2023 Award Winners
Audience Award Winners
Documentary Feature
- WINNER: Dusty & Stones by Jesse Rudoy
- 2nd: The Body Politic by Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough
- 3rd: Ranger by Austin Peck
Narrative Feature
- WINNER: Farewell, Mr. Haffmann by Fred Cavayé
Made in Alaska
- WINNER: One With The Whale by Peter Chelkowski & Jim Wickens
- 2nd: A Piece of Myself by Vivienne Ayres, Nidhi Kumar & Audrey Shuppert
- 3rd: Nourishing The Kenai by Emrys Eller
Short Animated
- WINNER: Manō by Brittany Biggs
- 2nd: Witchfairy by Cedric Igodt & David Van de Weyer
- 3rd: love bubbles by Marcel Hobi
Short Documentary
- WINNER: Seeds of Change by Maximillian Armstrong
- 2nd: This Is Where I Learned Not To Sleep by Anne de Mare & Kirsten Kelly
- 3rd: The Winterkeeper by Laurence Topham & David Levene
Short Narrative
- WINNER: The Bond by Jahmil Eady
- 2nd: Infraction by Timothy Blackwood
- 3rd: Barely Breathing by Derek Evans & Neal Reddy
Jury Award Winners
Documentary Feature
- WINNER: Wild Life – The Lance Mackey Story by Finn Erik Rognan
- 2nd: Dusty & Stones by Jesse Rudoy
- 3rd: Karen Carpenter: Starving For Perfection by Randy Martin
Narrative Feature
WINNER: Farewell, Mr. Haffmann by Fred Cavayé
Made in Alaska
- WINNER: A Piece of Myself by Vivienne Ayres, Nidhi Kumar & Audrey Shuppert
- 2nd: One With The Whale by Peter Chelkowski & Jim Wickens
- 3rd: School of Fish by Colin Arisman & Oliver Sutro
Short Animated
- WINNER: Little Hurts by Debra Solomon
- 2nd: Manō by Brittany Biggs
- 3rd: Awakening: The First Day by Jos Diaz Contreras & Santiago Carrasquilla
Short Documentary
- WINNER: This Is Where I Learned Not To Sleep by Anne de Mare & Kirsten Kelly
- 2nd: Funny Not Funny by Ben Feldman & Marc D’Agostino
- 3rd: The Winterkeeper by Laurence Topham & David Levene
Short Narrative
- WINNER: The Stupid Boy by Phil Dunn
- 2nd: The Old Young Crow by Liam LoPinto
- 3rd: Límite by George Nicholas
Screenplay Competition Winners
Short Screenplay
- WINNER: Pending by Jennifer Rae Rapaport
- 2nd: Wildflower by Peter Salisbury
- 3rd: Devil’s Instrument by Frederik Ehrhardt
Feature Screenplay
- WINNER: Gramps by John Stimpson, Jennifer Rae Rapaport, and Geoffrey Taylor
- 2nd place: Wreckage by Colin Scott
- 3rd Place: The Most Marvelous Man in the World by Colin Scott and Khris Burton
