti
    Nazarian Productions

Best Director in a Long Feature Film

  • Robin de Levita Director Producer
    Winner
    • Robin de Levita(director)
    • Lost Cos

Best First Time Filmmaker

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    Winner

    Mind Talker

    2.5 (146)
    Minh Tuan Nguyen(Director)
    Create Pictures

Best LGBT Short

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    Dora

    Julián De La Chica

Best Poster

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    Winner

    A Beautiful Zither

    Chen Liang(director)

Best Short Actress

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    Winner
    • Joanna Pickering
    • Diva
  • Federica Alice Carlino
    • Angelica Jasmine Colombo
    • Federica Alice Carlino(Director/Casting Director)
    • A Challenge in the Haunted Asylum

Best Thriller Short

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    Winner

    Men in Cars

    8.1 (19)
    Molly Vernon
    James Seyer
    Vernon-McKee
    DeReality Productions
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    Hidden Lives

    Abraham Lopez
    A Greek God Entertainment

Best Women Empowerment Short

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    Winner

    You're Not Dying

    Sonya Bleiph(director)

Best International Narrative Short

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    Just Smile

    9.2 (49)
    Leonardo Rosalba
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    Ghostlove

    8.3 (8)
    Susanne Palm(writer, director, producer)

Best Micro Short

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    The Wych Tree

    Dan Dunn
    Inverted Films

Best Short Director

    • Leonardo Rosalba
    • Just Smile

Best U.S. Documentary

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    Fighting MSA: Austin Crawford's Story

    9.2 (12)
    Austin Crawford(actor)
    Phil Gioja(director)
    United States

Best Unproduced Script

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    A Guardian's Heart

    Wayne D Burdette Jr.
    Heart Stopper Productions
    Moonless Media
    Moonless Media & Entertainment

August Award

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Best Comedy Short

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    The Big Pivot

    Chris Harcum(writer, director, producer)
    Elephant Run District

June Award

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Best International Documentary Film

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    The American Good Samaritans

    9.6 (14)
    Manvel Saribekyan(Producer)
    Ara Mnatsakanyan(Director)
    Man Pictures Production

Best Feature

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    Christmas Conundrum

    Joseph Anthony Francis

Best Screenplay

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    The Oracle

    Tom Vecchio

Best Short Animation

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    Slower

    Yarian Mendez
    The-Y-Productions

July Award

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Best Child Actor/Actress

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    • Mark Turcotte
    • Tap
    Under_Score Productions

Best International Experimental Short

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    Chiaroscuro

Best LGBT Short

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    Like Son, Like Father

    Mark Bethea(Director)
    Blue Ascot Media

Best Producer

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    When Worlds Collide

    Genevieve Sulway
    Salty Paradise Productions

Best Social Justice Short Film

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    I am Kanaka

    Genevieve Sulway
    Salty Paradise Productions

Best Thriller Short

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    The Sound Eye

    9.7 (42)
    Rodney Mansour(Director)
    Wassim Hawat(Producer)

Best Actor

  • Ryan Keem
    • Ryan Keem
    • In the Backseat
    Edgewater Film Productions

Best International Narrative Short

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    Happen to Happen

    9.6 (8)
    Julie Joohee Jeon
    Wonder Maker

Best Micro Short

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    Slow Movie

    Kostiantyn Mishchenko

Comedy Short

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    No Way, Bidet

    Anthony Tallarico
    Under_Score Productions
    Oxford Comma Film Cooperative

September Award

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Best Cinematography

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    The Common Good

    Roman Keller(cinematographer)
    Ivo Apollonio(cinematographer)
    Stefan Gutternigh(cinematographer)
    Clemens Beutler(cinematographer)

Best Editor

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    The Common Good

    Stefan Gutternigh(Editing)

Best International Narrative Short

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    Drawback

    8.8 (14)
    Harald Swinkels
    Caroline Bevaart
    Exosphere

Best LGBT Short

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    Winner

    Lily of the Valley

    Bruce Melhuish(director of photography)
    Fernanda Lippi(actress)
    Andre Semenza(producer)
    Gary Grant(director)
    Laura Glaser(actress)
    Maverick Motion

Best Producer

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    Drawback

    8.8 (14)
    Harald Swinkels
    Caroline Bevaart
    Exosphere

Best Women Filmmaker in Short

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    Winner

    The Colour of the Horse

    9.3 (213)
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    Winner

    The Colour of the Horse

    9.3 (213)
    Kristina Schippling

Best International Documentary

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    Alchemy Pathway to Profound Powers

    Sharon Ann Rowland
    Weird Stuff + Friggin' Magic Production House

Best International Feature Film - semifinalist

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    Il morso del ramarro

    4.8 (25)

Best Short Director

  • Dennis Trombly
    • Dennis Trombly
    • Man in the Mountain
    Parse Entertainment

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