AUGUST 2023

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

Burning Rage by Sam Yazdanpanna
Flowers bloom and wait for the groom to come by Zhong Hu
Night Song Of A Wondering Cowboy by Andrea De Fusco
Online by Bianka Bereczky
The Kill by Alexandrine Khoury
Weavers of Patan by Kiran Kesav

 







BEST SHORT FILM

 

Burning Rage by Sam Yazdanpanna
Night Song Of A Wondering Cowboy by Andrea De Fusco
Online by Bianka Bereczky

 







BEST FEATURE FILM

 

Flowers bloom and wait for the groom to come by Zhong Hu
Silent Scream Sleeping Hearts by Mehmet Tanrisever
Soultribe by Stefan Rainer







BEST SHORT DOC

 

Gakyu by Mai Chouga
The Swedish speaking migrants of Paris by Emilio Andreas Di Stefano
Weavers of Patan by Kiran Kesav

 





BEST FEATURE DOC

 

Atypical Learning by Masina Taule’alo
Dalinor Lake by Heqian Tan
Oxigen by Vitaly Lazo, Olga Borodina

 





BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

We didn’t receive enough web series this month, see you the next one!







BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

Fallen cherries by Rong Duo
i 2 aye by Richard Philpott
Study for Clouds by Jyrgen Ueberschär

 







BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

I Walk the Line by Paul Griffin
The Kill by Alexandrine Khoury
Zadig/ Človek by Andrea Pátková, Adam Čurko, Viktoria Voržáčková

 







BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

Along Came Ruby by Riccardo Suriano
Dreaming Island by Seonjae Gwak
THE JOHNNY & NICO SHOW by Brett Newton







BEST POSTER

 

Desperately Seeking Sikh by Kelly Goldstein
Her Last Day by Jiacheng Wang
With Love L. by Max Fritzsching, Chari Krause

 







BEST TRAILER

 

Martinez, Margaritas and Murder! by Kirk Demorest by James Helsing, Kirk Demorest
Pollo Loco by Derek Bauder
SCORPION by Krstover Luaay







BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

Cambio d’ aria by Rosa Simonetta
Petti by Paul Dempsey
The Wedding Countdown by Xinshu Cui, Zuyou Liu



BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

Cutting Edge by Renee’ Galloway
Quality by Jedediah Lee Parker
She’s Never Coming Back by Jesse Dorian







BEST DIRECTOR

 

Bianka Bereczky for Online
Kiran Kesav for Weavers of Patan
Sam Yazdanpanna for Burgning Rage







BEST SCREENWRITER

 

Laura Plaudin and Louis Lafont for Chère Catherine
Viktoria Janoki-Kis for Online
Xingliang Zhang for Wandering Alone







BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Casper van Oort for Burning Rage
Nick Willloughby for The Landvaettir
Rakesh S Anand and Arun Bhaskar for Weavers of Patan

 







BEST EDITING

 

Andrea De Fusco for Night Song Of A Wondering Cowboy
Adhil M Ashraf for Weavers of Patan
Said Rasouli for Burning Rage







BEST SOUND

 

Andrea De Fusco for Night Song Of A Wondering Cowboy
Gabe Anglin for In The Shadows of Road
Neethu Mohandhas for Weavers of Patan

 







BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

Allan X Chen for In The Shadows of War
Kiki Rockwell for The Landvaettir
Mark Liu for CrabDance







BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Jake Alexander Williams for In The Shadows of War
Kiki Rockwell for The Landvaettir
Zhong Hu for Flowers bloom and wait for the groom to come







BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Ali Fardi for Burning Rage
Cameron Ring for In The Shadow of War
Jens Eriksson for The Psychiatrist





BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Marie-Katarina Jonsberg for The Psychiatrist
Marta Szabo for Online
Mary Rose Pumper for Marie





BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Balint Kollar for Online
Hunter Keffer for In The Shadow of War
Pu Ke for Blink of Heart







BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Morgan Franz for Marie
Xu Yicong for See the Sea in Subway
Xueqin Liang for Wandering Alone