3rd edition – 2023
AWARDS
BEST FILM: The Witch and Herman
Official Selection:
- Title:Underwater
- Director: Nicolas Seguel
- Country: Switzerland
- Duration: 25 minutes
- Title:Cargo
- Director: Steve Simmons
- Country: United Kingdom
- Duration: 5 minutes
- Title:The Witch and Herman
- Director: Fabrizio Byron Rink
- Country: Italy
- Duration: 20 minutes
- Title:Little Anna
- Director: J Batzli
- Country: United States
- Duration: 15 minutes
March – June 2023 4th period of Awards
BEST FILM: Little Anna – J Batzli – United States
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: Ginny’s Enterprise – Suzanne Marie Moreau- Canada
BEST ITALIAN FILM: Yohiro – Luigi Di Domenico – Italy
BEST EUROPEAN FILM: There goes that life – Arantxa Hurtado – Sweden
BEST MICRO SHORT (under 5 minutes): Equality in Marriage – Joshua Marc Allen – United States
BEST SUPER SHORT (under 10 minutes): Method of Healing – Jordan Lee Douglas Sims – United States
BEST DRAMA FILM: Odd & Maud – Michael Axelsson – Norway
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Juana – Fernando Alonso Montes de Oca Martin – Mexico
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM: Blueberry II – Jonas Myrstrand – Sweden
BEST TRAGICOMIC FILM: Monster P.O.V. – Travis Nicholas Zariwny – United States
BEST HORROR: Cuckoo – Iain Bruce – United Kingdom
BEST MYSTERY: Chiaroscuro – Philip Wan – Hong Kong
BEST CRIME: Collar – Russ Emanuel – United States
BEST SCI-FY: Ali’s Realm – Mario Torres Jr – United States
BEST FANTASY: Maiken – Howard Perry – United Kingdom
BEST ACTION: The Bounty Hunter – Tim Everett, Rock Chasse – United States
BEST ORIGINAL IDEA: We haven’t understood anything – Alfonso Lugo – United States
BEST LOW BUDGET FILM: The Conflict – Stéphane Zuède – Luxembourg
subcategories:
BEST DIRECTOR: Candlelight – James Meyer – United States
BEST EDITING: The Venetian Twins – Tom Grey Martin – Switzerland
BEST SCREENPLAY: The Song – Riccardo Bernasconi – Switzerland
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Red Ribbon – Andy Marrari – Italy
BEST SOUNDTRACK – Matches – Blake vaz – United States
BEST ACTOR – Swing of Things – Charles Jones – United States
BEST ACTRESS – Five Teenagers Walk Into a Bar – Nicole Elizabeth Berger – United States
BEST POSTER: A Musical Box – Abraham Lopez – United States
BEST SCREENPLAY [SCRIPT]: When the Rooster Cries – SherLann D. Moore – United States
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY [SCRIPT]: Il colore della notte – Blake Vaz – United States
BEST ITALIAN SCREENPLAY [SCRIPT]: Lonely room – Luigi Salerno – Italy
Honorable Mention:
Julia – Víctor Muñoz – Spain
Aim Point – Keishi Suenaga – Japan
Red Panda – Marty Stalker – Ireland
Ghostlight – Melissa Stanton – United Kingdom
Your neighbor – Travis Zariwny – United States
Before We Break – Jake Alexander Williams – United States
The Pact – Clayton Landey – United States
Korla – Josef Cauchi – Malta
& Cut – Theo Vandergraaf – Canada
Star Crossed – Pat Bradley – United States
Fault – Katerina Papanastasatou – Greece
Under – Abraham Lopez – United States
Conflagration – Dwayne Alistair, Tasha Holmes – United States
The Market – Victor Atkins – United States
Half-light – Martina Savoca-Guay – United States
January – March 2023 3rd period of Awards
BEST FILM – Cargo – Steve Simmons – United Kingdom
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM – A father – Christophe Olivier Predari – Belgium
BEST ITALIAN FILM – E quindi? – Alessandro Villamira – Italy
BEST EUROPEAN FILM – Tomorrow, Far away – Shuping Huang – France
BEST MICRO SHORT (under 5 minutes) – Two V Hill – Tee Schneider – Canada
BEST SUPER SHORT (under 10 minutes) – The Lost Verse – Walter DuRant – Usa
BEST DRAMA FILM – Life Like This – Abraham Lopez – Usa
BEST DOCUMENTARY – Finding the Line – An Exploration of Structural Integration – Aleš Urbanczik, Grzegorz Oleksa – Switzerland
BEST ANIMATION FILM – Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate – Susan Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, Christina Teenz Tan – Singapore
BEST TRAGICOMIC – Dream Girl – Jeremy Max – Usa
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM – Wu – Gabriel Wolf – Germany
BEST HORROR – He comes to kill – August Anthony Aguilar – Usa
BEST MYSTERY – Reverse – Christophe Leonir – France
BEST CRIME – Noir Tales – Ettore Di Gennaro – Italy
BEST SCI-FY – Fire Sky Creek – Taylor James Johnson – Usa
BEST FANTASY – Dear Felicity – Alisa Robinson – Usa
BEST ACTION – Closure – Gui Agustini – Usa
BEST ORIGINAL IDEA – Blood Buddies – Suzanne Marie Moreau – Canada
BEST LOW BUDGET FILM – What Could Have Been – Henry Murray – Usa
subcategories:
BEST DIRECTOR – Airmen – Alicia Borja, Logan Satterlee – Usa
BEST EDITING – Fast Food – Iain Bruce, Helen Bruce – United Kingdom
BEST SCREENPLAY – Tom and Luce – Muxel Paule – France
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Final Stage – Roel Meere – Belgium
BEST SOUNDTRACK – Letters Home – Jonah Jones – United Kingdom
BEST VFX – The Devi’s Playground – Chris J Adams – Usa
BEST ACTOR – Dying to Learn – James Reynolds – Usa
BEST ACTRESS – Giovanna – Sara Amico – Italy
BEST POSTER – Sticks and Stones – Jason Kelly Lee – Usa
script:
BEST SCREENPLAY [SCRIPT]: Walking with Ray – Henry P. Gravelle – Usa
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY [SCRIPT]: El Paso – Henry P. Gravelle – Usa
Honorable mention:
The Betrayal – Abraham Lopez – Usa
De Nada – Sheridan Philipp – Usa
Lost and Found – Erica Miller – United Kingdom
The Unwitting Victim – Greg Martin – Usa
Insomniac – Lauren Lox – Usa
My Own Winter – John Reed – United Kingdom
A Night In Charlotte With Sweeney Ty – Ty Brueilly – Usa
The Full Catastrophe – Yolanda Reid Chassiakos – Usa
Perfect Ten – Felicia Mead – Usa
The Trip – Juan José Farfán Bustos, Rowina Alejandra Farfán Bustos – Mexico
Bat Diary – Diario del pipistrello – Silvano Plank – Italy
Puerto Rico Tactical – Carmelo Rosario – Puerto Rico
September – December 2022 – 2nd period of Awards:
BEST FILM: The Witch and Herman – Fabrizio Byron Rink – Italy
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM – The End of the Line – Max Pugh – United Kingdom
BEST ITALIAN FILM – Sei sicuro che la ami? – Cristian Goffredo Miglioranza – Italy
BEST EUROPEAN FILM – Sugar People – Suzana Dinevski – North Macedonia
BEST MICRO SHORT (under 5 minutes) – An Autistic Film – Jason Impey – United Kingdom
BEST SUPER SHORT (under 10 minutes) – They Come Back – Zack Wilcox – Usa
BEST DRAMA FILM – Catene – SIlvia Estella Ondina Sanna – Italy
BEST ANIMATION FILM – Don’t Cry – Hisham Zreiq – Germany
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM – The Silver Thread – David Goettfert – Germany
BEST TRAGICOMIC FILM – Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes – Pat Mitchell – Usa
BEST HORROR – Inadvertent – Sheridan Sinclair – United Kingdom
BEST MYSTERY – The Conversation – Les Owen – Usa
BEST CRIME – Nolan – Moe Headrick – Usa
BEST SCI-FY – Timeloop – Arne Keustermans – Belgium
BEST FANTASY – Confessions – Evette Vargas – Usa
BEST ACTION – Hell Gate Narrows – Edward Holub – Usa
BEST ORIGINAL IDEA – Ties – David Edwin Woodley – Australia
BEST LOW BUDGET FILM – Sofa Surfer – Michele Olivieri – United Kingdom
subcategories:
BEST DIRECTOR – Ashes to Ashes – George Zouvelos – Usa
BEST EDITING – Yubitsume – Connor Campbell – Australia
BEST SCREENPLAY – Occurrence at Mills Creek – Don Swanson – Usa
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Be Right Back – Francisco De León – Mexico
BEST SOUNDTRACK – Escape – Jill Minton – Usa
BEST VFX – Connection – Luke Zammit – Usa
BEST ACTOR – Two and a Half Minutes – Sonny Michael Chohan – United Kingdom
BEST ACTRESS – Manic Lover – Cheyenne Löhnen – Netherlands
BEST POSTER – A Ray of Sunshine – Matteo Vanni – Italy
script:
BEST SCREENPLAY [SCRIPT]: Pripyat – Alicia Hayes – Usa
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY [SCRIPT]: With Feeling – James Furlong – Usa
BEST EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY [SCRIPT]: Woman Who Rose from the Water – Graham Sessions – United Kingdom
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY [ SCRIPT under 10 pages]: American Onryo – Tom Cavanaugh – Usa
Honorable mention:
Fix – Mohau Michael Mannathoko – Botswana
That’s Just Me – Dan Löwenstein Löwenstein – United Kingdom
Brotherhood – Maggie Grant – Usa
Gun and Run – Paul Vivona, Nicholas Simmons – Usa
Millennials Addiction – Alex D’Antona, Fabiano Tagarelli – Italy
Appraisal – Anna Koukouli Born – Usa
Landing – Victor Atkins – Usa
Letanios – Manuel Hai – Colombia
The Fork in the Road – Carolyn Jennifer Corkindale – Australia
Broken clew – Ioannis Symeonidis – Greece
Chipper – Shaun MacLean – Usa
The Castaway Motel – Kerry Patten – Canada
Violator – Luigi Bonizzato – Italy
In una tiepida notte di primavera – Domenico Saverni – Italy
June – September 2022 – 1st period of Awards
BEST FILM: Underwater – Nicolas Seguel – Switzerland
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: Troubled – Rob Cuollo – Usa
BEST EUROPEAN FILM: Carn – Jeff Le Bars – France
BEST MICRO SHORT (under 5 minutes): The Visitor – Robert Kouba – Switzerland
BEST SUPER SHORT (under 10 minutes): Before the Underground – Nikki Smallwood – Usa
BEST DRAMA FILM: Carma: Sunny Na – Usa
BEST DOCUMENTARY: Misty Dawn – I-lean Dover – Usa
BEST ANIMATION FILM: Christmas Present – Konstantinos P. Kakarountas – Greece
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM: Performing Land – Marielle Gonier – France
BEST TRAGICOMIC FILM: Working Stiff – Jan Vardøen – Norway
BEST HORROR: Psychoz – Diego and Alexis Perrotte – France
BEST MYSTERY: The Dream Catcher – Piotr Szkopiak – United Kingdom
BEST CRIME: Beautiful Violence – Joey Medina – Usa
BEST SCI-FY: Betrayed – Ewan Gorman, Dagmar Scheibenreif – United Kingdom
BEST FANTASY: A Gift For All Ages – Russell Webb, Alicia Wszelaki – Usa
BEST ACTION: Hunter – T.J Penton, Maxime Lecocq – Usa
BEST ORIGINAL IDEA – Onyx – Aguinaldo Flor – Brazil
BEST LOW BUDGET FILM: Still Hunting – Chris Vinan – Usa
subcategories:
BEST DIRECTOR – False Dawn – Remco Texer – Netherlands
BEST EDITING: Manic – Andy Cory – United Kingdom
BEST SCREENPLAY: Touched – Tim Levy – Australia
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: UnOrdinary Love – Kevin Johnson – Usa
BEST SOUNDTRACK – I won’t go anywhere – David Zhorzholadze – Germany
BEST VFX: Once I passed – Martin Gerigk – Germany
BEST ACTOR – The curious woods – John Henry Richardson – Usa
BEST ACTRESS – Ataraxia – Emily Hu – Usa
BEST POSTER: The Chair – Alain Legend Raymond – Usa
BEST SCREENPLAY [SCRIPT]: The Cardigan – Dara Padwo-Audick – Usa
BEST INTERNATIONAL SCREENPLAY [SCRIPT]: Rise of the Accenniri – Charli Brown – Usa
BEST EUROPEAN SCREENPLAY [SCRIPT]:Of Gods And Monsters – Andrew Griffin – United Kingdom
BEST ITALIAN SCREENPLAY [SCRIPT]: Uno scrittore nell’oscurita‘ – Giuseppe De Vuono – Italy
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY [ SCRIPT under 10 pages]: Afternoon – Drew Henriksen – Usa
HONORABLE MENTION
The Lingering – CK Love – Canada
Finding Olivia – Laurie Powers Going – Usa
Life Without Electric – Jay Notley, Emily Ng – United Kingdom
Birdy – Cristina Ballesteros – United Kingdom
Antes del Mictlan – Miguel Miller Mexico
Still Hunting – Chris Vinan – Usa
Homeward Clown – Allison Power – Usa
Flow – Simon Elrahi – Australia
The Caregiver – Santo D Marabella – Usa
Faith Interrupted – Marquis Simmons – Usa
Push! – Sanelle Sibanda – Zimbabwe
The Lesser Crime – Ajit Nag – India
2nd edition – 2022
AWARDS
There is exactly enough time BEST ORIGINAL IDEA e BEST LOW BUDGET FILM
Kofi’s Dram BEST DOCUMENTARY
Roberto BEST ANIMATION FILM e BEST SOUNDTRACK
La Primera de las Mujeres Libres BEST MICRO SHORT (under 5 minutes)
Distances BEST EDITING
Behind the glass BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Brother Troll BEST TRAGICOMIC e BEST ACTOR
Single BEST ACTRESS
Julia. December 13 BEST SUPER SHORT (under 10 minutes) e BEST DRAMA FILM
Property BEST HORROR e BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Amor Fati BEST SCREENPLAY
Cycles BEST EUROPEAN FILM e BEST CRIME
The Infallible Art of Deflation BEST ITALIAN FILM
One-Hit Wonder BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM, BEST MISTERY e BEST DIRECTOR
The Hideaway BEST FILM e BEST MOVIE POSTER
Honorable Mention:
1 wacked..! Quinn Evan Reimann, Rolf Lang
2 Deathmate Luca Di Paolo
3 √√ Last Seen Lindsei Barros
4 Housekeeping Andrew Margetson
5 No balls Carlos Gonzalez, Ariel Rios, Angel Pons
6 Separation Andrew Roman Ochwat
7 We can still be friends Ewa Sztefka
8 Self-creation Ewa Sztefka
9 You Can Kiss Me Jan Jalenak
10 Apotheosis Jane Rosemont
11 Forward Jon Dorais
12 Footsteps of Suicide Thomas R. Bloom
13 Pas Touche! Florian Lidin
14 Coney Island Theodore Shivers
15 The Great Artist Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri
16 Somewhere on Earth Fabrizio Rosso
17 Locked. Sean Imamkhan
18 Flash/Crash Angelo Perez Lebbink
19 Reflections Allen Smithee, Jr.
20 Leo Fabienne Mahé
21 Snow Kissed Riggsby Lane
22 The Secret Stake Society Chronicles Robert J Butler
23 Don’t Croak Daun Kim
24 Unconventional Denise Khumalo
25 Memory Lane Steven LaMorte
1st edition – 2021
AWARDS
BEST FILM A Real Man, 2019
BEST DRAMA FILM Sirens, 2020
BEST ANIMATION FILM Start Gate, 2019
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM Recycling, 2021
BEST ITALIAN FILM Silenzi, 2019
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM Choker, 2019
BEST HORROR / MYSTERY / CRIME The Eve, 2015
BEST SCI-FY / FANTASY / ACTION God Glitch, 2019
BEST ORIGINAL IDEA The Last Maslow’s Day, 2020
BEST POOR FILM (low budget) Dark Lens, 2021
subcategories:
BEST TRAILER Under My Skin, 2021
BEST POSTER Silenzi, 2019
BEST DIRECTOR Home, 2020
BEST EDITING Positive, 2020
BEST SCREENPLAY This No Land, 2018
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 1971, 2020
BEST SOUNDTRACK Go back 3 spaces, 2019
BEST ACTOR April Kills The Vibe, 2020
BEST ACTRESS Tell Me Who I Am, 2020
Honorable Mention:
7PM, 2020
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Three Grand Souls
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