JULY 2023

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

Blub Blub by Eddie Yukun Long
Chroma Wheel by Zechen Li
Musher by Guillaume Moscovitz
Requiem for a Whale by Ido Weisman
The dive by Benjamin Mélot
Tiger Mom by Wei Zhang







BEST SHORT FILM

 

Blub Blub by Eddie Yukun Long
Musher by Guillaume Moscovitz
The dive by Benjamin Mélot







BEST FEATURE FILM

 

MIRACLE BAND by Chunling Xu
The Adventures of Infinita by Yu Shibuya
Tiger Mom by Wei Zhang







BEST SHORT DOC

 

A SEED OF HOPE by Travis Matsumoto
Requiem for a Whale by Ido Weisman
Who Will Clean Your Windows? by Dariusz Janiczak




BEST FEATURE DOC

 

Master by Dastan Khalili
Phoenix: David’s dream by Vinicius Donola, Roberta Salomone, João Rocha
Unhusk by Jue Wang





BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

A tree once grew here by Johnnie Semerad
Chroma Wheel by Zechen Li
Wa Isjod Wa Iqtareb (Prostrate and Draw Near) by Suraya AlShehry, Nabila Abuljadayel







BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

A Place That Time Forgot by Natali Khalili Tari
Death of Mandanin by Yucan Ye
The Collection by Xinyu Gao







BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

Bench Seat by Kaiser Phillip Cunningham III
Mom told you so by Cécile Cournelle
RECALL by Erik Jasaň







BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

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







BEST POSTER

 

The Adventures of Infinita by Yu Shibuya
The To-DoN’T List by David J Porras
Tintown by Tiange Sun







BEST TRAILER

 

A SALVO by Ernesto Cruz-Barriga
Phobos by Zafir Ahmed
The To-DoN’T List by David J Porras







BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

Beyond The Curtain by Tom Sys
Cold by Greg Poppa, Sugey Cruz
LA PERDITA DELL’INNOCENZA by Donatella Corrado



BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

Asphyxiating Whispers by Isaac Ballesteros Barba
Barth by Scott Marshall Taylor
The eighth man by Giada Nacucchi, Silvio Alfonso Nacucchi







BEST DIRECTOR

 

Benjamin Mélot for The dive
Eddie Yukun Long for Blub Blub
Guillaume Moscovitz for Musher







BEST SCREENWRITER

 

Benjamin Mélot for The dive
Guillaume Moscovitz for Musher
Ido Weisman and Alex Hosid for Requiem for a Whale







BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Remi Mazet for Musher
Taoquan Fu for Blub Blub
Tang Zhongeai for Tiger Mom







BEST EDITING

 

Marie Liotard for Musher
Muriel Boucher for The Dive
Zechen Li for Chroma Wheel







BEST SOUND

 

Eric Marks for Kamerad
Jeremy Chi for The Dive
Zechen Li for Chroma Wheel







BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

Charlie Chaoli Sun for A Work of Heart
Mathilde Ferry for The Dive
Ramesh Kumar Kannan for Kamerad







BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Ines Garcia for Musher
Matt Harley for Kamerad
Zhang Nan for Tiger Mom







BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Ashad Rufai for Caged
Miklos Szekely B for The Rocking Chair
Ryan Hayes for Kamerad





BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Josephine Chiang for Blub Blub
Laura Marino for The Dive
Yuhan Gu for Tiger Mom





BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Bela Meszaros for The Rocking Chair
Felix Edwards for Internal Abyss
Sebastien Deleau for The Dive







BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Daisy Fernandez for A Work of Heart
Roxane Mesquida for Musher
Yu Ren for The Master