These are the winners of awards of August – September 2023
Main category
BEST FILM – ASPIC – Ottavia Starace, Giorgia Moraca – Italy
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM – Addiction – Vinith Bejugam – Usa
BEST EUROPEAN FILM – Reprise – Kenji Ouellet – Germany
BEST ITALIAN FILM – Primo appuntamento – Andrea D’Agostino, Rocco Boschetti – Italy
BEST AMERICAN FILM – Hey Alexa – Xochi Blymyer – Usa
BEST ASIAN FILM – Nightmare – Baby Sun – China
BEST MICRO SHORT – Two Birds, One Hat – Taylor Mills – Usa
BEST SUPER SHORT – Too Much, Not Enough – Hugh Vo – Usa
BEST MEDIUM LENGHT – Yiacemi – Michael Tigkiridis – Greece
BEST LOW BUDGET FILM – Saint Brigid’s Cloak – Brigid Slevin – Ireland
BEST DOCUMENTARY – The Nature Doc – Episode 1: Mating Season – Brady Jacquin – Usa
BEST ANIMATION FILM – Hinter-Land – Christopher Angus – Canada
BEST INCLUSIVE FILM – Alice, my father! – Fernando Cunha Jr – Brazil
BEST SILENT FILM – Homebuoy – Graham Hebron – United Kingdom
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM – Bunuelesque – Hippogryph Films – United Kingdom
Technical Awards:
BEST DIRECTOR – The M Word – Shane Poss Crosland – Australia
BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR – Disconnect – Riley Wadden – Canada
BEST EDITING – Lifeless – Maria Collette Sundeen – Usa
BEST SCREENPLAY – Duvar Duvar – Yusuf Ölmez – Turkey
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – The Dread – David Piersaul – Usa
BEST SOUNDTRACK – Bloody Fury – Salvatore Sangiovanni, Susan DiBonna – France
BEST VFX – 4D – Laurence Rosier Staines – Australia
BEST ACTOR/ACTRESS – I Walk With Ghosts – Jimmy Thornton – Usa
BEST PRODUCER – The Last Embrace – Andrew Petersen, Diego Contreras, Paul Meyers – Usa
BEST TITLE – Archeìo – Jonathan Moratal – Switzerland
BEST MOVIE POSTER – NeRDMAN or (The Unexplainable Imagination of Reece Fisher) – Erica Sherwood, Jason Lupish – Canada –
Film style awards:
BEST ROY ANDERSSON – Man in the Mountain – Dennis Trombly – Usa
BEST JIM JARMUSH – Wonder mag – Joe Quartararo – Usa
BEST WES ANDERSON – Trundle and the Lost Borscht of Atlantis – Laura Lee – Usa
BEST WOODY ALLEN – Snapshot – Lowie Sobry – Belgium
BEST MARIO MONICELLI – Due Mondi Separati – Marianna Sciveres – Italy
BEST KEN LOACH – Over and Over again – Ying Zhu – China
BEST SERGIO LEONE – Balas Y Boleros – A Mariachi tale – Carlos Diaz – Usa
BEST STANLEY KUBRICK – A Tale of Wilting Flowers – Keya Saxena – Usa
BEST MEL BROOKS – Mr. Mimoto – Govind Chandran – United Kingdom
BEST QUENTIN TARANTINO – Last Call, Midnight – Larry Rosen – Usa
BEST FEDERICO FELLINI – Fili – Serena Carignola – Italy
BEST HAYAO MIYAZAKI – Who Lost a Dream? – Asaf Rahamim – Canada
BEST EMIR KUSTURICA – The Creature – Louise Devery – Usa
BEST JOEL AND ETHAM COEN – Swipe Right – Lucy Turner – Usa
BEST SAM RAIMI – Nevermore – Sheida Sheikhha – Czech Republic
Script Awards:
BEST SCRIPT – Another day in polka-topia – Phil Ginsburg – Usa
BEST EUROPEAN SCRIPT – Somewhere over the Rainbow – Helga Absalom – Netherlands
BEST ABSURD SCRIPT – The Chance – Terry Luke Podnar – Usa
BEST SUPER SHORT SCRIPT – A Night Out – Robert LoBianco – Usa
Other:
BEST MUSIC VIDEO – Delicious – Alisher Mishelyov – Kazakhstan
Absurd Awards:
BEST WANNABE ABSURD (we know reality can be absurd) – Open Up – Lisa Burling – Canada
BEST YOU’RE LUCKY (RANDOM AWARD) – Under Offer – Vincenzo Pellegrino – United Kingdom
BEST YOU HAVE A GOOD PUSHER – Capricieux’s Quest – C.A. Nicola – Usa
BEST IT DESERVED AN AWARD SO WE CREATED ONE – Boop – Sara Newton – Usa
BEST ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA – Along Came Ruby – Riccardo Suriano – Usa
BEST ITALIANS DO IT BETTER – La Ballata dei Miserabili – Giovanni Suriano – Italy
BEST FEMALE CHOICE (we all have PMS) – Lotus – Beau Thompson – Usa
BEST FONT – Maybe Nymph – Joanna Mamede – Brazil
BEST BACK TO THE FUTURE – Secrets of Memory – André Rodrigues – Brazil
BEST PLOT TWIST – Wicked Plans – Lee Chambers – Canada
BEST REQUIEM – Aim Point – Keishi Suenaga – Japan
BEST VILLAIN – The Girl With the Haunted Vagina – Samantha O’Rourke – United Kingdom
BEST DON’T WATCH IT WHEN YOU’RE EATING – The Orchard – Kathryn Carmichael – United Kingdom
BEST LIE – While The Cat’s Away… – Aaron Carroll – Australia
BEST IT SHOULD BE PORN – A Curious Woman – Kelby Thwaits – Usa
Honorable Mention
They are watching you – Quentin Bernard – France
Lazy – Alessandro Mignacca – Italy
Edge of Alright – Martin McDougall – United Kingdom
Nirvana – Nikolas Keskilammi – Finland
DeadHead – Virginia Powers Hendry – Usa
Genkaku: Tonari No On’nanoko – Uğur Onat – Turkey
Green Forge 2030 – Mauro Bussani – Italy
Accursed Box – Alan Natale – Usa
The Operator – Paul Rowe – Usa
The Call – Sam Di Vito – Italy
F<cking Wallpaper – Carol Dorn – Usa
Vijaya Dashami – Shri Krishna Venugopalan – India
Saturday Night at the Pearson’s – Cody Gidley – Usa
The wolf – M. Gatewood – Usa
Starry Eyed – Al Braatz – Canada
Legacy – Diamond Keener – Usa
