Seasonal Fest Winners
 2023/May
 

Best Narrative Feature

Miranda's Victim

Director:  Michelle Danner

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Best Narrative short

The King's Sacrifice

Director: Raphaël Houde Belle-Isle

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Best Feature Documentary

IN THE SHADOW OF BEIRUT
Directors: Stephen Gerard Kelly, Garry Keane

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Best Short Documentary

Cloistered
Director: Catherine Finsness

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Best Independent Film

WE ARE STILL THE SAME
Director: Paulo Nascimento

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Best Horror/Feature

It Came From The Water / Apokawixa
Director: Xawery Żuławski

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Best Horror/Short

GREED & GORE
Director: Adam Kirkey

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 Best Comedy

IF I WERE YOU

Director: Antonio Galdamez Munoz

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Best Animation

AIKĀNE

Directors: Daniel Sousa, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson

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Best Science Fiction

Future Tense

Director:  Samuel Carrillo

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Best Web Series/TV Pilot

I Didn't Mean To Go Mental

Carly Glenn

 

Best Experimental

The Bytes Dreams are Made of

Director: Alessandro Amaducci

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Best Environmental

A Reflection of Life
Director: Jesse Locke

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Best Female Director

Longing for the Soul; A Quest for Rumi

Director:  Aryana Farshad

 

Best Human Rights

I Don't Like You

Director:  Borislav Kostov

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Best First Time Filmmaker

Meeting Ms. Leigh

Director: R.S. Veira

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Best Student Film

SUMANAI

Director:  Bo-Yu Pan

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Best LGBTQ

#LookAtMe

Director: Ken Kwek

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Best Music Video

The Rebellion
Director: Gabriel Hostetler

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Best Short Thriller

Loved

Director: David Joseph Higgins

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Best Canadian Indie

Tattoo
Director: Liam Andrew Karp

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Best Director

Drifter
Director: Simão Cayatte

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Best Cinematographer

Graham GS

ASHES, The myth of the heron and the 62 lakes

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Best Actor

Alain Goulem

Thoughts and Prayers

            

Best Actress

      Abigail Breslin      

Miranda's Victim

 

Best Composer

         Kristopher Carter        

"Boreal Twilight"

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Best Original Score

Capitol

Light Between Us

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Best Scriptwriter

     Jim Carroll      

The Pickleball Killer

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Best Youth Artist of the Season

     Rúben Simões      

Drifter

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Best Feature Script

My Splendid Stranger
Writer: Michael John Nelson Baker

            

Best Unproduced Short Script

     Just Outside of Victory    

          Justin Wheelon      

 

 

Honorable Mentions of the Seasonal Fest

     May 12th, 2023

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Honorable Mention Experimental

     "REM - The waves of endless dreams" MK-C

Director: Aiuchi Keiji

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Honorable Mention Environmental 

The Erie Situation
Director: David J Ruck

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Honorable Mention Music Video

Flipside
Director: Stacey Jackson

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Honorable Mention First Time Filmmaker

Universe Zone

Director: Alexander Sadreddini

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Honorable Mention Feature Script

21 Days in Paris  

 Writer: Denis Mortenson    

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Honorable Mention Actor

Donald Sutherland

Miranda's Victim

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