16th Edition (July 18, 2023) WINNERS

BEST OF THE FEST WINNER

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'Man Off The Coast' (UK) - Matt Sedgley

(1st Place)

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'Requiem' (UK) - Emma Gilbertson

(2nd Place)

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'30.03' (RO) - Ruxandra Bratfalean-Igna

(3rd Place)

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NOMINEES

'Whale' (IE) - Lorna Fitzsimons

'Soldiers' (CH) - Zhaoshuai Wu
'Weekend in Brazil' (US) - Brian MacNeel

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BEST STUDENT FILM

'Mind's Eye' (IE) - Bianca Cojocariu

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SPECIAL MENTION

'Jour de Chance' (FR) - Leslie Carles

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BEST DIRECTOR

Matt Sedgley - 'Man Off The Coast' (UK) 

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NOMINEES

Ruxandra Bratfalean-Igna - '30.03' (RO)

Zhaoshuai Wu - 'Soldiers' (CH)

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BEST SCREENWRITER

Ruxandra Bratfalean-Igna - '30.03' (RO)

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NOMINEES

Ben Conway - 'Whale' (IE) 

Zhaoshuai Wu, Zhu Jiawei - 'Soldiers' (CH)

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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 Madison Willing - 'REQUIEM' (UK) 

NOMINEES

Luo Song - 'Soldiers' (CH)

Darius Herghilgiu, Marc Pocola - '30.03' (RO)

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHER

Cai Guoqing - 'Soldiers' (CH)

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NOMINEES

Tom Laxton - 'Man Off The Coast' (UK) 

Joseph Guy - 'REQUIEM' (UK)

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BEST EDITOR

Matt Sedgley - 'Man Off The Coast' (UK) 

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NOMINEES

Zhu Zhiyi - 'Soldiers' (CH)

Ruxandra Bratfalean Igna - '30.03' (RO)

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BEST ACTOR

Vincent Woods - 'Man Off The Coast' (UK) 

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NOMINEES

Maishun Cao - 'Soldiers' (CH)

Eduard Crucianu - '30.03' (RO)

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BEST ACTRESS

Bella Ramsey - 'REQUIEM' (UK)

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NOMINEES

Maura Foley - 'Whale' (IE) 

Ariana Harrel - 'Weekend in Brazil' (US)

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ANIMATION

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BEST ANIMATION

'Alongside' - River Park (CA)

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NOMINEES

'Ana Morphose' - Joao Rodrigues (PT)

'ABSOLUTION, PARSIN'- Jack Nop (US)

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DOCUMENTARY

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BEST DOCUMENTARY

'MIMA' - Siham Medjahed (FR)

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NOMINEES

'Karam Camera' - Liam LoPinto, Shaimaa Al Sabti, Hana Barhum (US)

'Michael Wolff "Memoir"' - Benjamin Rodefer (US)

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MUSIC VIDEO

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BEST MUSIC VIDEO

'Samurai SLT feat. Gee Baller - WEBCUM' - Yegor Lymarev (KZ)

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NOMINEES

"I LOVE YOU" BY NAAMA CHETRIT - Guy Nahum Levy (IL)

'Bye Bye Finchy Dave' - Dominika Kováčová (SK)

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WEB SHORT

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BEST WEB SHORT

'B Some-One II' - Marcel Moonen (CH)

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NOMINEES

'Folded Whispers' - Mark Anthony Thomas, Shane McFarland, Jordon Rooney (ZA)

'CounterIntelligence: The Story of Sister Alyonushka and Brother Ivanushka, 2022' - Heidi Duckler (US)

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EXPERIMENTAL

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BEST EXPERIMENTAL

'The Beatles Vs The Stones' - Andrew Kelleher (UK)

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NOMINEES

'Kuleshov Effect' - Marcelo Quiñones Altamirano (MX)

'Confusion of the Afternoon' - Yung-Chieh Lee (TW)

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SCREENPLAY

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BEST SCREENPLAY (written)

'Reborn' - Melissa Caudle

(1st Place)

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'Struggle' - Kipp Howard

(2nd Place)

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'Five Rooms' - Marietta Birbili, Aggeliki Sdrani

(3rd Place)