1st Period Awards
June – September 2023
MAIN CATEGORIES
BEST FILM – Second Gen – Mike Madigan – USA
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM – Jarrod – Justin Rosniak – Australia
BEST ITALIAN FILM- In the eyes of a child – Marco Ferrara – Italy
BEST EUROPEAN FILM- Archeìo – Jonathan Moratal – Switzerland
BEST MICRO SHORT (under 5 minutes)- INCOGNITO – Joey Moe – Denmark
BEST SUPER SHORT (between 5 and 10 minutes)- Star 13 – Philip Henry – United Kingdom
BEST DOCUMENTARY- Les mauvais jours finiront – Stéphane Elmadjian – France
BEST EXPERIMENTAL – Psyche Obscura – Craig Oty – USA
BEST ORIGINAL IDEA- She with the clouds – Anastasia Sytschew – Germany
BEST LOW BUDGET – End the Sin – João Alexandre Gomes – Portugal
DRAMA AWARDS
BEST ACTION DRAMA- HIGHWAY – Douglas Alan Cunningham – USA
BEST CRIME DRAMA- “BABS” – Brette Taylor, Jack Roberts – USA
BEST DRAMA THRILLER- Dissociating Vulnerability -Nobuo Nakagawa – Japan
BEST FANTASY DRAMA – I Walk With Ghosts – Grant Clover, Michael Metzler Jr. – United States
BEST HISTORICAL DRAMA –Pvt. Ravel’s Bolero – J Z Murdock – USA
BEST HORROR DRAMA- Bunuelesque – Gregory Wait – United Kingdom
BEST ROMANTIC DRAMA- Carrie’s Conversation – Paul Cartwright – USA
BEST TEEN DRAMA- ED: A Love Story – Abraham Lopez – USA
BEST TRAGICOMIC- Sweet Lies – Pascal Lebègue – USA
BEST WAR DRAMA- The Rocking Chair– Jeno Hodi – Hungary
TECHNICAL AWARDS
BEST DIRECTOR- TRIM – Josiah Persad – USA
BEST EDITING- Aydan and Evan – Elizabeth Cassidy – United Kingdom
BEST SCREENPLAY- No Mas – STEPHEN MICHAEL KELLY – USA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY- Echoes of the Past – Alexandra Dragnea – Romania
BEST SOUNDTRACK- With Silence and Tears – Richard Steele – United Kingdom
BEST VFX- Seasoning of the Soul – Wayne “Genius” Simmons – USA
BEST TITLE- Grief – Dustin J. Robison – USA
BEST ACTOR- DANDELION – Arian Kashef – Denmark
BEST ACTRESS- Hidden Lives – Deborah Shirley – USA
BEST POSTER- A Touch of Magic – Shane LeCocq – USA
SCREENPLAY
Best Screenplay [Script]- A Normal Life, Xiaoxuan Qu, China
Best Italian Screenplay [Script] – Omar, Irene Magnani, ITALY
Best Short Screenplay (under 10 pages) [Script] – Coke and A Smoke – Charli Brown – USA
HONORABLE MENTION
A Knock – Abraham Lopez – Usa
A Happy Ending – Christopher Deakin – United Kingdom
Leslie and Milton – Steven Keith Bogart – Usa
The Church of Tony Dufresne – Patrick Hodgson – Canada
The System – BRYAN LEE MCGLOTHIN – Usa
Boombox (The God of The Dance) – Christian Candido – Italy
Your Call is Important to Us – Elizabeth Lewis – Canada
Theorem – Adriano Davi – Italy
Clarity – Bryce Mackie – Usa
