Award Winners: June 2023

Best Short of the Month (Special Jury Award)

Business Class by Ugo Melcore and Loris Melcore (France)

Best Foreign-Language Short of the Month (Special Jury Award)

Traces on the Wall by Asel Abakirova (Kyrgyzstan)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Back Seat by Maya Chodus (Israel)

Award of Excellence (Special Jury Mention)

Dive Into the Blue by Ge Gao (USA)

Best Short of the Month (Runners-up)

My Little Astronaut by Israel Torres (USA)

Space Eye by Kevin Mainenti (Croatia)

The 13 by Margaux Le Bail and Clément Beauvois (France)

The Return by Bo Tanas (Canada)

Platinum Awards

Best Indie Short: Dive Into the Blue by Ge Gao (USA)

Best Drama Short: The Return by Bo Tanas (Canada)

Best Documentary Short: Woman, Life, Freedom | Iran’s Revolution Amidst the 2022 FIFA World Cup by Auctus Productions (USA)

Best Comedy Short: Arden High by Stephen Wayne and Jeffrey Querin (USA)

Best Dark Comedy Short: Space Eye by Kevin Mainenti (Croatia)

Best Thriller Short: Business Class by Ugo Melcore and Loris Melcore (France)

Best Horror Short: Business Class by Ugo Melcore and Loris Melcore (France)

Best Experimental Short: Behind The Loom by Heejoo Kim (USA)

Best Student Short: Back Seat by Maya Chodus (Israel)

Best Animation Short: A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan (Singapore)

Best Children Short: A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate by Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, and Christina Teenz Tan (Singapore)

Best Music Video: Gold In Them Hills by Jeremy Johnstone (USA)

Best Screendance Short: Alow by Tanja Bombach (Germany)

Best Web Series/TV Pilot: Arden High by Stephen Wayne and Jeffrey Querin (USA)

Best Female Director: Marie-Ange Casalta for The Last Dinner (France)

Best Male Director: Ugo Melcore and Loris Melcore for Business Class (France)

Best First Time Female Director: Ge Gao for Dive Into the Blue (USA)

Best First Time Male Director: Israel Torres for My Little Astronaut (USA)

Best Young Filmmaker: Lily Brooks O’Briant for Sharing the Floor (USA)

Best Actor: Roger Bart for The Last Dinner (France)

Best Ensemble Cast: Nicole Winthrop, CC Meade, Miles Elliot, Hayden Steiner, Nina Groll, Joe Gailey, and Rhea Isaac for Boys and Husbands (USA)

Best Cinematography: Ugo Melcore and Loris Melcore for Business Class (France)

Best Original Score: Manu Martin for A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate (Singapore)