WINNERS WINTER EDITION 2023

Best Short Film
Winner
The old lie (Cathinca Verlaek, Netherlands)
Honorable Mention
Shared psychosis (Paolo Furino, Felice Antignani, Italy)

Best Short Documentary
Winner
The Ascension Series - Hamish Frost (Emma Crome, Matt Pycroft , ?)

Best Student Film
Winner
Hidden Love (Hanmo Wu, China)

Best Super Short
Winner
She does not. (Alexander Ploier, Austria)

Best Drama
Winner
Echoes of Memories (Cristina Caballero,)

Best Comedy
Winner
Who gives a s***?! (Isaac Morantus Dominican Republic)
Honorable Mention
Boss of the Toss (Chris Harboldt, USA)

Best Animation
Winner
Am I a painter?/ Czy jestem malarzem? (Michał Kucharski, Poland)

Golden Shorts Experimental
Winner
My Digital Truth (Swen Werner, UK)
Honorable Mention
Anthem of the Lamb (Xincheng Song, China)

Best Thriller
Winner
My Digital Truth (Swen Werner,UK)
Honorable Mention
Surrender (Raphael Buisson, USA)

Best Sci-fi
Winner
Orbit (Nony Geffen, Israel)

Best Action
Winner
Shattered Remedy (Dmitry Kulak, USA)

Best Inspirational
Winner
Road Home (Stepan Sokolov, Best Inspirational)

Best Female Film
Winner
Seen (Olivia Martini, USA)

Best TV Series - Pilot
Winner
Synesthesia - Chapter 1: Neuroception (Wesley James Trisnadi, USA)

Best Music Video
Winner
TECH22 (Noah Rosa, Austria)

Best Director Music Video
Winner
Derin Mevzular (Ecem Lawton, Turkey)

Best Director Short Film
Winner
THE CURSE EFFECT (Gregg Jaden, USA)

First-time Director
Winner
The Two Gambits (Matthew Hazandras, UK)
Honorable Mention
Shee (John Sweeney, Ireland)


Best Female Director
Winner
The finger and the moon (Rossella Bergo, Italy)

Best Male Director
Winner
2 Rue des Tilleuls (Yann DUBOIS, France)

Best Actor
Winner
Hashing it Out (Bob Mclean , USA)
Hononrable Mention
Release (Sasan Behroozian, Iran)

Best Duo
Winner
Breakdown (Gabriel Tibi, France)

Best Environmental Film
Winner
home (Sue Schroeder, Adam Larsen, USA)

Best Short Script
Winner
Long Way Home (Terry Podnar, USA)

Best First-Time Screenwriter
Winner
Tangled Tails (Oleg Aurel Condrea, Moldova)

WINNER OF THE THIRD YEAR BEST SHORT FILM AWARD
2022/23 - SUMMER EDITION


Best Short film

Winner
The Past (Jin Hsueh, Taiwan)
Honorable Mention
TRIM (Josiah Persad, USA)
OKMO (Lola Dubettier, Romain Perset, France)

Best Shorts: Documentary
Winner
The Walk (Jonny Stern, Germany)
Honorable Mention
Latin Music - The Documentary (Akemi Giura, Gustavo Romero, USA)

Best Shorts: Student
Winner
The Prince's Dilemma (Devin Rowe, USA)

Best Shorts: Super Short
Winner
Dogma (Jayde Fairley, New Zealand)

Best Drama Short Film
Winner
Perfect Strangers (DAISUKE KAMIJYO, Japan)

Best Comedy Short Film
Winner
Déjà Vu (Chris Gau, UK)

Best Short Thriller
Honorable Mention
Pyrocene (Katelyn Downing, USA)

Best Shorts: Animation
Winner
Heroes of Bronze (Martin Klekner, Czech Republic)
Honorable Mention
A Return Letter (Jinglei Shu, China)

Best Shorts Experimental
Winner
Reue - Regret (Duc Bao Bui, Germany)
Honorable Mention
Precious Balance Walk (Felicia Konrad, Johan Haugen, Sweeden)

Best Short Sci-Fi Film
Winner
Interrogation (Steve Garratt, UK)

Best Western
Winner
The Weight of the Badge (John Marrs, USA)

Best Shorts War Film
Winner
The Irrepressible (Stefan Köhler Pellegrini, Denmark)

Best LGBT Short Film
Winner
Things Left Unsaid (Daniele Catini, Italy)

Best Female Director Short Film
Winner
Bird (Kalina Lukanova, Czech Republic)

Best First-time Director
Winner
Weil Ihr Nur Eure Hunde Liebt (Cause You Only Love Your Dogs) (Chehad Ali Abdallah, Germany)

Best Actor Short Film
Winner
Fili (Peter Filimaua, USA)

Best Ensemble
Winner
Crack a Smile (Levy Claude, France)
Honorable Mention
Staying Silent (Luke Maund, UK)

Best Child/Young Actor
Winner
Happy Meal (Avia Makovsky, Yuval Shatz, Israel)

Best Music Video
Winner
TALK (Zishan Sun, USA)

Best Experimental Music Video
Winner
Mom told you so (Cécile Cournelle, France)

Best Editing
Winner
Kallithea Springs Of Rhodes (Stamatis Liontos, Greece)

Best European Film
Winner
Detour (Péter Bence Ocsenás, Hungary)

Best Original Screenplay
Winner
The Visit (Hoyt Hilsman, USA)

Best Short Script
Winner
Overdue (Janna Jones, USA)

Best Super Short Script
Honorable Mention
Postage Due (Janna Jones, USA)

Best Television Script
Winner
THE MONGREL. PILOT "The Seed-Bearers." Web Series (Lynn Elliott, USA)

WINNER OF THE THIRD YEAR BEST SHORT FILM AWARD
2022/23 - FALL EDITION


Best Short Film
Winner
The Rat (Baimukhamedov Zhantemir, Kazachstan)

Best Shorts: Documentary
Winner
Swim Through (Robert Whitney, USA)

Best Shorts: Student
Winner
Aeterna (Camille Combes , France)

Best Shorts: Super Short
Winner
The Field (Ed Vela, USA)

Best Shorts: Animation
Winner
10:35 (Alan Sánchez, Mexico)

Best Shorts: Experimental
Winner
Amber & Green (Alexandru Florin .Buliga, Romania)

Best Shorts: Sci-Fi Film
Winner
Il Nome/The Name (Renato Paone, Francesco Eramo Puoti, Italy)

Best Shorts: War Film
Winner
WELLSPRING (Jeffrey Smith Quizon, Philippines)

Best Director Short Film
Winner
Bad Vintage: A Randy Tale (Ben Élie, USA)

Best First-time Director
Winner
Komorebi (Benjamin Payet, France)

Best Director Student Short Film
Winner
If They Ask What It is; It Is a Leaf (İdil Oğuzhan, Turkey)

Best Actor
Winner
Amber & Green (Alexandru Florin .Buliga, Romania)

Best Actress
Winner
Bad Vintage: A Randy Tale (Ben Élie, USA)

Best Child Actress
Winner
Camila Hunck (Ane Fuentes, Spain)

Best Music Video
Winner
MY MEISIE (Pedro Henrique Mosca Marques, Brazil)

Best Make Up Artist
Heaven's Gap (Robert Berg, USA)

Best Short Script
Winner
Teacher Problems (Kari Whaley, USA)

Best Super Short Script
Winner
THE FANTASTICAL ORIGIN STORY OF HENRY HERO (Peter-William Jamieson, USA)

Best Medium-Length Script
Winner
Wildfire's Determination (Michael angel Johnson, USA)

Best Shorts: Animation

Winner

Heroes of Bronze (Martin Klekner, Czech Republic)


Honorable Mention

A Return Letter (Jinglei Shu, China)


Best Shorts Experimental
Winner

Reue - Regret (Duc Bao Bui, Germany)


Honorable Mention

Precious Balance Walk (Felicia Konrad, Johan Haugen, Sweeden)


Best Short Sci-Fi Film

Winner

Interrogation (Steve Garratt, UK)

Best Western

Winner

The Weight of the Badge (John Marrs, USA)

Best Shorts War Film

Winner

The Irrepressible (Stefan Köhler Pellegrini, Denmark)

Best LGBT Short Film

Winner

Things Left Unsaid (Daniele Catini, Italy)

Best Female Director Short Film

Winner

Bird (Kalina Lukanova, Czech Republic)



First-time Director

Winner

Weil Ihr Nur Eure Hunde Liebt (Cause You Only Love Your Dogs) (Chehad Ali Abdallah, Germany)



Best Actor Short Film

Winner

Fili (Peter Filimaua, USA)



Best Ensemble

Winner

Crack a Smile (Levy Claude, France)


Honorable Mention

Staying Silent (Luke Maund, UK)


Best Child/Young Actor

Winner

Happy Meal (Avia Makovsky, Yuval Shatz, Israel)



Music Video
Winner

TALK (Zishan Sun, USA)



Best Experimental Music Video

Winner

Mom told you so (Cécile Cournelle, France)


Best Editing

Winner

Kallithea Springs Of Rhodes (Stamatis Liontos, Greece)

Best European Film

Winner

Detour (Péter Bence Ocsenás, Hungary)


Best Original Screenplay

Winner

The Visit (Hoyt Hilsman, USA)

Best Short Script

Winner

Overdue (Janna Jones, USA)

Best Super Short Script

Winner


Honorable Mention

Postage Due (Janna Jones, USA)

Best Medium-Length Script

Winner


Best Television Script

Winner

THE MONGREL. PILOT "The Seed-Bearers." Web Series (Lynn Elliott, USA)


WINNER OF THE THIRD YEAR BEST SHORT FILM AWARD
2022/23 - WINTER EDITION

 Golden Prize: Short film
Two Dancers One Love (Denise Blasor, USA)
Honorable Mention
Start New Game (Shai Ezra, Israel)
Hating Beckett (Matthew Gossin, USA)
The New Beginning (Tanja Simonovska, Macedonia)
Un ECLAT D´AMOUR INCOMPRHÉNSIBLE (DANTE SILVA, Mixico)

Golden Shorts: Documentary
Mourning Without Evening (Beate Petersen, Norway)

Golden Shorts: Student
A Long Cherished Wish (Zhenyu Chen, China)
Honorable Mention
Going Home (Aineias Babulis, UK)
The Speech (Ziyi Feng, China)

Golden Shorts: Super Short
Art of Crossing (Tobiasz Wałkiewicz, Poland)

Golden Shorts: Low Budget
Perspectives (Veronica Nichols, USA)

Golden Shorts: Drama
Red Pen (Abdou EL MESNAOUI, Morrocco)

Golden Shorts: Comedy
Stationheads (Stu Gamble, Hungary)
Honorable Mention
Enuco (Giorgio Perrig, Italy)

Golden Shorts: Low Budget Short
Bed Heads (Georgina Peppe, USA)
Honorable Mention
Are You Asleep? (Luiza Komorowska, Poland)
Interlude (Peter Čermák, Slovakia)

Golden Shorts: Animation
Ed's Last Will (Lisa Wen Dou, John Xiaoliang Wang, USA)

Golden Shorts: Experimental
Dystopia (Thanos Angelis, Cyprus)

Best Director Short Film
gam Kkot hyang (jae hong park, Republic of Korea)

Best Director Drama Short Film

Forbidden Love on the Shores of Greece (Joshua Bransgrove, UK)

Best First-time Director
Archimétrica (Jose Luis Serzo, Spain)

Best Female Director Short Film
The Bohemian and The Young People (Julie Ducrocq, France)

Best Music Video
The Last Star (ValOne, France)

Best Screenwriter
Dark Realities (Pamela PerryGoulardt, USA)

Best Actor

The Library (Geraldine Ottier, Italy)

Best Cinematography

Antechamber (Camille Combes, France)

Best LGBT
Hush (Alex Merkin, USA)

Best Short Script
“Hallelujah” (Zeff Lawless, Spain)

WINNER OF THE THIRD YEAR BEST SHORT FILM AWARD
2022/23 - AUTUMN EDITION


Golden Prize: Short film
Winner
FRANK (Julius Kuyper, Jenna Schoon, Netherlands)

Golden Shorts: Documentary
Winner
The State of Dissent (Roshaan Khattak, UK)

Honorable Mention
The Loneliness of Lizards  (Christopher Kaufmann, Germany)

Golden Shorts: Student
Winner
Placebo (Liyi Li, China)


Honorable Mention
Ascendant (Titus Gustafson, USA)
The Air Balloon  (Xihe Huang, China)

Golden Shorts: Super Short
Winner
Based On A Grimm Fairytale (Corey Ringsell, UK)


Honorable Mention
Stories (Alban Coret, France)

Golden Shorts: Low Budget
Winner
Mermaids (Pierre Bessette, France)

Golden Shorts: Drama
Winner
A Warm Spring's Night (Domenico Saverni, Italy)

Golden Shorts: Comedy
Winner
Beep (Allan Plenderleith, UK)

Golden Shorts: Horror
Winner
Check the Locks (Eric Larson, USA)


Golden Shorts: Animation
Honorable Mention
The Egret River (Wan-Ling Liu, Taiwan)


Golden Shorts: Experimental
Winner

My Mother´s Last Dance (Ivan Knyazev, Russia)

Best Director Short Film
Winner
De Nada (Sheridan Philipp)

Best First-time Director
Winner
FRANK (Julius Kuyper, Jenna Schoon, Netherlands)


Best Music Video
Winner
Zadig/Človek (Andrea Pátková, Adam Čurko, Viktoria Voržáčková, Slovakia)


Best Director Music Video
Honorable Mention
Cod'ine (Sasha Travis, USA)

Best Actress
Winner
Ace Date (Rodnesa Green, USA)

Best Cinematography
Winner
Unrest (Kyle Gilmore, USA)


Honorable Mention
Howl (Javicia Leslie, USA)


Best VFX
Honorable Mention
Vivid (Jesse Fraire, USA)

WINNER OF THE THIRD YEAR BEST SHORT FILM AWARD 

2022/23 - SUMMER EDITION


Grand Prix - Short Film:
Delivery to Hell (Mickael Drai, France)

Golden Prize: Short film
流浪剧院 - The Wandering Theatre (佳益 李, China)

Golden Shorts: Documentary
Teacher of Patience (Carmen Vincent, USA)

Golden Shorts: Student
Théo (Tanya Larcinese, France)

Golden Shorts: Super Short
Everything I Could (Christopher Armienti, USA)

Golden Shorts: Low Budget
The locked door (Dmitry Badera, Ukraine)

Golden Shorts: Drama
Sweat (David Allain, UK)

Honorable Mention
NAMELESS (Gisella Gobbi, Italy)

Golden Shorts: Comedy
FLAWLESS (LEVY CLAUDE, France)

Honorable Mention
The Packages (Kevin Reeves, Canada)

Golden Shorts: Animation
The Snake Chief (Nick Cloete, South Africa)

Honorable Mention
IDENTITY (Carlos Jose De Faria, UK)

Golden Shorts Experimental
The Mask (Hanka Brulinska, Poland)

Honorable Mention
The Noise (Matthew U Agustin, USA)

Best Director Short Film
Welcome to Candy's (Sabine Crossen, France)

Best First-time Director
Memories of the Moon (Antoine Dricot, Belgium)

Best Female Director
Dance Steps (Silvia Monga, Italy)

Best Director Drama Short
ANNAVESPA (Clelia Di Briggido, Italy)

Best Actor
Onyx (Guilherme Giz, Brazil)

Best Actress
Ofelia (Beatriz Aguirre, USA)

Best Cinematography
Stall (Arlo Grey Gordon, USA)

Best LGBT
Spiritus Dei (África Muñoz López, Spain)

Best Music Video
COPIKORRUPT — Seems Like Human Corrupted (Igor Eyt, Alexandr Krasnovitskii)

WINNERS OF THE BEST SHORT FILM AWARD 2022


Golden Short Film
The Box (Brock Keller, UAE)

Honorable Mention
Cranberry Juice (Ani Novakovic, Austria)
KOLD (Marley Hasselbach, Denmark)
The Gift (Vince Mirabile, USA)

Golden Shorts: Documentary
A Moment In Time (James Bell, USA)

Honorable Mention
The Clown Without A Mask (Oskar Dektyar, USA)
Experience The Adirondacks (Dev Walker, USA)
All That Glitters is Bronze (Jinji Sayson, USA)

Golden Shorts: Student
Greedy Shadow (Korea, Ji Hae Yoon)

Honorable Mention
A Dance Through Time (Michael Carzo, Derrick Caballes, Australia)
Sindustry (Emily Anne Lemoine, USA)
Who Dares? (Vlada Mishina, Russia)
Drowning (João Lopes, Portugal)


Golden Shorts: Super Short
Film
Mixed Signals (Wayne Gibson, USA)

Honorable Mention
JUST A LITTLE (Hanna Gruber, Austria)
Threshold (Egemen Kum, Turkey)

Golden Shorts: Low Bodget
She's Alive (Elena Kuzovleva, Russia)

Honorable Mention
Pink (Marianne Mosquera, USA)

Golden Shorts: Drama
Parallel Path (Bobby Emprechtinger, USA)

Golden Shorts: Drama
Point Five (Sam Turner, UK)

Honorable Mention
The Plan (Gigi Burgdorf, UK)
Pretty ballerina ()Viktoriia Slopitska , Olena Rubashevska, Ukraine)
UNCLE MAURICE (Xavier Diskeuve, Belgium)

Golden Shorts: Horror
Athame (Dimitrios Karas, Greece)

Golden Shorts: Thriller
Voicemail (Tari Kristine Robinson, USA)

Goleden Shorts: Animation
The Boy and The Mountain (Santiago Aguilera, Gabriel Monreal, Chile)

Honorable Mention
On / Off (Nicolas P. Villarreal, Argentina)
Ruff and Buff (Mee Huh, USA)

Golden Shorts: Experimental
ORION SAGA (Keon Hedayati)

Best
Director
Carmen (Daniel Gómez, Paraguay)

Honorable Mention
Snorrie (Mustachio) (Victoria Warmerdam, Netherlands)

Best
Screenwritter
Kiss Karen - Short Film (Jon Galvez, Indonesia)

Honorable Mention
Snorrie (Mustachio) (Victoria Warmerdam, Netherlands)

Best
Actor
Love Me (ΣΤΑΥΡΟΣ ΤΣΟΥΜΑΝΗΣ, Greece)

Best
Actress
Athanasia (Nataša Perić, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Best Cinematography
WELCOME TO THIERCELIEUX (Cedrick Spinassou, France)

Best
Editor
Trash/glue (Lucy Makhova, Russia)

Best Sound Design
ORION SAGA (Keon Hedayati)

Best
TV Series/Pilot
Time Sisters: The Ultimate Game (Maurycy Chełmiński, Poland)

Best
Action
NIGHT OUT (Nassos Zotis, Greece)

Best
Music Video
Its Not The End of The World (Marielle Tepper, Czech Reppublic)

Best
Short Script
Paid Professional (Katie Fahey, USA)

Best
Drama Screenplay
I don't want to cry (Pablo Fuentes Fernández, Spain)

Honorable Mention
My Town (Lynn Elliott, USA)