Winners
Summer Season
2023
Congratulations again to all the Winners and their projects!
- Best Indie Feature Film
- Son-of-Preacher Man the Movie
- Directed by Brandon Glover
- United States
- Best Indie Short Film
- The Secret Life Of Jim
- Directed by Emmet Kelly
- Ireland
- Best Indie Super Short Film
- The Journey
- Directed by Andrés Hidalgo
- Ecuador
- Best Feature Film
- Michael Gaismayr
- Directed by Wolfgang Moser
- Italy
- Best Short Film
- Borne
- Directed by Claire Heather Molloy
- United Kingdom
- Best Feature Documentary
- THE RIVER OF SEVEN NAMES
- Directed by Sergi Ricart
- Spain
- Best Short Documentary
- Unconquered
- Directed by John Parr
- United Kingdom
- Best Music Video
- Won't Be Around
- Directed by Terry Blade
- United States
- Best UK Feature Film
- THE LATENT IMAGE
- Directed by Alexander Birrell
- United Kingdom
- Best UK Short Film
- To Be...
- Directed by Rebecca Hardy
- United Kingdom
- Best Animation Feature
- Sword and Sorrow
- Directed by Emad Rahmani, Mehrdad Mehrabi
- Turkey
- Best Animation Short
- STARSHIP
- Directed by Christian Debney
- Australia
- Best Experimental Feature
- Drawing in the sky
- Directed by Shoko Ito
- Japan
- Best Experimental Short
- Sheepish
- Directed by Sonia Machado Hines
- Spain
- Best Male Student Director
- Off Beat
- Directed by Peleg Leilien
- Israel
- Best Student Short
- A Prison of Sunlight
- Directed by Yara Matilda Melki
- Lebanon
- Best First Time Filmmaker Feature
- The Group (Balagam)
- Directed by Venu Yeldandi
- India
- Best First Time Filmmaker Short
- Another Day
- Directed by Théophile Mur
- Canada
- Best Horror Feature
- Saving Grace
- Directed by Gareth Carr, David Sullivan
- Australia
- Best Horror Short
- Deep Shock
- Directed by Davide Melini
- United Kingdom
- Best Producer
- USILIYE
- Directed by Dickson Mwape
- Zambia
- Best Female Director
- I am Kanaka
- Directed by Genevieve Sulway
- United Kingdom
- Best Male Director
- LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
- Directed by Nikolay Bogomilov
- Bulgaria
- Best Female Student Director
- The Newcomers
- Directed by Theresa Kliem
- Canada
- Best Actress
- DOCTOR HARRIET'S FOUR
- Directed by Lukas Metjes
- Germany
- Best Actor
- Impuratus
- Directed by Michael Yurinko
- United States
- Best Inspirational Film
- MOUNT HORQUERA
- Directed by FERNANDO PENCO VALENZUELA
- Spain
- Best LGBTQ Film
- The Sibling Rule
- Directed by Mari SanGiovanni
- United States
- Best Mobile Phone Short
- Not My Boy : A Ukrainian Story
- Directed by Scott Barrington
- United Kingdom
- Best Acting
- CREEP
- Directed by Paul Worrall
- United Kingdom
- Best Cinematography
- luna
- Directed by Margaret Armour
- United States
- Best Editing
- Lucinda´s Pandora
- Directed by Sylvia Piechocki Gonzalez
- Germany
- Best Production Design
- Step by Step
- Directed by Sébastien Duhem
- France
- Best Sound Design
- Tiki Taane in session with CSO
- Directed by Tiki Taane
- New Zealand
- Best VFX
- Cherry Blossoms in March
- Directed by Riley Rheyan
- Canada
- Best Production
- The foam and the lion
- Directed by Cláudio Jordão
- Portugal
- Best Feature Script
- Trail Of Tears
- Written by Hans Sluijter
- Netherlands
- Best Short Script
- ROUGH CUT
- Written by Matthew Margo
- United States
- Best Super Short Script
- Halverson and Halverson
- Written by Karla S Bryant
- United States
- Best Drama Script
- THE TRIP
- Written by Carlos Alex Ceni
- Spain
- Best Comedy Script
- Port Visit
- Written by Paul Michael Maher
- United Kingdom
- Best Horror Script
- A Faery Blight
- Written by Julie A. Thornton
- Australia
- Best Action Script
- THE UNSEEN TERROR
- Written by Barry Siskind
- Canada
- Best Original Script
- Charlie Safe Home
- Written by Jack C Irwin
- United Kingdom
- Best Screenwriting
- CROWN POINT
- Written by Joseph Anthony Francis
- United States
- Best New Actress/Actor
- I can look after you
- Directed by Francisco Lobo Faria
- Portugal
- Best Unoptioned Script
- The Mother Witch
- Written by Chaitanya Vyas, Elizabeth Blackmer
- India
- Best Television Series
- Story of Godia
- Directed by Mouayed Zabtia
- Libya
- Best Web Series
- 39 Seconds
- Directed by Adolfo Ontoba
- Spain