2023 AWARD WINNERS 

WRITTEN WORD COMPETITION:

Synopsis for Film or Television (2 pages or less)

WINNER: GAME FAINT SIGNALS-Alice N.York

 

SHORT SCRIPTS (under 10 pages)

WINNER: CANDY PUPPET-Angela Lorenza Daza

 

SCRIPTS AND TELEPLAYS (under 40 pages)

WINNER: ROMEO & JULIO -Evie Abat

 

COMEDY FEATURE SCRIPTS AND SCREENPLAYS:

WINNER: EXPIRED-Wendy Braff

 

BEST LGBTQ SCRIPT:

WINNER: GENDER SWITCH-Tristan Venture

DRAMATIC FEATURE SCRIPS AAND SCREENPLAYS:

WINNER: MAD ART GALLERY-Diane Lansing

 

UNDER 10 minutes LONG SHORT:
BEST SHORT SHORT COMEDY:

WINNER: LASHING OUT-Dionne Wynn

 

BEST SHORT SHORT DRAMA:

WINNER: UNTHINKABLE CONVERSATIONS: Emma Richardson

 

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY:
THE EXCHANGE GIRL-George Larkin

 

ELEVEN MINUTES AND OVER SHORT FILMS:
BEST SHORT COMEDY:

WINNER: LIKE GOING TO A HARDWARE STORE FOR BREAD-Roque Nonini

 

BEST SHORT DRAMA:

WINNER: THE CONSEQUENCE-Kammy Darweish

 

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY:

WINNER: JFK: THE THREE MILES-Pamela Finn

 

BEST ACTRESS:

WINNER: Laura Isabel Figueroa for MY LITTLE GIRL

BEST DIRECTOR:
WINNER: Faye Brenner for PROMISES

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR:
WINNER: Nadine Wilson for WUSS

 

BEST FOREIGN FILM:

WINNER: AZRAEL-SELIN Uzal

BEST HORROR FILM:

WINNER: 77-Kim Kopf

 

BEST LGBTQ:
WINNER: DOGFRIEND/HUNDEFREUND-Maissa Lihedheb

BEST DRAMEDY:

WINNER: DAD’S GONE WILD-Evie Abat

BEST THRILLER:
WINNER: LENA-Joanne Verbos

 

BEST ACTION:

WINNER: VIDA-Maria Valdez

 

BEST ANIMATION:

WINNER: BON BON VOYAGE-Emma Ream

BEST EXPERIMENTAL: 

WINNER: YEKI BOOD YEKI NABOOD-Yasmin Sanie Hay

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

WINNER: MIGRATING TEXTILES-Khatia Maglakelidze

 

BEST HUMAN SPIRIT AWARD:

WINNER: I AM STILL HERE-Lulu Valencia

 

BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM:

WINNER: Pemón -Brandon Pestano

 

BEST FEMINIST FILM:

WINNER: BACKLOG- Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal

 

BEST FEMALE DRIVEN CAST:

WINNER: BUMPED- Mahaneela”

 

BEST FEMALE PROTAGONIST:

WINNER: LILLIAN-Cathy Elizabeth Tyson

 

MOST INNOVATIVE FILM:

WINNER: MONOCHROMATIC-Karen Bryson

 

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AWARD:

WINNER: BIENVENUDOS A LOS ANGELES- Lisa Cole

 

BEST SOCIAL CHANGE:
WINNER: HOLLY RAMSAY: THE TALK-Holly Ramsay

 

BEST SOCIAL COMMENTARY:
WINNER: GOING HOME-Alessandra Carlino
 

BEST SCI-FI:
WINNER: LAST SHOW IN RAMSGATE-Joanne Postlewaite

BEST STUDENT FILM:

WINNER: COLONIZED: THE LARGEST GENOCIDE-Dr. Priyadarshini G. Roy

 

BEST SOCIAL IMPACT:
WINNER: THE RESCUE-Tess Cacciatore

 

BEST MICROSHORT:
WINNER: OVERDOSE- Elif Sahin

 

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:
WINNER: LE BALLON BLEU-Katherine Griffin

 

BEST COMMUNITY FILMMAKER AWARD:
WINNER: Jacqueline Ayala for LA SIGUANABA

 

BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOC: 

WINNER: LEVI BECOMING HIMSELF-Shannon Kaplun

 

BEST HISTORICAL DOCUDRAMA: INHERIT THE LAND-Cylk Cozart

 

BEST LGBTQ FEATURE FILM: LET’S MEET HALFWAY- Dana Dveris & Max Schmitz.

 

BEST FEATURE FILM AWARD: RUDY-Shona Auerbach.