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NWSFF WINNERS
January 2023



Best Female Director
Wish You Well
Director Nadia Guo

Honorable Mention
The Story Of
Director Mariia Solodiankina

Honorable Mention
One end of many
Director Johanna Marie Gimpel

Honorable Mention
She and the clouds
Director Anastasia Sytschew

Honorable Mention
Talking to a survivor
Director Milena Olip

Honorable Mention
Convergence
Director Anahita von Andrian-Werburg, Maya Marzuki Peters

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Best Trailer
I Know A Stranger
Director Carlos Leos

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Best Cinematography
To Father
Directed by Jae-Feel Hwang

Honorable Mention    
MICH: Construction sites and Humans
Directed by Luca Walter Mariani, Paula Gador Ferri Carazo, Angelo Urgo

Honorable Mention    
LACRIME DI VENTO
Directed by Damiano Rossi

Honorable Mention
World of Warcraft - Dragonflight Legacies
Director Marc Messenger

Honorable Mention
Backwards
Director Sarah Klearman

Honorable Mention
Caretaker
Director James Hood

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Best Microfilm
The Larvae
Director Nikhail Asnani

Honorable Mention    
Remote Workers | Visit Cascais
Director António Aleixo

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Best Fantasy Film
"CHILDREN AS GIANTS"
Director Jesse Hutchins

Honorable Mention
$chwurbel it in
Director Timm Scharge

Honorable Mention
The Blood Stone
Directed by Ernesto M Diaz

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Best Director
Makina
Director Zef Cota

Honorable Mention
Our good Day done
Director Thomas Darragh

Honorable Mention
Unprompted
Director Lena Louise Streitwieser

Honorable Mention
The leak
Director Barnabé Fossaert

Honorable Mention
A Spot for Frog
Director Evan Bode

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Best Drama
HIT
Director Hayden Rhodes

Honorable Mention
Sad Love
Director Faqi Liu

Honorable Mention
Hair of the Dog
Directed by Naya Guzman

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Best Actor
Vladimir Rivkin
For
The Ode on Cure
Directed by Vladislav Motorichev

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Best Actress
Xiaozhen Zhang
For
Morning Begins at 4:30
Directed by Ivan Law

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Best Producer
Odyssée Créations
For
The Hummingbird

Honorable Mention
Tom Heinemann, Teddy Dwight Frederick
For
NEW LAND – THE KALINAGO DREAM

Honorable Mention
Elizabeth Michelle Lopez
For
The Eye Begins in The Hand

Honorable Mention
Manon Pfrunder
For
AKTION B

Honorable Mention
Pete Levine
For
The Pleasants Effect

Honorable Mention
Ester Bonfante
For
Oltre

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Message Of Hope
Walk out on Water
Directors Alexis Rosad, Craig Derek Jones

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Best Dance Film
Transitory
Submitter Gabriel S. Rivera Vázquez

Honorable Mention
Goal
Director Bear Damen

Honorable Mention
RUM 444
Director Peter Svenzon

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Best Religion & Faith Film
Miriam the dream women
Director chen klein

Honorable Mention
SPIRITUAL WARFARE
Directors Alexis Rosado, Craig Derek Jones

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Best T.V Series
Chateau Laurier -Season 2
Director James Stewart

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Best Song
Hypnotherapology (lyric music video)
Directors Muhammed Ibnunoordin, Soeren Addicks

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Best Comedy
Patent Pending
Director Liam P Kiernan

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Best Music Video
Ezgi AlaÅŸ X GüneÅŸ - Ä°mdat
Director Lika Nadir

Honorable Mention
Pile - "Loops"
Director Joshua Echevarria

Honorable Mention
Love In Vain
Director Rudy Strukoff

Honorable Mention
Glitter Electron
Directors Einosuke Yokoyama

Chihiro Sato

Takaaki Numa

Honorable Mention
Nothing is real
Directors gil Stefan Basarab, Ido Berlad

Honorable Mention
Hypnotherapology (main music video)
Directors Mu Ibnunoordin, Soeren Addicks

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Best Horror
Shop at the Edge of Town
Director Cailin Tamplin

Honorable Mention
Sphinx
Director Alec Palumbo

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Best Film Score
North Star (Music Submission)
Submitter SoundWave Studios Music Group

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Best Editing
The last farewell
Director Liu Yang

Honorable Mention
Not in Love
Director Eugénie Bouquet

Honorable Mention
Party Quest
Director Débora Rocha

Honorable Mention
Poulaphouca
Director Ellen Bytyqi

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Best Script
The Volunteer
Writers Robert Allen Nelson, Jason Morwick

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First Time Filmmakers
Joseph J Parisi, Michael Amman
For
Shooting Your Own Shadow

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Best LGBT Films
Show me everyone
Director Guy Hamiel

Honorable Mention
Lobster Tongue - wip sound design
Director Nikhail Asnani

Honorable Mention
Freak Show
Director Georgy Mikheev

Honorable Mention
Good Morning I Love You
Director Scott Magid

Honorable Mention
The Devil Inside Me
Director Gabriel Arrahnio

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Best Experimental Films
ok, you are gone. Oct 05 2022
Director Yu Chin Tseng

Honorable Mention
The Storm
Director Shelby Dillon

Honorable Mention
Vocafoli
Director Stefan Kei DiMuzio

Honorable Mention
I Never Had A View
Director Daniel Aremu

Honorable Mention
Odds On
Directors Daphna Attias, Terry O'Donovan

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Best Student Film
See You Soon
Director Alexander Knauer

Honorable Mention
Sperm Budding
Director Veerakorn Lertsangsuwan

Honorable Mention
Existere
Director Héctor Calvillo Hernández
   
Honorable Mention
Die Again
Director Milana Mirit Yunataeva

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Best Feature Documentary
Dadiani Palace Christmas Ball 2023
Directors Noe Sulaberidze, Zura Pankvelashvili

Honorable Mention
Beneath the Surface: Water Polo
Director Dawn Young

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Best Short Documentary
Infitite Love - Overcome struggles and pay it forward.
Director Eddie Lin

Honorable Mention
We Are Right Here
Submitter Heidi Latsky Dance

Honorable Mention
The Useless Glassblower
Director Holger E. Metzger

Honorable Mention
Infitite Love
(Dreams that cross the ocean)
(Pass on love with the underwater mailbox)
(Walk at your own pace. We’re here with you) 
(Wrestle for a better future)
Director Eddie Lin

Honorable Mention
Maka
Director Elia Moutamid

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Feature Films Competition
DHARANI
Director Sreevallabhan B

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Best Women Empowerment Film
Women in Architecture
Director Boris Noir

Honorable Mention
Y si Adelita...
Director Luz Jaimes

Honorable Mention
Milo
Director Ellie Torez

Honorable Mention
Outside the City
Director Vesta Tuckute

Honorable Mention
Empowered Women
Director Serhat Can Alim

Honorable Mention
Sea Change
Director Edward Hendry Browne

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Short Films Competition
Judge
Director Nicolo' Pozzali

Honorable Mention
Filmatic Surgery - wip sound design
Director Nikhail Asnani

Honorable Mention
Providence
Director Anant Mehra

Honorable Mention
NAAM BADAL DENA
Director Arshila Salman

Honorable Mention
Vertigo
Director Vidal Buso

Honorable Mention
Eunuco
Director Giorgio Perrig

Honorable Mention
PUP PAL: A Game For Better Living
Director Sebastian Xianlong Newell

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