December 2023 – Winter Edition

WINNERS

Best World Short Film – Stork (Director: Khiray Tyrell Richards, United States)
Best World Feature Film – Vindication Swim (Director: Elliott Hasler, United Kingdom)

Best Feature Script – A Devils Contract (Writer: Martha Grace Jorja Evans, United Kingdom)
Best Tv Pilot Script – D & D Sports (Writer: Quashon Davis, United States)

Best Amateur Short – Clarity (Director: Bryce Mackie, United States)
Best Animation Short – The Parable Of The Tenants (Director: Andrew Pengilley, United Kingdom)
Best Documentary Short – Unconquered (Director: John Parr, United Kingdom)
Best Drama Short – Milite (Directors: Amedeo Sportoletti Baduel, Alberto Scisco – Italy)
Best Environmental Short – The Forgiving Path (Director: David Mathias, United Kingdom)
Best Experimental Short – The Unhuman Voice (Director: Dmitriy Usov, United States)
Best First-Time Filmmaker Movie – Remi Milligan: Lost Director (Director: Samuel Lodato, United Kingdom)
Best Horror Short – Waifu 3000 (Director: Natasha Bruce, Canada)
Best Music Video – Getting Along (Directors: Scott Dobson, Michael Phillip Wojewoda – Canada)
Best Romance/Romantic Short – A Curious Woman (Director: Kelby Thwaits, United States)
Best Sci-Fi Short – To The Moons And Back (Director: Owen David Solomon, United States)
Best Smartphone Short – SKIN SHOW / LIVE (Director: Richard Daniels, United States)
Best Thriller Short – Legendary (Director: Janusz Madej, Netherlands)
Best Trailer – Remi Milligan: Lost Director (Director: Samuel Lodato, United Kingdom)

ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES

Best Acting Ensemble – The Ceiling (Director: Louisa Connolly-Burnham, United Kingdom)
Best Actor – Jon Paul (Dojo – Director: Armin Alic, United States)
Best Actress – Kirsten Callaghan (Vindication Swim, United Kingdom)
Best Cinematography – Elliott Hasler (Vindication Swim, United Kingdom)
Best Director – Elliott Hasler (Vindication Swim, United Kingdom)
Best Editing – Kelby Thwaits (A Curious Woman, United States)
Best Poster – Remi Milligan: Lost Director (Director: Samuel Lodato, United Kingdom)
Best Sound Design – Markus Moll (Vindication Swim – Director: Elliott Hasler, United Kingdom)
Best Screenplay – Dmytry Karpov Kinrade, Lux Karpov Kinrade (The John Experiment, United States)

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Talking To bushman (Director: Jassir Jonis, Netherlands)
Memory Box (Director: Elizabeth Chinnery, United Kingdom)
Winter Solstice (Writer: Armand Arekian, United States)
My Digital Truth (Director: Swen Werner, United Kingdom)

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

The Long Goodbye, A Caregiver’s Journey (Director: Steven G. Smith, United States)
Spirit of the Downs ~ Perseverance brings Success (Director: Steve Nethercott-Cable, United Kingdom)
Free Lunch (Director: Seth Kannof, Australia)
I SWEAR * (Director: Nathan Hey, Belgium)
Cold and Hunger (Director: Gennaro Iago Esposito, Italy)
Driven (Writers: Steven Berger, Bridget Sullivan – United States)
Journey toward my Sister (Director: Christopher Anthony Tajah, United Kingdom)
Hangin’ On The Line (Director: Phil McClean, Ireland)
Bay for Blood (Director: Harry Waldman, United States)
Slava (Director: Roksana Gotz, Ukraine)
Dark Depths (Director: ManLorFilm, Italy)
The Nurse – Short by Joyce Kostakis (Director: Joyce Holland-Kostakis, United States)
The Pathos of Hamlet (Director: Sean Gregory Tansey, Greece)
Umoya (Director: Jason Sterling, United States)