FIRST EDITION – 20th August, 2023
WINNERS
Best International Short Film: Valeria/Валерия (Olga Khoreva – Russia)
Best Documentary: La Lixeira – The Invisibile Dignity (Guido Galante, Antonio Notarangelo – Italy)
Best Student Short: Wrong Way In The Love (Lee Yean Tan, Taiwan)
Best Experimental: Io (Francesco Tribuzio – Italy)
Best First-Time Filmmaker Short: Pentaclub (Roberto Strazzarino – Italy)
Best Sci-Fi: Departure (Takayuki Yoshikawa – Japan)
Best Comedy: Friddo e Famme (Gennaro Iago Esposito – Italy)
Best Animation: On/Off (Nicolas P. Villarreal – Argentina)
Best Music Video: Sybaris (Maurizio Vincenzi – Italy)
Best Nature: Okmo (Lola Dubettier, Romain Perset – France)
Best Horror: Physis (Walter Rastelli – Italy)
Miglior Corto Italiano: The Last Party (Matteo Damiani)
Best Thriller: Ogni tre giorni (Mark Petrasso – Italy)
Best Drama: Blue (Cristina Sánchez, Alex Rios – Spain)
ADDITIONAL CATEGORIES
Best Acting Ensemble: Arrivederci Paris (Louis Salvatore Bellanti – France)
Best Actor: Oswaldo Salas (Holestepper, Perù)
Best Actress: Titua Chabanne (The most beautiful in the world – France)
Best Director: Norman Ng (Glass Works – China)
Best Screenplay: Thanos Psichogios (Chlorine, Greece)
HONORABLE MENTIONS
The Heaviest Order (Peter Böving – Germany)
Script (Piero Cannata – Italy)
A Safe Place (Nicolas Lincy – France)
Lilli (Emanuele Cristaldi – Italy)
7+1 Fragments (Mehrad Sepahnia, Atefeh Kheirabadi – Germany)