SPRING WINNERS - 2023
Best Feature Film
One Second at a Time: Battling the Monster of Addiction - US
Best Short Film:
Similitude - US
Best International Film:
Traces on the Wall - Kyrgyzstan
Honorable Mention: Hue - Japan
Honorable Mention: Gladiators - Iran
Honorable Mention: Fatih the Conqueror - France
Best Music Video:
Mystic Prophecy “Hellriot” - Switzerland
Honorable Mention: Blindlove “I Wanna Be Okay” - US
Honorable Mention: Foreign Figures “Fever” - US
Best Original Screenplay:
Dan Clemens & Laurie Clemens Maier “The Dude is Legit!” - US
Honorable Mention: Kevin L. Schewe “Bad Love Tigers” - US
Honorable Mention: TD Heerderks “My Uncommon Brain” - US
Honorable Mention: Casey Greer “Lazarus Games” - US
Best Cinematography:
Hue - Japan
Best Editing:
To the Moon - Canada
Best Director:
Tucker Debevec “Similitude” - US
Best First-Time Director:
Peipei Liu “Burn the Flower” - China
Honorable Mention: Rylee Jensen “The Yellow Room” - US
Honorable Mention: Frank H. Cutler “Marilyn Monroe’s Last Press Conference” - US
Best Assistant Director:
Burn the Flower: Ruby Qu - China
Honorable Mention: Without a Bit - US
Best Actor:
Bakdoolot Abenov “Traces on the Wall” - Kyrgyzstan
Honorable Mention: Noah Kershisnik “Headlamp” - US
Honorable Mention: Danny James “All We Need for Christmas” - US
Best Actress:
Nazanin Askari “Nazpari” - Afghanistan
Honorable Mention: Katharine Taylor “Parenthesis” - US
Honorable Mention: Mahsa Ghoreishi “Naji” - Iran
Best Supporting Actor:
Anthony Lovato “Similitude” - US
Honorable Mention: Emre Ocal “Fatih the Conqueror” - France
Best Supporting Actress:
Neda Maghsoudi “Naji” - Iran
Honorable Mention:
Chiaki Saito “Hue” - Japan
Jacquline Cabrera “The Yellow Room” - US
Best Music Score:
Forgotten Song - Poland
Honorable Mention: Jason Ruffoni “Similitude”
Best Producer:
Gay Lynn Smith, Nathan Steve Smith “Mabel and George”
Best Documentary:
KATU - The Traditional Brazilian Family - Brazil
Honorable Mention: Thuggin’ A New Generation
Best LGBTQ+ Film:
BOYCAM - Brazil
Best Comedy:
Opposing Counsel - US
Best Drama Film:
Where Do We Go From Here? - US
Honorable Mention: Parenthesis - US
Best Horror Film:
I am not here - Denmark
Honorable Mention: Haunted - US
Honorable Mention: Bloody Red - Iran
Best Action/Adventure Film:
Secrets of the Temple: A Star Wars Fan Film - US
Best Thriller Film
PUSH
Best Sci-Fi/AI Film:
Neuro-Prime - US
Best VFX:
Hero-Riseman - Korea
Best Fan Film:
The Path of the Greys - Netherlands
Best Fantasy Film:
My Partner Giraffe - Iran
Honorable Mention: The Forager - US
Best Makeup/FX Makeup:
Secrets of the Temple: A Star Wars Fan Film - US
Honorable Mention:
Mystic Prophecy “Hellriot” - Switzerland
Best Experimental Film:
The Importance of Strange Perceptions: Episode 2 - Knowledge is Good - US
Honorable Mention: I Killed You a Dozen Times - Belgium
Best Family Film:
All We Need for Christmas - US
Best Animated Film:
Looking for a 6th String - US
Best Wardrobe:
All We Need for Christmas - US
Best Production Design:
Secrets of the Temple: A Star Wars Fan Film - US
Best Sound Design:
Neuro-Prime - US
Best Lighting:
Hue - Japan
Best Focus/Follow-Focus:
Fatih the Conqueror - France
Best Grip:
Fatih the Conqueror - France
Best Story:
Parenthesis - US
Honorable Mention: Traces on the Wall - Kyrgyzstan
Best Stunt Work:
Secrets of the Temple: A Star Wars Fan Film - US
Honorable Mention: Fatih the Conqueror - France
Best Proof of Concept:
Neverland PD - US
Best TV/Web Series Episode:
Neverland PD - US
Best Actor Under 18:
Arad Dehghan Nayyen “Gladiators” - Iran
Best Actress Under 18:
Scarlett Hazen “All We Need for Christmas”
Best Micro-Short
Couch Potato - US
Honorable Mention: Day of the Dead - Canada
Best Ensemble Cast:
Marilyn Monroe’s Last Press Conference - US
Honorable Mention: Similitude - US
Best Metal/Progressive Song:
Mystic Prophecy “Hellriot” - Switzerland
Best Psychedelic Song:
why Carson “Dance With Me”
Best Contemporary Song:
The Forager “Maybe You’ll Be There”
Best Alternative/Indie Song:
Blindlove “I Wanna Be Okay”
Best Rock Song:
West of House “Entwined”
Best Student Film:
Spoonful - US