2023 OFFICIAL NOMINATIONS
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR DRAMA
D.O.A. ~ Director: Kurt St. Thomas
How She Didn't Die ~ Director: Antonio Tibaldi
Martingale ~ Director: Jeremy Berg
That Kiss ~ Director: Kevin Alexander Boon
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST DIRECTOR SHORT
All for Naught ~ Director: TL Westgate
Dance for Me ~ Director: Robin Hofmann
It's Sunny Outside ~ Director: Michael Robert Kessler
Take My Hand ~ Director: Alan J. Levi
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTOR
Dance for Me  ~ Tyreke Holt
D.O.A.  ~ John Doe
It's Sunny Outside ~ Michael Robert Kessler
Martingale ~ William Schockley
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
D.O.A. ~ John Byner
How She Didn't Die ~ Piotr Marezcki
New West ~ Coty Greenwood
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST ACTRESS
Chat History ~ Erin Laine 
How She Didn't Die ~ Marie Dinulsecu
Martingale ~ Kelly Sullivan
That Kiss ~ Jessica J Immanuel
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Dance For Me ~ Dana Anderwald
D.O.A. ~ Annie Gaybis
Missiya ~ Anastasiia Bratchenko
Take My Hand ~ Sondra Currie
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST ORIGINAL STORY
Chat History ~ Fred Zara
It's Sunny Outside ~ Michael Robert Kessler
Keep Digging ~ Oswmer Louis
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST IN FLORIDA
AKA ~ Julia F. Mann
D.O.A. ~ Kurt St. Thomas
Free Me ~ Graham Zielinski
It's Sunny Outside ~ Michael Robert Kessler
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST DARK COMEDY
Exorcism at the O.K. Corral ~ Ricky Hutchens
It's Sunny Outside ~ Michael Robert Kessler
New West ~ Jordan Mears
Panic, Attack ~ Nick Marinucci
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST DARK DRAMA
How She Didn't Die ~ Antonio Tibaldi
Keep Digging ~ Oswmer Louis
That Kiss ~ Kevin Alexander Boon
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST SHORT THRILLER
Free Me ~ Graham Zielinski
Missiya ~ Dale Metz
Undertaker ~ Chris Esper
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST LIGHT COMEDY
All for Naught ~ TL Westgate
The Clog ~ Caleb Porto
My Smoking Movie ~ Hilary Gaber
The Rule of Threes ~ Trent Duncan
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST MYSTERY
D.O.A. ~ Kurt St. Thomas
Martingale ~ Jeremy Berg
Missiya ~ Dale Metz
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
D.O.A. ~ Kurt St. Thomas
Undertaker ~ Chris Esper
Wolfman ~ Kevin James Barry
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
Battles Beyond the Horizon ~ Kari Barber
California's Santa Catalina Island ~ Terry Spencer Hesser
Captain Scott B and the Great Adventure ~ Matthew Chenet
Climate Emergency: Feedback Loops ~ Susan Gray
Good Things Will Come / No Hay Mal Que Por Bien No Venga ~ Janelle Bosek
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dance for Me ~ John VonMutius
D.O.A. ~ Kurt St. Thomas
How She Didn't Die ~ Antonio Tibaldi
Undertaker ~ Chris Esper
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Clog ~ Caleb Porto
Missiya ~ Dale Metz
Psyche Obscura ~ Craig Oty
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST ANIMATION
Death and Magic Castles ~ Kari Barber
The Flight of the Manta Rays ~ Bruno Carnide
Psyche Obscura ~ Craig Oty
   
NOMINATED FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
The Merry Makers ~ Jean-Sebastien Busque
Strangers to Peace ~ Laura Bibibana Angel Rengifo, Noah David DeBonis
Supper ~ Andor Berényi