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May – June 2023

These are the winners of

May – June 2023:

MAIN CATEGORIES
Best Film – Scaltri Ingenui – Fabio Longagnani – Italy
Best American Film – Fresh Air – Sarah Cayce, Kendal Miller – Usa
Best European Film – Two and a Half Minutes – Sonny Michael Chohan – United Kingdom
Best Asian Film – Don’t Play with fire – Aashish Rego – India
Best Italian Film – 18 Marzo – Beppe Manzi – Italy
Best Super Short (under 10 minutes) – Half-Light – Martina Savoca-Guay – Usa
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes) – The Thread of Remembrance – Stephanie El Khoury – Lebanon
Best Medium Length (from 30 to 60) – The Red Creek Sessions – Justin Harris – Usa
Best Drama – Deserter – Rodrigo Tavares – Portugal
Best Documentary –  Fado: The Music of The Portuguese Soul – Olena Tumanska – Canada
Best Animation – AD 1202 – Tomislav Gregl – Croatia
Best Low-Budget Film – Ali’s Realm – Mario Torres Jr – Usa
Best War Film – Trois Balles – Lopez Damien – France
REALITY AWARDS
Best Realistic Film – Death to My Hometown – Luke Tom Worrall – United Kingdom
Best Experimental Film – Daydream on Monady – Frederic Chen – China
Best Original Idea – Happy Like JoplinJean-Baptiste Mauduit – Ireland
Best Fight for your Rights – Quiet – Victoria Malinjod – United Kingdom
Best Green – Under Si:Morgan Le Faucheur – France
Best Black Power – Waiting for Time – Steve Dodsworth – United Kingdom
Best Jobs/Works – The Blue Pill – Francesco D’Amore – Italy
Best Irony – & CutTheo Vandergraaf – Canada
Best Violence – Five Teenagers Walk Into a Bar – Vivian Sorensen – Usa
Best Female Perspective – The Liminal World – Klaudia Makowska – Poland
Best Social Impact – Film Dreams about her Childhood – Li-Ming Cheng – Taiwan
Best Futuristic – Static – Jamin Mears – Usa
Best What If – Underwater – Nicolas Seguel – Switzerland
Best Absurd FF – Sunday Roast – Olof Berghe – Sweden
Best Hope – The One-Way Ticket – Melika Rezapour – Germany
Best Family – The Talk – Gabriela Lima – Usa
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director – Born to ride, at age four and a half I lost my leg – Gildas Nivet, Tristan Guerlotté – France
Best Young Director (under 25y) – Estrema Unzione – Diego Finocchiaro – Italy
Best Soundtrack – CornerboyKai Kurve – Germany
Best Editing – Parasomniac – Ethan Maxwell Go Go – Taiwan
Best Screenplay –  Adam In AeternumPedro Jaen R. – Spain
Best Cinematography – CandlelightRyan Lee Taylor – Usa
Best Vfx – Dark Lens – Christophe Lenoir – France
Best Actor/Actress – The Summers of your WinterNerea Camacho – Spain
Best Producer – In the eyes of a childMarco Ferrara – Itay
Best Movie Poster – Irreversible Imprints – Carlos Manuel Mora – Usa
Best Title – Who I Am – Dan Hewitt Owens – Usa
OTHER AWARDS
Best Music Video – The Curse of KK Hammond “What’s the Weatherman Done?”Tom Hughes – United Kingdom

SCREENPLAY SECTION (SCRIPT)
Best Short Screenplay – Timebound – Danny Phillips – New Zealand
Best American Screenplay – Ice Creamatorium  – Joshua T McQueen – Usa
Best European Screenplay – Blood on my hands – Tyson Green – United Kingdom
Best Super Short Screenplay (under 10 pages) – Stuck – Adam Swimmer – Canada
Honorable Mention
I’m Dreaming of You – Eddie Reid – Usa
Red Panda – Marty Stalker – Ireland
Tom and LuceMuxel Paule – France
Shells – Gianluca Passarelli – Italy
Growers – Charlie Wood – United Kingdom
Speak KDSK – Dana Darie – Canada
Una verità rubata – Rosa Maria Mauceri – Italy
The Old Lady and The Boxer – Camilo Diaz – Usa