Best Short Film
Until Daylight Comes
Madysen Dougherty
USA

Honorable Mention
1:08
Rick Walker
USA

Temple Crimes
Ian John Dixon
Singapore

Trust
Diane Lansing
USA

Becoming Chavela
Joyce Callo
USA

Attic Boys
Fokiya Akhtar
United Arab Emirates

Svensson
Mobin Hozhabri
Sweden

Where The Fish Swim
Adlih Torres
USA

Venus Visited São Paulo
Socorro Lira
Brazil

Man on the Tower
Karl Shefelman
USA

Best Short Documentary
Maroon Fist
Volenté Lloyd
UK

Honorable Mention
To be a Child
Nicholas Dorsey
USA

JUMPMAN
Tom Dey
USA

Sea Squirts, A Cautionary Tale of Oysters in NY Harbor
Diane Orr
USA

The Heart Whisperer
Shaun Monson
USA

Disrupt(ed)
Adriana Teresa Letorney
USA

BERLIN. EVERYTHING'S-CHANGED PLACE
Wolfgang Friedrich Müller
Germany

Beyond the Surface: The Whale Shark Chronicles
Dr.Alongkot Chukaew
Tailand

Terror in Toulouse: Has the Community Recovered?
Lisa Burkhardt-Worley
USA

The Other Side of Despair
Varsy Buchmann
Switzerland

Antarctica Land for All
Patrícia de Azevedo Lima
Brazil

Vélo Love
Abigail Helen Brawley
USA

Western Skies
Chad Windham
USA
Feature Film
Saffron Kingdom
Arfat Sheikh
USA

Honorable Mention
Zu den Sternen
Nicolai Tegeler
Germany

My Motherland
Benoit Cohen
France

Georgia Peach
Mann Robinson
USA

Best Feature Documentary
US Charros
Diego Huerta
USA

Honorable Mention
The Final Round
Lisa A Maydwell
USA

Beyond the Ruins
Brady Skye
USA

STUFF THE WORLD IS MADE OF
Paul Cox
UK

Salmon Run
Pieter J Kruit
USA

Wheels of a Giant
Catarina Accioly
Brazil

Asperger's Syndrome
Amedeo Pesce
Italy

Bill Helman - The WoofDriver
Rod Lopez
USA

Warrior's Journey
Kyle Thomas Bergquist
USA

The Disease Detective Looks at Aphasia
Laura Puccia Valtorta
USA

Best Student Film
Asa, his cat and the Library of Dreams
Craig McNulty
UK

Honorable Mention
Purrseverance
Erin Main
USA

My Own Worst Enemy
Ian Baker
USA

Kocham Cię
Denise de Lange
Netherlands

Bully
Siegfried Pöll
Austria

Best Super Short Film (under 10 min)
This Fil nn is Going to Be About a Sauna
Taliesin Black-Brown
USA

Honorable Mention
My Climate Future
Jonathan Fisher
USA

Rise and Shine
Alessandro Zonin
Italy

Pot Roast
Julie-Anne Liechty
USA

Allergens
Irene Marco
UK

Best American Short Film
Turkey
Tristan Allen
USA

Honorable Mention
NIKO NEWARK
Tracey Washington-Bagley
USA

Best American Feature Film
Ten in Texas
Twila LaBar
USA

Best Indie Short Film (low budget)
Expectations and Other Products
Dali Rust
Lithuania

Honorable Mention
For the Greater Good
Michael Gavino
USA

Angelica
Gianni Carbotti
Italy

DESERT.ED
Ossey James
USA

CLOUDS
Andrea Scopelli
Italy

Brother's Keeper Book 3: Tamara and The King
Devon Mathews
USA

Kind Conversations About Cannabis: Compassionate Veterans
Lesley Nickus
USA

The Last Day
George Apostolidis
USA

vIndie Feature Film (low budget)
Forever One
EO Milvado
USA

Honorable Mention
Sierra's Gold
Adze Ugah
South Africa

I, LAURE DE SADE
Jean-Luc PIACENTINO
France

Best Director Short Film
Verflechtung
Philip Hofmänner, Simon Jonas Pflanzer
Switzerland

Honorable Mention
Wait, Wait, Now!
Ramon Te Wake
New Zealand

Ballad of a Blind Man
Charlie Garcia Vitug
Philippines

Best Director Feature Film
MIRARI
Jérémie Brunel
France

Honorable Mention
The Dream Weekend
Ovidiu Nicolae Georgescu
Romania

Best First Time Director (Short Film)
The Eye of San Salvatore
Roberta D'Aprile
Italy

Honorable Mention
Peepal
Ganesh Hanmantrao Chowgule
India

Baby Shoes
Carli Sanger
USA

Woman's Nature
Alexandra Sakizli
Greece

Death At First Sight
Prateek Sethi
India

Sonata in D
Craig Urquhart
Canada

Lovely
Craig Urquhart
Canada

Best Male Director
Forever One
EO Milvado
USA

Honorable Mention
Sunshine
Manu Kurewa
UK

Best Female Director
Adam & Eva
Priscilla Emprechtinger
USA

Best Drama
Georgia Peach
Mann Robinson
USA

Honorable Mention
A Beautiful Day
Ryan Nunes
USA

Best Comedy
Dumb Rich Sluts
Cara Norris
USA

Best Horror
The Darkened Cottage
Benji Wragg
Australia

Best Thriller
JUNGLE
Ronald Marinakis
Netherlands

Best Director Thriller Film
White Mule
Peter Dobson
USA

Best Animation
Dance with the Reaper
Berta Alsinet, Paula Anglas, Núria Aranda, Martina Berney, Joan Cortit, Laia Domene, David Martín, Carlota Massó, Roger Menta, Víctor Moya, Gisela Torras
Spain

Honorable Mention
A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate
Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, Christina Teenz Tan
Singapore

John Death: Dying for a job
Juan Rivera
Mexico

RIPTIDE
Jorge Rimer, Laura Herrero García
Spain

Tides
Hilla Rosenberg
Israel

Light Headed
Pia Alm
Finland

Nanakorobi (Seven Falls)
Glenna Burmer, Gaby Breiter
USA

Man in a Can
Henk Pringels
Belgium

Best Director Animation Film
Snow Dog
Christina Park, Marisol Salazar Montoya
USA

Honorable Mention
Operation Talus
Sean Cygan
USA

candy
xun ying
China

Best Web Series
Don't Mind If I Don't
Tom Dunn
USA

Best Director Web Series
Men Who Live In Cars
Chelsea Debo
USA

Best TV Pilot
My Brother Lenny
Braneka Bassett
USA

Best Music Video
THE ENTROPY INSIDE THE WORDS
Gianni Salamone
Italy

Honorable Mention
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Grant M Varner
USA

Truth Has Many Lies
Annamaria Pinna
USA

Jungle Out There
Brian Depalma, Todd Barrow
USA

Being Alive
Dirk Walczak
Germany

Best Director Music Video
Lamba
Seyi Kaja
Nigeria

Best Microfilm (under 2 min)
THE FLOOD
DAVID TESSIER
France

Best Experimental
Prism
Cecile George
Trinidad and Tobago

Honorable Mention
PROSOPIKO
ALEXANDRA TZOUANAKI
Greece

Best Sci-fi
While Some Must Sleep
Craig Urquhart
Canada

Honorable Mention
From the Office
Jon Stout
USA

Best LGBTQ
Ja tibia ubju
Silvija Kuodytė
Lithuania

Best Psychological Film
Shadow on the Terrace
Bo-Wei LING
Taiwan

Best Director Psychological Film
The Clench of the Claw
Boco Kim
USA

Best Parody
Bark of Evil
John Kestner
USA

Best Romance Film
The Last Beach
Alessandro Onorato
USA

Honorable Mention
There She Goes
Rogerio Troiani
Brazil

Best Musical/Dance Film
LOVE - The Music That Binds Us
Reilly Stewart, Dan Wilson
Australia

Best Docudrama
Jake & Isa and the Biomes of Brazil
Joao Amorim
Brazil

Best Cinematography
Erzal
Habib Bavi Sajed
United Arab Emirates

Best Editor
Phantom Quartz
Marc David
France

Best Actress
Loving The Bones Of You
dir.: Simon Naylor, Actress: Karen Henthorn
UK

Best Ensemble
Ten in Texas
dir.: Twila LaBar; enseble: Abigail Pfiester Rue, Liz Rogers, Susan Combs,Anne Calaway, Theresa Chambers Stolte, Modesta Williams, Chicora Williams, Brenda Klein, Patti Colbert, Renee Kauffman, Dave Romine, Lilia Falcon, Judson Kauffman
USA

Best Screenplay Contest - Features
Bessie's Place
Adam Sandel
USA

Honorable Mention
Richard Spong
Terry Luke Podnar
USA

I AM LEAPER
Sid Kramer
USA

The Widow Maker
Adam Poulos
USA

Best Screenplay Contest - Shorts
The Caretaker
K.E. Lanning
USA

Honorable Mention
Seventeen Years of Silence
Georgette Diab
USA

Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature Screenplay)
THE CASSANDRA MURDERS
MADELINE DALY PUCCIONI
USA

Honorable Mention
James Justice
John P. Hallar
USA

Best Television Script
Where the Sky Meets the Earth
K.E. Lanning
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildflower of the Valley: Carnal Bloom
Hannah Rose Vernot
USA

Best Comedy Screenplay
Bessie's Place
Adam Sandel
USA

Best Action Screenplay
SPIRALMIND
Benito F Perez, Jackson J Smith
USA

Best Horror Screenplay
AT THE MERCY OF FAITH
Samuel Taylor
USA

Honorable Mention
Cat Lady
Suzan Averitt, Jeff G Peters

Best Short Film
Act of God
Andrew duFresne
USA
Honorable Mention
ÀSAKA
D ( Edduardo Viera )
Spain

half-light
Erin Kathleen O'Connor
Canada

Domino
Nikolaj Larsen, Duncan Pickstock
France

Messy Valentin
Adrian Lungu
Hungary

Gideon The Dinosaur
Neil Zemouli
UK

The Marchionesses
Adrien Selbert
France

Our Loyalties
Alexia Portal
France

Water
Gary Beeber
USA

Song of the Last Lacandon Holy Man
Cole Smothers
USA

Best Short Documentary
The Last Frontier
Sara, Rohit Varma
India

Honorable Mention
Unacceptable Risk: Dr. Margaret Kripke on Cancer and the Environment
Cynthia McKeown
USA

The Art of Confession
Aleksandra Svonja
Serbia

Exploration
Dean Taylor
USA

Reel Wāhine of Hawaiʻi Season 4
Vera Zambonelli, Shirley Thompson, Meleanna Meyer, Amber McClure, Fé Vasquez, Marlene Booth
USA

Parenting Without Screens
Luis Luyando, Willy Martin
USA

Best Feature Film
Field Day
David Winning
USA

Honorable Mention
Hamlet Within
Ken McMullen
UK

Best Feature Documentary
Figures
Rhett Cutrell
USA

Honorable Mention
Minga in Tenaun
Francisco Gedda, Maximo Gedda
Chile

Langobardi - Grimoaldo, the first friulian king
Sandra Lopez Cabrera
Italy

I MILLE CANCELLI DI FILIPPO - THE THOUSAND GATES OF FILIPPO
Adamo Antonacci
Italy

Activismo: Art & Dissidence in Cuba
Philip Richard Sugden
USA

Behind The Station Door
Zahrah Mallie Farmer
USA

Alex Lewis MOUNTAIN
Simon Ratigan
USA

ALPTREES, SUSTAINABLE USE AND MANAGEMENT OF NON NATIVE TREES IN THE ALPINE REGION.
Nicola La Porta
Italy

I Was Murdered 3 Times
Rodrigo Occelli
Mexico

Best Student Film
James' Dance Journey
Ethan Geiger
USA

Super Short Film (under 10 min)
Becoming
Amrita Li Newton
USA

honorable Mention
Everyone deserves a future
Igor Borghi
Italy

Compos Mentis
Edward Brody Almon
USA

Best American Short Film
D-minor
Hayden James Hicks
USA

Best American Director Short Film
D-minor
Hayden James Hicks
USA"

Indie Short Film (low budget)
2 Rue des Tilleuls
Yann Dubios
France

Honorable Mention
Rust
Tim Mountain
UK

Doll#195
Martin Lloyd, Anja Ramaroson, Richard Tomes
UK

Best Indie Feature Film (low budget)
Devil's Paradise
Khatuna Vashadze
Georgia

Honorable Mention
Short Supply
Kevin Molony
UK

Border to Infinity
Herbert Gantner
Austria

Mercy of Others
Damien Giglietta
Australia

Best Director Short Film
Steps to self
Bogdan Anghel
France

Best Director Feature Film
Knee High
Marissa Vonn
USA

Best First Time Director (Short Film)
12th of april
Antonellino Deiddino
Italy
Female Director
Family Fate
Angela Sofia Spörri
Switzerland

Best Drama
Memories of a Forgotten Childhood
Lars Smekal
Germany

Best Director Drama Film
O palhaço que há em nós
Eduardo Robalo
Portugal

Best Comedy
It's the Gravy
Cherie Belle Kerr
USA

Honorable Mention
Housebroken
John Kestner
USA

Director Comedy Film
Bitter Brownies
James Carman
USA

Best Horror
Slaher Sessions
Thomas A Fowler
USA

Best Director Horror Film
Noctambule
Adrien Caulier
France

Best Thriller
The Unknown Girl: The Last Annihilation
Eduard Román Gatnau
Spain

Best Director Thriller Film
Imbroglio
Ian Sciacaluga
UK

Best Animation
Connected
Simeon Sokerov
Bulgaria

Best TV Pilot
Los Aspirantes -The Applicants-
María Yolanda Brown Melián, Kevin Ramos Fernández
Spain

Best Director TV Pilot
Whitey On The Run
Donald Watson
USA

Best Music Video
Nightwish-Perfume Of The Timeless
Ville Lipiainen
Finland

Honorable Mention
ONE
Brice Blanloeil
USA

Even Less
Asaf Ovsiannikov
Israel

Lies & Goodbyes
Keanu Cordero
USA

BLU-SWING / Kurage : Jellyfish (Music Video)
Shigehito Kawada
Japan

Brooke Josephson - Good Kinda Tired - Official Music Video
Michelle Bossy
USA

Spoiler Alert
Robert Goc
USA

Best Director Music Video
McKenna Michels MONSTER
Nicholas Nephi Peterson
USA

Honorable Mention
Derin Mevzular
Ecem Lawton
Israel

Best Experimental
WOMANIFESTO II
Efi Spyrou
Greece

Honorable Mention
Monika
Christophe PHILIPPE
Switzerland

The Real Siege
Jiby Jacob
Australia

Best Sci-fi
Gift
GRAHAM J NORTHRUP
USA

Best Fantasy
Nostalmagia
Simon Sciacovelli
USA

The Fork in the Road
CAROLYN JENNIFER CORKINDALE
Australia

Best LGBTQ
Conte: Transitioning Politics
Daniel Leonard Bernardi
USA

Honorable Mention
BREAKING THROUGH
Siham Bel
France

Best Psychological Film
AMENDS OF THE FATHER
Stephen Sorrentino
USA

Best Romance Film
The Chosen One
Suat Yen Lim
Singapore

Best Musical/Dance Film
Frankenstein
Joe LoBianco
USA

Best Cinematography
The Axe
Martin McDougall
UK

Best Costume Design
Metanoia
Miriam Kelleher
Ireland

Best Actor
Knee High
dir. Marissa Vonn, actor: Michael Ridley
USA

Best Commercial / Promotional Video
Prince & The New Power Generation Live at Glam Slam Trailer
Scott McCullough
USA

Best Screenplay Contest - Features
No Olvidado
d. b. Roderick
USA

Honorable Mention
HEARTSTONE
Michael Williams, Robert Biheller, Phillip Margolin
USA

Best Screenplay Contest - Shorts
The Nephew
Helen Georgiou
Australia

Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature Screenplay)
Dark Hours
Michael Silva
USA

Best Television Script
The Age of the Empath
Steve Brown
USA

Honorable Mention
Salem Aftermath Episode 1. A Town Divided
Tom Phillips
USA

Best Comedy Screenplay
Hanging Buddy
John Kestner
USA

WINNERS WINTER EDITION 2023

GOLDEN DOC:
Best Feature Documentary
Winner
System Change - A story of growing resistance (Klaus Sparwasser, Germany)
Honorable Mention
ON THE OTHER SIDE (Nikolay Rusakiev Rusakiev, Bulgaria)

Europe Documentary
Winner
The Palace of the Citizens (Sofia Anna Katarina Wikström, Sweden)

Asia & Australia Documentary
Winner
Our Voice, Our Heart (Laurens Goud, Justin Grant, Australia)

***

Best Documentary About a Person
Winner
The Decisive Moment (Dominic Kubisch, Austria)

Best Documentary About a Theme: History
Winner
Lombard Women (Simone Vrech, Sandra Lopez Cabrera, Italy)

Best Female Director
Winner
The Bus Savior (Fanny Ben David, Israel)