Technical Categories: Nominations of December 2023

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Genre Categories: Nominations of December 2023

Best Producer

Axel Dahan for On The Paths Awakened (France)

Eshia Alvarado, Joseph Paul Alvarado, Justin Gonçalves, and Antonio Marquez for The River (USA)

Giovanni A Lodigiani for Foreigner (USA)

Mike Demille, Nicole Layson, Shelby Yardley, Brennan Karem, Malcolm Goodwin, and Vanessa Goodwin for Calabasas Criminals (USA)

Nourah Al Hasawi for Everything Is Not What It Seems (USA)

Best Female Director

Elana Frankel for Cannabis + Creativity (USA)

Neha Srivastava and Akshat Kishore for Orange Sun (India)

Vilma Jackson for The Cycle (UK)

Best Male Director

Brennan Karem for Calabasas Criminals (USA)

Danny Erb for Press 1 (USA)

Joseph Paul Alvarado for The River (USA)

Marco Felipe for Cozy Eurekas (Brazil)

William Brooke for ReBirth (UK)

Best Student Male Director

Abel B. Padilla for Therapist of the Year (USA)

Ido Montaniez for The Funlandia Incident (Israel)

Jack Anthony Arthur Matthews for Goodbye (Australia)

Best First Time Female Director

Chunzi Wang for Our Snowstorm (China)

Grace Samson and Barry Samson for Cats and Husbands (USA)

Laticia Fan for Re:birth (Taiwan)

Best First Time Male Director

Dee Brown and Omarosa Manigault Newman for Tiger Run: The Untold Story (USA)

Michael Matsui for You’re On Your Own, Kid (USA)

Rishav Kapoor for Next, Please (India)

Best Young Male Filmmaker

Axel Dahan for On The Paths Awakened (France)

Danilo Proh for Bloody Date (Italy)

Hunter Nickless for Beyond the Gate (USA)

Best Actress

Coco Evers for Dante, El Prisionero De La Torre (Spain)

Julia Margaret for Everything Is Not What It Seems (USA)

Katie Leszynski for Therapist of the Year (USA)

Michelle Merring for The Brink (USA)

Rachel Shin for Press 1 (USA)

Best Actor

Alex Figueiredo for 43 York Road (UK)

Anton Nassif for Therapist of the Year (USA)

David Pucek-Farnsworth for The River (USA)

Eduardo Venosa for Cozy Eurekas (Brazil)

Shawn C. Hansen for Adversary: Wanted Dead or Alive (USA)

Best Supporting Actress

Annie Hägg for The River (USA)

Diana Bachowski for The Face of Death (USA)

Vanessa Simon for Cats and Husbands (USA)

Best Supporting Actor

Jose Varela for Dante, El Prisionero De La Torre (Spain)

Lau Morelli for Cozy Eurekas (Brazil)

Tristan Pretty for 43 York Road (UK)

Best Child/Young Actress

TBA

Best Child/Young Actor

TBA

Best Acting Duo

Andre Alvarez and Sissy Pomplin for Dinner for Two (USA)

Anton Nassif and Katie Leszynski for Therapist of the Year (USA)

Pancho Moler and Evan Eckenrode for George & Marcus (USA)

Rae Cofsky and Vanessa Simon for Cats and Husbands (USA)

Terrence Carey and Claire McFadden for Kombucha! (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast

Brennan Karem, Shelby Yardley, Malcolm Goodwin, Kontravious Harrell, Patrick Sanderson, Wyatt Hinz, and Pourya Rahbar for Calabasas Criminals (USA)

Chelsea Rendon, Martel ‘TZ’ Shaw, and Hymson Chan for CPA (USA)

Jessica Kinsey, Michael Howarth, Mark Farrelly, and Phil Zimmerman for ReBirth (UK)

Mia McKenna-Bruce, Simon Manyonda, Tara Fitzgerald, and Geoff Bell for Blue Bell Hill (UK)

Vilma Jackson, Damyan Cholakov, Craig O’Hara, Judit Pasti, Elliot Fradkin, Jacqui Beckford, Sean Patrick, Maria Alejandra, Malachi Oram, Dik Maya Pun, George Ndirangu, and Samuel Adedeji for The Cycle (UK)