2022-2023
All seasonal winners (fall, winter, spring and summer) will compete to be the best of the best each year for the chance to be screened at the annual ceremony.
Ceremony on Saturday 28 October 2023
Annual Winners 2023
Best Film > "Cognition" by Ravi Ajit Chopra
Best Filmmaker > Indy Gott "Dissonance"
Best Actress > Faith Murphy "Compassionate Caren in the Big, Bad World" by Dean Shortland
Best Actor > Luke Humphrey "In the Dark" by Bronson Allen
Best Screenplay > Daniel Laurent "Cry for Me" by Ben Cassiani & Daniel Laurent
Best Makeup > Giorgia Giommoni "Faith" by Noemi Cosoleto
Best Sound > Arkadiusz Reikowski "Faith" by Noemi Cosoleto
Best Cinematography > Ricardo Bouyett "IICWLIM: A Chapbook Film" by Ricardo Bouyett
Best Editing > Paloma Llambías "The Portrait" by Jakob Hüfner
Best Costumes > Jakob Hüfner & Stephanie Engel "The Portrait" by Jakob Hüfner
Best Visual Effects > Kyle Gallagher and Taylor Page "Way & ward" by Taylor Page
Best Production Design > Bryan Decker and Caledonia Hanson "Heat Revolt" by Ezra Townsend Goldberg-Johns
Summer Winners 2023
Best sci-fi (short) > DARK CELL by Jean-Michel Tari
Best thriller (short) > Shadow Puppets by Penn Pauletich
Best fantasy (short) > The Legend of Qualicum Bay by Jim Garrison
Best action/adventure (short) > BETTER LOVE by David Sexta
Best horror (short) > White Rabbit by Laura Jefferies
Best fan film (short) > Gender Reveal by Bryanny
Best romance (short) > First Love by Jo Teh
Best comedy (short) > social pseudocide by Henry Anderson
Best drama (Short) > They Call Me Bridget by Tzarini Meyler
Best costumes (short) > The portrait by Jakob Hüfner
Best editing (short) > The portrait by Jakob Hüfner
Best actress (comedy short) > Breana M Parisi in Shooting Your Own Shadow
Best filmmaker (comedy short) > Shooting Your Own Shadow by Joseph J Parisi & Michael Amman
Best screenplay (short) > Shooting Your Own Shadow by Joseph J Parisi & Michael Amman
Best sound (short) > Shooting Your Own Shadow by Joseph J Parisi & Michael Amman
Best actor (drama short) > Daniel Laurent in Cry for Me
Best makeup (short) > Cry for Me by Daniel Laurent
Best cinematography (short) > IICWLIM: A Chapbook Film by Ricardo Bouyett
Best production design (short) > The Heat Revolt by Ezra Townsend Goldberg-Johns
Best visual effects (short) > The Begin Influencer by Enzo Bossio
Best filmmaker (drama short) > Star Crossed by Pat Bradley
Best filmmaker (sci-fi short) > Of Human Kindness by Philip Codd
Best filmmaker (thriller short) > Dissonance by Indy Gott
Best filmmaker (fanfilm short) > Peter Parker's First Day by Patrick Rills
Best actress (drama short) > Hannah Saxby in Transgressing
Best actress (sci-fi short) > Sarah Noelle Eastep in SYOTOS
Best actor (sci-fi short) > Leighton Samuels in LifeQuest
Spring Winners 2023
Best sci-fi (short) > Desert Sky by David Hartstone
Best thriller (short) > Annie Pannie by Deanna Dewey = Torn Plaid by Athreya Ram
Best fantasy (short) > Way & Ward by Taylor Page
Best action/adventure (short) > Nothing Special by James Garces
Best horror (short) > Hellvira on the Run! by Morgan Welborn = Trapped by Semyon Voinov
Best fan film (short) > Gemma, Orlando, and the Multiverse by Wesley E Van Horn
Best romance (short) > Vegas Is Calling by Chad Ridgely and Maggi Mayfield
Best comedy (short) > Rematch by Frank Romano and Nick Romano
Best drama (Short) > Puncher's Chance by Garland Scott and Johnny Rey Diaz
Best costumes (short) > Way & Ward by Taylor Page
Best editing (short) > The Final Bullet by Roger Dvorak
Best screenplay (short) > Bare by Nathan Kovar
Best sound (short) > Erik by Adilon Kola
Best makeup (short) > First Time by Che Carmouche & Peggy Wright
Best cinematography (short) > Raj by Levi Hintermeister
Best production design (short) > First Time by Robert Poe
Best visual effects (short) > Way & Ward by Kyle Gallagher & Taylor Page
Best filmmaker (horror short) > Nathaniel Bertram & Ethosheia Hylton for Sampha
Best filmmaker (drama short) > Victoria Malinjod for Quiet
Best filmmaker (fantasy short) > Taylor Page for Way & Ward
Best filmmaker (sci-fi short) > David Kodheli for Erik
Best filmmaker (comedy short) > Carolyn Gair for Flower
Best actress (drama short) > Rita Sistrunk in Strangers Among Us
Best actress (horror short) > Best female ensemble in Phantasmia
Best actress (romance short) > Feride Karamustafaoğlu in Sorin (Silent screams)
Best actor (drama short) > Robert Seeliger in Darwin's Fox
Best actor (sci-fi short) > Aaron Ten Bears in First Time
Best actor (horror short) > Best male ensemble in Phantasmia
Best actor (fantasy short) > Morgan McLeod in Way & Ward
Winter Winners 2022
Best editing (short) > Walls Beneath Our Feet - Petri Erkkilä
Best screenplay (short) > When the saints come marching back - Gerardo Tassan
Best sound (short) > Faith - Arkadiusz Reikowski
Best makeup (short) > Faith - Giorgia Giommoni
Best cinematography (short) > Now and how - Piotr Sell
Best filmmaker (drama short) > A moment by Zaid Hasan Al Sabaileh
Best filmmaker (fantasy short) > AL AND THE LOST WORLD by David James Nielsen
Best filmmaker (sci-fi short) > In your dreams by Mike Krohn
Best filmmaker (thriller short) > Axé by S Francis Livisay
Best filmmaker (comedy short) > Cock N' Bull 3 by Nathan Adloff
Best actress (drama short) > Yuliia Sobol in Faith
Best actress (comedy short) > Faith Murphy in Compassionate Caren in the Big, Bad World
Best actress (sci-fi short) > Amanda Mazonkey in Dead By Tomorrow
Best actor (drama short) > Michael Dave Douglas in Flying Caterpillar
Best actor (horror short) > Luke Humphrey for In The Dark
Best sci-fi (short) > Cognition by Ravi Ajit Chopra
Best thriller (short) > On the Inside by Pål Gustavsen
Best fantasy (short) > The Star Who Fell To Earth by Alessandro Magnabosco
Best action/adventure (short) > Safe House by Rob Holder
Best horror (short) > A King in Yellow by Drew Roderick = Water Babies by Josh Garretson
Best fan film (short) > Tomb Raider: The Myth of El Hawa by Ash kapriyelov and Tina Ljubenkov
Best romance (short) > Overdue by Melissa Skirboll
Best comedy (short) > Beep by Allan Plenderleith
Best drama (Short) > EiknuJ by Katie Trubetsky, Jack F. Marziliano, Brandon Lee Johnson
Fall Winners 2022
Best sci-fi (short) > Sights Unseen by Jesse Terrell
Best thriller (short) > The Night Out by Jordan Burbank
Best fantasy (short) > Fairy Tale Country by Cem Arslan
Best action/adventure (short) > Halo: The Rebellion by Jamon Holmes
Best horror (short) > The House by Rosie Grypma and Wayne Lai
Best fan film (short) > Pink Rose Ballet by Kostiantyn Mishchenko
Best romance (short) > Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes by Pat Mitchell
Best comedy (short) > Touched by Tim Levy
Best drama (Short) > Gnaw by Rosalee Yagihara
Best costumes (short) > Gnaw by Paula Negritto
Best editing (short) > Gnaw by Arlien Wharf-Garcia
Best screenplay (short) > Gnaw by Meg Turner
Best sound (short) > Gnaw by Sasha Larco
Best makeup (short) > Gnaw by Madeline Baye
Best cinematography (short) > Fairy Tale Country by Nils Witt
Best production design (short) > Fairy Tale Country by Lydia Böhm
Best filmmaker (horror short) > Rosalee Yagihara for Gnaw
Best filmmaker (drama short) > Rosalee Yagihara for Gnaw
Best filmmaker (fantasy short) > Cem Arslan for Fairy Tale Country
Best filmmaker (sci-fi short) > Zack Dodson for Life-Line
Best filmmaker (thriller short) > Isabelle Corrales for Holy Sinners
Best filmmaker (comedy short) > Olivier Hero Dressen for She is so Perfect
Best actress (fantasy short) > Best female ensemble cast “Fairy Tale Country”
Best actress (drama short) > Chenara Imrith for Consequences: Aftermath
Best actress (horror short) > Luvia Petersen for Gnaw
Best actress (romance short) > Eliza Quinn for Bloom
Best actress (comedy short) > Kristen McCabe for Cheesecake & Rainbow Tights
Best actor (drama short) > Michael Joseph Nelson for Unspoken
Best actor (horror short) > Ben Martinez for The Exorcism of Isabella Ramirez
Best actor (sci-fi short) > Scott Maddow for Life-Line
Best actor (comedy short) > Stuart Shacklock for Proud Hooligan
Best actor (fantasy short) > Matt Miller for Pluto’s Cake
Best actor (thriller short) > Dominic DiCaprio for Disclosure