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March 16 - March 19 , 2023

Best Acting Duo

Winner  

Kim Hopkins, Abigail Breslin for The Cannibals

Best Action

Winner  

Ramin Sohrab  for Layers of Lies

Best Animated Film

Winner  

Kami Shefer  for MUSHKILE’

Nominee

Nicolas P. Villarreal  for On / Off

Best Cinematographer

Winner  

Christian Ghammachi  for Adventures of Aya – Dubai

Best Comedy

Winner  

Kim Hopkins, Abigail Breslin  for The Cannibals

Best Dance Film

Winner  

Sandra Seixas  for Onde Mora Você em Mim

Best Director

Winner  

Paul Taublieb  for Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear

Best Documentary Film

Winner  

Paul Taublieb  for Ground Swell: The Other Side of Fear

Nominee

Fletcher Barnes, Henry Davis  for Beyond The Beat

Rob Leicester Wagner for Searching for Halifax NP711

Julian Austin Palmer for Contemplations: On The Psychedelic Experience

Mathieu François for Beluga

Best Experimental Film

Winner  

Etsushi Watanabe  for Getting Worse

Best Feature Script

Winner  

Quashon Davis, Wesley Collins  for Our Missing Colored Girls

Nominee

Kevin Pike, Hans Sluijter for The Secret Codex

Chris Nielsen for THE FRENCHTOWN TIGER

Donald Boudreau for THE RESTAURANT MAN

Valera Gail Ashcraft for Blood Warrior

Best First Time Filmmaker

Winner  

Daria Kapralska&Natalia Yaskula-Esquerré, Daria Kapralska  for eXplore

Best Horror Film

Winner  

Diego Silva Acevedo for Hunting Souls

Best Midnight Film

Winner  

Joshua S. Bischof for Half Light Pilgrim

Best Science Fiction

Winner  

Kyle Parish by The Last Guardian

Best Short Documentry

Winner  

Jennifer Smith for Finding My Edge

Nominee

Jonathan Fisher for In a Whole New Way

Best Short Film

Winner  

Jai Santiago by Losing Eric

Best Student Film

Winner  

Joshua Brooks Cliatt for Because, I Love You

Best Thriller

Winner  

Harry Waldman for Enter the Room

Best Web Series

Winner  

Shady Alariqy for The Hero Inside Us