January 2023 Winners
 
Heart Of Champions
Director Michael Mailer
in Best Film Score
United States

Christabel Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra
Submitter Albert Syeles
in Best Film Score (Honorable Mention)
United States

God - Song by Charlie Jones
Director Louis Netter
in Music Video
United Kingdom

For I Am Dead
Director Patricia Delso Lucas
in Best Actor
Belgium

For I Am Dead
Director Patricia Delso Lucas
in Best Drama
Belgium

Once Upon a Pool
Writer Adam Swimmer
in Best Short Screenplay
Canada

Lions of Florence
Writer Ken White
in Best Feature Screenplay
United States

The Dead Ringer
Submitter Suzanne LUTAS
in Best Feature Screenplay
French Polynesia

The Italian Baba | My cave in India VR
Directors Omar Rashid, Elio Germano
in Best VR Film
Italy

SQUID GODDESS
Director Eddy Falconer
in Best Micro Film
United States

I Wish for You
Director Stuart Rideout
in Best Micro Film (Honorable Mention)
United Kingdom
   
Worthless
Director Shireen Ayache
in Best Micro Film (Honorable Mention)
United Kingdom

i don't wanna go
Director Max Vadset
in Best Micro Film (Honorable Mention)
United States

Big Trouble in Little America
Director Qiyue Sun
in Best Student Film
China

The Tears of Our Reality
Director Maya Pegues
in Best Student Film (Honorable Mention)
United States

Killer Series
Director Gabriel Murisier
in Best Comedy
Switzerland

Boombox (The God of The Dance) - Cartoon Version
Director Christian Candido
in Best Dance Film
Italy

Vision of the Vampyre
Director James Caley
in Best Horror
Germany

Button Eyes
Director Ashley Nicole
in Best Horror (Honorable Mention)
United States

Knock Knock
Director Somaak Dutta
in Best Horror (Honorable Mention)
India

Buena Suerte Senora Muerte
Director Ryan Barney
in Best Horror (Honorable Mention)
United States

IAPOTEMOFA’
Directors Arturo Pizzicannella, Emiliano Ciabotti Co-director
in First Time Filmmaker
Italy

Knock Knock
Director Somaak Dutta
in First Time Filmmaker (Honorable Mention)
India

For the Greater Good
Director Michael Gavino
in Best Sci-Fi
United States

Biological Loneliness
Director Karolis Jankus
in Experimental Films
Lithuania

MEETING
Submitter Martin Keady
in Experimental Films (Honorable Mention)
United Kingdom

Lucy Palustris: The Dinner Party
Director Patricia Coates
in Experimental Films (Honorable Mention)
Canada

course of events
Director Olof Thiel
in Experimental Films (Honorable Mention)
Sweden

NECROSIS
Director Alberto Martín-Aragón
in Experimental Films (Honorable Mention)
Spain

PARALELO
Director Santiago Echeverry
in Experimental Films (Honorable Mention)
United States

Entanglement
Director Dan Binns
in Best Script
Australia

Anatomy of a Town
Submitter Patricia Fox
in Best Script (Honorable Mention)

There is exactly enough time
Director Oskar Salomonowitz
in Animation
Austria

You Found Me
Director Jordyn Russell
in Animation (Honorable Mention)
United States

We Would All be Kings
Director Márel Malaret
in Documentary Feature
Puerto Rico

America Boxed In
Directors Casey G. Williams, Ian S. Williams
in Documentary Feature (Honorable Mention)
United States

Agniyogana - Lower the head, Invoke the fire
Director Emma Balnaves
in Documentary Feature (Honorable Mention)
Australia

We Came A Long Way By Faith: Catholic Hill and St. James the Greater Catholic Church
Director George Wingard
in Documentary Feature (Honorable Mention)
United States

Love Yourself Today
Director Ross Killeen
in Documentary Feature (Honorable Mention)
Ireland

Soutien de Famille
Director Maxime Berthou
in Documentary Feature (Honorable Mention)
France

My Camino
Director Pedro Gil Vasconcelos
in Documentary Short
Portugal

7 years art from Berlin "BrückenKunst" 2019
Director Gilbert Brüning
in Documentary Short (Honorable Mention)
Germany

Border-Ball
Director Joel Tauber
in Documentary Short (Honorable Mention)
United States

High Touch
Director Karlie Hustle
in Documentary Short (Honorable Mention)
United States

The Haunted Jizo of Shimo-Mizuno, Sayama City
Director Mitsuo Kurihara
in Narrative Feature

Pastiche
Director shivaan makker
in Best Producer
United States

Nocturne
Director Jordy Tempelman
in Narrative Short
Netherlands
   
Distortion
Director Michael Daniel Bricker
in Narrative Short (Honorable Mention)
United States

DISHONEST
Submitter John Ryan
in Narrative Short (Honorable Mention)
United Kingdom

(the importance of ) Punctuality
Directors Colin Gregory, Tim Pasmore
in Narrative Short (Honorable Mention)
Australia

Dry
Director Melanie Poole
in Narrative Short (Honorable Mention)
Australia

The Date
Director Cara Rust
in Narrative Short (Honorable Mention)
South Africa

The Day My Cat Saved My Life
Directors Kagan Goh, Co-Director: Susanna Uchatius
in Narrative Short (Honorable Mention)
Canada

BLACKSTAR
Director Maurya Kerr
in Best Director
United States

The Doctrine
Director Shane Brar
in Best Cinematography
Canada




Special Choises:
   
MusArt
Director Kevin Hanzlik
in Best Film Score
United States
   
Waves
Director Jesus Plaza
in Music Video
Spain

a Soulless Man Story
Writer Emanuele La Placa
in Best Feature Screenplay
Italy

#itsnotfunny
Director Mario Massaro
in Best Micro Film
Italy

Become Who You Needed
Director Maria Norton
in Best Student Film
Portugal

The Man in the Shadows
Director Tom Kircher
in Best Horror
United States

Love Dog
Director Rob Larson
in First Time Filmmaker
United States

LIFTOFF
Director Pete Berger
in Best Sci-Fi
Switzerland
   
Art & Joy & Pleasure
Director Goran Ajtič
in Experimental Films
Slovenia

ISOLA
Director Aymone G
in Experimental Films (Honorable Mention)
France

A City With A View
Director Maria Velasco
in Experimental Films (Honorable Mention)
United States

Wellow
Director Sally Waterman
in Experimental Films (Honorable Mention)
United Kingdom

High Water
Writer Caitlin Brands
in Best Script
United States

Lily Girl
Director Demetrios Poursanidis
in Animation
Greece

All short films about the work & the exhibitions of "BrückenKunst" from 2014 to 2019, a group of unrecognized artists in Berlin.
Director Gilbert Brüning
in Documentary Feature
Germany

Call me Damien
Director Sonja Mayer
in Documentary Short
Austria

DANI'S TWINS
Directors Brad Allgood, Steve Dorst
in Documentary Short (Honorable Mention)
United States

The City Within
Directors Anna de Manincor, ZimmerFrei
in Documentary Short (Honorable Mention)
Italy

Nostos
Director Pavlos Vissariou
in Best Producer
Greece

Stare Me In The Eye
Director Athina Chatzigiannaki
in Narrative Short
Australia

Mažoji
Director Aistė S. Gram
in Best Director
Lithuania

THE SUBMERGED VOICE
Director Angel Baltasar
in Best Director (Honorable Mention)
Spain

AWOKEN SOMA
Director Nadia Gardner-Charles
in Best Director (Honorable Mention)
United Kingdom

Her Magnum Opus
Director Marta Renzi
in Best Director (Honorable Mention)
United States

Nothing’s changed except for everything
Submitter Chris Cameron
in Best Director (Honorable Mention)
United States

Men I Trust
Director Nathan Vass
in Best Actress
United States

Bound
Director Jaye Pniewski
in Best Cinematography
United States