Fall 2023: Award Winners

Fall 2023 Award Winners: Technical Competitions

Best Narrative Short (Grand Jury Prize)

Drawback by Caroline Bevaart and Harald Swinkels (Netherlands)

Best Foreign Short (Grand Jury Prize)

Marie s’envole by Léa Sassi (France)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Grand Jury Prize) for Foreign Short

Varanus by Kiarash Bokaeyan (Iran)

Honorable Mention (Grand Jury Prize) for Foreign Short

Ave Gradiva by Yuri Riklis (Israel)

Best Documentary Short: Lionheart by Robert Kroger (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Documentary Short): Wire and Water by Robert Kroger (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Breakdown by Gabriel Tibi (France)

Best Crime Short: Loved by David Joseph Higgins (USA)

Honorable Mention (Crime Short): God in the Valley by Christian Colbert (USA)

Best Thriller Short: I Know What You Need by Julia Marchese (USA)

Honorable Mention (Thriller Short): Bonding by Luke Rex (USA)

Best Horror Short: Gulabo Rani by Usman Mukhtar (Pakistan)

Honorable Mention (Sci-Fi Short): Syotos by S Edward Eastep (USA)

Best Fantasy Short: The Hourglass by Alexandre Bilardo (Switzerland)

Honorable Mention (Fantasy Short): Life Reborn by Marcel Barragan (Venezuela)

Best Animation Short: Foreigner by Giovanni A Lodigiani (USA)

Best Children Short: A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan (Singapore)

Best Women Short: Marie s’envole by Léa Sassi (France)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Women Short): Mother Trucker by Jessa Zarubica (USA)

Honorable Mention (Women Short): Hairdryer by Afshin Eisaei (Iran)

Best Experimental Short: Lose Me Not by Desmond Hudson and Nina Zogg (Switzerland)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Experimental Short): Visualization by Abdolrahman Sarraei (UK)

Best Student Short: Monday Mourning by Dustin Kahia (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Student Short): Great Fortune by Sabia Faden (USA)

Honorable Mention (Student Short): How to Cure Insomnia by Khiam’e L.F. (USA)

Best Newcomer Short: Cottonmouth by Hailey Naomi Irvin (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Newcomer Short): Ellie by Vinny O’Brien (USA)

Best Microfilm: Stairs by Jeph Porter (USA)

Honorable Mention (Microfilm): Salut by Yuri Riklis (Israel)

Best Screendance Short: Collection of Plunges by Kayla De Vos and Chick Snipper (Canada)

Honorable Mention (Screendance Short): Doors by Alisa Rasera-Holden (USA)

Best Music Video: Freakshow by Chris Villain (USA)

Honorable Mention (Best Web Series/TV Pilot): WordLotto by Johnny Baca (USA)

Best Short Script: Secret Lives, Restless Hearts by Esaias Wiseworth Alexander (USA)

Honorable Mention (Short Script): The Color of the Evening Sky by Linda Kampley (USA)

Fall 2023 Award Winners: Technical Competitions

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