SEPTEMBER 2023

NOMINEES

BEST OF FEST

 

Contadores by Irati Gorostidi Agirretxi
Echoes from the lake by Arnaud Khayadjanaian
Impatient by Quentin Delcourt
Summer-Past by Qiao Ru Zhang
The Republic of Wine by Yuehang Li
Underdog by David ARSLANIAN

 







BEST SHORT FILM

 

Contadores by Irati Gorostidi Agirretxi
Summer-Past by Qiao Ru Zhang
Underdog by David ARSLANIAN

 







BEST FEATURE FILM

 

Afterwards by Stephen Thomas Wallis
Songs of Kamui by Hiroshi Sugawara
Vincent by Alan King







BEST SHORT DOC

 

In His Pursuit – A Photographer’s Journey by Kiran Kesav
INVISIBLE CAGE by Zhiqian Zhang
My Brother Charlie by Yogi Chavada

 





BEST FEATURE DOC

 

A World of Difference by Robin Newell, Simon Smithers
Behind the Mystery of the Manor by Joseph William Simmons
The Carnival: 125 Years of the Penn Relays by Justin Jarrett

 





BEST ANIMATION SHORT

 

In Spate by Sarah Skyrme
Inu_Bond by Shuyi Qiu, Xiangrui Chen
The Republic of Wine by Yuehang Li







BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

 

Farewell Dreams by Daniel Wolters
Life After Death by Daniel Popovic
SINESTESIA by María Fernanda Marchant

 







BEST MUSIC VIDEO

 

We didn’t receive enough music videos this month, see you the next one!

 







BEST WEB SERIES / TV PILOT

Mikael and the P.P. by Simone Laurora
Moments by Aaron Lewis, Malachi Rivers
WordLotto by Johnny Baca







BEST POSTER

 

Federico Amicosante for Beyond You
Qiao Ru Zhang for Summer-Past
Yuehang Li for The Republic of Wine

 







BEST TRAILER

 

Clément Joly-Gavache for Loin des Yeux
Diana Cignoni for DEADLY BLUE
Martin Nuza for In Tenebras: Into The Darkness







BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY

 

Day Zero by Isaac Scego
Minivan by Kayleb Lee
Pencil by Ahmet Serhat Ak



BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 

Behind Every Door by Brenda Malley
Lucky in Long Island by Michelle Lynn
Mammasantissima by Ieva Lykos







BEST DIRECTOR

 

David Arslanian for Underdog
Irati Gorostidi Agirretxe for Contadores
Qiao Ru Zhang for Summer-Past







BEST SCREENWRITER

 

Qiao Ru Zhang for Summer-Past
Quentin Delcourt for Impatient
Wenqing Yang for Kidnap







BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

 

Gustavo Hampshire for Surface or Wasting Time in the Most Gleaming Spaces
Ion De Sosa for Contadores
Oscar Viguier for Echoes from the lake

 







BEST EDITING

 

Clementine Lacroix for Impatient
Sergio Jimenez for Contadores
Vivien Casamian for Underdog







BEST SOUND

 

Aoxue Song for Kidnap
Iosu Gonzalez for Contadores
Thouraya El Ouadie for Echoes from the lake

 







BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

 

Christophe Julien by Impatient
Frederic Alvarez by Echoes from the lake
Xu Yi by Summer-Past







BEST COSTUME DESIGN

 

Javier Bernal Bechi by Contadores
Nola Chaters by Afterwards
Wang Yiwen by Summer-Past







BEST LEADING ACTOR

 

Adrián Acosta for Surface or Wasting Time in the Most Gleaming Spaces
Alessandro Duca for Submersibles
Jules Ritmanic for Underdog





BEST LEADING ACTRESS

 

Cheng Yue for Summer-Past
Lihn-Dan Pham for Impatient
Wenwen Zhang for Kidnap





BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

 

Jason London for Afterwards
Jonas Ben Ahmed for Impatient
Ryan Daoudi for Underdog







BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

 

Agnes Soral for Impatient
Chen Lian for Summer-Past
Manon Valentin for Echoes from the lake