Summer 2023 Results


Best Feature
Winner: SPEAK TO ME OF BLUE
Winner: The Sugar Experiment
Nominee: Meera
Nominee: 9 Nights
Nominee: High Water
Nominee: Carmilla Vive!
Nominee: The Devil’s Left Hand
Nominee: The Haunting of Hollywood
Nominee: BABLIR
    BORNOPORICHOYE

Best Documentary Feature
Winner: Belki Sibe
Winner: Jose Luis Espinosa, the Spy
Nominee: Sospesi
Nominee: Drinking the Red Soda
Nominee: She-Wolf in Hollywood:
    The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya

Best Documentary Short
Winner: Unconquered
Winner: My Friend the Photographer:
    From Preachers to Playboy
Nominee: Cupid’s Treasures
Nominee: Long Ago and Far Away
Nominee: Cruising Alaska - Ketchinken
Nominee: Arrival of the First Africans
    in English America

Best Animated Short
Winner: Departure
Winner: The Foam and the Lion
Nominee: Space Station Village EP6:
    The Carved Agreement
Best Short
Winner: TRIO
Winner: Scherben
Winner: Sidelined
Winner: The Catastrophe
Winner: By Any Other Name
Nominee: DIG
Nominee: RAGE
Nominee: Rosie
Nominee: Homebuoy
Nominee: ROOM MATE
Nominee: The System
Nominee: Trial Lesson
Nominee: Over Exposed
Nominee: Laying Awake
Nominee: Processing...
Nominee: Still? Still.
Nominee: I Am Not Down
Nominee: Big Momma Earth
Nominee: One Night Friend
Nominee: Happen to Happen
Nominee: I Walk With Ghosts
Nominee: Are We Doing This?
Nominee: The Perfect Funeral
Nominee: Under the Fly's Watch
Nominee: On the Deer King's Land
Nominee: Apples, Oranges,
    Lemons & Limes
Nominee: The Disappearance of
    Evelin Gale
Nominee: Gone Fishing Along
    the Okefenokee
Best Experimental Short
Winner: The Cabin
Winner: Symphonic Distress
Nominee: FootAge
Nominee: Laying Awake
Nominee: World of Diamonds
Nominee: Before the Freeze
Nominee: Fantasy in Terms
    of Liberation

Best Music Video
Winner: Black Lace
Nominee: Symphonic Distress
Nominee: Fantasy in Terms
    of Liberation

Best Student Film
Winner: SUBSTRATUM
Winner: My Friend, David
Winner: Prayer of the Birds
Winner: Saint Brigid's Cloak
Nominee: SOLD
Nominee: Jun-Hao
Nominee: Burning Up
Nominee: Parasomniac
Nominee: Carne e Sangue
Nominee: Passengers of the Night
Nominee: Genkaku: Tonari No
    On’nanoko

Best Romantic Comedy
Winner: Love is Found in
    Unexpected Places
Best Director
Winner: Departure
Winner: Sidelined
Winner: Parasomniac
Winner: The Catastrophe
Winner: Happen to Happen
Winner: By Any Other Name
Winner: Gone Fishing Along
    the Okefenokee
Nominee: Scherben
Nominee: ROOM MATE
Nominee: Laying Awake
Nominee: I Am Not Down
Nominee: My Friend, David
Nominee: SPEAK TO ME OF BLUE
Nominee: Saint Brigid's Cloak
Nominee: The Devil’s Left Hand
Nominee: The Foam and the Lion
Nominee: Bad Day for Contemplation
Nominee: BABLIR
    BORNOPORICHOYE
Nominee: Apples, Oranges,
    Lemons & Limes
Nominee: The Disappearance of
    Evelin Gale
Nominee: My Friend the Photographer:
    From Preachers to Playboy

Best Writing
Winner: RAGE
Winner: SOLD
Winner: Reloved
Winner: Jun-Hao
Winner: High Water
Winner: I Am Not Down
Winner: The Catastrophe
Winner: Big Momma Earth
Winner: My Friend, David
Winner: The Sugar Experiment
Nominee: TRIO
Nominee: Rosie
Nominee: Stages
Nominee: Grimoire
Nominee: Scherben
Nominee: Sidelined
Nominee: The Cabin
Nominee: Goin' Home
Nominee: The System
Nominee: Trial Lesson
Nominee: Leo & August
Nominee: Over Exposed
Nominee: Processing...
Nominee: Still? Still.
Nominee: Carmilla Vive!
Nominee: Carne e Sangue
Nominee: One Night Friend
Nominee: Happen to Happen
Nominee: By Any Other Name
Nominee: Big Momma's Pizza
Nominee: I Walk With Ghosts
Nominee: Are We Doing This?
Nominee: The Perfect Funeral
Nominee: SPEAK TO ME OF BLUE
Nominee: Under the Fly's Watch
Nominee: Passengers of the Night
Nominee: Bad Day for Contemplation
Nominee: The Disappearance of
    Evelin Gale

Best FX
Winner: Grimoire
Winner: SUBSTRATUM
Nominee: Scherben
Nominee: ROOM MATE
Nominee: The Cabin
Nominee: Laying Awake
Nominee: Carmilla Vive!
Nominee: Gone Fishing Along
    the Okefenokee
Best Cinematography
Winner: 9 Nights
Winner: Scherben
Winner: Burning Up
Winner: Big Momma Earth
Winner: One Night Friend
Winner: Happen to Happen
Winner: Jose Luis Espinosa, the Spy
Winner: Fantasy in Terms
    of Liberation
Winner: The Disappearance of
    Evelin Gale
Winner: My Friend the Photographer:
    From Preachers to Playboy
Nominee: TRIO
Nominee: SOLD
Nominee: Meera
Nominee: Homebuoy
Nominee: The Cabin
Nominee: Sidelined
Nominee: The Catastrophe
Nominee: By Any Other Name
Nominee: World of Diamonds
Nominee: Prayer of the Birds
Nominee: SPEAK TO ME OF BLUE
Nominee: The Devil’s Left Hand
Nominee: Passengers of the Night
Nominee: Gone Fishing Along
    the Okefenokee

Best Actress
Winner: Meera (Heena Varde)
Winner: What if? (Dianna Renee)
Winner: Laying Awake (Rachel Alig)
Winner: Scherben (Olga von Luckwald)
Winner: By Any Other Name
    (Jade Anouka)
Winner: Carmilla Vive!
    (Aiszah Marie Rangel)
Winner: Bad Day for Contemplation
    (Tam Hazel)
Nominee: DIG (Susan Sims)
Nominee: Scarpedicemente
    (Olga Montes)
Nominee: High Water
    (Brontë Sandwell-Moore)
Nominee: Happen to Happen
    (Gyuri Kim)
Nominee: One Night Friend
    (Sionne Elise)
Nominee: Big Momma's Pizza
    (Christine Staple)
Nominee: Apples, Oranges,
    Lemons & Limes (Skye Marie Sena)

Best Sound
Winner: DIG
Winner: SOLD
Winner: Scherben
Winner: Homebuoy
Winner: Parasomniac
Winner: SPEAK TO ME OF BLUE
Winner: Saint Brigid's Cloak
Winner: On the Deer King's Land
Nominee: TRIO
Nominee: RAGE
Nominee: 9 Nights
Nominee: Departure
Nominee: The Cabin
Nominee: Sidelined
Nominee: Burning Up
Nominee: The System
Nominee: Processing...
Nominee: Still? Still.
Nominee: I Am Not Down
Nominee: The Catastrophe
Nominee: Happen to Happen
Nominee: By Any Other Name
Nominee: Prayer of the Birds
Nominee: The Sugar Experiment
Nominee: The Misunderstanding
Nominee: The Foam and the Lion
Nominee: Space Station Village EP6:
    The Carved Agreement
Best Actor
Winner: Sidelined
    (Romain Fleury)
Winner: The System
    (Terence Knox)
Winner: I Walk With Ghosts
    (Jimmy Thornton)
Winner: Apples, Oranges,
    Lemons & Limes (Cal Waldau)
Nominee: Clarity (Bryce Mackie)
Nominee: Blood ties (Flying Fez)
Nominee: Burning Up
    (Erik Dagoberg)
Nominee: A Dark Life
    (Sumit Goswami)
Nominee: Scarpedicemente
    (John Vamvas)
Nominee: ROOM MATE
    (Ezequiel Casamada)
Nominee: Trial Lesson
    (Marco Salvadori)
Nominee: Gone Fishing Along
    the Okefenokee (Scott Gemmell)

Best Music
Winner: TRIO
Winner: Departure
Winner: The Cabin
Winner: Black Lace
Winner: Burning Up
Winner: Goin' Home
Winner: Trial Lesson
Winner: I Walk With Ghosts
Winner: The Foam and the Lion
Winner: Apples, Oranges,
    Lemons & Limes
Winner: The Disappearance of
    Evelin Gale
Nominee: DIG
Nominee: SOLD
Nominee: Meera
Nominee: Rosie
Nominee: FootAge
Nominee: Sospesi
Nominee: 9 Nights
Nominee: Homebuoy
Nominee: Scherben
Nominee: High Water
Nominee: Belki Sibe
Nominee: Blood ties
Nominee: The System
Nominee: SUBSTRATUM
Nominee: Unconquered
Nominee: Carne e Sangue
Nominee: The Catastrophe
Nominee: Happen to Happen
Nominee: One Night Friend
Nominee: By Any Other Name
Nominee: Are We Doing This?
Nominee: Symphonic Distress
Nominee: SPEAK TO ME OF BLUE
Nominee: Prayer of the Birds
Nominee: The Sugar Experiment
Nominee: Saint Brigid's Cloak
Nominee: Long Ago and Far Away
Nominee: On the Deer King's Land
Nominee: The Haunting of Hollywood
Nominee: BABLIR
    BORNOPORICHOYE
Nominee: Genkaku: Tonari No
    On’nanoko
Nominee: Love is Found in
    Unexpected Places
Nominee: Exodus of Messolonghi
    Thought My Eyes
Nominee: She-Wolf in Hollywood:
    The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya
Nominee: My Friend the Photographer:
    From Preachers to Playboy
Best Editing
Winner: DIG
Winner: 9 Nights
Winner: The System
Winner: SUBSTRATUM
Winner: World of Diamonds
Winner: Symphonic Distress
Winner: Prayer of the Birds
Winner: Long Ago and Far Away
Winner: She-Wolf in Hollywood:
    The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya
Nominee: RAGE
Nominee: Stages
Nominee: Sospesi
Nominee: FootAge
Nominee: Scherben
Nominee: Departure
Nominee: Black Lace
Nominee: Belki Sibe
Nominee: Parasomniac
Nominee: Unconquered
Nominee: Scarpedicemente
Nominee: My Friend, David
Nominee: Before the Freeze
Nominee: Cupid’s Treasures
Nominee: I Walk With Ghosts
Nominee: The Sugar Experiment
Nominee: Saint Brigid's Cloak
Nominee: Drinking the Red Soda
Nominee: The Haunting of Hollywood
Nominee: Cruising Alaska - Skagway
Nominee: Jose Luis Espinosa, the Spy
Nominee: Love is Found in
    Unexpected Places
Nominee: Arrival of the First Africans
    in English America
Nominee: My Friend the Photographer:
    From Preachers to Playboy

Best Twist
Winner: Rosie
Winner: Jun-Hao
Winner: Grimoire
Winner: A Dark Life
Winner: Processing...
Winner: Under the Fly's Watch
Winner: Genkaku: Tonari No
    On’nanoko
Nominee: Leo & August
Nominee: Laying Awake
Nominee: The Trash Man
Nominee: The Misunderstanding
Best Humor
Winner: ROOM MATE
Winner: The Catastrophe
Winner: Happen to Happen
Winner: Are We Doing This?
Winner: The Perfect Funeral
Winner: Genkaku: Tonari No
    On’nanoko
Nominee: Rosie
Nominee: Over Exposed
Nominee: Big Momma Earth

Best Original Idea
Winner: Scherben
Winner: Departure
Winner: ROOM MATE
Winner: Over Exposed
Winner: Processing...
Winner: Carne e Sangue
Winner: Happen to Happen
Winner: The Perfect Funeral
Winner: SPEAK TO ME OF BLUE
Winner: The Foam and the Lion
Winner: Passengers of the Night
Winner: BABLIR
    BORNOPORICHOYE
Winner: Space Station Village EP6:
    The Carved Agreement
Winner: Arrival of the First Africans
    in English America
Nominee: Reloved
Nominee: Grimoire
Nominee: 9 Nights
Nominee: SUBSTRATUM
Nominee: A Dark Life
Nominee: Still? Still.
Nominee: Quest for love
Nominee: Big Momma Earth
Nominee: Cupid’s Treasures
Nominee: Before the Freeze
Nominee: By Any Other Name
Nominee: Symphonic Distress
Nominee: I Walk With Ghosts
Nominee: Under the Fly's Watch
Nominee: On the Deer King's Land
Nominee: Bad Day for Contemplation
Nominee: Genkaku: Tonari No
    On’nanoko
Nominee: Fantasy in Terms of
    Liberation
Nominee: Love is Found in
    Unexpected Places
Nominee: She-Wolf in Hollywood:
    The Story of Maria Ouspenskaya
Best Message
Winner: Meera
Winner: Sospesi
Winner: Belki Sibe
Winner: The System
Winner: Unconquered
Winner: I Am Not Down
Winner: Carne e Sangue
Winner: My Friend, David
Winner: World of Diamonds
Winner: Cupid’s Treasures
Winner: Prayer of the Birds
Winner: The Sugar Experiment
Winner: Under the Fly's Watch
Winner: Drinking the Red Soda
Winner: BABLIR
    BORNOPORICHOYE
Winner: Arrival of the First Africans
    in English America
Winner: The journey of a basketball
    player turned filmmaker
Winner: My Friend the Photographer:
    From Preachers to Playboy
Nominee: Clarity
Nominee: Grimoire

Most Terrifying
Winner: The Cabin
Winner: On the Deer King's Land
Winner: The Haunting of Hollywood
Nominee: The Trash Man
Nominee: The Devil’s Left Hand
Nominee: Passengers of the Night
Nominee: Apples, Oranges,
    Lemons & Limes

Best Production Design
Winner: Processing...
Nominee: Goin' Home

No Budget Spirit
Winner: A Dark Life
Winner: Drinking the Red Soda
Nominee: Clarity
Nominee: Leo & August
Nominee: The Trash Man
Nominee: Big Momma's Pizza
Nominee: The Misunderstanding
Nominee: Exodus of Messolonghi
    Thought My Eyes

Best Feature Script
Winner: Reloved
Winner: LA FLASH - A TRILOGY
Nominee: Puppy Love
Nominee: Corey's Hand
Nominee: THE TWO OF US
Best Short Script
Winner: The Catastrophe
Nominee: Thirteen Cents