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November – December 2023:

November – December 2023:
MAIN CATEGORIES
Best Film – Bubbles – Meri Dishnica – Italy
Best International Film – To see – Mika Lipman – Russian Federation
Best American Film – Dead in the Water – David Wittkower – Usa
Best European Film – Circuit – Mats Landström – Sweden
Best Asian Film – Curve – Dan Zeng – China
Best Italian Film – Emozioni dietro il palco – Valerio Polverari – Italy
Best Lombard film – RUSTAM – A Muay Thai Story – Laura Pronestì – Italy
Best Micro Short (under 5 minutes) – Mediatation‧MeditationⅡ – Joanna&rubens – Taiwan
Best Super Short (under 10 minutes) – Lullaby for the cat – Andrey Gil – Ukraine
Best Medium Length (from 30 to 60) – The Silver Team and the ’38 World Cup Final – István Borsody – Hungary
Best Low-Budget Film – Entracte – Kimia Khalaj, Saeed Heshmati – Iran

REALITY AWARDS
Best Realistic Film – In a 100 years – Hektor Bille Hornsleth – Denmark
Best Drama – Borderline – Théo Coudiere – France
Best Experimental Film – Towards The Sun – Mats Landström – Sweden
Best Original Idea – VR Grampa – Ché Baker – Australia
Best Inclusive Film (LGBTQ+) – Zastavnice_ki – Miha Mohorič – Slovenia
Best Documentary – Our Brothers’ and Sisters’ Keepers – Maximilien Saint-Cast – France
Best Animated Film – WolfHunters – Chris Oconnell – Usa
Best Social Drama – Ci conosciamo già – Filippo Ruggieri – Italy
Best Sport/Inspirational – Stay in the Game – Jared Jacobsen – Usa
Best War/Western/History – Bounty for Bernadette – Andreas Elsener – Switzerland
Best Family Drama – Boter – Mark Uwimana Marcel – Belgium
Best Female Drama – Ah-Ma: A Tale of Two Generations – Ying Chu – Australia
Best Comedy/ Irony – Batter Brain – Jordan Sclater – United Kingdom
Best Horror/Mistery – A tooth for a tooth – Livio Bondi – United Kingdom
Best Action/Thriller – The calling – Andy Ordoñez – Colombia
Best Sci-fi/Fantasy/Futuristic – Bat Diary – Silvano Plank – Italy
Best Jobs/Works Drama – Dario – Paolo La Naia – Italy
Best Romance – Only the Lovers – Jocelyn Jihyun Koo – Usa
Best Music/Musical – Between Here and Gone – Sadie Duarte – Spain

TECHNICAL AWARDS
Best Director – Chomp – Ben Nixon – Australia
Best Young Director – Lemons – Sophia Emmett, Theo Shorrocks – United Kingdom
Best Soundtrack – Entrevista Compulsória – Fernando Haro – Brazil
Best Editing – Syntropia – Andrea Pellerani – Switzerland
Best Screenplay – The Pain of Being – Jes Pace – Malta
Best Cinematography – Steps – Muhittin Özkan – Turkey
Best Vfx – Awake – Harrison Vincent – Usa
Best Actor/Actress – How a “Son of a Gun” is madeNóra Kozák – Hungary
Best Producer – Thank you Sam – Angelica Abramovitch – Sweden
Best Movie Poster – Where Have U Been – Liam Torres – Usa
Best Title  – Snail – Renato Fimene – Usa

HONORABLE MENTIONS
Dall’altro lato – Tommaso Barba – Italy
Outside Francisque – Francisco Del Ryo – France
Evacuee – Omid Yousefi – Iran
Mi sembra di viaggiare con te – Gabriele Perni – Italy
Dante, el prisionero de la torre – Frank Reyes – Spain
On The Melting of Snow – Jonas K U Grimas – United Kingdom
1768 giorni – Marco Gallo – Italy
Happy BirthGay – Niv Manzur – Israel
Mixed memories – Katherine Adams – Canada
Short stories about life – Kostiantyn Mishchenko – Usa