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2023 Winners
JURY AWARD FOR BEST
US DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
A STILL SMALL VOICE (USA)
Directed by Luke Lorentzen
West Coast Premiere
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST
US DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
NAME OF THE GAME (USA)
Directed by William Forbes
and Douglas Skinner
World Premiere
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY
FEATURE:
NAKED ISRAEL (Israel)
Directed by Ines Moldavsky
World Premiere
BRAVERY AWARD
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
MISSISSIPPI RIVER STYX (USA)
Directed by Tim Grant & Andy McMillan
California Premiere
JURY AWARD FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
TO KILL A TIGER  (India)
Directed by Nisha Kumari Pahuja
West Coast Premiere
JURY AWARD AND AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE
FEATURE:
WHERE THE ROAD LEADS (Serbia)
Directed by Nina Ognjanović
JURY AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY:
FIELD OF WEEDS
Screenwriter Kelly Jean Karam
HONORABLE MENTION NARRATIVE SHORT:
FILLING HOLES (USA)
Directed by Miriam Gabriel and Sophia de Baun
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT:
SANAA, SEDUCTRESS OF
STRANGERS (Germany)
Directed by Jan Eilhardt
HONORABLE MENTION
INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT:
SUMMER RAIN (Taiwan/USA)
Directed by Shao Lin
JURY AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
A THROWING FORTH (USA)
Directed by Xiao Zhang
HONORABLE MENTION FOR DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
LET ME TAKE YOU HOME (USA)
Directed by Evelyn Hang Yin
JURY AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION SHORT:
OUR PAIN (Japan)
Directed by Shunsaku Hayashi
HONORABLE MENTION FOR ANIMATION SHORT:
LA ÚLTIMA HISTORIA The Last Story (Spain)
Directed by Vicente Molina Pardo
JURY AWARD FOR BEST MUSIC VIDEO:
UNDER NO NATION BY GOAT (USA)
Directed by John Mark Lapham
HONORABLE MENTION MUSIC VIDEO:
FUNERAL SOLUTION BY OSEES (USA)
Directed by Logan Feser
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HONORABLE MENTION
MUSIC VIDEO
RAKIYA SU KATAMAM BY ALTIN GÜN (France)
Directed by Sylvain Rusques and Simon Moreaux
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