Madrid IFF 2023 Winners

Best Film of the Festival

Futata Villa 2

 

Best Director of a Feature Film

Miranda’s Victim
Michelle Danner

 

Best Actor in a Feature Film

Futata Villa 2
Youdai Uenishi

 

Best Actress in a Feature Film

The Honeymoon
Kajal Bagwandeen-Singh

 

Best Feature Film

69 Parts

 

Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film

The Last Animal
Duran Fulton Brown

 

Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film

Miranda’s Victim
Taryn Manning

 

Best Original Screenplay

IGUANA LIKE THE SUN
Julian Robels

 

Best Director of an Animation Film

Turning the World
Enrique Garcia

 

Best Animation Film

The Ghost Under My Bed

 

Best Makeup

Wheels and Axle

 

Best Music & Music Video

Turquoise Water 

 

Best Sound Design 

Encouragement of Euthanasia

 

Best Original Screenplay of a Short Film

Participant
Bader Kabbani & Johan Nayar & Hadi Hillawi

 

Best Editing of a Short Film 

Dolores, A Triptych

 

Best Cinematography in a Short Film 

Julia

 

Best Actress in a Short Film

Mirona 
Kimberly Blake

 

Best Actor in a Short Film 

tRuth
Matthew Luret

 

Best Director of a Short Film 

LEMON
Tala Nahas

 

Best Cinematography in a Documentary 

Lava Bombs

 

Best Short Film

Hating Beckett

 

Best Editing of a Documentary

Caminantes: Human Stories that Cross Borders

 

Best Feature Documentary 

Flamenco: Passion in Danger

 

Best Director of a Feature Documentary 

Falconer 2 The Untold Stories
Edwin E. Brochin

 

Best Foreign Language Documentary

Approaching the Book of Changes

 

Best Director of a Foreign Language Documentary

Fighting the Bear
Christina van Hout

 

Best Short Foreign Language Film 

Reencuentro

 

Best Cinematography in a Foreign Language Film

Victoria

 

Best Editing of a Foreign Language Film

Tokyo Shijimi’s Diary 202$

 

Best Original Screenplay of a Feature Foreign Language Film

El Camino (The Walk)

 

Best Actress in a Foreign Language Film 

SOMEDAYS
Mau Nishio

 

Best Actor in a Foreign Language Film 

Singula
Spi

 

Best Director of a Foreign Language Film 

SOMEDAYS
Takeshi Sone

Best Foreign Language Feature Film 

KOUIN 

 

Best Musical Documentary

Melody Monologue: And Then

 

Best Art Film

Bailaora – Mis pies son mi voz

Best Unproduced Screenplay

The Chocolate Club
Deborah Hadfield

&

Out of her shadow
Clara Cantos

&

She Who Became Queen
Olha Onyshko

&

The Queens Gold
Kristen Humphrey-Taylor & John Vaughan