Award Winners of December 2023: Technical Categories

See also AWARD WINNERS: DECEMBER 2023

Best Producer: Catherine Mountain for Rust (UK)

Best Female Director: Kay Qiao for ELM (USA)

Best Male Director: Moe Najati for Ensouled (UK)

Best Student Female Director: Sabia Faden for Great Fortune (USA)

Best Student Male Director: Pengyu Yan and Hongdi Xiao for Love Sink In Tide (China)

Best First Time Female Director: Xiaowen Xing for The Funeral (白布) (China)

Best First Time Male Director: Yongzhi Qiao for The Longest Night (China)

Honorable Mention (Young Female Filmmaker): Thea Pincus for Girl (USA)

Best Young Male Filmmaker: Axel Dahan for On the Paths Awakened (France)

Best Actress: Julia Wilke for Lines (USA)

Best Actor: Colby Range for What Happens After Midnight (USA)

Best Supporting Actress: Eileen Dietz for Beverly Hills Exorcist (USA)

Best Supporting Actor: Ken Weiler for Lines (USA)

Best Child/Young Actress: Kylee Bacon for Ruby’s Dad (USA)

Best Acting Duo: Kelton White and Taylor Hall for Three Fourths (USA)

Best Ensemble Cast: Toks Olagundoye, Kristen Johnston, Julia Campbell, Julia Montgomery, Nicki Micheux, and David Rees Snell for Loganberry Lane (USA)

Best Production Design: Nelly Vaillot for On the Paths Awakened (France)

Best Original Screenplay: Marco Felipe for Cozy Eurekas (Brazil)

Best Cinematography: Tim Mountain for Rust (UK)

Best Editing: Rem Scobell for Beverly Hills Exorcist (USA)

Best Sound Design: Giovanni A Lodigiani for Foreigner (USA)

Honorable Mention (Sound Mixing): Dylan Peshek for Demon Interrupted (USA)

Best Special FX: Allie Shehorn for ELM (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Special FX): Sam C. Locke for Kombucha! (USA)

Best Visual FX: Rem Scobell and Timothy N. Teamer for Beverly Hills Exorcist (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Visual FX): Giovanni A Lodigiani for Foreigner (USA)

Best Costume Design: Rachael Hranka for Maize (USA)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Karissa Parks and Bryanna Jacobs for Loganberry Lane (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Makeup and Hairstyling): Angela Santori and Laura B. Young for Freakshow (USA)

Best Special Makeup: Cynthia Garza for Beverly Hills Exorcist (USA)

Outstanding Achievement Award (Special Makeup): Sam C. Locke for Kombucha! (USA)

Best Original Score: Jarryd Elias for Beverly Hills Exorcist (USA)

Best Original Song: Talk It Out by Ava Della Pietra (USA)

See also AWARD WINNERS: DECEMBER 2023

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