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Frida Film Festival

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Best Web/TV Series

Best Web/TV Series

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

Best Original Story

Best Original Story

Winner
Drone
Andronica Marquis
Winner
Family Gone
Nathanial D. House(writer)
Westwood Entertainment

Best Original Short Documentary

Best Short Documentary

Winner
Hoplove : a Journey Through the Hop Year at Lake Constance
Sebastian Bauer
Eagle Pictures I

Short Documentary

Winner
The Making of a Trophy
Jonas Grimås(filmmaker)

Best Super Short Film

Best Super Short Film

Winner
Grounds for Termination
Alan Natale(director)
Winner
What Does It Eat?
Frank H. Woodward
Winner
Inner Monologue
Melissa Stanton

Super short comedy

Winner
Searching for soulmate
Shihyun Wang(director)
Mohan Das(direcgtor)

Best Experimental Film

Best Experimental Animated Film

Winner
Menti Minda Mothertongue
Karin Balog(Director)

Best Experimental Film

Winner
Shucks
7.9 (13)
Winner
2020: life and death of a virus
Edo Tagliavini
Los Aluches
Winner
Star-Crossed
Pamela A. Perry
Matthew Toffolo
FlyingCloud Studios
Wildsound Film Festival

Mejor Experimental Europeo

Winner
El cantante de Jazz
Antonio Bellido Marín
Producciones Antonio Bellido

Best Director

Best American Director

Winner
Anthony Tallarico
No Way, Bidet
Under_Score Productions
Oxford Comma Film Cooperative
Winner
Emmitt H. Thrower
Disabled Artist Showcase: Creating Our Spaces
Wabi Sabi Productions
Winner
Dastan Khalili
Day9
Alliance of Light

Best Director

Winner
Chris M. Allport
Emily or Oscar
Alpha Command Unit
Winner
Nacho Serapio
Balas y Katanas
Dragonz Entertainment
Winner
Hunter Brockmann
A Month. A Day. A Year.
Impulse Films
Winner
Molly Vernon
Men in Cars
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions
Winner
Ryosuke Handa
Forest Island
Motif
Winner
Brian Stamper(director)
Family Gone
Westwood Entertainment

Best European Director

Winner
Die Finsternis

Best Sci-Fi

Best Sci-Fi

Winner
Betrayed
Ewan Gorman(director)
Dagmar Scheibenreif(director)
Winner
Winner
Skinjacker
5.3 (54)
David Izatt(director/producer)
Zoghogg Studios

Best Documentary Feature

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
Inspired the 30 Second Song Movie
8.8 (11)
Mark Christopher Lee
Winner
Padre Pio
8.5 (39)
Anthony Sarracco(director)
Sarracco Studios
TLN Media Group
Winner
Soldiers' Loves Forever
Zeljko Mirkovic
Optimistic Film
Zastava Film - Military Film Center
Winner
José Luis Espinosa, o espião
Alfonso Palazón Meseguer(director)
Antonio Costa Valente(producer)
Filmógrafo
Pasajes Invisibles
Cine-Clube de Avanca
Winner
Beyond the Light Barrier
7.0 (611)
Uga Carlini
Towerkop Creations
Winner
I mille cancelli di Filippo
8.5 (7)
Adamo Antonacci(director)
Larione 10

Best short Documentary

Winner
Take a Trip
Christos N. Karakasis
Koyinta Productions

Winner
Pronto? Anna sono io...
Rachele Valentinis(director)

Best Feature Script

Best Screenplay

Winner
The Virgin Car Thief
Bruce Hickey
Bruce Hickey Productions
Winner
Willie and Me
4.3 (172)
Eva Haßmann
Hassmann Production

Feature Script

Winner
Spirit of the Wolf
Pamela A. Perry
FlyingCloud Studios
Winner
The Grizzly
Sid Kramer
Winners
Donia Youssef(producer)
Steve Sloan(writer)
MONSTER WORLD STUDIOS
Winner
Motor City Steel
Nelson Beltran
Albert Emery
Winner
Prince of Chicago
Bruce Hickey
Bruce Hickey Productions

Best Indie Feature Film

Best Indie Feature Film

Winner
Between Friends
8.2 (14)
Nicolas James
Hey, Mark Studios
Winner
Willie and Me
4.3 (172)
Eva Haßmann
Hassmann Production

Best Actor

Best Actor

Winner
Enzo Zelocchi
Winner
James Wilsford
Tap
Under_Score Productions
Winner
Alex Javo
Malcolm
Winner
Jon Paul
Dojo

Best American Actor

Winner
Jon Paul
Dojo

Best Sound Design

Best Sound Design

Winner
A Month. A Day. A Year.
8.4 (9)
Hunter Brockmann
Impulse Films
Winner
So Hip Hop
Emmitt H. Thrower
Wabi Productions
Winner
The Whisper of the Wood
Mauro Pala

Festival Award

Best Art House Short Film

Winner
Filmatic Surgery
Nick Lovely

Best Cast

Winner
The Shamrock Spitfire
5.2 (513)
Shane O'Regan
Bethany Billy
Chris Kaye
Eoin Lynch
Emily Outred
Charles O'Neill
Carl Wharton
Blake Heaven
Sophia Eleni
Jonathan Cobb
Elliot Cable
Jake Hayes
Jensen Clarke
Sara Dee
Bryan Reynolds
Max Robson
Caitlin Cameron
Rafe Bird
Mark Kitto
Philip Heseltine
Pixel Revolution Films
Red Storm Film Company
101 Films International
Amcomri Entertainment

Best Cinematography

Winner
Dahlia
William Hawks(cinematographer)
Winner
Free
Eric Richardson
186 Productions
Winner
The Shamrock Spitfire
5.2 (513)
Ian Higgins
Dominic Higgins
Pixel Revolution Films
Red Storm Film Company
101 Films International
Amcomri Entertainment

Best Crime Award

Winner
The Long Hollywood Night
6.5 (10)
Ryan Willer
Jennifer Ball

Best Dance Film

Winner
Dreaming Tango
Frances Barth

Best Director

Winner
Ilkan Devrim Dinc
Virane

Best Drama

Winner
Echo Rhyme
7.7 (40)
Caleb Johnson
Jeff Johnson
Lorraine Johnson
Brandon Ruiz
Cindy Maples
Timothy Paul Taylor
Nathan Todaro
Clint Calvert
Ellie Parker
Seth Adair
Markus Porter
Clay Doss
Diana Schmitt
Joanne Lynn Scott
Steve D. Scott
Joe Atkinson
Mariah Doss
Matthew Effinger
Dempsey Hankins
Jimmy DeTalente
Absalom Julius
John D. Carver
Theo Kostaridis
Melanie Parker
Tyrone Maxwell Holley
Thomas Hood
John Paul Josey
Stephanie Bolin
Ann Burnworth
Misty Sisco
Mardell Elmer
Winner
Cream
Kelsey Gillis
Robbert de Koning
Wolfling
Winner
The Shamrock Spitfire
5.2 (513)
Ian Higgins
Dominic Higgins
Nigel Martin Davey
John A Dawson
Pixel Revolution Films
Red Storm Film Company
101 Films International
Amcomri Entertainment

Best Fantasy

Winner
The Fate of Cysalion
7.6 (966)
Marc Blasweiler
Shinytainment Pictures
Winner
Die Geschichte eines leidenden Hobbits - Ein Herr der Ringe Fanfilm
Stefan Thien(producer)

Best Fantasy Short

Winner
Les dormeurs de Samhain - a Kaliderson Melody
Laurent Combaz(director)

Best Feature Film

Winner
The Fate of Cysalion
7.6 (966)
Marc Blasweiler
Shinytainment Pictures

Best Feature Script

Winner
Morituriosis
Jesse Dorian(writer)
Sixth Edition

Best First Time Director

Winners
Marc I. Daniels
Nicole Bukowski(producer)
Megan Kimberly Covert
Jerry Bukowski(executive producer)
Waterless
Wicked Witch Entertainment
Little Nap Productions
Winner
Lisa Singletary
11:11

Best First Time Screenwriter

Winner
Brothers of Babylon
Gabriel Womack(Writer)

Best Inspirational Documentary

Winner
Raising Faith-Stories About Dyslexia
Stacey O. Irwin(Producer)

Best International Screenwriter

Winner
Sven
Jesse Dorian(writer)
Tenth Edition

Best International film

Winner
The Shamrock Spitfire
5.2 (513)
Dominic Higgins
Ian Higgins
Nigel Martin Davey
John A Dawson
Pixel Revolution Films
Red Storm Film Company
101 Films International
Amcomri Entertainment

Best LGBTQ+ Film

Winner
Walking in the Wrong Direction
Lisa Singletary

Best Original Short Film

Winner
Secret Chambers - Tack För Maten!
Jonas Grimås(Director / producer)
Chi Yu(Producer)
David Anderson(Producer)

Best Romance Script

Winner
Her Legacy: Christmas Edition

Best Trailer

Winner
Cassandra Venice
Hugo Teugels(director)
Polli Cannabis(actress)
TVP services Video Art Productions

Best short Documentary

Winner
Take a Trip
Christos N. Karakasis
Koyinta Productions

Best Actress

Best Actress

Winners
Kim Hopkins
Abigail Breslin
The Cannibals'
Winner
Veronika Esslinger
The Shangri-la
Winner
Danielle Watson
Red. Yellow. Shadow
Impulse Films
Winner
Noella Jung
Marriage
Winner
Eva Haßmann
Willie and Me
Hassmann Production

Best Student Film

Best Crime Film

Winner
American Clown Story
Kyle C. Johnson(writer/director)
CineNarcs Productions

Best Student Film

Winner
Space Eye
7.0 (6)
Kevin Mainenti
Winner
Dr. M: The Method Lecture
A.L. Pruitt

Best European Short Film

BEST EUROPEAN SHORT FILM

Winner
A Espuma e o Leão
7.5 (8)
Cláudio Jordão(director)
Antonio Costa Valente(producer)
Filmógrafo
Cine-Clube de Avanca
Kotostudios
Winner
Dans Les Yeux De Jeanne
Maxime Lefebvre
Relief Production

Best Action Movie

Best Action Movie

Winner
Dojo
9.5 (71)
Jon Paul
Armin Alic

Best Indie Short Film

Best Indie Short Film

Winner
Gamers-Nightmare
Frank Lehmann
Freiwasser-Filmproduktion
Winner
Suga Rush
Valentino Filimon
Winner
Moderskärlek
Micke Askernäs
Micke Askernäs Produktion
Winner
Apache Rain
Nick Maltby
Winner
The Market
Victor B Atkins
Winner
The Velvet Rose
Wouter van de Sanden(director)
MovieManiac
Winner
Blood ties
Shihyun Wang
Winner
L'amour est temps de reflets
Yann Richebourg
Winner
Eiffel tower inside
Kostiantyn Mishchenko

Best Narrative Short

Winner
The Cannibals'
8.2 (10)
Kim Hopkins
Abigail Breslin
Winner
YANANTIN
Glenda G. Delgado

Jury Prize

Award Winner

Winner
A meeting between two. The secret
Eyal Kantor
Yoram Marcus

Best American Director

Winner
Matt Florio
Unhired Guns

Best Cinematography

Winner
Fifty-Four Days
7.9 (22)
Courtney Bennett
Kusini Productions

Best Director - Trailer

Winner
Russ Emanuel(director)
Staycation
Russem Productions
Alien Donut Films
Bad Bob Productions

Best Low Budget Indie Short

Winner
The Golden Years
Damon Burks(executive producer)
Joe Starzyk(writer)
Melanie Lynn Addington
Brian Whisenant(director)
Antonio Tarrell Thornton(director of photography)
Susan McPhail(actress)
Johnny McPhail
Oxford Film Festival

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
Impending Catastrophe

Best Original Project

Winner
Impending Catastrophe

Best Trailer

Winner
Staycation
7.2 (120)
Russ Emanuel(producer, director)
Emile Haris(writer)
Bill Victor Arucan(executive producer)
Eric Kask(executive producer)
Russem Productions
Alien Donut Films
Bad Bob Productions

Best Thriller

Best Thriller

Winner
Betrayed
Ewan Gorman(director)
Dagmar Scheibenreif(director)
Winner
Dahlia
William Hawks(Director)
Winner
Men in Cars
8.1 (18)
Molly Vernon
James Seyer
Lance Gibbs
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions
Winner
Apache Rain
Nick Maltby
Winner
Skinjacker
5.3 (54)
David Izatt(director/producer)
Zoghogg Studios

Best Thriller Short

Winner
Blind Truth
Laura Burnett
A Lunar Butter Productions

Best Narrative Feature

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
Balas y Katanas
6.1 (80)
Nacho Serapio
Víctor Hugo Anton Román
Dragonz Entertainment
Winner
Moon Students
5.2 (118)
Daniel Holland
Brazen Image Productions
Winner
The Lady from the Sea
8.4 (12)
Winner
Memory (The Poetry of Disappearance)
8.5 (7)
Tina-Maria Feyrer

Winner
Emily or Oscar
7.4 (15)
Chris M. Allport
Alpha Command Unit

Best Original Screenplay

Best Original Screenplay

Winner
The Cannibals'
8.2 (10)
Kim Hopkins
Abigail Breslin
joint winners
Winner
Moon Students
5.2 (118)
Daniel Holland
Brazen Image Productions
Winner
The Lady from the Sea
8.4 (12)
Winner
Memory (The Poetry of Disappearance)
8.5 (7)
Tina-Maria Feyrer
Winner
Between Friends
8.2 (14)
Nicolas James
Hey, Mark Studios
Winner
Hotel Metro
Tamzin Haughton

Best Short Film

Winner
Reverse
Christophe Lenoir
Lablackcam

Winner
Emily or Oscar
7.4 (15)
Chris M. Allport
Alpha Command Unit
Winner
Blood Tattoo
Bruce Hickey
Bruce Hickey Productions

Best Comedy

Comedy

Winner
Mr. Box & Boogy's Mass Media Review
8.6 (10)
Al Diaz(Writer/Director/Producer)
Javi Diaz(Writer/Director/Producer)
El Capitan Ink
Mr. Box & Boogy's BattleBots Review (2023)
Winner
Cock Robin
Frances Barth
Winner
The Son of... the Holy TV
Jose Carlos Gorritti

Best First Time Director

Best First Time Director

Winner
Brad Banacka
More More More
Brad B Entertainment
Winner
Urszula Nawrot(Director)
UMBRA/Eclipse of the moon
Winner
Bar Mardix(director)
Decisions
Winner
Charli Brown(Director)
Croix: The Prequel
311Studio Productions
Winner
Jacob Deem
Neighborhood Walk
Winner
Swen Werner(director)
My Digital Truth

Best Producer

Best Producer

Winner
More More More
Brad Banacka(executive producer)
Charity Rahmer(executive producer)
Joel LaFlamme(executive producer)
Randy Oppenheimer(associate producer)
Jenna Di'Carlo
Brad B Entertainment
Winner
Winner
UMBRA/Eclipse of the moon
7.0 (7)
Urszula Nawrot(Producer)
Copalfilm Urszula Nawrot
TVP 2
Magic Production
Winner
The American Good Samaritans
9.6 (14)
Manvel Saribekyan(Producer)
Man Pictures Production
Winner
Tap
Tristan Corrigan
Under_Score Productions
Winner
José Luis Espinosa, o espião
Alfonso Palazón Meseguer(director)
Antonio Costa Valente(producer)
Filmógrafo
Pasajes Invisibles
Cine-Clube de Avanca
Winner
Dojo
9.5 (71)
Jon Paul

Best Editing

Best Editing

Winner
Drone
Mark Oguschewitz
Winner
Little pile of things I & II
Sylvestre Chatenay(editor)
Laetitia Chazottes(editor)
Winner
The Sickness
Ian Volner
Winner
A Month. A Day. A Year.
8.4 (9)
Hunter Brockmann
Fritz Frauendorf
Impulse Films
Winner
13 Driver's Licenses
9.8 (12)
Ryoya Terao
M. Trevino

Winner
LIFE Happens

Best Pilot TV

Best TV Pilot

Winner
Brussels Sprouts
Jake Aupperle(writer)
Winner
Brussels Sprouts
Jake Aupperle(writer)
Winner
Family Cellars
Joseph Anthony Francis
Winner
Hey, I'm the Doorguy!
8.5 (7)
Kevin Williams(Writer/Director)
Joseph Anthony Francis

Best Music Video

Best Music Video

Winner
Arabian Nights
Alessandro Orlandi
Camilla Martini
Lepre Edizioni
Winner
Sapte Arome (Seven Flavours)
Gairah Praskovia
Winner
That's The Way I Like It (Radio Mix)
Amaru(Writer / Producer)
Winner
Think I Found Forever
Deb Browning(songwriter)
Bob Browning(executive producer)
Tony Murnahan(director)
Tim Sidden(music producer)
Gayle Collins(set decorator)
Kim Byars(actress)
Greg Byars(actor)
Amy Karpinski(production assistant)
Ray Collins(production assistant)
Stwrongtone Media
Tim Sidden Productions
Winner
So Hip Hop
Emmitt H. Thrower
Wabi Sabi Productions
Amaru: Never
Amaru(writer / director / producer / actor)

Best Original Song

Best Original Song

Winner
Arabian Nights
Alessandro Orlandi
Lepre Edizioni
Winner
Beautiful Fight - Ty Bru

Best Original song

Winner
Show me the Vision
Roc Flowers(singer)
Matilde Bergamini(editor)

Best Animation

Best Animation

Winner
Droplet of Stars
Carlotta Raimondi
Maurizio Piraccini
Alessandro Orlandi
Camilla Martini
Winner
Sapte Arome (Seven Flavours)
Gairah Praskovia
Winner
The Fell We Climb
9.0 (9)
Lou Kneath(director)
Jeffrey Wallin(director)
PLUS3K Studios
Winner
Animated Diaries of War: Coffee
Sophia Kornienko(Director)
Winner
A Espuma e o Leão
7.5 (8)
Cláudio Jordão(director)
Antonio Costa Valente(producer)
Filmógrafo
Cine-Clube de Avanca
Kotostudios

Best Art House Film

Best Art House Documentary

Winner
The American Good Samaritans
9.6 (14)
Manvel Saribekyan(Producer)
Ara Mnatsakanyan(Director)
Man Pictures Production

Best Art House Short Film

Winner
Blind Truth
Laura Burnett
A Lunar Butter Productions

Indie Feature Film (low budget)

Winner
Fetchin' Water
Amos Richardson
Ideal Perceptions

Winner
UMBRA/Eclipse of the moon
7.0 (7)
Urszula Nawrot(director)
Copalfilm Urszula Nawrot
TVP 2
Magic Production

Best American Short Film

Best American Short Film

Winner
Álvaro Guzmán Bastida(director)
Winner
American Clown Story
Kyle C. Johnson(writer/director)
CineNarcs Productions

Best Short Film

Winner
Free
Tara Bruno
Bella Lumi Productions

Frida for Woman Award

Best American Actress

Winner
Lauretta Morrison
Happy Places

Best Indie Feature Film

Winner
Chain of Events: The Movie
Winner
Chain of Events: The Movie
Mark McDonald
Silvio Wolf Busch
Caitlynn Leigh Davidson
Mardell Elmer
Victoria Fields
Christiana Lawrence
Dale Miller
Alex Muncy
Katie Stewart
Shane Stovall
Staci Westrick
Legends Studio

Best Original Screenplay

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

Best Film Score

Best Film Score

Winner
Shucks
7.9 (13)
Ty Brueilly(composer)
Mightier Than The Sword Records, Photography & Literature
Winner
Tap
Nick Montopoli
Under_Score Productions

Best Original Score

Winner
The Velvet Rose
Avishai Dayanim(composer)
MovieManiac

Best Short Script

Best Comedy Screenplay

Winner
No Way, Bidet
Anthony Tallarico
Under_Score Productions
Oxford Comma Film Cooperative

Best Short Script

Winner
Eridiati: A Different Type of Vampire
Charli Brown
311Studio Productions
Joseph Anthony Francis

Best Cast

Best Cast

Winner
Balas y Katanas
6.1 (80)
Nacho Serapio(actor)
José A. Marín(actor)
Víctor Hugo Anton Román(actor)
David Prnze(actor)
Dragonz Entertainment
Winner
The Sickness
Jake Taylor
Anastasia Lutz
Tom Peck
Kerem Erdinc
Winner
Memory (The Poetry of Disappearance)
8.5 (7)
Tina-Maria Feyrer

Best Casting Director

Winner
Dastan Khalili
Day9
Alliance of Light

Best Narrative Short

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT

Winner
Reverse
Christophe Lenoir
Lablackcam
Winner
MAYA the Sacrifice (Teaser)
Paolo Bertola(director)
Zatori Films
Winner
The Sickness
Ian Volner
Winner
Been Here Before
Nathan Benham
Benham Media
Winner
Dojo
9.5 (71)
Jon Paul
Armin Alic

Dalton Trumbo Award

BEST ORIGINAL STORY

Winner
The Market
Victor B Atkins(Writer/Director/Editor)

Best American Screenwriter

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

Best Documentary Feature

Winner
Traditional Indigenous Ways of Being
8.6 (9)
Geronimo Vela(co-director)
Ed Breeding(director)

Best Dramedy

Winner
The Corona Dialogues: LockDown 2o2o - a dylan brody project
Dylan Brody(writer/director)
Active Voice Productions
Bob & Alice Productions

Best European Director

Winner
Sean Gregory Tansey
The Pathos of Hamlet
Samizdat X Productions

Best Film Score

Winner
Meng Hua Lu
Ty Brueilly(composer)
Mightier Than The Sword Records, Photography & Literature

Best Horror

Winner
Meng Hua Lu
Ty Brueilly(director)
Megan Brueilly(producer)
Mightier Than The Sword Records, Photography & Literature

Best Indie Short Film (Low Budget)

Winner
No Mas

Best Indie Short film

Winner
The Stones of Rome
Sean Gregory Tansey
Samizdat X Productions

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
The Corona Dialogues: LockDown 2o2o - a dylan brody project
Dylan Brody(writer/director)
Bonnie Hunt(co-executive producer)
Active Voice Productions
Bob & Alice Productions

Best Original Screenplay

Winner
The Corona Dialogues: LockDown 2o2o - a dylan brody project
Dylan Brody(writer)
Kate Orsini(writer)
Active Voice Productions
Bob & Alice Productions

Best Super Short Film

Winner
The Day from Hell
Melissa Stanton
Winner
The Righteous

Best Television Script

Winner
The Shoemaker
Danny Boushebel

Best Original Director

Best Original Director

Winner
Sonia Machado-Hines
Sheepish
Black Plus Plus Productions

Best Cinematography

Best Cinematography

Winner
Red. Yellow. Shadow
Hunter Brockmann
Impulse Films
Winner
Men in Cars
8.1 (18)
Julye Newlin
Larry Taylor
Mike Snow
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions
Winner
Dojo
9.5 (71)
Armin Alic
Winner
Përtej Errësirës
Dario Sekulovski(DOP)
Artan Zogjani(DOPI)
AS Film Production
Winner
The Whisper of the Wood
Fabio Amadei(cimematography)
Winner
The End
Rodrigo Villar Martínez(Director)
Cruz y Max Producciones

Best Original Cinematography

Winner
The American Good Samaritans
9.6 (14)
Ashot Mkrtchyan(Cinematographer)
Man Pictures Production

Indie Feature Film (Low budget)

Winner
Fetchin' Water
Joshua Distortion Fields
Samson Fields
Rusty Baldwin
Ideal Perceptions

Best Horror Short

Best Horror

Winner
Red. Yellow. Shadow
Hunter Brockmann
Impulse Films
Winner
Tap
Tristan Corrigan
Under_Score Productions
Winner
Mi Bebé
8.3 (11)
John Dada
Winner
Pictorem
Natalia Gonzalez Garzon(production designer)
Mario Rangel(director)

Best Short Film

Best Satire Film

Winner
Day9
7.0 (6)
Dastan Khalili
Kevin Marcus
Ray Wicks
Alliance of Light

Best Short Film

Winner
A Month. A Day. A Year.
8.4 (9)
Hunter Brockmann
Impulse Films
Winner
Men in Cars
8.1 (18)
Molly Vernon
Vernon-McKee
DeReality Productions
Winner
Alex McKenna: Alex & Margaret's Beginning
Ralph Gorgoglione
Vicki-Ann Bush
Bedford Avenue Productions
Winner
Hotel Metro
Tamzin Haughton
Winner
Vertical world
Kostiantyn Mishchenko

Best Thriller Script

Best Thriller Script

Winner
As Scared As You
Jesse Dorian(writer)

Best Suspense

Best Suspense

Winner
Blind Truth
Laura Burnett
A Lunar Butter Productions

Alfred Hitchcock Award

Best Actress

Winner
Caroline Felber
La vengeance d'une grand-mère

Best Art House Short Film

Winner
Blind Truth
Laura Burnett
A Lunar Butter Productions

Best Director

Winner
Jude Rawlins(director)
Dream Time
Bella Luna Productions
Winner
Harley Wallen
Beneath Us All
Painted Creek Productions
Winner
Ryosuke Handa
Forest Island
Motif

Best Documentary

Winner
WWII Airborne Tribute
Tommy Anderson

Best Drama

Winner
Cry of Silence
5.9 (84)
Allen Kool(producer, director, executive producer)
Robin E. Crozier(screenwriter, executive producer)
Michael Charbon(executive producer)
Yaseen Lachporia(executive producer)
Akoolfilm Company
Winner
Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes
7.6 (31)
Pat Mitchell(writer/director)
Ashley LaRue(producer)
Liv Emotive

Best Ensemble Cast

Winner
Beneath Us All
3.6 (4.2K)
Harley Wallen
Kaiti Wallen
Angelina Danielle Cama
Sean Whalen
Maria Olsen
Yan Birch
Shelby Bradley
Michael James Alexander
Bennie Taylor
Jimmie Chiappelli
Malachi Myles
Jerry Hayes
Tennille Taraszkiewicz
Emilia Wallen
Hanna Wallen
Brian Martinez
Cristi Fisher
Jeffrey C. Berry
Painted Creek Productions

Best European Producer

Winner
The Stones of Rome
Sean Gregory Tansey
Samizdat X Productions

Best Experimental Short Film

Winner
The Pathos of Hamlet
Sean Gregory Tansey
Samizdat X Productions

Best Fantasy Film

Winner
Sheheitalien (Amanda II)
7.7 (8)

Best Fashion Film

Winner
Supermodel
Nicole Wensel
Conscious Cinema Co.

Best Feature Film

Winner
Beneath Us All
3.6 (4.2K)
Alex Gasparetto
Bret Miller
Andy Westra
Kirk Yoshonis
Kaizad Patel
Firoze Patel
Matt Baum
Keith Faychak
Nick Somma
Johnny Flynn
Harley Wallen
Kaiti Wallen
Joseph Victor
Nolan Rhys Elias
Brandon Brefka
Jeffrey C. Berry
Racheal Vanloo
Painted Creek Productions
Cama Productions
Westside Warrior Films
Winner
Liberation
Ankit Kadam(director)
Kanishk Kadam(producer)
Sure Real Pictures

Best Film International

Winner
We Love Everywhere
Valerio Cecconi(Director)
Best film international-We love everywhere

Best Horror Script

Winner
The Baby in the Basket
3.1 (341)
Tom Jolliffe
Shepka Productions

Best LGBT

Winner
LEI
Edo Tagliavini
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia
Winner
Sheheitalien (Amanda II)
7.7 (8)

Best Narrative Feature

Winner
Forest Island
Ryosuke Handa
Motif

Best Noir

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

Best Original Screenplay

Winner
Dream Time
Jude Rawlins(writer)
Bella Luna Productions
Winner
Cry of Silence
5.9 (84)
Robin E. Crozier(screenwriter)
Akoolfilm Company

Best Original Short Film

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

Best Photography

Winner
Mojado Y Liberado
Amaru(exceutive producer, writer, actor)

Best Romance Script

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

Best Science Fiction

Winner
Sheheitalien (Amanda II)
7.7 (8)

Best Super Short Film

Winner
Mariposas
8.8 (6)
Adrian Carey
Robert Eletto
David M. Night Maire
AireBedd Productions
Winner
La vengeance d'une grand-mère
Timur Orge
Mumukuba

Best Suspense

Winner
The Four of Us Are Dying
Jesse Dorian(writer)
Winner
Blind Truth
Laura Burnett
A Lunar Butter Productions

Best Thriller Script

Winner
The Four of Us Are Dying
Jesse Dorian(writer)
Winner
Mi Bebé
8.3 (11)
John Dada

Best Thriller Short Film

Winner
Blind Truth
Laura Burnett
A Lunar Butter Productions

Best Original Short Film

Best Original Short Film

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

François Truffaut Award

BEST COMEDY & BEST ROMANCE

Winner
Cock Robin
Frances Barth

Best Actor

Winner
Sean Gregory Tansey
The Pathos of Hamlet
Samizdat X Productions

Best European Director

Winner
Sean Gregory Tansey
The Pathos of Hamlet
Samizdat X Productions

Best Indie Short Film (Low Budget)

Winner
Light of My Life
Melissa Whitely(director)
White Lyte Productions
2023 Director's Cut

Best International Screenwriter

Winner
Donavan Emery, the Android & Himself
Jesse Dorian(writer)
Winner
The Rise of the Accenniri
Charli Brown
311Studio Productions

Best Producer

Winner
Got It

Best Screenplay

Winner
Got It
Jade Leo Yurich
Nicholas Janzen

Best Short Film

Winner
The Stones of Rome
Sean Gregory Tansey
Samizdat X Productions

Best Nature Documentary

Winner
Journey to Ithaka
Michael Westreicher(producer)
Jenny Ioannou(supervising producer)
Compressor Room

Best No-Dialogue Film

No-Dialogue Film

Winner
Slow Movie
Kostiantyn Mishchenko

Winner
Findings
9.1 (334)
Kristina Schippling
Benjamin Bayer
Thomas Chabalier

Marlon Brando & Sacheen Littlefeather Award

Best American Documentary

Winner
George Hobbs: Stick Figure Wisdom

Best European Music Video

Winner
In a Tamasic World
Camilla Martini(Director)
Alessandro Orlandi(Producer)
Lepre Edizioni

Best Original Song

Winner
In a Tamasic World
Alessandro Orlandi(Composer)
Lepre Edizioni

Best Original Story

Winner
George Hobbs: Stick Figure Wisdom

Best Poetry Documentary

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

Best Original Idea

Best Original Idea

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

Shakespeare Film Award

Best American Director

Winner
Pat Mitchell(writer/director)
Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes
Liv Emotive

Best Music Video

Winner
Bahía de Cai
Luis Galán(director)
Ramón Morillo(producer)
Producciones Luz de Mar

Best No-Dialogue Film & Best European Experimental Short Film

Winner
Findings
9.1 (334)
Kristina Schippling
Thomas Chabalier
Benjamin Bayer

Best Suspense

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

Best Thriller

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

Chaplin in Paris Award

BEST AMERICAN SHORT FILM

Winner
The Market
Victor B Atkins

BEST ORIGINAL DIRECTOR

Winner
Victor B Atkins
The Market

Best Actor

Winner
Sean Gregory Tansey
The Pathos of Hamlet
Samizdat X Productions

Best Original Short Film

Winner
The Pathos of Hamlet
Sean Gregory Tansey
Samizdat X Productions

Best Short Documentary

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

Best Picture

Winner
The Son of... the Holy TV
Jose Carlos Gorritti

Best Experimental Documentary

Winner
The Son of... the Holy TV
Jose Carlos Gorritti

Best LGBTQ+

Winner
Jonas and Jacinta
Mathias Triggs(writer)
Cassandra Hodges(producer)
Rich Whitby(director)
Decoupage

Orson Welles In Paris Award

BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM & BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM

Winner
Angst, dass die Ratten hochkommen
9.5 (185)
Kristina Schippling

Best Actor

Winner
Sean Gregory Tansey
The Pathos of Hamlet
Samizdat X Productions

Best American Director

Winner
Greg L. Hines(Director)
Love & Horror (Super Cut Edit)
Sound Mind Films
Mindless Sound Records

Best Cast

Winner
Love & Horror (Super Cut Edit)
Greg L. Hines(Actor)
Bashaelia Olivera(Actress)
Duncan Merriman(Actor)
Taj Brookins(Actress)
Reese Woods(Actress)
Shedora Howard(Actress)
Lestine Hines(Actress)
Stephen C. Sebastiao(Actor)
Adrian Liberal(Actor)
Sound Mind Films
Mindless Sound Records

Best Comedy

Winner
What Now?
J. Seth Estes

Best Editing

Winner
On the Melting of Snow
Jonas Grimås(editor)

Best European Short Film

Winner
The Stones of Rome
Sean Gregory Tansey
Samizdat X Productions
Winner
The Colour of the Horse
9.3 (213)
Kristina Schippling

Best Fantasy

Winner
Soul of Steel
7.5 (13)
Alexandre Bilardo(director)
Olivier Lafrance(screenwriter)
Winner
Agrinoui
8.9 (25)
Alexis Chaviaras(director)
A. Chaviaras Productions

Best Indie Director

Winner
Dennis Trombly
Man in the Mountain
Parse Entertainment

Best Indie Short

Winner
Man in the Mountain
Dennis Trombly
Parse Entertainment

Best Indie Short Film

Winner
The Pathos of Hamlet
Sean Gregory Tansey
Samizdat X Productions
Winner
What Now?
J. Seth Estes

Best International Movie

Winner
Love & Horror (Super Cut Edit)
Greg L. Hines(Director)
Bashaelia Olivera(Actress)
Taj Brookins(Actress)
Duncan Merriman(Actor)
Stephen C. Sebastiao(Actor)
Reese Woods(Actress)
Adrian Liberal(Actor)
Shedora Howard(Actress)
Lestine Hines(Actress)
Shiheim Lee(Actor)
Sound Mind Films
Mindless Sound Records

Best International Screenwriter

Winner
Man in the Mountain
Dennis Trombly
Parse Entertainment

Best International Short Film

Winner
Neighborhood Walk
Jacob Deem

Best Original Director

Winner
Dennis Trombly
Man in the Mountain
Parse Entertainment

Best Original Screenplay

Winner
Soul of Steel
7.5 (13)
Alexandre Bilardo(director)
Olivier Lafrance(screenwriter)
Winner
Man in the Mountain
Dennis Trombly
Parse Entertainment
Winner
Man in the Mountain
Dennis Trombly
Parse Entertainment

Best Poetry Short Film

Winner
Turtle Taido: The Story of the Elephant (director's cut)
8.2 (7)
Muyiwa Kayode(executive producer)
Artie Romero(director)
Tayekeni Productions
ARG! Cartoon Animation

Best Science Fiction

Winner
Man in the Mountain
Dennis Trombly
Parse Entertainment

Best Short Documentary

Winner
On the Melting of Snow
Jonas Grimås(director)

Best Short Drama

Winner
Soul of Steel
7.5 (13)
Alexandre Bilardo(director)
Olivier Lafrance(screenwriter)

Best Sound Design

Winner
Man in the Mountain
Matt Somogyi
Parse Entertainment

Best Thriller

Winner
Soul of Steel
7.5 (13)
Alexandre Bilardo(director)
Olivier Lafrance(screenwriter)
Winner
Sheheitalien (Amanda II)
7.7 (8)

Best black and white film

SONS
Valerio Cecconi(director)
Henoc Mboyo(actor)

Vincent Van Gogh Cinema and Audiovisual Art Award

BEST ARTHOUSE SCRIPT

Winner
Dreaming Vincent
Christian Candido
Vision in Motion

BEST ORIGINAL WRITER

Winner
Dreaming Vincent
Christian Candido
Vision in Motion

Best American Director

Winner
Melissa Whitely(director)
Jersey Fresh Film Institute
White Lyte Productions

Best American Documentary

Winner
George Hobbs: Stick Figure Wisdom
Armin Nasseri(director/producer)
Kristin West(producer)
Matt Chassin(producer)

Best Arthouse Super Short Film

Winner
Jersey Fresh Film Institute
Melissa Whitely(director)
White Lyte Productions

Best Comedy

Winner
Eastern Fitness
Olga Tugaeva(director)
Ekaterina Mytova(director)
Yuri Maslak(producer)
I.E. Yuri Maslak

Best Music Video

Winner
Breathe on
9.4 (159)
Kristina Schippling

Best Original Song

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
George Hobbs: Stick Figure Wisdom
Armin Nasseri(director/producer)
Kristin West(producer)
Matt Chassin(producer)

Best Short Script

Winner
Girls Like Me
Bruce Hickey
Bruce Hickey Productions

Pablo Picasso Arthouse Cinema Award

Best American Documentary

Winner
George Hobbs: Stick Figure Wisdom
Armin Nasseri(director/producer)
Kristin West(producer)
Matt Chassin(producer)

Best Arthouse Film

Winner
The Painting of a Landscape
Jonas Grimås

Best Comedy Script

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

Best Original Cinematography

Winner
The Painting of a Landscape
Jonas Grimås

Best Producer & Best Original Filmmaker

Winner
Dancing girl with violin
9.4 (187)
Kristina Schippling

Best Romance Script

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

Best Short Script

Winner
Eridiati: A Different Type of Vampire
Charli Brown
311Studio Productions
tt29712376

Best Song

Winner
George Hobbs: Stick Figure Wisdom
George Hobbs(lead vocals/music/lyrics)
Chris S. Webb(producer/lead guitar)
Jim Carroll(rhythm guitar)

Best Sound Design

Winner
George Hobbs: Stick Figure Wisdom
Tarin Bai
Armin Nasseri

Best Super Short Film

Winner
Enfold
Steve Socki(Director)
Gary Chang(Composer)
Barbara Eddy(Producer)
Leaping Manx Productions

Anna Magnani Memorial Award

Best Cinematography

Winner
Man in the Mountain
Takurô Ishizaka
Parse Entertainment

Best Director

Winner
Dennis Trombly
Man in the Mountain
Parse Entertainment

Best Indie Filmmaker

Winner
Dancing girl with violin
9.4 (187)
Kristina Schippling

Best Original Director

Winner
Cynthia Matty-Huber
For Love of the Land
CR Matty Films

Best Science Fiction

Winner
Man in the Mountain
Dennis Trombly
Parse Entertainment

Best Short Documentary

Winner
For Love of the Land
8.8 (6)
Cynthia Matty-Huber
CR Matty Films

Best Song

Winner
Breathe on
9.4 (159)
Kristina Schippling

Best TV Pilot

Winner
Man in the Mountain
Dennis Trombly
Parse Entertainment

From Rome to Paris Award

Best European Director

Winner
Kristina Schippling
Angst, dass die Ratten hochkommen

Best Experimental Film

Winner
Cold Thoughts
9.5 (210)
Kristina Schippling
Andreas Güstel

Best black and white film

Winner
SONS
Valerio Cecconi(director)
Henoc Mboyo(actor)

Best Indie Producer

Short Documentary

Winner
The Making of a Trophy
Jonas Grimås(filmmaker)

Best Short Documentary

Winner
Essentially Yours: Work Soldiers

Mexico City International Award

Best Inspirational Short Film

Winner
The Stones of Rome
Sean Gregory Tansey
Samizdat X Productions

Best Original Idea

Winner
The Pathos of Hamlet
Sean Gregory Tansey
Samizdat X Productions

Best Original Score

Winner
La Línea Imaginaria
6.2 (8)
Marcel Barsotti(composer)
Super Seven Films

Best Short Documentary

Winner
Essentially Yours: Work Soldiers
Emmitt H. Thrower
Wabi Sabi Productions

Best Student Film

Winner
The Milliner
Sonia Machado-Hines
Black Plus Plus Productions

Monte Carlo Filmmakers

BEST AMERICAN MUSIC VIDEO

Winner
Love Is My Gun
Valerie Verseau
Planet Faith Entertainment

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

Winner
Love Is My Gun
Valerie Verseau
Planet Faith Entertainment

Best Horror

Winner
Croix: The Prequel
Charli Brown
311Studio Productions
tt11420058

Best Indie Narrative Short

Winner
Croix: The Prequel
Charli Brown
311Studio Productions
tt11420058

Best Orignal Filmmaker

Winner
Fucina verde 2030
Mauro Bussani

Best Social Film

Winner
Fucina verde 2030
Mauro Bussani

Buster Keaton in Paris Award

Best Action

Winner
Dojo
9.5 (71)
Jon Paul
Armin Alic

Best Actor

Winner
Jon Paul
Dojo

Best Director

Winner
Armin Alic
Dojo

Best Drama

Winner
Dojo
9.5 (71)
Jon Paul
Armin Alic

Best First Time Director

Winner
Cédric Peyster(Director)
Wolfpack

Best Horror Script

Winner
Willow Says
Geoffrey Gould

Best Picture

Winner
Wolfpack
Cédric Peyster(Director)
Lux Obscura Production

Best Producer

Winner
Wolfpack
Cédric Peyster(Producer)
Sipan Awanis(Producer)
Lux Obscura Production

Best Indie Short Film (Low Budget)

Winner
Kaffe - En kortfilm
Micke Askernäs
Micke Askernäs Produktion

Best Comedy Short

Winner
Kaffe - En kortfilm
Micke Askernäs
Micke Askernäs Produktion

Best Smartphone Movie

Winner
Kaffe - En kortfilm
Micke Askernäs
Micke Askernäs Produktion

Best Horror

Best Horror Film

Winner
Skinjacker
5.3 (54)
David Izatt(director/producer)
Zoghogg Studios

Best Drama

Best Drama

Winner
The End
Beatriz Sanchez Morros(Executive Producer)
Cruz y Max Producciones

Best Fantasy

Best Fantasy

Winner
Dr. M: The Method Lecture
A.L. Pruitt

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