The following projects (short films, TV & web series, and screenplays) are the finalists of the season of January, competing in 65 different categories. These works were shortlisted from an official selection pool with acceptance rate of 41,6%, based on submissions from 9 countries with total runtime of 17:07:21.
***Categories not listed have no submissions meeting the requirements***
***Categories TBA have 2 or less projects with eligible scores for awards. The announcement of the award winner(s) for these categories is done along with the award winners of all of the other categories***
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Technical Categories: Nominations of January 2023
Best Indie Short
A Third Country by Roberto Collado Anzaldúa and Augusto Contreras (USA)
Banning by Tim T. Cahill (USA)
Brick Walls by Brandon Forgione (USA)
Smoke by Vance Crofoot (USA)
Wither With Her by Jason W Hammond (Canada)





Best Drama Short
Disconnected by Azra Savasan (Turkey)
Generation-R by Cedric Low (Malaysia)
Long Weekend by Danielle Swanson (USA)
One Man Band by Dekang Liu (USA)
The Next to Last Supper by John Kestner (USA)





Best Documentary Short
Corgi’s Run by Selana Allen and Tracee Garrett (USA)
Merk by Bernard Gray (Canada)
Milieu by John Edgar Hart and Nikoloz Chanturia (Australia)



Best Horror Short
TBA
Best Comedy Short
TBA
Best Dark Comedy Short
TBA
Best Crime Short
TBA
Best Film Noir Short
TBA
Best Thriller Short
Brothers till the End by Roman Mitichyan (USA)
Dark Web by Tyler Appian (USA)
Fleeced by Samuel Van Fossen (USA)



Best Mystery Short
TBA
Best Fantasy Short
TBA
Best Women Short
Happy New Year by Elaine Lai and AnQi Yu (USA)
Morning Glory by Hannah Chamberlain Conway (USA)
Nothing Happened by Eve Ginann Wuthrich (USA)



Best Romantic Short
Back to Apirol by April Liu (USA)
Day One by Jiarong Lu (USA)
Take Care by Imani Christopher and Jabu Ndlovu (USA)



Best Experimental Short
TBA
Best Microfilm
Codependent on Desire by Merivelle Hannah (USA)
Disconnected by Azra Savasan (Turkey)
You Can’t Stop What’s Coming by John David Cranman (USA)



Best Music Video
TBA
Best Short Script
11:11 Once by Norma N Marcus (USA)
A Morning Conversation by Garrett Benningfield (USA)
Dr. Jane by Chase Smell (USA)
The Revver by Mike Hanson and Kelly Moothart (USA)
What Would Lombardi Say by Patrick Cottington (USA)
Technical Categories: Nominations of January 2023
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