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Sweet Democracy Film Awards

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Sweet Democracy Film Award

BEST AMERICAN DIRECTOR

Winner
Marc I. Daniels(writer/director)
Waterless

BEST INDIE NARRATIVE SHORT (Low Budget)

Winner
Cock Robin
Frances Barth
Winner
The enchanted mission
Marta Torres(Director, actress)

BEST SHORT SCRIPT

Winner
Signed, Baba
Yankee Zhou
Memory Community

Best Art House Film

Winner
Antyaja kaal
8.9 (7)
Amitava Halder
Dibya Kollorob
Winner
Traditional Indigenous Ways of Being
8.6 (9)
Geronimo Vela(actor)
Ed Breeding(Director)

Best Comedy

Winner
Between Friends
8.2 (14)
Nicolas James
Hey, Mark Studios

Best Director

Winner
Russ Emanuel(director)
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
Innomagic Productions
Winner
Noel Brady
Full Circle
Phoenix Artz

Best Documentary

Winner
Take a Trip
Christos N. Karakasis
Koyinta Productions

Best Documentary Short

Winner
My Choice: The March for Women's Lives 4-25-2004
Patty Mooney
Crystal Pyramid Productions
Winner
Greenland - Hard as Ice
Shihyun Wang

Best Drama

Winner
Hotel Metro
Tamzin Haughton

Best European Documentary

Winner
10 rounds
Jean Christophe Gonon(director)

Best First Time Director

Winner
Jean Christophe Gonon(director)
10 rounds

Best Horror

Winner
Mercy
Dino Muccio
If P then Q Action

Best Indie Narrative Feature

Winner
Between Friends
8.2 (14)
Nicolas James
Hey, Mark Studios

Best Indie Narrative Short

Winner
Mariposas
8.8 (6)
Adrian Carey
Robert Eletto
David M. Night Maire
AireBedd Productions

Best Indie Narrative Short (Low Budget)

Winner
Cock Robin
Frances Barth

Best Inspirational Film

Winner
Raising Faith-Stories About Dyslexia
Stacey O. Irwin

Best LGBT

Winner
LEI
Edo Tagliavini
Los Aluches

Best Narrative Short

Winner
Blind Faith
Bruce Hickey
Bruce Hickey Productions

Best Original Idea

Winner
Been Here Before
Nathan Benham
Benham Media

Best Original Score

Winner
10 rounds
Jean-Christophe Gonon(Composer)
JCG Productions
Indeprod

Best Original Screenplay

Winner
Supermodel
Nicole Wensel
Conscious Cinema Co.
Winner
Brothers of Babylon
Gabriel Womack(writer)

Best Original Screenplay - Charles Bukowski Prize

Winner
Master Speesa!
Rosie Malek-Yonan
Monica Malek-Yonan

Best Original Short Film

Winner
Greenland - Hard as Ice
Shihyun Wang

Best Picture

Winner
Reboot
John Wheeler(writer/director)
Lighthouse Cat Productions

Best Producer

Winner
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
7.7 (22)
Paul Hickman(executive producer / writer)
Howard Nash(producer)
Ryan T. Husk(producer)
Innomagic Productions
Winner
Been Here Before
Nathan Benham
Benham Media
Winner
Die schönsten Hafenstädte Europas
Frank Lehmann
Freiwasser-Filmproduktion
Winner
10 rounds
Jean Christophe Gonon(Producer)
JCG Productions
Indeprod

Best Romance Short Film

Winner
Cock Robin
Frances Barth

Best Short Film

Winner
The Assassin's Apprentice: Silbadores of the Canary Islands
7.7 (22)
Russ Emanuel(director)
Paul Hickman(executive producer / writer)
Howard Nash(producer)
Ryan T. Husk(producer)
Innomagic Productions

Best Social Documentary

Winner
Raising Faith-Stories About Dyslexia
Stacey O. Irwin

January Award

Best Cast

Winner
La zingara et les jeunes gens
Julie Ducrocq

Best Experimental Film

Winner
More More More
Brad Banacka
Joel LaFlamme
Charity Rahmer
Traci Burr
Randy Oppenheimer
Oscar Torre
Chuti Tiu
Jessica Beligni
Tommy Dalene
Natalya Dvoretskaya
Kat Eaton
Stephen Snyder
Brad B Entertainment

Best Feature Documentary

Winner
Padre Pio
8.5 (39)
Anthony Sarracco(director)
Sarracco Studios
TLN Media Group

Best Feature Script

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

Best LGBTQ+ Short Film

Winner
Walking in the Wrong Direction
Lisa Singletary

Best Narrative Short

Winner
La zingara et les jeunes gens
Julie Ducrocq

Best Original Story

Winner
More More More
Brad Banacka
Joel LaFlamme
Brad B Entertainment

Best Young Director

Winner
Álvaro Guzmán Bastida(writer/director)
Recoba

February Award

Best Actress

Winner
Dawna Lee Heising
Dark Classics
Eye on Excellence Productions

Best Cinematography

Winner
Virane
8.9 (25)
Ilkan Devrim Dinc
Winner
Fetchin' Water
Samson Fields
Joshua Distortion Fields
Ideal Perceptions

Best Comedy Short

Winner
Mr. Box & Boogy's Mass Media Review
8.6 (10)
Al Diaz(Writer/Director/Producer)
Javi Diaz(Writer/Director/Producer)
El Capitan Ink

Best Director

Winner
Finding the Line - An Exploration of Structural Integration
8.0 (12)

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
Motherland
Vic Gerami
The Business Post Media Group

Best Indie Narrative Feature

Winner
Fetchin' Water
Amos Richardson
Ideal Perceptions

Best Inspirational Film

Winner
The Shores on Paradise: Remastered
Travis Smith(director)

Best International Film

Winner
Roads of Fear
4.1 (574)
Emmanuel Saez
Indeprod

Best Narrative Short

Winner
Let's Start Over
Kent Bernhard

Best Producer

Winner
Roads of Fear
4.1 (574)
Emmanuel Saez
Laurent Cerulli
Indeprod

Best Psychological Horror Script

Winner
Sven
Jesse Dorian(writer)

March Award

Best Comedy

Winner
Ed: A Love Story
Abraham Lopez
A Greek God Entertainment

Best Director

Winner
Daniel Holland
Moon Students
Brazen Image Productions

Best Feature Script

Winner
A Guardian's Heart
Wayne D Burdette Jr.
Heart Stopper Productions
Moonless Media

Best Horror

Winner
Filmatic Surgery
Nick Lovely

Best International Screenwriter

Winners
Christan van Slyke(Writer)
Wayne D Burdette Jr.(Writer)
Moonless Media

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
Moon Students
5.2 (118)
Daniel Holland
Brazen Image Productions

Best Original Screenplay

Winner
Moon Students
5.2 (118)
Daniel Holland
Brazen Image Productions

Best Pilot

Winner
Wayne D Burdette Jr.
Heart Stopper Productions
Moonless Media

Best Promotional Video

Winner
Moon Students
5.2 (118)
Daniel Holland
Brazen Image Productions

Best Romance Script

Winners
Christan van Slyke(Writer)
Wayne D Burdette Jr.(Writer)
Moonless Media

Best Super Short Film

Winner
Brearth
Julio del Álamo(director)

Best Thriller

Winner
Hidden Lives
Abraham Lopez
A Greek God Entertainment

Television Script

Winner
Wayne D Burdette Jr.
Heart Stopper Productions
Moonless Media
Winner
Another Christmas Movie
Christan van Slyke(Writer)
Wayne D Burdette Jr.(Writer)
Moonless Media

April Award

Best Thriller

Winner
Under
Abraham Lopez
A Greek God Entertainment
Winner
Hidden Lives
Abraham Lopez
A Greek God Entertainment

Experimental Film

Winner
Dark Realities
Pamela A. Perry
Matthew Toffolo
FlyingCloud Studios
Wildsound Film Festival

May Award

Best Animation

Winner
Animated Diaries of War: Coffee
Sophia Kornienko(director)
Winner
Animated Diaries of War: Coffee
Sophia Kornienko(Director)

Best Feature Script

Winner
As Scared As You
Jesse Dorian(writer)

Best Indie Narrative Short

Winner
Heart
Noelle Joy Sorenson

Music Video

Winner
Round the Globe
Clare Steffen(director)
Raul Barba(composer / producer)
Prevale Billions(composer)
Choice Studios

June Award

BEST EDITING

Winner
Tap
Tristan Corrigan
Under_Score Productions
Winner
Tap
Tristan Corrigan
Under_Score Productions

BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Winner
Tap
Tristan Corrigan
Under_Score Productions
Winner
Tap
Tristan Corrigan
Under_Score Productions

BEST PRODUCER

Winner
Tap
Tristan Corrigan
Under_Score Productions
Winner
Tap
Tristan Corrigan
Under_Score Productions

Best Actor

Winner
Igor Lewicki
Can You Hurry?

Best Actress

Winner
Alexandra Miller
Can You Hurry?

Best American Short Film

Winner
Tap
Tristan Corrigan
Under_Score Productions
Winner
Tap
Tristan Corrigan
Under_Score Productions

Best Arthouse Short Film

Winner
Custer's Last Plan
Pamela A. Perry
Matthew Toffolo
FlyingCloud Studios
Wildsound Film Festival

Best Cinematography

Winner
The Whisper of the Wood
Fabio Amadei(Cinematographer)

Best Director

Winners
Marilyn Swick
Laura Koons
Ocean Child

Best Drama

Winner
The Whisper of the Wood
Oreste Millanta(producer)
Mauro Pala(director)

Best Family Film

Winner
Ocean Child
Marilyn Swick
Laura Koons

Best Fantasy Short

Winner
Ocean Child
Marilyn Swick
Laura Koons

Best First Time Director

Winner
Ankit Kadam(Director)
Liberation
Sure Real Pictures

Best Indie Narrative Feature

Winner
Full Circle
6.0 (17)
Noel Brady
Phoenix Artz
Full Circle
6.0 (17)
Noel Brady
Phoenix Artz

Best Narrative Short

Winner
Can You Hurry?
Igor Lewicki
Phil McCarron
Schiltron Films

Best Original Screenplay

Winner
Can You Hurry?
Igor Lewicki
Phil McCarron

Best Sound Design

Winner
The Whisper of the Wood
Mauro Pala

Best Thriller

Winner
The Whisper of the Wood
Oreste Millanta(producer)

July Award

Best European Student Film

Winner
Space Eye
7.0 (6)
Kevin Mainenti

Best Human Rights Documentary

Winner
13 Driver's Licenses
9.8 (12)
Elisabeth Gareis
Vinit Parmar
Ryoya Terao
13DL Films

Best Mythologic Film

Winner
Icarus
Viet Nguyen

Best Young Director

Winner
Kevin Mainenti
Space Eye

August Award

Best European FIlm

Winner
We Love Everywhere
Valerio Cecconi(director)
Best European FIlm- We love Everywhere- Valerio Cecconi

Best Feature Script

Winner
She's Never Coming Back
Jesse Dorian(writer)

Best Mystery Film

Winner
The Fallen
Sinew Zhang

Best Romance Script

Winner
She's Never Coming Back
Jesse Dorian(writer)

Best Experimental Film

Dark Realities
Pamela A. Perry
Matthew Toffolo
FlyingCloud Studios
Wildsound Film Festival

September Award

Best Original Screenplay

Winner
Brothers of Babylon
Gabriel Womack(Writer)

Ernest Hemingway Award

BEST AMERICAN DRAMA

Winner
Being X in America
Chozy Aiyub(actor)
Malik J Ali(director)
Chozen Productions

BEST HUMAN RIGHTS FILM

Winner
Conflict
10 (11)
Chozy Aiyub(actor)
Malik J Ali(director)
Chozen Productions

Best Actor (Supporting)

Winner
Mardell Elmer
Echo Rhyme
Son Films

Best International Short Film

Winner
One of Us
Adrian Burt
Daniel Rinaldo
Hungry Hippo Productions

Best Original Director

Winners
Marc I. Daniels(writer/director)
Fernanda Malta(first assistant director)
Orysia Kucher(second assistant director)
Mike Walker(additional first assistant director)
Jenna Warthen(director's assistant/script supervisor)
Megan Kimberly Covert
Nicole Bukowski(producer)
Jerry Bukowski(executive producer)
Brian Leisring(director of photography)
Anthony J. Puglia(safety advisor/above-the-line assistant)
Waterless
Little Nap Productions
Wicked Witch Entertainment
Warlock Films

Best Original Screenplay

Winner
One of Us
Daniel Rinaldo
Hungry Hippo Productions

Charles Bukowski Prize

Best American Director

Winners
Clint Calvert
Caleb Johnson
Limited Slip
Embrin

Best American Screenwriter

Winner
Morituriosis
Jesse Dorian(writer)
Winner
Master Speesa!
Rosie Malek-Yonan
Monica Malek-Yonan

Best Animated Film

Winner
Sound of the Shadow
Gairah Praskovia(Director)
aa

Best Comedy

Winner
Cock Robin
Frances Barth

Best Dark Comedy

Winner
The Bobbsey Twins Go to Hell
Gil Luna

Best Director

Winners
Marc I. Daniels(writer/director)
Fernanda Malta
Mike Walker
Orysia Kucher
Jenna Warthen
Nicole Bukowski(producer)
Jerry Bukowski(executive producer)
Brian Leisring(director of photography)
Patrick James Ryan
Anthony J. Puglia
Waterless
Wicked Witch Entertainment
Little Nap Productions

Best Drama Short

Winner
The Stones of Rome
Sean Gregory Tansey
Samizdat X Productions

Best European Director

Winner
Sean Gregory Tansey
The Pathos of Hamlet
Samizdat X Productions

Best Indie Narrative Short

Winner
Die Finsternis
Matthias Horbelt(director)

Charles Bukowski Prize

Winner
As Scared As You
Jesse Dorian(writer)
May 2023

Francis Scott Fitzgerald Award

Best American Director

Winner
Melissa Whitely(director)
Leaving Virginville
White Lyte Productions

Best American Narrative Short

Winner
Artist Mentality
Jacob Deem

Best Animated Super Short

Winner
The Diary of a Weird* Child

Best Casting Director

Winners
Melissa Whitely(director/producer)
Patrick Manley(producer)
Leaving Virginville
White Lyte Productions

Best Cinematography

Winner
Neighborhood Walk
Jacob Deem

Best Comedy

Winner
Lizzy's Plan: 3 Peas in a Podcast
Mia Rivera(writer)
Miasongs Ink & Associates

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
George Hobbs: Stick Figure Wisdom
Armin Nasseri(director/producer)
Kristin West(producer)
Matt Chassin(producer)
Polar Underworld Productions
The Kristin West Co
1200 Productions,
Winner
Nguyen
Sean James Spencer
Studio No. 237

Best First Time Director

Winner
Charli Brown(director)
Croix: The Prequel
311Studio Productions
For episode: "Seasoning of The Soul"

Best Horror Script

Winner
Eridiati: A Different Type of Vampire
Episode:
Coke and a Smoke
Charli Brown(writer)
311Studio Productions

Best Horror Short

Winner
Neighborhood Walk
Jacob Deem

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
Leaving Virginville
9.0 (7)
Melissa Whitely(director)
White Lyte Productions

Best Original Screenplay

Winner
Leaving Virginville
9.0 (7)
Melissa Whitely(writer)
White Lyte Productions

Best Original Song

Winner
Odyssey in C
Frank Lehmann
Kirk Ashley Smith
Freiwasser-Filmproduktion
Winner
George Hobbs: Stick Figure Wisdom
George Hobbs(lead vocals/music/lyrics)
Chris S. Webb(producer/lead guitar)
Jim Carroll(rhythm guitar)

Best Producer

Winner
Odyssey in C
Frank Lehmann
Kirk Ashley Smith
Freiwasser-Filmproduktion
Winner
Lizzy's Plan: 3 Peas in a Podcast
Mia Rivera(executive producer)
Miasongs Ink & Associates

Best Short Script

Winner
Eridiati: A Different Type of Vampire
Episode:
Coke and a Smoke
Charli Brown(writer)
311Studio Productions

Best Web/ TV Series

Winner
Lizzy's Plan: 3 Peas in a Podcast
Mia Rivera(written by)
Miasongs Ink & Associates

Billy Wilder Prize

BEST ARTHOUSE SHORT FILM

Winner
Pvt. Ravel's Bolero
JZ Murdock
Last good Nerve Productions

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

Winner
Pvt. Ravel's Bolero
JZ Murdock
Last good Nerve Productions

BEST TELEVISION SCRIPT & BEST PILOT

Winner
Donia Youssef(writer)
MONSTER WORLD STUDIOS

Best Actor

Winner
Felipe Aukai(Actor)
Cry of Silence
Akoolfilm Company

Best Actress

Winner
Charlot Daysh(actress)
Cry of Silence
Akoolfilm Company
Winner
Laura Burnett
Blind Truth
A Lunar Butter Productions

Best Arthouse Documentary

Winner
Disabled Artist Showcase: Creating Our Spaces
Emmitt H. Thrower
Wabi Sabi Productions

Best Black & White Film

Winner
Bloody Whist
8.2 (11)

Best Casting Director

Winner
Alexandre Bilardo(Casting Director)
Le Sablier
Winner
Robin Kool(casting director)
Cry of Silence
Akoolfilm Company

Best Cinematography

Winner
Bloody Whist
8.2 (11)
Louise McDonald

Best Crime Short

Winner
Blind Truth
Laura Burnett
A Lunar Butter Productions

Best Director

Winners
Pat Mitchell
Ashley LaRue
Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes
Liv Emotive

Best Director & Best Experimental

Winner
Kristina Schippling
Findings

Best Documentary Short

Winner
WWII Airborne Tribute
Tommy Anderson
Coyote Mountain Productions

Best Documentary feature

Winner
Little pile of things I & II
Virginie Balabaud(director)

Best European Director

Winner
Paralisi

Best European Narrative Short

Winner
Le Sablier
Alexandre Bilardo(Director)
Winner
Am I Not My Brothers' Keeper?
9.2 (10)
Nick Stanchev
Rossi Itoff

Best Fantasy Short

Winner
Le Sablier
Alexandre Bilardo(Producer)

Best First Time Director

Winner
Julia Gonzalez Franco
Bloody Whist

Best International Singer

Winner
Traces of My Melanin
Amaru(performer / songwriter)

Best Music Video

Winner
Bahía de Cai
Luis Galán(director)
Ramón Morillo(producer)
Producciones Luz de Mar
Winner
Traces of My Melanin
Amaru(writer/director)

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
Cry of Silence
5.9 (84)
Allen Kool
Robin E. Crozier(writer / executive producer)
Michael Charbon(executive producer)
Yaseen Lachporia(executive producer)
Akoolfilm Company

Best Original Director

Winner
Alexandre Bilardo(Director)
Le Sablier

Best Original Song

Winner
Bahía de Cai
Miguel Salado
Producciones Luz de Mar

Best Original Story

Winner
WWII Airborne Tribute
Tommy Anderson
Coyote Mountain Productions

Best Producer

Winner
Disabled Artist Showcase: Creating Our Spaces
Emmitt H. Thrower
Wabi Sabi Productions

Best Screenplay

Winner
Cry of Silence
5.9 (84)
Robin E. Crozier(writer)
Akoolfilm Company

Best Short Film

Winner
Blind Truth
Laura Burnett
A Lunar Butter Productions

Best Suspense Film

Winner
Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes
7.6 (31)
Pat Mitchell
Ashley LaRue
Liv Emotive

Best Thriller

Winner
Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes
7.6 (31)
Pat Mitchell
Ashley LaRue

Best animated film

Winner
Suomi daredevil
Claude Bouillin(Director)
Jonathan Hutchings(Co-writer)

Best comedy

Winner
Love at first slide
Shihyun Wang

Best short

Winner
Love at first slide
Shihyun Wang

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