CONGRATULATIONS NEW 2023 FINALISTS

NEXT COMPETITION 24-NOV

SUMMER 2023 FILM
​COMPETITION RESULTS

WINNER
BEST PICTURE

INTO TEMPTATION
QUINN DA MATTA

WINNER
BEST FEATURE FILM

HAMBRE
MANU HERRERA

WINNER
BEST SHORT FILM

GLEN
JEREMY BRULL

WINNER
BEST MICRO-SHORT FILM

WHAT DO WE DO?
RODERICK FENSKE

WINNER
BEST STUDENT FILM

BLOOD RELATIVES
CHARLOTTE FELDMANN

WINNER
BEST QUEER FILM

FOUR-SIDED
VITTORIA COLONNA

WINNER
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

DAR(K)WIN PROJECT
LORIS LAMUNIÈRE, CHARLES MERCIER

NOMINEES
BEST PICTURE

· THE SEAHORSE TRAINER (Canada) · Ricardo Bonisoli, Babak Bina
· GLEN (Australia) · Jeremy Brull
· THE DROP (UK) · Jack Parr
· WAR BLADE (UK) · Nicholas Winter
· CHILDREN OF UKRAINE (UK) · Shahida Tulaganova
· NAKED WOMAN (UK) · Ross Casswell
· HAMBRE "Hunger" (Spain) · Manu Herrera
· LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI (Bulgaria) · Nikolay Bogomilov
· SLAP (Israel) · Daniel Bettoun

WINNER
· INTO TEMPTATION (USA) · Quinn da Matta

NOMINEES
BEST FEATURE FILM

· WAR BLADE (UK) · Nicholas Winter
· IDEM (France) · Giovanni Di Legami
· LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI (Bulgaria) · Nikolay Bogomilov
· FRAME (Canada) · JP Charlebois, MYRAI
· BLOOD RELATIVES (Germany) · Charlotte Feldmann
· DIARIO DELL'INQUIETUDINE (Italy) · Aurelio Grimaldi
· IL MORSO DEL RAMARRO (Italy) · Maria Lodovica Marini
· PHOENIX INCIDENT (USA) · Keith Arem 
· TOM AND LUCE (France) · Paule Muxel

WINNER
​· HAMBRE "Hunger" (Spain) · Manu Herrera

NOMINEES
BEST LONG SHORT FILM

· COLLECTOR (USA) · Silas Dunn
· TAKE ME. (USA) · Kenneth Bordes-Hollon
· THE PARTISAN  (Denmark) · Daniel Dahl
· THE LIGHT THIEF (Spain) · Eva Daoud
· PEAKS (Australia) · Navzad Dabu
· SOPHIA'S ECLIPSE  (USA) · Luis Felipe Delgado
· IMRC (INVOLUNTARY MURDER RECOVERY CENTER) (Argentina) · Maxi Mastrángelo
​· LOST TREASURE OF THE VALLEY (USA) ​· Robert Husted
· UMBRA: ECLIPSE OF THE MOON (Poland) · Urszula Nawrot 
· UNSPOKEN (USA) · Richard Zelniker

WINNER
​· INTO TEMPTATION (USA) · Quinn da Matta

NOMINEES
BEST SHORT FILM

· THE SEAHORSE TRAINER (Canada) · Ricardo Bonisoli, Babak Bina
· THE DROP (UK) · Jack Parr
· SLAP (Israel) · Daniel Bettoun
· AION (USA) · Giulio Meliani
· LOOK TWICE (USA) · Kyle Wilson
· JUST A GIRL (UK) · Kieran Freemantle
· SECRET CHAMBER (UK) · Jonas Grimas
· BU:SY (USA) · Yury Hurzhyi, Paul Koliadych
· BONDING (USA) · Luke Rex
· SEPARATION (Pakistan) · Vicky Zhuang Yi-Yin
· SIP (USA) · Jeffrey Carl Woodson 
· BLACK TEAR ON WOLF SKIN (Brazil) · Guilherme Augusto Bonini
· CONFLICT (USA) · Chozy Aiyub, Malik J. Ali

WINNER
​· GLEN (Australia) · Jeremy Brull

NOMINEES
BEST MICRO-SHORT FILM

· SWEET HONEY (UK) · Dan Löwenstein
· DIXON MASON: THE SCENT OF THE WOMAN (UK) · Rey Janjua
· FENESTRA (USA) · Jason Sheedy
· ​I WISH FOR YOU (UK) ​· Stuart Rideout
​· THREE PILLS (Finland) ​· Christian Wenger
· LIVE BAIT (Hungary) · Szilárd Demján, Gergő Bárdi
· EMOTIONAL LOGICAL (Not Specified) · Vered Rodriguez
· SPIDER (Poland) · Anna Zoll
· SCAPELANDS (UK) · Katie Beard, Naomi Turner
· NIGHT FEED (UK) · William Allum
· EXTENDED (USA) · Dan Fowlks
· PARANOID (Italy) · Martina Girlanda

WINNER
​· WHAT DO WE DO? (USA) · Roderick Fenske

NOMINEES
BEST STUDENT FILM

· ON THE SIDEWALK, AT NIGHT (USA) ​· Alexander Deland, Jr.
· SUSIE (USA) · Arthur Gay
· THE TALE OF FIGARO (USA) · Hannah Wacholtz
· UNDERWATER (Switzerland) · Nicolas Seguel
· EAGLEMAN (USA) · Wesley Jamal Fleming
· THE CONCERT OF LIFE (USA) · Lina Li
· LOVE IN THE EVENING/MORNING (USA) · Alexandra-Ana-Maria Savu
· TESS & DODI (USA) · Allee Stone
· THE DIRECTOR (USA) · Ryan Adolph, Alex J. Greenberg

WINNER
· BLOOD RELATIVES (Germany) · Charlotte Feldmann

NOMINEES
BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM

​· ON THE FLOOR (USA) ​· Corey Koepper
· CORVUS III (Ireland) · David Ian Bickley  
· DEMONS (Switzerland) · Humbi Entress
· FOUR-SIDED (USA) · Vittoria Colonna
· UMBRA: ECLIPSE OF THE MOON (Poland) · Urszula Nawrot 
· THE SMITH (Bulgaria) · Desislava Chuturkova
· AH! HARD RAIN (UK) · Greta Mendez
· SATORI (Israel) · Michal Gassner, Ella Semo
· LA SPOSA NEL VENTO "THE BRIDE IN THE WIND" (Italy) · Giovanni Coda
· FINDINGS (Germany) · Kristina Schippling
· FOREST ISLAND (Japan) · Ryosuke Handa 
· FEMINAM (Belgium) · Marijke De Belie

WINNER
​· DAR(k)WIN PROJECT (France) ​· Loris Lamunière, Charles Mercier

NOMINEES
BEST QUEER FILM

· THE ANGEL OF MY LIFE (USA) · Cesar Valderrama, Erick Gonzalez
· THE WITNESS (UK) · Rachel Pedley
· PRONOUNS, LGBTQIA+ AND GENDER IDENTITY  (Australia) · Eve Ash, Peter Quarry
· MEMORIES OF RAIN (USA) · Elizabeth Mehling
· ACES (USA) · Jordan-Paige Sudduth
· 5 IMPRESSIONS OF MARILYN MONROE IN THE BATHROOM (USA) · Suzan Averitt

WINNER
​· FOUR-SIDED (USA) · Vittoria Colonna

WINNER
BEST DIRECTING

INTO TEMPTATION
QUINN DA MATA

WINNER
NEWCOMER DIRECTOR AWARD

COLLECTOR
SILAS DUNN

WINNER
BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR

SUSIE
ARTHUR GAY