September 2023

BEST PICTURE
CONTAINMENT (Mexico)
Dir: Juan Lopez

BEST FEATURE FILM
1521: The Quest for Love & Freedom (USA)
Dir: Michael Barder

BEST FOREIGN FEATURE
CONTAINMENT (Mexico)
Dir: Juan Lopez

BEST SHORT FILM
Crow Eyes (India)
Dir: Ram Sharma

BEST FOREIGN SHORT
Hong Juan (China)
Dir: Ao Lian

BEST ANIMATION SHORT
Purdee & Pals: Baby Bee’s Boot (UK)
Dir: David van Marten

BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
Psalm (China)
Dir: Mark Xie

BEST DOCUMENTARY
A World of Difference (Australia)
Dir: Robin Newell, Simon Smithers

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
WHO IS LIKE YOU (Israel)
Dir: Shira Green

BEST WEB SERIES/TV PILOT
Story of Godia (Libya)
Dir: Mouayed Zabtia

BEST STUDENT FILM
ANAN BOY (China)
Dir: Chuyi Su

BEST DRAMA SHORT STUDENT
Memoir of Circumstantial Dreams (China)
Dir: Zhenghao Gu

BEST COMEDY/DRAMEDY STUDENT
The Hills of Cornwall (UK)
Dir: Jack Reid

BEST ANIMATION SHORT STUDENT
V I A (USA)
Dir: Jiaqi Kang, Yilan Huang

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT STUDENT
Becoming Attraction (China)
Dir: Zhifei Li, Xi Bao, Jingquan Tao

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE
THE TRIAL OF JEAN GUMP 2023
by Joan Louise Kufrin

BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR
Qiao Ru Zhang
‘Summer Past’

BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
Chuyi Su
‘Anan Boy’

BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Ego (USA)
Dir: Adam Lukowski