2023 WINNERS

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$1,000 CASH PRIZE

Director: Melika Jamshidabadi

 

$1,000 CASH PRIZE

Director: Chloe Campos

 

$1,000 CASH PRIZE

Director: Lorena E. Gonzalez

 

$1,000 CASH PRIZE

Director: Jasmine Bissete

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$1,000 CASH PRIZE

Director: Tanxuan Shi

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Best of Fest

Nowhere (Armenia) - Director: Garin Hovannisian

Best International

It Takes a Village…  (Armenia)  Director: Ophelia Harutyunyan

Best Drama

The Kill Floor - Director: Carlos Avila​

Best Comedy

The Avon Lady - Director: Carolina Espiro

Best Animation

The Brave Locomotive - Director: Andrew Pierce Chesworth

Best Experimental

Red Man - Director: Xinhao Lu

Best Documentary

The Noble Guardian  Director: Anna Coren

Best Sci-Fi

Dream Maker (Iran) - Director: Mohsen Mehri Darouei, Milad Kiaei

Best Horror

Get Away - Director: Michael Gabriele

Best Music Video

Pronto – Light Light (Switzerland) Director: Maximilian Speidel

Best Web Series

Space Rats (Australia) - Director: Darwin Schulze, Basil Scott-Mitchell

Best High School Film

Sharing the Floor - Director: Lily Brooks O' Briant

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Screenplay Competition Winner

Korean Shooter

Writer: Jimmy Prosser

Best Actor

Dusan Brown (“All In”)

Best Actress

Janessa St. Pierre ("Hair or No Hair")

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