WINNERS - AUGUST 2023

Best Picture

WHAT IS A DIVIDUAL?

lkka (Bloom) Ilmari Levä

Finland

(alphabetical order by Film's title)

Silver Award - Experimental Film

A DARK TIME

Mimi Garrard

United States

Silver Award -

Honorable Mention

ADDIE SLAUGHTER: THE GIRL WHO MET GERONIMO

Written by Susan L. Krueger, Reba Wells Grandrud

United States

Silver Award - Comedy

A TRIP TO THE DENTIST (THIS MIGHT HURT JUST A LITTLE BIT)

Graham Pike

United Kingdom

Best Feature Documentary

CIAO ANITA

Jacques Lipkau Goyard & Marco Kuveiller

Italy

Silver Award - Short Script

FRANKIE BOY

Written by Fran Sisco 

United States

Best Short Film

BARBARELLA

Giovanna Gorassini

France

Silver Award - Original Song

BLACK WIDOW

Colin Robert Denhart

United States

Gold Award - Director Feature Film

BLACKOUT

Eddie Saint-Jean

United Kingdom

Silver Award - Music Video

BLIND LOVE

Elvira Kalnik

United States

Silver Award - LGBTQ Film

BLOODY WHIST

Julia Gonzalez Franco

United Kingdom

Best Feature Script

BRED TO KILL

Written by Karl Ryan Erikson 

United States

Best Indie Short Film

BROKEN

Israel Mirenda

Uruguay

Silver Award - Student Film

CABINET'S SOLINDO 

Roberto Jesús Castillo

Peru

Best Music Video

CANCERSLUG - BLOOD ON SATAN'S CLAW

Francesca Nobili

United States

Best LGBTQ Film

CATFIGHT

Keshhav Panneriy

India

Gold Award - Super Short Film

CLOWN

Daniel Michael Thomas

United Kingdom

Gold Award - Web/Tv Series

COVID-19 GENERATION

Attilio Rossi

Italy

Gold Award - Feature Film

CRY OF SILENCE

Allen Kool

Canada

Silver Award - Feature Script

DANCING WITH SPIES @GODDESS - 2023 FEATURE SCRIPT

Written by Francis Longworth Billingsley

United States

Honorable Mention

EASTER BUSH CAMPUS

Douglas Vernimmen

Harris Redpath

Daniel Bingham

Gustavo Goncalves

Leticia Matsuoka

Skylar Johnson

United Kingdom

Best Screenplay

ELEANOR SLAUGHTER

Chris Chan Roberson

United States

Gold Award - Actress

FEAR, THAT THE RATS RISE UP

Kristina Schippling

Germany

Best Original Song (Denise Dimin)

Gold Award - Music Video

FOR YOU

Lyia Meta

Malaysia

Best Web/Tv Series

FRIED

Richard Goss

United Kingdom

Silver Award - Student Film

FRONTIER

Axel Schuldes

Germany

Best First Time Director

Gold Award - Drama

GAIN

Seongho Won

Republic of Korea

Silver Award - Feature Film

GIVE TILL IT HURTS

Thomas L Callaway

United States

Best Animated Film

HEARTBEAT

Kim Spierenburg

Netherlands

Gold Award - Horror

HIDDEN LIVES

Abraham Lopez

United States

Best Director Short Film 

Best Drama 

Best Actress (Juliet Wolfe)

Gold Award - Short Film 

Gold Award - First Time Director 

Gold Award - Producer (Bear Kosik)

Gold Award - Screenplay (Bear Kosik)

HIDING BODIES

Erika Lupo

United States

Honorable Mention

HIGH FIDELITY

Ava Fumarolo

United States

Silver Award - Original Song (Annabel Hodges, Diane Kaufman & MD)

HOLDING THE HEART WHEN IT BREAKS 

Diane Kaufman & MD

United States

Silver Award - Drama

HOTEL METRO

Tamzin Haughton

United Kingdom

Silver Award - Feature Documentary

I MILLE CANCELLI DI FILIPPO - THE THOUSAND GATES OF FILIPPO

Adamo Antonacci

Italy

Gold Award - Indie Short Film

I NEVER TOLD YOU

Gerardo Tellez

Mexico

Best Student Film

IKIGAI

Aristides De Jesús Mantilla Artigas

Mexico

Gold Award - LGBTQ Film

INTERPRETIVE DANCE

Anne Brashier

United States

Gold Award - Sci-Fi

INTO THE MAINFRAME: SAFEHOUSE

Ryan Rajcoomar

Canada

Gold Award - Action

INTO THE MAINFRAME: SAFEHOUSE

Ryan Rajcoomar

Canada

Silver Award - Feature Script

INVITATION TO MY OWN ASSASSINATION

Written by Casey Mensing 

United States

Silver Award - Director Feature Film

KOTO THE WOMAN SAMURAI

Toshi Asaka

Japan

Silver Award - Indie Short Film

L'AMOUR EST TEMPS DE REFLETS

Yann Richebourg

France

Silver Award - Actress

LOST IN 24 (15 MINUTES SHORT FILM)

May Liu

United States

Silver Award - Short Documentary

LOUIE (KR.ONE) GASPARRO 5POINTZ

Eirini Alligiannis

United States

Best Super Short Film

MARIPOSAS

Adrian Carey

United States

Gold Award - Original Song (Debra Gussin & Stacy Hogan)

MISS THE HEAT (VIDEO)

Debra M. Gussin

United States

Silver Award - Horror

NAMELESS (DIFFERENT)

Veronika Esslinger

Germany

Best Action

NO PRIME MINISTER!

Yuri Riklis

Israel

Gold Award - Animated Film

OUT OF CONTROL

bellopropello

Switzerland

Silver Award - Short Film

PHYLLIS

Roberta Pyzel

United States

Honorable Mention

PSYCHO GAMES

Written by Tom Allen 

Australia

Gold Award - Experimental Film

PVT. RAVEL'S BOLERO

J Z Murdock

United States

Honorable Mention

REGIONAL EXCHANGE CENTER IRISO

Mitsuo Kurihara

Japan

Best First Time Director 

Best Actor (Abel Axe)

RESCUE

CJ Axe

United States

Silver Award - Feature Film

RINGS OF THE UNPROMISED

Michelle Renee Arthur

United States

Gold Award - Feature Script

SANDSTORM

Podnar

United States

Best Experimental Film

SEDUCTIVE DEVOTION

Destin Gerek

United States

Best Feature Film

SILENT SCREAM SLEEPING HEARTS

Mehmet Tanrisever

Turkey

Gold Award - Student Film

SPACE EYE

Kevin Mainenti

Croatia

Honorable Mention

STILL ON TIME

Written by Mauro Rancan 

Italy

Gold Award - Director Short Film 

Gold Award - Inspirational Film

STOPLIGHT

Alejo Arana

United States

Gold Award - Short Documentary

TERROR IN TOULOUSE: HAS THE COMMUNITY RECOVERED?

Lisa Burkhardt-Worley

United States

Best Inspirational Film

THE COLOUR OF THE HORSE

Kristina Schippling

Germany

Best Horror

THE HAUNTING OF SUNSET HEIGHTS

Andrew Barahona

United States

Best Short Documentary

THE HEART WHISPERER 

Shaun Monson

United States

Gold Award - Comedy

THE INTERVIEW FROM HELL

Frank A DeChirico

United States

Best Sci-Fi

THE PROSPECTOR

Wade Chitwood

United States

Gold Award - Actor (Marius)

THE WANDERER OF THE MONTAGNETTE...

Jacques Micke

France

Best Short Film

THE WATCHMAKER'S SON

Gabriel Sanper

Spain

Silver Award - First Time Director

THE WHITE ROSE

Christodoulos Kigmalis

Greece

Silver Award - Super Short Film

THE WORLD OF MARTOON EPISODE 4 FOOTBALL STADIUM

Manouchehr Kholghi

Denmark

Best Short Script

TICK TOCK

Willow Hewett 

United Kingdom

Gold Award - Short Script

TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW

Richard Clarke

United Kingdom

Gold Award - LGBTQ Film

TOSKA

Tommaso Barba

Italy

Best Comedy

UNRIPE

P.M Nelson

United States

Gold Award - Original Score (William Cunningham)

WAKE UP

David Martin Lanuza

United Kingdom

Silver Award - Student Film

WHO THE F*CK IS JULIET?

Johanna Halbartschlager

Austria

Best Director Feature Film 

Best Producer (Oswin Vogel & Maik Giessler)

Best Original Score (Felix Moeller)

Gold Award - Feature Documentary

WOIWODE - OF HOPE AND PAIN: THE MEMORIES OF A SURVIVOR

Maik Giessler

Germany