Winners
Summer Season
2023
Congratulations again to all the Winners and their projects!
We are excited to inform you about the upcoming gala live screening event, which is scheduled to take place in Liverpool in March 2024.
The complete list of screening projects will be available on our website one month before the event.
Every artist whose work will be selected will receive an invitation to join us at the event, where they will also have the chance to receive a Diploma as a token of recognition.
In the month of February 2024, we will be sending out invitation emails containing all the necessary information to ensure a seamless experience for all participants.
- Best Indie Feature Film
- Son-of-Preacher Man the Movie
- Directed by Brandon Glover
- United States
- Best Indie Short Film
- The Secret Life Of Jim
- Directed by Emmet Kelly
- Ireland
- Best Indie Super Short Film
- The Journey
- Directed by Andrés Hidalgo
- Ecuador
- Best Feature Film
- Michael Gaismayr
- Directed by Wolfgang Moser
- Italy
- Best Short Film
- Borne
- Directed by Claire Heather Molloy
- United Kingdom
- Best Feature Documentary
- THE RIVER OF SEVEN NAMES
- Directed by Sergi Ricart
- Spain
- Best Short Documentary
- Unconquered
- Directed by John Parr
- United Kingdom
- Best Music Video
- Won't Be Around
- Directed by Terry Blade
- United States
- Best UK Feature Film
- THE LATENT IMAGE
- Directed by Alexander Birrell
- United Kingdom
- Best UK Short Film
- To Be...
- Directed by Rebecca Hardy
- United Kingdom
- Best Animation Feature
- Sword and Sorrow
- Directed by Emad Rahmani, Mehrdad Mehrabi
- Turkey
- Best Animation Short
- STARSHIP
- Directed by Christian Debney
- Australia
- Best Experimental Feature
- Drawing in the sky
- Directed by Shoko Ito
- Japan
- Best Experimental Short
- Sheepish
- Directed by Sonia Machado Hines
- Spain
- Best Male Student Director
- Off Beat
- Directed by Peleg Leilien
- Israel
- Best Student Short
- A Prison of Sunlight
- Directed by Yara Matilda Melki
- Lebanon
- Best First Time Filmmaker Feature
- The Group (Balagam)
- Directed by Venu Yeldandi
- India
- Best First Time Filmmaker Short
- Another Day
- Directed by Théophile Mur
- Canada
- Best Horror Feature
- Saving Grace
- Directed by Gareth Carr, David Sullivan
- Australia
- Best Horror Short
- Deep Shock
- Directed by Davide Melini
- United Kingdom
- Best Producer
- USILIYE
- Directed by Dickson Mwape
- Zambia
- Best Female Director
- I am Kanaka
- Directed by Genevieve Sulway
- United Kingdom
- Best Male Director
- LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
- Directed by Nikolay Bogomilov
- Bulgaria
- Best Female Student Director
- The Newcomers
- Directed by Theresa Kliem
- Canada
- Best Actress
- DOCTOR HARRIET'S FOUR
- Directed by Lukas Metjes
- Germany
- Best Actor
- Impuratus
- Directed by Michael Yurinko
- United States
- Best Inspirational Film
- MOUNT HORQUERA
- Directed by FERNANDO PENCO VALENZUELA
- Spain
- Best LGBTQ Film
- The Sibling Rule
- Directed by Mari SanGiovanni
- United States
- Best Mobile Phone Short
- Not My Boy : A Ukrainian Story
- Directed by Scott Barrington
- United Kingdom
- Best Acting
- CREEP
- Directed by Paul Worrall
- United Kingdom
- Best Cinematography
- luna
- Directed by Margaret Armour
- United States
- Best Editing
- Lucinda´s Pandora
- Directed by Sylvia Piechocki Gonzalez
- Germany
- Best Production Design
- Step by Step
- Directed by Sébastien Duhem
- France
- Best Sound Design
- Tiki Taane in session with CSO
- Directed by Tiki Taane
- New Zealand
- Best VFX
- Cherry Blossoms in March
- Directed by Riley Rheyan
- Canada
- Best Production
- The foam and the lion
- Directed by Cláudio Jordão
- Portugal
- Best Feature Script
- Trail Of Tears
- Written by Hans Sluijter
- Netherlands
- Best Short Script
- ROUGH CUT
- Written by Matthew Margo
- United States
- Best Super Short Script
- Halverson and Halverson
- Written by Karla S Bryant
- United States
- Best Drama Script
- THE TRIP
- Written by Carlos Alex Ceni
- Spain
- Best Comedy Script
- Port Visit
- Written by Paul Michael Maher
- United Kingdom
- Best Horror Script
- A Faery Blight
- Written by Julie A. Thornton
- Australia
- Best Action Script
- THE UNSEEN TERROR
- Written by Barry Siskind
- Canada
- Best Original Script
- Charlie Safe Home
- Written by Jack C Irwin
- United Kingdom
- Best Screenwriting
- CROWN POINT
- Written by Joseph Anthony Francis
- United States
- Best New Actress/Actor
- I can look after you
- Directed by Francisco Lobo Faria
- Portugal
- Best Unoptioned Script
- The Mother Witch
- Written by Chaitanya Vyas, Elizabeth Blackmer
- India
- Best Television Series
- Story of Godia
- Directed by Mouayed Zabtia
- Libya
- Best Web Series
- 39 Seconds
- Directed by Adolfo Ontoba
- Spain
