September – October 2023
These are the winners of September – October 2023:
MAIN CATEGORIES
Best Film – Hunting – Luca Colliva – United Kingdom
Best American Film – Mid Iris – McCready Brothers – Usa
Best European Film – Scherben – Philipp Fröhlich, Dominik Gross – Germany
Best Asian Film – The Caged Bird – Xi Wen Liu – China
Best Italian Film – Absence – Ludovica De Feo – Italy
Best Super Short (under 10 minutes) – Grandma’s Smile – Ho Lung Chan – China
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes) – Transmission – Mats Landström – Sweden
Best Medium Length (from 30 to 60) – LE VOCI DEL SANT’ELIA – Emanuel Cossu – Italy
Best Drama – Losing Elizabeth – Lucinda Bopf, Anna MacMahon, Suzanne Webcke – Australia
Best Documentary – Sunny Boy – Morgan Le Faucheur – France
Best Animated Film – The Front Line – Taekyu Kwon – Korea, Republic of
Best Low-Budget Film – Paleface – Matt Long – Usa
Best War Film – My Best Life – Jason Durgana – Canada
REALITY AWARDS
Best Realistic Film – The Job – Tatiana Wanda Doroshenko – Australia
Best Experimental Film – ALL THE STUFF THAT’S IN YOUR HEAD – Antony Mann – Australia
Best Original Idea – The Rose – Andrew Froening – Usa
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+) – Toska – Tommaso Barba – Italy
Best Fight for your Rights – Dogma – Fernando García Arias – Colombia
Best Green – Before the Oil – Roel Swierenga – Netherlands
Best Black Power – Amina – Christie Fewry – United Kingdom
Best Jobs/Works – Down in Flames: The True Story of Tony Volcano Valenci – William Joseph Stribling – Usa
Best Irony – 10 YEARS – Lawton Charman – United Kingdom
Best Violence – Once Upon A Midnight – Vicky Wanless – Australia
Best Female Perspective – Carrie’s Conversation – Paul Cartwright – Usa
Best Social Impact – For Old Times’ Sake – Prajwal HP, Ankith Anil, Karan S Suri, Bharat Hegde, Hrithik S, Ankit Sagar, Ankul Dev – India
Best Futuristic – Second Gen – Mike Madigan – Usa
Best What If – Alice, meu pai! – Fernando Cunha Jr – Brazil
Best Absurd FF – Saint-Sacrifice –Jean-Claude Leblanc
Best Hope – Valeria – Olga Khoreva – Russian Federation
Best Family – Laugh With Me – Karen Liebau McPherson – Austrlia
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director – Igor and Gashta – Momo Casablanca, Alain Julfayan – Usa
Best Young Director (under 25y) – Bloody Date – Danilo Proh – Italy
Best Soundtrack – Dissociating Vulnerability – Taiki Satou – Japan
Best Editing – The Lonely Body – Tim Brown, Jacob Dalton – United Kingdom
Best Screenplay – The Devil Makes Work – Colin O’Reilly – United Kingdom
Best Cinematography – Wormhole – Reza Nahvi – Iran
Best Vfx – NICK 2040 – Cesar Turturro – Argentina
Best Actor/Actress – BIRDS – Helena Zadro-Jones – Australia
Best Producer – The Guess Who – George A Johnson, Randy Erwin – Canada
Best Movie Poster – The Silent People – Keith O’Grady – Ireland
Best Title – OPD – François Charles – France
OTHER AWARDS
Best Music Video – Aquarius – Jordan Fo – France
SCREENPLAY SECTION (SCRIPT)
Best Short Screenplay – The Receipt – Robert LoBianco – Usa
Best American Screenplay – Grandma Böse – Alicia Hayes – Usa
Best European Screenplay – Mind the gap! – Ciro Russo – Italy
Best Italian Screenplay – All i want is sex – Maurizio Lai – Italy
Best Super Short Screenplay (under 10 pages) – The Good Son – Catherine Stanley – Usa
Honorable Mention
Morning After – Elijah Chandler – Usa
Cover – Ehsan Majouni – Iran
Catharsis – Abdel Hafidh – France
The Biscuit Tin – AJ Sykes – United Kingdom
CUT – Luca Vines, Ashton Crompton – Australia
Artery – Marek Suchenia – Poland
Waves – Jessica Graham – Usa
I am Graziella – Giuseppe Anthony Di Martino – Italy
Take Away – Mihirr Upadhyay – India
Men Only – Keir Black – United Kingdom
Leggende Rusticane – Lorenzo Muscoso – Italy
Nicotine – Luca Vines – AustraliaGli anni migliori – Olga Fantò – ItalySpiraling – Dawn Garcia – Usa
Waiting for You – Janna Jones – Usa
La flash – A trilogy – Catherine Stanley – Usa
The Fairest Thing on This Black Earth – Jenn Fonteyn – Usa
Flensing – Matt Jeston – Australia
I break every time her voice breaks – Ana Armengod – Usa
