OCTOBER 2023 - WINNERS

We are extremely proud to announce the winners for the October contest (in alphabetical order).
Congratulations!!!

 

Best Documentary Feature

1991. Who is your neighbor?

Goran Marsalek

Croatia

 

Best Documentary Short

2023 Hong Kong Neon - Jimmy Lai in Chains

Mark Tarrant

Australia

 

Best Thriller

Best Producers (Josh Brodis, Jordan Henderson)

Best First Time Director

Best Actor (Josh Brodis)

Best Supporting Actor (John Homa)

Best Supporting Actress (Tanya Raisa)

Best Young Actor (Noah Van Ackeren)

Best Cinematography (Arnold Aldridge)

Best Editing (Arnold Aldridge, Josh Brodis)

Best Special FX (Josh Brodis)

Bent Spoons

Josh Brodis, Arnold Aldridge, Lou Castro

USA

 

Best Mystery

Bondage

Alberto Martín-Aragón

Spain

 

Best Documentary Featurette

Best Sound Design

Canto d'Amore

Teodora Ranieri

Italy

 

Best Thriller

Best Original Score (Adam House)

Cold Caller

James Alexander Allen

UK

 

Best Documentary Feature

Covid-19 era

Qing Li

China

Best Fantasy

Best First Time Director

Best Cinematography (Hakki Kaplan)

Best Sound Design (Serkan Gurel)

Egaliter

Orhan Burak Acar

Turkey

 

Best Music Video

Best Director

Best Editing

Best Costume Design

Ego

Adam Lukowski

USA

 

Honorable Mention

Emund

Mohammad Abedi

Iran

 

Best Sci-Fi

Best First Time Director

Best VFX

Eximium Cor - Verdant 9

John Kalning

USA

 

Best Original Screenplay

Fate Bender

Girma Negash

USA

Best Documentary Short

Flickering away

Kodiak Reinson

Canada

 

Best Music Video

Best Director

Best Original Score

Best VFX

Best Special Makeup

Best Trailer

Gothminister: Battle of the Underworlds

Bjørn Alexander Brem, Tor Eigil Scheide

Norway

 

Best Sci-Fi

Green Forge 2030

Mauro Bussani

Italy

 

Best Original Screenplay

Lucky in Long Island 2

Michelle Lynn

USA

 

Best Web Series

Magnetaris

Mimi Garrard

USA

 

Best Animation

Best Director

Best VFX

Northeast - 人世间

Zhiyuan Tian

China

Best Crime

Best Actor (Rafael Kyokai)

Q103

Jesús de Miguel

Spain

 

Best Horror

Best First Time Director

Best Ensemble (Basma Alatrach, Wasif Alkowaldy, Waheeb Khaled, Salah Al Ahmer, Adam Al Kowaldi)

Best Cinematography (Abdulhafeez AL-Bosife)

Best Makeup and Hairsyiling (Abdlmoati Alwsif)

Best Production Design (Khaled Boshroud)

Story of Godia

Mouayed Zabtia

Libya

Best Feature

Best Actress (Alesia Lifantii)

Best Duo (Alesia Lifantii, Mohinder Pal Singh Sobti)

That girl from Ukraine

Mohinder Pal Singh Sobti

Poland

 

Best Original Screenplay

The beautiful tenor - Il bel tenore

Peter Hurwitz

USA

 

Best Experimental

The decisive moment

Dominic Kubisch

Australia

 

Best Drama

Best Director

Best Actor (Bill Wetherill)

Best Actress (Sally Ann Francis)

Best Poster

The Foxhole

John Kestner

USA

 

Best Original Screenplay

The incredibile adventure of a cloth

Renee M. Urgert

Italy

 

Best Animation

Best Producers (Venessa Yap, May Chern Yeoh, Jordan Long)

Best Director

Best Sound Design (Super Red Music)

Best VFX (Kin Jie Chiew, Jayson Wong)

Best Poster

The Muralz

Jeremy Lee

Malaysia

 

Best Romantic

Best Actress (Yirui Song)

Best Supporting Actress (Zena Su)

Windows

Hongtao Guo

Canada

 

Best Documentary Featurette

Yupeng's July

Hongtao Guo

Canada