2023 Annual Award Winners

Best Indie Short: The Chieftain Of The Pudding Race by Shane Crosland (Australia)

Best Drama Short: Could You Please Repeat That? by Minnie Nguyen (USA)

Best Student Short: Sunflower by Mingjie Tang (USA)

Best Documentary Short: Mad Martha by Jesse Leaman (Australia)

Best Comedy Short: Da Capo – The Town of Music by Darc Mavid (Germany)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Old Time Radio by Joel B Harlow (USA)

Best Action Short: Dream War by Kevin Barile (USA)

Best Crime Short: Tito by Anthony Notarile and Andy Tworischuk (USA)

Best Film Noir Short: Bläckfisk by Sarah Hanner (USA)

Best Mystery Short: The Perimeter by Joel Korhonen (Finland)

Best Thriller Short: Le Buron by Léo Pons (France)

Best Horror Short: 7 Minutes in Hell by Shane Spiegel and Justin Reager (USA)

Best Gore Short: Naked Zombie Girl is Back! by Rickey Bird (USA)

Best Sci-Fi Short: Stepmother by Joakim Pusenius (Finland)

Best Fantasy Short: Triggered by Mario Ricardo Rodriguez and Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm (USA)

Best Animation Short: Wall-E’s Old Man by Jeff Blyth (USA)

Best Children Short: Timeless in the Metaverse by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan (Australia)

Best Women Short: Hardly What You Want to Hear by Christine Marshall (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short: The Wall by Valeska Miller (USA)

Best Romantic Short: Letters for Lost Lovers by Faisal Ahmad (UK)

Best Experimental Short: Wither With Her by Jason W Hammond (Canada)

Best Microfilm: Defy the Odds by Corry Wiens (USA)

Best Music Video: Abandon by Jeff Hilliard (USA)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Above Us by Pierre Fittante (France)

Best Female Director: Minnie Nguyen for Could You Please Repeat That? (USA)

Best Male Director: Mitchell Linden for The Visit (USA)

Best Student Female Director: Mingjie Tang for Sunflower (USA)

Best Student Male Director: Pierre Fittante for Above Us (France)

Best First Time Female Director: Christine Marshall for Hardly What You Want to Hear (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Shane Crosland for The Chieftain Of The Pudding Race (Australia)

Best Actress: Krissy Lemon for Hardly What You Want to Hear (USA)

Best Actor: Long Nguyen for Could You Please Repeat That? (USA)

Best Supporting Actress: Mardy Ma for Sunflower (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Dasent for Sunflower (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Amélia Marques-Galbicsek for The Visit (USA)

Best Child/Young Actor: Tom Cross for Unbidden (UK)

Best Acting Duo: Jordan Van Clief and Tyler Schuelke for Normally Mormon (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Long Nguyen, Xiaowan Jin, Amy Bui, Ngoc Le, Myron Ordillano, Stanley Wong, Jacky Song, and Johnny D Nguyen for Could You Please Repeat That? (USA)

Best Original Screenplay: Jesper Wallenius for The Perimeter (Finland)

Best Cinematography: Léo Pons for Le Buron (France)

Best Editing; Anthony Kalmeta for Echoes (USA)

Best Original Score: Misha Segal for Letters for Lost Lovers (UK)

7 Minutes in Hell by Shane Spiegel and Justin Reager (USA)

Best Horror Short


Abandon by Jeff Hilliard (USA)

Best Music Video


Above Us by Pierre Fittante (France)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot and Best Student Male Director


Bläckfisk by Sarah Hanner (USA)

Best Film Noir Short


Could You Please Repeat That? by Minnie Nguyen (USA)

Best Drama Short, Best Female Director, Best Actor (Long Nguyen), and Best Ensemble Cast (Long Nguyen, Xiaowan Jin, Amy Bui, Ngoc Le, Myron Ordillano, Stanley Wong, Jacky Song, and Johnny D Nguyen)


Da Capo – The Town of Music by Darc Mavid (Germany)

Best Comedy Short


Defy the Odds by Corry Wiens (USA)

Best Microfilm


Dream War by Kevin Barile (USA)

Best Action Short


Echoes by Anthony Kalmeta (USA)

Best Editing


Hardly What You Want to Hear by Christine Marshall (USA)

Best Women Short, Best First Time Female Director, and Best Actress (Krissy Lemon)


Le Buron by Léo Pons (France)

Best Thriller Short and Best Cinematography


Letters for Lost Lovers by Faisal Ahmad (UK)

Best Romantic Short and Best Original Score (Misha Segal)


Mad Martha by Jesse Leaman (Australia)

Best Documentary Short


Naked Zombie Girl is Back! by Rickey Bird (USA)

Best Gore Short


Normally Mormon by Tyler Schuelke (USA)

Best Acting Duo (Jordan Van Clief and Tyler Schuelke)


Old Time Radio by Joel B Harlow (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short


Stepmother by Joakim Pusenius (Finland)

Best Sci-Fi Short


Sunflower by Mingjie Tang (USA)

Best Student Short, Best Student Female Director, Best Supporting Actress (Mardy Ma), and Best Supporting Actor (Daniel Dasent)


The Chieftain Of The Pudding Race by Shane Crosland (Australia)

Best Indie Short and Best First Time Male Director


The Perimeter by Joel Korhonen (Finland)

Best Mystery Short and Best Original Screenplay (Jesper Wallenius)


The Visit by Mitchell Linden (USA)

Best Male Director and Best Child/Young Actress (Amélia Marques-Galbicsek)


The Wall by Valeska Miller (USA)

Best LGBTQ Short


Timeless in the Metaverse by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan (Australia)

Best Children Short


Tito by Anthony Notarile and Andy Tworischuk (USA)

Best Crime Short


Triggered by Mario Ricardo Rodriguez and Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm (USA)

Best Fantasy Short


Unbidden by Andres Rothschild (UK)

Best Child/Young Actor (Tom Cross)


Wall-E’s Old Man by Jeff Blyth (USA)

Best Animation Short


Wither With Her by Jason W Hammond (Canada)

Best Experimental Short

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