Winners archive

Annual Awards 2023

Florence Film Awards

Original results · Annual Awards 2023

(from March 2022 to February 2023)

The Mineshaft

Director Bradley Davies

United Kingdom

Best Picture

(Alphabetical order by Film's title)

37

Roy Boucher

United States

Honorable Mention - Super Short Film

#LWL LAUGH WITH LILLIAN

Linda Palmer

United States

Silver Award - Web/Tv Series

90 MILES

Leslie Lluvet

United States

Best Short FilmBest Actress

A LOVE WORTH FIGHTING FOR

Toby Fountaine

United Kingdom

Honorable Mention - Director Short Film

A ROSE FROM THE ASHES

Quinn Friedman

United States

Silver Award - Student Film

A SUNRISE

Matteo Medri

Italy

Silver Award - ExperimentalHonorable Mention - Inspirational FilmHonorable Mention - Director Short Film

ABOVE GROUND

Matt Guajardo Kelsey & Marion Kerr

United States

Honorable Mention - Feature Script

ACQUA SANTA TATTOO: A DOCUMENTARY

Janko Radosavljevic

United States

Honorable Mention - Original Score (Yankomatic)

AGENT STONE

Forest Quaglia & Teddy Pryor

United States

Best Action

ALL JOKES ASIDE!

George Zouvelos

United States

Silver Award - Comedy

APING EDWIN PORTER

James O'Donnell

United Kingdom

Best Sound Design (Ben Simon, Arran Mahoney & Billy Mahoney)

ARTMINUTE - THE PERFECT SELFIE

Asta Wellejus & Teddy Kristiansen

Denmark

Best Original Score (Sune Køter Kølster)Silver Award - AnimationSilver Award - First Time DirectorHonorable Mention - Sound Design (Sune Kaarsberg)

AYSPAY ADEKAY - BAGEL (ON A ROLL)

Stackhat

Australia

Silver Award - Original Song (Jared Jekyll & Patrick Clody)

BAIL OUT - I AM LORENZO LAMAS

Dennis O'Neill

United States

Silver Award - Actor

BEWARE OF DOG

Nadia Bedzhanova

United States

Best Original ScreenplayGold Award - Indie Feature FilmGold Award - Director Feature FilmSilver Award - Producer (Lilit Abgarian)Silver Award - Actress (Marina Vasileva)Silver Award - Editing (Tom Knight)Silver Award - Sound Design (Stanislav Paushev)

BLACK RAINBOW LOVE

Angela Harvey

United States

Best Short Documentary

BREAKING OLYMPIA: THE PHIL HEATH STORY

Brett Harvey

Canada

Best Feature Documentary

BREARTH

Julio Del Alamo

Spain

Silver Award - Experimental

CAN YOU HURRY

Igor Lewicki

United States

Gold Award - Actress (Alexandra Miller)Gold Award - Actor (Igor Lewicki)

CARRIER

Stephanie Alecia Rose & Brandon Smallwood

United States

Honorable Mention - Action

CASE FOR KINDNESS

Steven Sawalich

United States

Silver Award - Feature DocumentaryHonorable Mention - Director Feature Film

CAUSALITE'

Albérick Tode

France

Best Director - Short Film

CIPHER

Cole Snipes

United States

Honorable Mention - Indie Short Film

CLOSING TIME

Alexander Bartman

United States

Best Indie Feature Film

COLORADO

Christopher Jacob Saint & Hunter Gulan

United States

Honorable Mention - Original Song (Sir Christopher Saint)

CONNECT A CREATIVE RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Steve Mortimer

United Kingdom

Best Inspirational Film

CONVERSATIONS

Eduardo M. Clorio

Mexico

Honorable Mention - Indie Feature Film

COSMIC STORM

Tane McClure & Sandra Stenzel

United States

Best Original Song (Nisha Catron & Josquin Des Pres)Honorable Mention - Music Video

CURSE OF THE JERUNEI /SUMPAHAN JERUNEI

Jason Chong

Malaysia

Silver Award - Original Score (Sharon Paul)

D AEOLIAN CONTRABASS

Cole McLester

United States

Honorable Mention - Short Documentary

D-DAY FOR DENISE

Marco Bizio

United States

Silver Award - Producer (Alessia CruTara Kahen)

DANDILICIOUS

Andrew Games

United Kingdom

Silver Award - Feature Film

DMITRY'S REVENGE

Martin K Zitter

United States

Honorable Mention - Feature Script

DON'T VANISH

Z. W. Amundson

United States

Best ThrillerBest Cinematography (John Stratton Bailey)

DOUMI GIRLS

Yissendy Trinidad

United States

Honorable Mention - Director Short Film

EAT ME

Adrian A Cruz

United States

Silver Award - Actress (Jacqueline Wright)

ELLIDA

Leon Mitchell

United States

Gold Award - Original Score (Mark Thomas)Silver Award - Cinematography (James Ian Gray)Honorable Mention - Original Screenplay (Birgit Syran Myaard)

EULOGY

Garrett Martin

United States

Silver Award - Original Score (Skyler Arbon)

EVENINGS OF LONELINESS

Leonardo Luna

Mexico

Gold Award - Indie Short Film

EVIL PROFESSOR

Susan lim, Christina Teenz Tan & Samudra Kajal Saikia

United States

Honorable Mention - Original Song (Ron J Danziger & Christina Teenz Tan)

EXPLORING THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Ian Nelson

United States

Honorable Mention - Feature Documentary

FAR AWAY MAN

Wil Allen

Australia

Gold Award - Music Video

FIELD OF MIRACLES | WOODEN WHALES

Maria Pronina

Russian Federation

Honorable Mention - Music Video

FIFTY-FOUR DAYS

Cat White & Phoebe Torrance

United Kingdom

Silver Award - Actress (Cat White)

FIRE & BLOOD

Luis Morales

Puerto Rico

Gold Award - Action

FIRST TIME

Hiroaki Mizuno

Japan

Silver Award - Horror

FLASH CARD

Joseph Stephen Meadows

United States

Honorable Mention - Feature Script

FLY

Joe Quesada

United States

Honorable Mention - Short FilmGold Award - Inspirational FilmGold Award - Director Short FilmHonorable Mention - Actor (Scott Irvine)Silver Award - Original ScreenplaySilver Award - Editing (Benjamin Garts)

FLY ANTI-BULLYING PSA

Ilan Rosenberg

Canada

Silver Award - Indie Short FilmSilver Award - EditingHonorable Mention - ProducerHonorable Mention - First Time Director

FOR I AM DEAD

Patricia Delso Lucas

Belgium

Honorable Mention - LGBTQ

FORTUNE

Anatoly Tarabrin

Russian Federation

Honorable Mention - Short FilmSilver Award - Actor (Viktor Dobronravov)Silver Award - Cinematography (Aleksey Zaikov)Silver Award - Editing (Anatoly Tarabrin)

FRAGILE

Emiliano Leone, Max Nardari & Emiliano Leone

Italy

Gold Award - Animation

FRANKIE

Alvaro Orlando

United States

Honorable Mention - Actor

FREE RANGE

Lindsei Barros

United States

Best ThrillerGold Award - Director Short FilmHonorable Mention - Short Film

GHOSTING

Brandon Bruce Olivaux

France

Silver Award - DramaSilver Award - Director Short Film

GIRL UNSCRIPTED - SEASON 1 EPISODES 1 & 2

Tara Veneruso

United States

Best ProducerBest Editing (David Huffman)Gold Award - Original Score (Kyleigh Taylor)Honorable Mention - Web/Tv Series

GREENER PASTURES

Medora Levy

United States

Honorable Mention - Actress (Jocelyn Shelfo & Emma Starbird)Honorable Mention - Original ScreenplayHonorable Mention - Cinematography (Dakota Callicott)

GUARDIANS OF PARADISE

Ivan Maria Friedman

Switzerland

Silver Award - Inspirational FilmSilver Award - Cinematography

HALF SAMURAI

Rashad Haughton

Not Specified

Honorable Mention - ThrillerSilver Award - ActionSilver Award - Fantasy

HANG ON TO THE HAPPY

Andrew Ching & William Brandt

United States

Honorable Mention - Music VideoHonorable Mention - Original Song (Billy William Brandt)

HASTI

Aren Bayadyan

United States

Honorable Mention - Music Video

HEALTHY HERO

Satchin Panda

United States

Best Feature Documentary

HELP

Lesley Manning

United Kingdom

Gold Award - Super Short Film

HOLD THE LIGHTHOUSE

Thomas Soto

Canada

Honorable mention - Experimental

HOLE

Wonjin Lee

Republic of Korea

Silver Award - LGBTQ

HOLIDAY HELP

Karl Ryan Erikson

United States

Best Feature Script

HOUSE OF THE UNHOLY

Daniel Merlot

United States

Best Sci-FiBest Sound Design

I AM NOT A HERO

Henry Colin

Canada

Honorable Mention - Cinematography (Keith Mitchell)Honorable Mention - Original Screenplay

I WANT MY NAME BACK

Roger Paradiso

United States

Gold Award - Feature Documentary

I WISH FOR YOU

Stuart Rideout

United Kingdom

Best Inspirational FilmSilver Award - Super Short FilmBest Actor (Jeremy Irons)

I'M HERE

Jennifer Hathaway

United States

Best Student Film

IN VITRO

Maurizio Mancioli

Brazil

Honorable mention - Sci-Fi

INFLUENCER

Isaiah Andrés Galarza

United States

Honorable Mention - Feature Script

IT'S A PARENT

Patrick Mulvey

United States

Honorable Mention - ComedyHonorable Mention - Actor (Kenny Metroff)

IT'S ALWAYS BEEN YOU!

Andrew McCardle

United States

Honorable Mention - Indie Feature FilmHonorable Mention - Editing (Andrew McCardle)

JUARITOS

HF Crum

United States

Silver Award - Thriller

JUST ANOTHER DAY IN RENO

Nicolas Mario Bullentini

United States

Honorable Mention - Action

KOGERSHIN

Malik Zenger

Kazakhstan

Gold Award - Original Song (Moldanazar Kogershin)

KOLD

Marley Hasselbach

Denmark

Honorable Mention - Short FilmGold Award - Actress (Mikka Deleuran)Gold Award - Actor (Niels Knop Madsen)Silver Award - Cinematography (Bjørn Vea)Honorable Mention - Editing (Bjørn Vea)Honorable Mention - Sound Design (Atli Arnarsson)

LA CLE' DE L'AMOUR

William Alexander Julien

United States

Best CinematographyGold Award - Short FilmGold Award - Student Film

LA PERDITA ACUSTICA (ACOUSTIC LOST)

Ortac Genc

Turkey

Best DramaGold Award - First Time Director

LEGEND OF THE FOREST

Ge Ri Tong

China

Honorable Mention - Original Score (Alan Williams)

LIKE US

Mikhail Saburov

United States

Silver Award - Sci-Fi

LILY OF THE VALLEY

Gary Grant

United Kingdom

Honorable Mention - LGBTQ

LITTLE SOLDIERS

Simon James Blackburn

United Kingdom

Gold Award - Feature Script

LOS ASPIRANTES -THE APPLICANTS

María Yolanda Brown Melián & Kevin Ramos Fernández

Spain

Honorable Mention - Web/Tv Series

LOSING ERIC

Jai Santiago

United States

Best First Time DirectorGold Award - Short FilmSilver Award - Original Screenplay

LOVE BULLETS

Danny Manor

Israel

Honorable Mention - Music Video

LUNARCODE: THE LIGHT (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

Vincenzo Carubia

United States

Gold Award - Original Song (Ronny Minuche, Vincenzo Carubia, Jason Booth & Vincenzo Carubia)

MADE WITH LOVE

David W Hughens

United States

Silver Award - Feature Script

MAENAD FEVER

Tamara Cook

Australia

Silver Award - Fantasy

MAKING OF MAKING NOTHING

Barbara Erni

Switzerland

Gold Award - Short Documentary

MARTHA'S DAY

Sofia Monzerratt

United States

Silver Award - Thriller

MEDICATION

Peter James Holt

Australia

Gold Award - Thriller

MELEROSSE (RED APPLES)

Enrico Pietrobon

Italy

Honorable Mention - Thriller

MICROSCOPE

Konstantyn Napolov

Netherlands

Honorable Mention - Music Video

MIXED MESSAGES

Kathy Brew

United States

Best Experimental

MURDER OF DOUBT

Arthur X

Netherlands

Honorable Mention - Horror

MY NAME IS UNPRONOUNCEABLE

Louis Reifenauer

Belgium

Honorable Mention - Short Film

NEST

Todd Lien

United States

Silver Award - Short Film

NIGHT VISIT (PILOT EPISODE)

Abdul Stone Jackson

United States

Silver Award - Web/Tv Series

NSFW

Missy Jubilee

Australia

Gold Award - Web/Tv Series

OLD TIME RADIO: YOUR MOVE

Joel Harlow

United States

Best Horror

ON THE RIDGE

Ishma Yusaf Valenti I & Denis Paul Circo

United States

Gold Award - Feature DocumentarySilver Award - Original Score (Shannon Smay)

ONE OF US

Adrian Burt

Sweden

Silver Award - Drama

PALABRES

Raphael Dussud

Not Specified

Gold Award - Comedy

PALE EMBER

Brad Tobler

United States

Best Original Song (Hot Mondy)Gold Award - Editing (Brad Tobler)Silver Award - Short FilmSilver Award - Cinematography (Gareth Taylor)

PARAGON

Mac Nixon

United Kingdom

Gold Award - Sci-Fi

PENTHOS

Catherine Walker

Ireland

Gold Award - Director Short Film

PERMISSION

Joe Capucini

United States

Best Short Script

PILE - "LOOPS"

Joshua Echevarria

United States

Best Music Video

PIT

Min Kim

Republic of Korea

Best Thriller

PORT

Andrew Lehman

United States

Best Animation

POSSESSED BY ALIENS

Demeter Lorant

Hungary

Silver Award - Sci-Fi

RAGAZZE SOLE

Gaetano Acunzo

Italy

Gold Award - LGBTQ

RAGE

Abdulrahman Al Jandal

Saudi Arabia

Gold Award - Action

RANGER

Sean James Spencer

United States

Best Feature Documentary

RE-ENTRIFICATION: A PLACE WE CALL HOME

Fego Navarro

United States

Best Feature Documentary

RELEASE

Pierre Jean Gonzalez & Paul Anthony Notice II

United States

Best ExperimentalBest LGBTQ

REMEMBERING SUDAN: THE LAST MALE NORTHERN WHITE RHINO

Ami Vitale

Kenya

Honorable Mention - Short Documentary

RESURRECTED

Ismail Albukhari

United States

Honorable Mention - Horror

REVEILLE

Michael Akkerman

United States

Gold Award - Editing (Nathan Frankoff)Gold Award - Sound Design (Mike Burch)Honorable Mention - Director Feature FilmSilver Award - Actor ( Bernd Wittneben)Silver Award - Cinematography (Cooper Shine)

ROADSIDE

Alessandro Russo

Italy

Silver Award - Short Script

RUMBLE RIOT

Joey Min

United States

Honorable Mention - Action

SAINTS

Eslam Hozayen

United States

Gold Award - Director Short Film

SCARPEDICEMENTE

John Vamvas

Canada

Honorable Mention - Actress (Olga Montes)Honorable Mention - Actor (John Vamvas)

SECT

Chandler Balli

United States

Gold Award - Producer (Addison Chapman)Gold Award - Actress (Beyza Nur Apaydin)Gold Award - Actor (Chandler Balli)Gold Award - Original ScreenplayHonorable Mention - Editing

SEEDS

Austin R. Wilson

United States

Honorable Mention - Indie Short Film

SENSIBLE GIRL

Ziqi Zu

China

Honorable Mention - First Time Director

SERENGETI

Michael Dalton-Smith

United States

Honorable Mention - Original Score (Alan Williams)

SKAT

Michael Boston

United States

Gold Award - Fantasy

SLOPPY JONES (SEASON 1)

Emily Cohn

Canada

Best Web/Tv SeriesGold Award - Actress (Sophie Nation)

SOBER

Big Ted Robinson

United States

Silver Award - Web/Tv Series

SOUL LOST GUIDE

baby sun

China

Gold Award - Feature Documentary

STAIRS

Jeph Porter

United States

Honorable Mention - Actress (Joyce Porter)

STITCHES

Colin MacDonald

Canada

Honorable Mention - Original Score (Jerry Smith)

STREET GARDEN

Bushiejohn

Australia

Silver Award - Inspirational Film

SURA KHAN'S THE CHAMBERS - IN GOD WE TRUST

Sura Khan

United States

Gold Award - Cinematography (Rasheen "R.H. Bless" Hill)Gold Award - Original ScreenplaySilver Award - Indie Feature FilmSilver Award - Director Feature FilmHonorable Mention - Producer (Bobby Bostick & Sura Khan)Honorable Mention - Editing (Chryse Heckman)Silver Award - Actress (Rebi Paganini)Silver Award - Actor (Paul Kevins)

SWANN

Antonio Petrone

Switzerland

Gold Award - Drama

TE LLORÉ UN RÍO - MANÁ & CHRISTIAN NODAL

Antonio Roma

Mexico

Silver Award - Music Video

TELL ME HOW TO LIVE

Soul Poet

United States

Silver Award - Original Song (Soul Poet)

THE 7 VICES

Gabriel Otero

France

Gold Award - Experimental

THE BOY WHO MADE A MUSEUM

Sergio Utsch

United Kingdom

Silver Award - Short Documentary

THE FARM

Christian Nielsen

United States

Gold Award - Short Script

THE GUITAR THIEF

Miguel Lepe Jr

United States

Silver Award - Sound Design (Noisefloor LTD)

THE MUSE

Max Karpylev

United States

Silver Award - Cinematography( Ilya Saveliev)Honorable Mention - Actor (Vladimir Kurtseba)Honorable Mention - Editing (Victor Bazov)

THE ONE I LOVE

Brett Ashby

Australia

Gold Award - Experimental

THE PEEK-A-BOO MAN

Drew Dull

United States

Gold Award - Horror

THE PRINCE OF WALGROVE MANOR

Phillip Hardy

United States

Honorable Mention - Feature Script

THE PROTOTYPE

Marcelo Grion

United States

Best Director Feature Film

THE REQUIEM BOOGIE

Jordan Walker-Pearlman

United States

Best Original ScreenplayGold Award - Feature FilmGold Award - Editing (Brian Johnson & Jordan Walker-Pearlman)Silver Award - Original Score (David Kahne)Honorable Mention - Director Feature FilmHonorable Mention - Cinematography (Andressa Cordeiro)

THE RESISTANCE

Kara White

United States

Gold Award - Drama

THE SCAR

Harichandra Jayashankar

Singapore

Honorable Mention - Short Film

THE TRUE STORY OF AMERIGO BERTOLAZZI

Giacomo Beschi

Italy

Best Comedy

THE UGLY TRUTH

Krishna Ashu Bhati

Germany

Best Feature Film

THE UNWANTED GUEST

Adrian Burt

Sweden

Silver Award - CinematographyHonorable Mention - Thriller

THE UPSTAIRS LOUNGE

Gregory Vines

United Kingdom

Honorable Mention - Feature Script

THE WEDNESDAY KILLER

Janet Walker

United States

Honorable Mention - Feature Script

THERE IS EXACTLY ENOUGH TIME

Oskar Salomonowitz

Austria

Best Super Short Film

THERE YOU FOUND ME

Sasha Bilik

United States

Honorable Mention - Original Screenplay (Jonathan Brent Burgard)Honorable Mention - Cinematography (George Winchell)Honorable Mention - Editing (Grant Slawson)

THEY DON'T CAST SHADOWS

Melissa Goad

United States

Honorable Mention - Actress (Emily Gateley)

TIMELESS

Susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia & Christina Teenz Tan

United States

Honorable Mention - Fantasy

TOPS OF MEMORY II ILLUSION

Jialiang LIU

Japan

Honorable Mention - Animation

TWO POINT O

David Anderson & Aaron Joshua

United States

Silver Award - ExperimentalHonorable Mention - DramaHonorable Mention - Director Short FilmSilver Award - Original Screenplay (David Anderson)

UNCUT

Mark Hensley

United States

Best Indie Short Film

UNION

Whitney Hamilton

United States

Honorable Mention - Feature Film

URUTAU

Juan Ignacio Guiliani

Argentina

Gold Award - Fantasy

VAN GIRL_S

Francesco Piotti

Italy

Honorable Mention - Short Script

VENUS OF TOMATOES

Piper Samuels

United States

Honorable Mention - Student Film

WHITE HOT FURY

Laura Ashley Polisena

Canada

Gold Award - Short Film

WOLF + LAMB

Giuseppe Schettino

Italy

Best Fantasy