CANNES
CONTINENTAL
FILM FESTIVAL
WINNERS 2023
CANNES - THE CONTINENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
WINNERS (GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE) AND NOMINEES
BEST SHORT FILM FICTION
"Listen to Her" (China) - GOLD
by Yajing Wang
"And the time did come for a journey yet again en" (Greece) - SILVER
by Vasilis Tsirakis
"The Two Of Us" (USA) - BRONZE
by Lina De La Pava
NOMINEES
"Burnout" (USA)
by Lindsay St. Clair
"Ocula" (Italy)
by Nicolò Parodi
"Julia" (Spain)
by Víctor Muñoz
"Queen Regent" (USA)
by Scout Tafoya
"LIFE Happens" (Canada)
by James Dubbeldam
"LACRIME DI VENTO" (Italy)
by DAMIANO ROSSI
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BEST ANIMATION SHORT FILM
"Innermost" (China) - GOLD
by Maing Caochong
"The Island of Us" (Taiwan) - SILVER
by Yu Yu
"Meet Cute" (Canada) - BRONZE
by Shawn Patrick Tilling
NOMINEES
"The Giraffe" (Spain)
by Alex Balcells Querol
"out of control" (Switzerland)
by bellopropello
"ROBO99" (Republic of Korea)
Anantara
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BEST WEB SERIES
"Strings Attached" (United Kingdom) - GOLD
by Andy Wolf, Marie Förster, Jessica Hutchinson,
Autumn T. Dang, Inger Berit Grøterud,
Johann-Christof Laubisch & Prarthana Joshi
"Los Aspirantes -The Applicants" (Spain) - SILVER
by María Yolanda Brown Melián & Kevin Ramos Fernández
"The Knok" (Sweden) - BRONZE
by Marcel Dessil
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BEST FEATURE FILM
"The Ones Left Behind: The Plight of Single Mothers in Japan"
(Japan) - GOLD
by Rionne McAvoy
"Mister Creep" (USA) - SILVER
by Isaac Rodriguez
"THE FURTHEST DISTANCE IN THE WORLD" (China) - BRONZE
by Wang Qiang
NOMINEES
"Happy Ending" (Japan)
by Akira Iwamatsu
"Mother & Wild" (United Kingdom)
by Mark Forbes
"Case for Kindness" (USA)
by Steven Sawalich
"Parkland of Decay and Fantasy" (China)
by Chenliang Zhu
"When Death Comes Knocking" (USA)
by Danny Lopez
"MUJINA Pass" (Japan)
by Hiroshi Toda
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BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE FILM
Ivo Trajkov (Slovakia) - WINNER
for"THE BALLAD OF PIARGY"
NOMINEES
Robbie Moffat (United Kingdom)
for "The Beehive"
Ü Inose (Japan)
for "TSU"
Danny Lopez (USA)
for "When Death Comes Knocking"
Paul Sichigea (Romania)
for "Whispers"
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BEST ACTOR FEATURE FILM
Chris Bearne in "The Beehive" (United Kingdom)
directed by Robbie Moffat
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BEST EDITION FEATURE FILM
"PASOLINEIDE - the Roman adventure of Pier Paolo Pasolini" (Italy)
directed by Mauro Paracini
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BEST SOUNDTRACK FEATURE FILM
"BIG BANG" (Ecuador)
directed by Wilson Burbano
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY FEATURE FILM
"TSU" (Japan)
directed by Ü Inose
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BEST SCREENPLAY FEATURE FILM
"Mad As Hell" (USA) - WINNER
directed and written by Robert Parham
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NOMINEES
"IL MORSO DEL RAMARRO" (Italy)
directed and written by Maria Lodovica Marini
"Occupied Heart -The Following Up" (Spain)
directed and written by Alejandro G. Etola
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BEST PRODUCTION FEATURE FILM
"Yeongdong line" (Republic of Korea)
directed by jonghak Choi
produced by joonsung Kang
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BEST TRAILER
"Death in the Wire" (United Kingdom)
by Bob Eckhard
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BEST POSTER
"Hope poster" (Canada)
by Roxanne Wright
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BEST SHORT FILM DOCUMENTAL
"Mariuschenka" (Italy) - GOLD
by Niccolò Palomba
·Letter from New York" (USA) - SILVER
by Kostiantyn Mishchenko
"Bésame Mucho & the East Side Gallery Berlin" (Germany) - BRONZE
by Gilbert Brüning
NOMINEES
"The Roundabout" (Spain)
by Carmen Tortosa
"In Your Dreams - Dreams as Survival" (Canada)
by Michael Patrick O'Hara
"Morning without Evening" (Norway)
by Beate Petersen
"Noggin" (Canada)
by Josh Hallem
"LA CALLE ES NUESTRA - the power of art" (Austria)
by Marco Meirone
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BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM
"Can't Stop" (China) - GOLD
by Hongzhao Fan
"Photographing New York" (Italy) - SILVER
by Cesare Bedogne
"The Big Job" (USA) - BRONZE
by John Dawson
NOMINEES
"Scraggliness" (Canada)
by Johanne Chagnon
"Mythical Creatures: Muse X" (Germany)
by Arturo Sayan & Linda Eich
"Viaggio: A Journey" (USA)
by Colette Standish
"Knife, Chocolate" (Islamic Republic of Iran)
by Hooshmand Varaei
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BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM
"ROOFTOP" (Bulgaria) - GOLD
by Nevena Nikolova & Petar Gerzilov
"A Story Before Bedtime: The Messenger" (Spain) - SILVER
by Antonio García Carcedo
"Nuno bis" (Germany) - BRONZE
directed by Ulon Dessit
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BEST MUSIC VIDEO
"La Vie en Rose" (USA) - GOLD
by Stephen Graham
In a Tamasic World" (Italy) - SILVER
by Camilla Martini
"Corporation Businesman" (USA) - BRONZE
by Wayne Olivieri
NOMINEES
"Show me the Vision" (Spain)
by Roc Flowers & Matilde Bergamini
"Zombie" (USA)
by Dr. Lisa Spencer
"Chicago"(Portugal)
by João Pombeiro
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BEST 1-MINUTE SHORT FILM
"Rabbit Girl" (Switzerland)
by Riccardo Bernasconi & Francesca Reverdito
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BEST DIRECTOR SHORT FILM
DANTE SILVA (Mexico) - WINNER
for "Un ECLAT D´AMOUR INCOMPRHÉNSIBLE"
NOMINEES
Scout Tafoya (USA)
for "Queen Regent"
Kamsou (Argentina)
"TA BUENÍSIMO! Ou le carnaval funéraire?"
María Yolanda Brown Melián &
Kevin Ramos Fernández (Spain)
for "Los Aspirantes -The Applicants-"
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BEST ACTOR/ACTRESS SHORT FILM
Ruby Lott (Australia) - WINNER
in "Guilty"
NOMINEES
Irene Gianeselli (Italy)
in "Beloved"
Jessica Hutchinson (United Kingdom)
in "Strings Attached"
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BEST EDITION SHORT FILM
"The Giraffe" (Spain) - WINNER
directed by Alex Balcells Querol
NOMINEES
"WATER" (Italy)
directed by Giampaolo Manara
"X Project" (Germany)
directed by Sar Mohameddir
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BEST SOUNDTRACK SHORT FILM
"Beloved" (Italy)
directed by Irene Gianeselli
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY SHORT FILM
"Julia" (Spain)
by Iris Justo
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BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM
"The Master of Sento" (Japan) - WINNER
directed by Yusuke Ishide
written by Masaaki Ichimura
NOMINEES
"Can't Stop" (China)
directed and written by Hongzhao Fan
"Knife, Chocolate" (Republic Islamic of Iran)
directed and written by Hooshmand Varaei"
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BEST PRODUCTION SHORT FILM
"Red Pen" (Morocco)
directed by Abdou EL MESNAOUI
produced by Abderrahim HARBAL