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January – February 2023

These are the winners of January – February 2023:

MAIN CATEGORIES
Best Film – the Curious Woods – Sej Saraiya – Usa
Best American Film – Freezerburn – M, Gatewood – Usa
Best European Film – A father – Christophe Olivier Predari – Belgium
Best Asian Film – The Day, at the Beach, 那天,那海 – “Cindy” Di Xin – China
Best Italian Film – The Wrong Guy – Alberto Scisco, Andrea Navicella – Italy
Best Super Short (under 10 minutes) – Landmark – Hunter La Salle – Usa
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes) – That Was Delicious – Nela Wagman – Usa
Best Medium Length (from 30 to 60) – The Bench – Jon Pegg – United Kingdom
Best Drama – Blueberry – Claire Chubbuck – Usa
Best Documentary – Louie (KR.ONE) Gasparro 5POINTZ – Eirini Alligiannis – Usa
Best Animated Film – The Stranger – Maria Niazmand, Mandana Niazmand – Iran
Best Low-Budget Film – BREXIT Field Trip – Fritz H Kohle – Netherlands
Best War Film – Unhealthy Origin – Claudiu Cristian Prisecaru – Romania
REALITY AWARDS
Best Realistic Film – Anbirkum Undo – Arul Sankar S – India
Best Experimental Film – La Vigilessa – Osea Cipriani – Italy
Best Original Idea – Fighter Pilots of Vietnam – Carolina Gratianne – Usa
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+) – Veni Etiam – Alex Hai, Mahtab Mansour – France
Best Fight for your Rights – The Real Beauty – Mathias Rat, Rossella Gabriele – Italy
Best Green – Michael Malone, Portrait of an American Organic Farmer – Gary Beeber – Usa
Best Black Power – Gabriel’s Daughter, The Life and Legacy of Clara Brown – Sharon Shepard-Levine – Usa
Best Jobs/Works – The Muse – Max Karpylev – Usa
Best Irony – Unhired Guns – Matt Florio – Usa
Best Violence – The Bar Fight – Tyler Bradley – Usa
Best Female Perspective – Giovanna – Cesare Rossi – Italy
Best Social Impact – Volunteer – Jon Cohen – Australia
Best Futuristic – Utopia – Angela Andersen, Claus Kleber – Germany
Best What If – Culicidae – Greg Moran – Australia
Best Absurd FF – Mansplaining – Manolo Castro – Mexico
Best Hope – Exhausted – Ryan Lee Cornnor – Usa
Best Family – The Messenger – Serkan Çalışkan – Turkey
TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director – The Algorithm – Natasha Krishnan, Prasanna Paul – Canada
Best Young Director (under 25y) – Anxieties – Louis Bennies – Germany
Best Soundtrack – Gianmarco Bellini: Gulf War POW – Maria Luisa Forenza – Italy
Best Editing – Love Me, Please – Raul Menjivar – Usa
Best Screenplay – Via Lactea – Genário Neto, Thiago Neto – Brazil
Best Cinematography – CANCER/EVOLUTION Episode 1: The Dustbin of History – Maggie Jones, Brad Jones – Usa
Best Vfx – Villa Never – Lisha Liang – Italy
Best Actor/Actress – Rearranged – Ashna Sharan – Usa
Best Producer – The Feature – Chad Sanders – Usa
Best Movie Poster – Stationheads – Stu Gamble – Hungary
Best Title – Dandelion – Joey Moe – Denmark
OTHER AWARDS
Best Music Video – The Swans – Arthur Pereira – France
SCREENPLAY SECTION (SCRIPT)
Best Short Screenplay
Things! – Henry P. Gravelle – Usa
Best American Screenplay
Shine, Baby, Shine – Sean Taylor – Usa
Best European Screenplay
Karma – Michael Ringdal – Norway
Best Super Short Screenplay (under 10 pages)
Futurity Infinite – Danny Cotton – United Kingdom
HONORABLE MENTION
Life Reborn – Marcel Barragan – Panama
Sun King Rising “No. 6 Magnolia Avenue” – Dante Ludovici – Usa
World of Diamonds – Jennifer Pierce – Usa
Finding the Line – An Exploration of Structural Integration – Aleš Urbanczik, Grzegorz Oleksa – Switzerland
The Last Goodbye – Jack Peter Mundy – United Kingdom