June 2023 (Winner)

Winners of June 2023

BEST SHORT FICTION FILM

Leave ‘Em in Stitches

Directed by Dakota Cerro

BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM – FICTION

The Girl Next Door

Directed by Danna Gilbertson & Jocelyn Rose Sanchez

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM

Kallithea Springs Of Rhodes

Directed by Stamatis Liontos

BEST SHORT ANIMATION FILM

Shape of the Elephant

Directed by Sam Kuwa

BEST FEATURE FILM

The Monster in their Eyes

Directed by Derek Price

BEST LGBTQ FILM

The Girl Next Door

Directed by Danna Gilbertson & Jocelyn Rose Sanchez

BEST FEMALE FILMMAKER’S FILM

Call me Jeanne

Directed by Daria Berdnikova

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Gold In Them Hills

Directed by Jeremy Johnstone

BEST WEB SERIES

All Fire No Mids

Directed by Matthias MacLeod

BEST TRAILER

OFF SESSIONS

Directed by Omar Sandoval

BEST UKRAINE SHORT FILM

Terra Australis Incognita

Directed by Andrii Andreiev

BEST UKRAINE DIRECTOR

Terra Australis Incognita

Directed by Andrii Andreiev

BEST IRANIAN FILM

COMMAND

Directed by Farshid Abdi

BEST IRANIAN DIRECTOR

3:33

Directed by Azad Sadeghi

BEST IRANIAN SCREENWRITER

Private execution

Written by Sajjad Motaharizadeh

BEST DIRECTOR

Are We Doing This?

Directed by Harvey Puttock

BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR

Silence

Directed by Amen Baran Sahraei

BEST SCREENWRITER

Candy

Written by Jacquelyn Chin

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Unmatch

Cinematography by Soheil Goharipour

BEST EDITOR

CATFIGHT

Edited by Keshhav Panneriy

JURY CHOICE AWARD

From Dust We Came

Directed by J.B. Lawrence

AUDIENCES CHOICE AWARD

Leave ‘Em in Stitches

Directed by Dakota Cerro

FESTIVAL CHOICE AWARD

Torched

Directed by Hoag Kepner

MOST VIEWED FILM

The Young Mozart

Directed by Ali Moazen