See also AWARD WINNERS: OCTOBER 2023
Best Producer: Siddharth Kasyap for Azadi (India)
Best Female Director: Paola Baldion for Abrazo (USA)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Female Director): Julia Marchese for I Know What You Need (USA)
Best Male Director: Chris Merrill for The Suck (USA)
Best Student Female Director: Sienna Petersen and Josh Chapp for The Fisherman (USA)
Best Student Male Director: Weihua Feng for The Drowning Fish (China)
Best First Time Female Director: Xiangyi Zhu for On the Road (USA)
Best First Time Male Director: Anshul Vijayvargiya for Azadi (India)
Outstanding Achievement Award (First Time Male Director): Yu-Le Chang for Shadow Under the Bed (Taiwan)
Best Young Female Filmmaker: Sirui Wang for Patriots (China)
Best Young Male Filmmaker: Tyler Rockwell for Ocean’s 14 (USA)
Best Actress: Carmen Serano for Roberta’s Rules (USA)
Best Actor: Jim Meskimen for The Suck (USA)
Best Supporting Actress: Colleen Giddings for Still Scattered (USA)
Best Supporting Actor: Page Kennedy for Roberta’s Rules (USA)
Best Child/Young Actress: Kayden Tokarski for My Melancholy Baby (USA)
Best Child/Young Actor: Wachin Tanah for Shadow Under the Bed (Taiwan)
Best Acting Duo: Kathleen O’Grady and Paola Baldion for Abrazo (USA)
Best Ensemble Cast: O-T Fagbenle, Colleen Giddings, Jeff Lorch, Hannah Simone, and Sonal Shah for Still Scattered (USA)
Best Production Design: Jynnifer Macomber for I Know What You Need (USA)
Best Original Screenplay: Jeff Lorch and Tierney Michon for Still Scattered (USA)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Julia Marchese for I Know What You Need (USA)
Best Cinematography: Indeana Underhill for The Suck (USA)
Best Editing: Ellen Schwartz and Michael Bromberg for Festival (USA)
Best Sound Design: Book Chien for Shadow Under the Bed (Taiwan)
Outstanding Achievement Award (Sound Design): Jassem AlAbdulsalam for My Content (Kuwait)
Best Sound Editing: Why Jerusalem Matters (USA)
Honorable Mention (Special FX): Joe Castro for Dirty Freaken Joe – Sci-Fi Sam (USA)
Best Visual FX: ArChin Yen for Shadow Under the Bed (Taiwan)
Honorable Mention (Visual FX): On the Road (USA)
Best Costume Design: Daddy (USA)
Honorable Mention (Makeup and Hairstyling): Jamie Noble for Roberta’s Rules (USA)
Best Original Score: Josh Chapp for The Fisherman (USA)
Best Original Song: Azadi by Siddharth Kasyap, for Azadi (India)
See also AWARD WINNERS: OCTOBER 2023
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