2023 Winners
Best Film Audience Award
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Best Film Actor Audience Award
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Best Actress Audience Award
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Best Narrative Short
“ Hopeless ” Dir. Mark Gabriel Galliano
Best Narrative Feature
“ Twisted ” Dir. Vibeke Muasya
Best Documentary Short
“ Light The Way ” Dir. Anh Le
Best Documentary Feature
“ La Clave - A Mystery of Musica Cubana ” Dir. Kurt Hartel
Best Student Film
“ How To Care For Strangers ” Dir. Rebecca Penner & Carver Bain
Best Animation
“ Yellow Dove Aftermath ” Dir. Rony A. Abovitz
Best Experimental
“ Dissonance ” Dir. Indy Gott
Best Music Video
“ Camino - The One ” Dir. Mike Mihail
Best Foreign Film
“ NA ” Dir. NA
Best Script
“ The Pickleball Killer ” by Jim Carroll
Best Director
Shingo Soejima
Best Actor
Ippei Uesugi
Best Actress
Ayaka Nishibun
Honorable Mentions
“ Citizen ” Dir. Marshall Ferrin
“ Dancing Beyond ” Dir. Sarah Daly
“ Killers ” Dir. Jan Buttram
“ Marah From Eilat ” Dir. Leiter Daniellson
“ Re-Entry ” Dir. RJ Zabasky
“ They Smell Dead ” Dir. Juliano Angeliano
Best Director
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Best Actor
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Best Actress
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