A Bad Romance: Bex Bradshaw
(a human) being: Pier Marton
A.i. Movie: Zahm Waters
A Flame in Our Midst (Ang Kalayo sa Gintung-an): Elvert Bañares
balaena: Alessia Lupo Cecchet
Bloody Gravel: Hojjat Hosseini Esmail abadi
Book: Anthony Oberbeck
Bronko: Isaac Ulam
The Coupon: Laura Seay
The Cradle: Massimo Meo
The Dark Odyssey 2: Ice Nexus: Michael Lavine
Deadline: Idan Gilboa
Demi-Gods: Martin Gerigk
Demon Box: Sean Wainsteim
Dorlis: Enricka M.H.
Draught: Weston Terray
Drawn: Ty Clancey
Eatversity: Keisuke Sakuma
The Encounter: G. Gotham Smith
The Expectation of the Observed: Stephanie J Williams
False Start: Cody Newman
Girl at Party: Jess O'Kane
Gnomes: Ruwan Heggelman
guarda vieja 3458 timbre 3/6: Karen Akerman, Miguel Seabra Lopes
Horny Kid - A Film Essay: Josh Whiteman
Hunny Bunny: Jayden Barrial
I Can't Cry: Paul Santoli
I Used to Be a Table: Nicole Hewitt, Vida Guzmić, Ivan Slipčević
imum: Ali Graba
In The Mirrors: Merlin Camozzi
Ion Shine: Jason Lee
Juxtaposing Carrots: Peter Sircom Bromley (PBSKY)
KC: Mike Palmer
Let's Be Friends: Arno Coenen, Rodger Werkhoven
Man in a Can: Henk Pringels

(Manic)quin: Lauren Ebner
Meantime: Guillaume Scaillet
The Microscope: Elliot Vick, Reuben Vick
Minus Me: Hossein Shojaei
Nail Clippings: World Without Sun: Artemis Evlogimenou
Nordo: Kyle Taubken
Oh To Love Without Possession: Lauren Falvo
The Passing of Time: Nathan Le Graciet
Please Ask for It: Allison Waid
Possum Kingdom: Virginia Yearick
The Road: Serhiy Luchyshyn
Rome: Death To America: Kevin Ronca
SABORRRR!: Gianfranco Fernández-Ruiz
Sauce: Sam Osborn
Something You Said Last Night: LUIS DE FILIPPIS
The Space Between Us: Julianne Martin
Survival: Philippe Sfez
That's Enough Now Thanks: Aquila Chase-Daniel
This Is How I Felt: Josh Weissbach
Thrifted Pants: Elisabeth Donaldson
Two Women: Chrimmons
Ukrainians in Exile: Janek Ambros
Uncle Ivan: Ben Walters, Nathan Walters
Unintended Country: Alfredo Hueck
Upper Chambers: Leigh Powis
#ValleyMan: John Santo
Violent Textures of Nature and Flesh: Matthew Strasburger
The Voice in Isabel Fleiss's Office: Jim Haverkamp
Wake Up: Josh Kasselman
The Waltz: Yulia Ruditskaya
Way of the Season: Steven Palassis
We Forgot About the Zombies: Chris McInroy
When the Seeds Say Enough: Dominick Rivers
Wrought: Anna Sigrithur, Joel Penner

2023 MAUREEN SAARI-WILDMAN MEMORIAL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN DEFIANCE (“the moe”) winner:

DORLIS

Best of 2023:

BEST OF FEST - FEATURE: Something You Said Last Night
EXCELLENCE IN FEATURE FILM: Rome: Death to America
BEST OF FEST - SHORTS: Dorlis
EXCELLENCE IN SHORT FILM: Demon Box

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