Imagine This Women's Film Festival 2023 Winners 

 

 

Best Feature Award Winners 

Best Narrative Feature  Jess Plus None, Directed by Mandy Fabian

Best Documentary Feature Storming Caesars Palace, Directed by Hazel Gurland-Pooler

Best International Narrative Feature  Heights And Depths, Directed by Sándor Csoma

Best International Documentary Feature Dying For Gold, Directed by Catherine Meyburgh, Richard Pakleppa

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Best Short Award Winners 

Best Narrative Short Film  Look Back At It, Directed by Felicia Pride

Best Documentary Short Film Lifeline, Directed by Jess Philipps

Best International Narrative Short Film  Bazigaga, Directed by Jo Ingabire Moys

Best International Documentary Short Film Wave Women UK, Directed by Lolly Michaels

Best Director  Paulette Randall Mbe (Tell Me You Love Me)

Best Animated Short Film Grownup, Directed by Jee Kim

Best Drama Backlog, Directed by Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal

Best Comedy Sunrise Ruby, Directed by Amberlee Colson, Steven Anderson, Thomas Simon

Best Sci-Fi The Draft, Directed by Raphaela Wagner

Best Horror Kamathipura, Directed by Aayushman Pandey

Best Thriller Savage Dawn, Directed by Tamiah Bantum

Best Experimental Among Us, Directed by Mara Trachtenberg

Best NY Film Passenger Seat Directed by Neha Gautam

Best Emerging Storyteller Object Of Desire Directed by Naomi Christie

Best Student Storyteller Heather Directed by Sarah Forest

Best Cinematography The Summers Of Your Winter, Directed by Nei Loya

Best Actor Richard Rankin (Hello, Muscles)

Best Actress Enuka Okuma (Woman Meets Girl) 

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Best TV Pilot/Web Series Award Winners

Best TV Pilot Refugia, Directed by Liana Cornell 

Best Web Series Odd/Even, Directed by Ya-Ting "Itchy" Yang

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Best Music Video Winner

Best Music Video Icons Directed by Sophia Amato

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Best Screenplay Award Winners

Best Original Screenplay She's All Right, Written by Shon Keane, Melanie Williams Oram

Best Original Short Screenplay The Last Call, Directed by Phenice Arielle

Best Drama Screenplay  Closer To Fine, Written by Marisa Forrest

Best Animated Screenplay Freesia, Written by Emerson Tenney

Best TV Pilot Screenplay The Goat, Directed by Maggie Scudder

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Best VR Award Winner

Best VR​ Reimagined Volume Ii: Mahal Directed by Michaela Ternasky-Holland

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Best Audience Award Winners

Audience Award  Champion Directed by Kim J.Y. Han

Audience Award - Best NY Filmmaker Taking Back August, Directed by Katherine Gotard