WINNERS
AUGUST 2023
Best Feature Film
La Belle Dame Sans Merci - 🇧🇬
By Nikolay Bogomilov
Honorable Mention
Best Feature Film
The Burden of Guilt - 🇺🇸
By Lilton Stewart III
Best Drama Short
Let Me - 🇮🇹
by Francesco Dattilo
Honorable Mention
Best Drama Short
But First, Coffee - 🇹🇼
by Philip W. Shih
Best Comedy Short
Spells Before Destiny - 🇯🇵
by Akisai M
Best Animated Short
Over - 🇦🇷
by Nicolas Martin
Best Documentary
Hoplove - 🇩🇪
By Sebastian Bauer
Honorable Mention
Best Documentary
Left Out - 🇨🇲
By Rock PJ
Best Horror Short
Great - 🇪🇸
By Marco Santori
Best Crime Short
Murder - 🇺🇸
By Jacob Mathias
Best Fantasy Short
The Babylon Gardens - 🇪🇬
By Karim Moussa
Best Thriller Short
Grey - 🇺🇸
By William Henberg
Best Sci-fi Short
Believer - 🇺🇸
By Jessica Morgan
Best L.G.B.T.Q.I.A.+ Short
Love - 🇬🇧
By Brady Steven
Best Micro Short
Spoon - 🇺🇸
By Jack Saphire
Best Western Short
Uber at the Desert - 🇺🇸
by Greg Molin
Best Indie Film
Lula - 🇧🇷
by Marcela Godoy
Best Web Series
Often - 🇺🇸
By Joshua Michael
Best Series Pilot
Flipping Charleston - 🇺🇸
By Lisa Grant
Best Music Video
Spells Before Destiny - 🇯🇵
by Akisai M
Best Commercial / branded Film
Adidas Life - 🇺🇸
by Werner H. Lee
Best Original Content
Turning Point - 🇳🇬
By Adeoluwa Owu
Best Student Film
Broken Up, Over Easy - 🇺🇸
by Abby Collins
Best VR 360 Film
Nature VR - 🇺🇸
by Marcus Vinicius
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Best Director
Lilton Stewart III
The Burden of Guilt - 🇺🇸
Honorable Mention
Best Director
Lisa Grant
Flipping Charleston - 🇺🇸
Best First Time Director
Kithetheesyo
If A Flower Bloomed - 🇺🇸
Honorable Mention
Best First Time Director
Francesco Dattilo
Let Me - 🇮🇹
Best Indie Filmmaker
Maetin Lohan
Apple - 🇺🇸
Best Student Filmmaker
Scott Emblick
March - 🇨🇦
Best Actress
Lina Ikechuju
Left Out - 🇨🇲
Best Actor
Joe Anderson
The Reckoning - 🇬🇧
Best Supporting Actress
Margaret Ladd
Just in Time - 🇺🇸
Best Supporting Actor
Steven Waddington
The Reckoning - 🇬🇧
Best Young Actor
Maka Koa
Make Believe - 🇺🇸
Best Ensemble Cast
Vincent Molli & Bayarma Bayarma
La Belle Dame Sans Merci - 🇧🇬
*Best Producer
Kelly Dattilo
Let Me - 🇮🇹
Best Screenplay (produced)
Left Out - 🇨🇲
by Fon Daniel
Best Original Score
Vahagn Stepanyan
The Faces of War - 🇺🇸
Best Cinematography
Muhammed Ibrahim
Pandora - 🇪🇬
Best Editing
Stephen Marglic
Nope - 🇮🇳
Best Hair & Make Up Design
Megan Shelling
North Land - 🇺🇸
Best Sound Design
Mark Studio
Os - 🇺🇸
Best Screenplay
Serial - 🇺🇸
By Robert Benjamin
"' The peaceful life of a kind, old retiree is thrust into anguish and peril when it is disrupted by a present day serial killer. Following the connections, this otherwise trusting father can only suspect that the brutal killings have been at the hands of his own flesh and blood. His eldest son. "