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Fall 2023 Award Winners: Technical Competitions

Fall 2023 Award Winners: Genre Competitions

Best Female Director: Léa Sassi for Marie s’envole (France)

Best Male Director: Harald Swinkels, with Caroline Bevaart, for Drawback (Netherlands)

Best Young Filmmaker: Kat Dubrow for One Wish (USA)

Best Actress: June Assal for Marie s’envole (France)

Best Actor: Joseph Sernio for Loved (USA)

Best Supporting Actress: Lee Malka for Ave Gradiva (Israel)

Best Supporting Actor: William Champion for I Know What You Need (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Dominic Bogart and Claire Haller for Monday Mourning (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: June Assal, Antoinette Giret, Mélodie Le Blay, Xavier Pitois, Marcella Bergeron, Louise Blanche Pascal, Valérie Moinet, and Victor Assié for Marie s’envole (France)

Best Cinematography: Paul Lensink for Drawback (Netherlands)

Best Editing: Troy Ruff for Loved (USA)

Best Production Design: Jynnifer Macomber for I Know What You Need (USA)

Best Sound Design: Chris Friedman for Mother Trucker (USA)

Best Original Score: Manu Martin, Joi Barua, Ron Josef Danziger, and Mathieu Eymard for A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate (Singapore)

Best Original Screenplay: Harald Swinkels for Drawback (Netherlands)

Fall 2023 Award Winners: Genre Competitions

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