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SUMMER SEASON 2023 WINNERS

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

by Elio e le Storie Tese
I cancelli di Filippo

directed by ADAMO ANTONACCI

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BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT

I Was Homeschooled

directed by 

Pierce Dunn

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BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A SHORT

hidden lives

directed 

Abraham Lopez

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BEST DIRECTOR IN AN HORROR SHORT

ROBELIO ROBLES

with

COLLECTED

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BEST CAST ENSEMBLE IN A DOCUEMNTARY

seven thousand souls

directed by

 Sanjin Miric

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best CINEMATOGRAPHY

VAHID BIOUTEH 

middle eastern stories:father

directed by Reza daghagh

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BEST DIRECTOR IN A DRAMA

ABRAHAM LOPEZ

Love Ways

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BEST SCREENWRITER

Terry podnar

The Chance

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Best Director

in a

Documentary

Adamo Antonacci

I Mille Cancelli di Filippo

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Best Acting Duo

RICHARD GOSS and JAKE MCDAID 

in FRIED

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BEST PODCAST

"Boost your creativity and bank account with Elena" 

by Elena Denisova-Clark

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Best social awareness documentary

I Mille Cancelli di Filippo

Adamo Antonacci

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BEST PLOT TWIST

UNDER

by

Abraham Lopez

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Honorable Mention

Best Acting Duo

Gabriel Ellis

and 

Chloe Elis Ellis

in LULLABY

by Noah Kinsey

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AWARD OF MERIT

LGBTG+REPRESENTATIOM

Scopophobia

by Elizabeth Durbin

and 

Last gasp

by

Robert Jerome Pagan

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BEST TECHNICAL SCRIPT

EYES and EARS

written by

Mark John Allen

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BEST INSPIRATIONAL DOCUMENTARY

I MILLE CANCELLI DI FILIPPO

directed by

Adamo Antonacci

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A SHORT

Middle Eastern 

Stories : FATHER 

by Reza Daghagh

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BEST STUNT CHOREOGRAPHY

EGO

directed by

Taras Voloshchuk

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BEST SHORT

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FOR CHILD NEVER BORN

directed by

Afsaneh Aghanezhad, Vali Bagheri

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best director

Rob Shiells

the betrayal

directed by 

Abraham Lopez

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BEST VFX

Superheroes

directed by

Rafael De Andrad

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BEST PLOT TWIST

lullaby

directed by

Noah Kinsey

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BEST FAN FILM

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Interlude - A Star Trek Fan Production

Victoria Fox, Joshua Michael Irwin

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Best Actress in a short 

Afsaneh Aghanezhad

For Child Never Born

directed by

Afsaneh Aghanezhad and vali bagheri

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BEST ACTOR IN A SHORT

GABRIEL ELLIS

in

LULLABY

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BEST SHORT SCRIPT

Cult of The Nightwatcher

written by Charles (Charlie) Howard Hoffman (Jr), Cameron Wilson Meade McKee

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AWARD OF MERIT

Chloe Elise ellis

lullaby

by noah Kinsey

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Honorable Mention

Best Short

HARRY WALDMAN

 IN THE BACKSEAT

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AWARD OF MERIT

social issue

middle eastern stories

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For Child Never Born

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Don't breathe

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BEST DOCUMENTARY

even thousand souls 

directed by

 Sanjin Miric

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BEST WEBSERIES

last gap

directed by 

Robert Pagan

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BEST DIRECTING DUO

Victoria Fox, Joshua Michael Irwin

Interlude - A Star Trek Fan Production

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BEST FEATURE SCRIPT

EYES and EARS

written by  

Mark John Alden

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BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR

Alexis Bleiler

DISTANT ROAN

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BEST BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA

Kenzie Phillips

The Betrayal

directed by 

Abraham Lopez

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best production design

Borg Hunters

directed by mark lum

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best director in a student film

Alexis Bleiler

Distant Roan

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best student film

Scopophobia

Elizabeth Durbin

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Best Young

Actress

Aylin Bagheri

For Child Never Born

directed by

Afsaneh Aghanezhad and Vali Bagheri

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BEST ACTOR IN A WEBSERIES

RICHARD GOSS 

in FRIED

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BEST MUSIC VIDEO

TELENOVELA

directed by

Simone Arrighi

performed by Marcello Mereu aka March

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Honorable Mention
BEST PLOT TWIST

FRIED

directed by Richard Goss

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Honorable Mention

Best Cinematography

Don't Breathe by Milad NasimSobhan

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