February 2023

WINNERS

Best Short Film – Urban Constellation (Director: Luis Galán, Spain)
Best Feature Film – The Ruin (Director: Ilkan Devrim Dinc, Turkey)
Best Documentary Feature – Finding the Line – An Exploration of Structural Integration (Directors: Aleš Urbanczik, Grzegorz Oleksa – Switzerland)
Best Script (Feature Film) – Wherewolves (Writers: John Vamvas, Olga Montes – Canada)
Best Script (Short Film or TV Pilot) – Brotherly Hate (Writer: Elliot Stanton, United Kingdom)
Best Animation Short – Desk Defender (Director: Sebastian Soler, United States)
Best Comedy Short – An Oscar Winning Movie: the Movie the Series – “Fathers Day” (Director: Robert Pagan, United States)
Best Documentary Short – AnorMal (Director: Luis Galán, Spain)
Best Drama Short – The Betrayal (Director: Abraham Lopez, United States)
Best Experimental Short – The Day My Cat Saved My Life (Directors: Kagan Goh, Susanna Uchatius – Canada)
Best Horror Short – Jacked (Director: Jennifer P. Jackson, United States)
Best Lockdown Short – The INsiders (Director: Marion Battaglia, United Arab Emirates)
Best Music Video – Dysto Wave (Director: Federica De Stasio, Italy)
Best Romance/Romantic Short – Like a PowerPoint (Directors: Pat Bradley, Melanie Gretchen – United States)
Best Sci-Fi Short – Enipheres (Directors: Rachel Betts, Mike Breyer – United States)
Best Thriller Short – Hidden Lives (Director: Abraham Lopez, United States)
Best Trailer – Los Aspirantes- The Applicants- (Directors: María Yolanda Brown Melián, Kevin Ramos Fernández – Spain)
Best TV Pilot – Los Aspirantes -The Applicants- (Directors: María Yolanda Brown Melián, Kevin Ramos Fernández – Spain)

ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES

​Best Acting Ensemble – Urban Constellation (Director: Luis Galán, Spain)
Best Actor – Pedro Pauleey (Roses – Director: Ivann Willig, Brazil)
Best Actress – Federica Paganelli (Skydancer – Director: Chris Fx, Italy)
Best Director – Luis Galán (Urban Constellation, Spain)
Best Editing – Luis Galán (Urban Constellation, Spain)
Best Cinematography – Willow Bidwell (Kula Road – Director: Rory Chapman, United Kingdom)
Best Sound Design – David Valcarcel (Roses – Director: Ivann Willig, Brazil)
Best Screenplay – Ivann Willig (Roses – Director: Ivann Willig, Brazil)
Best Poster – Nicotine (Directors: Ilkan Devrim Dinc, Doruk Sozen – Turkey)

HONORABLE MENTIONS

PASOLINEIDE – the Roman adventure of Pier Paolo Pasolini (Director: Mauro Paracini, Italy)
Don’t Blink (Director: Courtney Adkisson, United States)
Kaliderson melody – Les dormeurs de Samhain (Director: Laurent Combaz, France)

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

A Knock (Director: Abraham Lopez, United States)
out of control (Director: bellopropello, Switzerland)
GOD & CO (Director: Alexandre Bertella Rodrigues, Brazil)
An Autistic Film (Super 8) (Director: Jason Impey, United Kingdom)
House of Ra: The Legend of Reo (Director: Antoine M Dillard, United States)
Colombano & La 21esima fetta (Director: Paolo Pier Luigi Guglielmetti, Italy)
Outside Boundary (Director: Pedro A Espinoza, Jack JB Black – United States)
Joyless Jubilation (Director: Charlie Fotheringham, United Kingdom)
What A Pitty! (Director: Julia Esmail Zadeh, Brazil)