Couch Film Festival Spring 2023 Edition
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Best of the Festival
BEST FILM of the FESTIVAL: The Smile - Dir. by Erik van Schaaik (Netherlands)
1st Runner Up for Best Film: Stationheads - Dir. by Stu Gamble (Hungary)
2nd Runner Up for Best Film:Interviewing Lance Masterson - Dir. by Sohaila Lindheim (Ireland)
Audience Choice: The Smile - Dir. by Erik van Schaaik (Netherlands)
Honourable Mentions:
The King of Christmas - Dir. by Jacob Hightower (USA)
The Master Of Ashes - Dir. by Omar Jamal Aljaber (Jordan)
Megaville - After Hours - Dir. by Tim Cürlis, Christian Skibinski (Germany)
Riding Down a Moon Bean - Dir. by Bobby Lacer (USA)
Category Award Nominees
Winners in RED, Nominees in BLACK
Best 15-Second Story
Nominees for Best 15-Second Story
The Walk-Up - Dir. by Teresa Moore (USA)
Reach For The Dead - Dir. by Kevin Lucero Less (USA)
Joyful_ - Dir. by Lidia Napoli
1:00-5:00 Minutes
Nominees for Best Animation
The Stranger - Dir. by Maria Niazmand, Mandana Niazmand (Iran)
The Space Between Us - Dir. by Julianne Martin (USA)
Emergence - Dir. by Nick Pascoal (USA)
New Life - Dir. by Mark Russel Bernard (Australia)
Nominees for Best Art Film
A Carousel in the Rain - Dir. by Jaro Jääskeläinen (Finland)
No Invasion - Dir. by Dwayne Jahn (Germany)
Posidonies - Dir. by Antis Iakovou, Evie Demetriou (Cyprus)
Nominees for Best Comedy
Watercraft - Dir. by Gabriel Auclair-Doucet (Canada)
Unmovated - Dir. by Ian Johnston (Canada)
Rearranged - Dir. by Heather Hillstrom (USA)
The Adventures Of Marg - New Wheels - Dir. by Chloë Clune (Canada)
The Drop of Champagne - Dir. by Gautier Piton (France)
Man of the Match - Dir. by Umesh Thamotharam (Canada)
This Won’t End Well - Dir. by Eric Cerisano (Canada)
Nominees for Best Documentary
Alla Prima - Dir. by Madison Kuhns (USA)
Hope - Dir. by Roxanne Wright (Canada)
When I Met Sangre Negra - Dir. by Miguel Rueda (USA)
Building a Community - Dir. by Matthew James Biendara (USA)
Nominees for Best Drama
Cheese - Dir. by Nadya Todorova (Bulgaria)
A New Strong Spring - Dir. by Luciano D. Urietti, Luca G. Gabriele (Italy)
Sisterly Love - Dir. by Thea Balich, Tom Knight (UK)
Birds and Nests - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Argentina)
The Best Day - Dir. by Isla McKenna (USA)
Nominees for Best Experimental International
Assis (Seated) - Dir. by Pierre Yves Clouin (France)
The Dark Box - Dir. by Selina Leone, David Valverde (Spain)
A Carousel in the Rain - Dir. by Jaro Jääskeläinen (Finland)
Nominees for Best Experimental North America
Nothing to See Here - Dir. by Marc Ignacio (Canada)
Walking in the Path of Nature Man - Dir. by Nolan Schmidt (USA)
Shitfaced - Dir. by Jack E.K. Collier (USA)
Excerpt From Home Movie - Dir. by Eva Nel Brettrager (USA)
Nominees for Best Horror
Baby Cam - Dir. by Dave Heron (UK)
You Have My Heart - Dir. by Rik Langan (UK)
Pygmalion - Dir. by Nicholas Bromund (USA)
Nominees for Best Music Video
Only Eden - Dir. by Andrea Jean Plamondon (USA)
Specimen - Dir. by Didier Mulleras (France)
I Miss My Baby - Dir. by Jordan Newkirk (USA)
Dümscrolt - Dir. by Jerome Kurtenbach (USA)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
The Tower - Dir.by Sean Breathnach (Ireland)
Kaine - Dir. by Steven Fox (USA)
A Little Light - Dir. by Tammy Boyer (Canada)
Nominees for Best One Minute Film
A Scent of Red - Dir. by Felicia E. (USA)
Nest Delirium - Dir. by Jacob Luke (Canada)
Categorical Betrayal - Dir. by Jeff Vande Zande (USA)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
Bunnygirls Meet The Void - Dir. by Cherelle Ann Sarah Higgins (Canada)
SMRT Services - Dir. by Jeff Vande Zande (USA)
Happyverse - Dir. by Benjamin Buckley (Canada)
Conjecture - Dir. by Manuel Hai (Colombia)
Nominees for Best Student Film
Professional Intern - Dir. by Stokes Harvey (USA)
Two Stoners - John Angell Grant (USA)
You Should See Other People - Dir. by Uriel Cruz (USA)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Chris A. Iraheta - The Tone of Alone (USA)
Nick Pascoal - Emergence (USA)
Stokes Harvey - Professional Intern (USA)
Nominees for Best Actor
James Boutcher - The Grave Apology (Canada)
Dallas Mahan - Professional Intern (USA)
Gautier Piton - The Drop of Champagne (France)
Nominees for Best Actress
Chloë Clune - The Adventures Of Marg - New Wheels (Canada)
Ashna Sharan - Rearranged (USA)
Claudia Côté - What Do Ghosts Dream Of? (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cast
Rearranged - Dir. by Heather Hillstrom (USA)
What Do Ghosts Dream Of? - Dir. by Jules Nerestant (Canada)
Bunnygirls Meet The Void - Dir. by Cherelle Ann Sarah Higgins (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Evangelos Desborough - Watercraft (Canada)
Hristin - Cheese (Bulgaria)
Steven Fox - Kaine (USA)
Nominees for Best Writer
Nadya Todorova - Cheese (Bulgaria)
Roxanne Wright - Hope (Canada)
Austyn Van de Kamp - Man of the Match (Canada)
Nominees for Best Director
Olivier Roca - Chef's (France)
Christopher Francis - Only A Rat (USA)
Didier Mulleras - Specimen (France)
5:01-20:00 Minutes
Nominees for Best Animation
Advanced Delvonics - Dir. by M. Taylor Hensley (USA)
Letters to Parkkimäentie - Dir. by Mika Koskinen (Finland)
The Orange Horse - Dir. by Joshua Heineman (USA)
out of control - Dir. by bellopropello (Switzerland)
Tears of Metal - Dir. by Etienne Adam (Canada)
Will Ye No Come Back Again? - Dir. by Deb Ethier (Canada)
Nominees for Best Comedy Canada
Bake Sale - Dir. by Kirby Sloan, Ben Fudge (Canada)
The Midnight Retaliator - Dir. by Peter Hajdu (Canada)
Down To Earth - Dir. by Ryan McNeill (Canada)
The Bauvilliers - Dir. by Abhishek Majumder (Canada)
Nominees for Best Comedy International
In The Loop - Dir. by George Butterworth (Australia)
Loose Change: A Memoir of Childhood - Dir. by Andrew Bateman (USA)
Half - Dir. by A.J. Ogilvie (USA)
Just a Kiss - Dir. by Brandon Alexander Cela (USA)
Men in Cars - Dir. by Molly Vernon (USA)
The Bots Will Get It - Dir. by Adam P. Murphy (USA)
Sticks and Stones - Dir. by Jason Kelly Lee (USA)
Nominees for Best Documentary North America
Trapped In The Hood Documentary Series Episode 1 - Dir. by Robert Boyd, Lucinda Boyd (USA)
What Did You Say? - Dir. by Oscar Li (USA)
Her Drive - Dir. by Avery Huitikka Wilton (Canada)
Prophecy in Action - Names Hidden in Warnings - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (USA)
Prophecy in Action - Nostradamus on Turkey Quake - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (USA)
Nominees for Best Documentary International
The Future in Our Hands - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Celebrating Chinese New Year - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Robert Stewart - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Inside Talk II - Dir. by Parker Brothers (UK)
Shiringa: Amazon White Gold - Dir. by Oscar Akamine, Joseph Neyra (Peru)
The Hyper & Hope of Argentina - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Argentina)
Stuck with Virus on Board - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Falkland Islands, Malvinas)
Nominees for Best Drama North America
Disregard - Dir. by Mike Messier (USA)
Solitarity - Dir. by Melissa Bronski, Shanna Riker (USA)
The Bridge - Dir. by Arya Ashoori (Canada)
The Aftermath - Dir. by Callie Carpinteri (USA)
Enter the Room - Dir. by Harry Waldman (USA)
The Breakdown - Dir. by Clarence Williams IV (USA)
Ginny's Enterprise - Dir. by Suzanne Marie Moreau (Canada)
Apart - Dir. by Pierre Marais (USA)
The Sea Never Forgets - Dir. by Thomas Pace (USA)
Nominees for Best Drama International
Footsteps - Dir. by Hamed Bahrami (Iran)
The Forbidden Fruit - Dir. by Vlad F. Dumea, Sebastian Andro (Romania)
Horizon - Dir. by Daniele De Muro (Italy)
Náiade - Dir. by Rogerio Troiani Barbosa (Brazil)
The Favor - Dir. by Henry Bruno (France)
Arrivederci Paris - Dir. by Louis Salvatore Bellanti (France)
The Voice of My Suspect - Dir. by Christiaan Ackermann (South Africa)
Starry Eyed - Dir. by Jessica Orcsik (Australia)
Last Dance - Dir. by Ezequiel Casamada Arnella (Spain)
Before the Dreams - Dir. by Şehmus Özek (Turkey)
Time to Fly - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Argentina)
Nominees for Best Experimental
In Other Words, In Other Images - Appropriate(d) - Dir. by Susan Kouguell (USA)
Egress - Dir. by Ethan Vale (Australia)
Lacrime di Vento - Dir. by Damiano Rossi (Italy)
The Secret History of Tardigrades in Early Soviet Cinema - Dir. by Jeffrey Turboff (USA)
Book X - Dir. by Daniel Krastek (USA)
AnonyMonster - Dir. by Tony Gaud (USA)
Nominees for Best Horror
Incognizance - Dir. by James Lessard (Canada)
The Soul of the Lake - Dir. by Mathieu Chéreau (USA)
Special Broadcast: A SkinWalker Story - Dir. by Nick Luna (USA)
Baby Shifter - Dir. by MJ Dixon (UK)
Noman - Dir. by Matt Robb (USA)
Doll in the Dark - Dir. by Grey Rich (USA)
The Bauvilliers - Dir. by Abhishek Majumder (Canada)
Temple - Dir. by Shahab Saeidi (Canada)
And Now Our Next Guest... - Dir. by Gee Stewart (Canada)
Irritación - Dir. by Diogo dos Santos Oliveira (Portugal)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Supernatural
The Flare - Dir. by James Boutcher (Canada)
Life REBORN - Dir. by Marcel Barragán (Panama)
Kaliderson Melody - Les Dormeurs de Samhain - Dir. by Laurent Combaz (France)
The R Word - Dir. by Michael Riley (Australia)
The Abracadabrante Family - Dir. by Nancy Morin (Canada)
Oblivious - Dir. by Rafael Star (Australia)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Dóttir - Dir. by Steven Fox (USA)
Sunny - Dir. by Ramin Sohrab (USA)
Glovebox - Dir. by Joseph Matarrese, Phillip Matarrese (USA)
Shotgun - Dir. by Ross Langill (Canada)
Don't Mess With Levinski 60 - Dir. by Tamar Schwarz (Israel)
The Long Wait - Dir. by Alizay Rizwan (UAE)
The Cadaver - Dir. by Volkan Özgümüş (Turkey)
Nominees for Best Student Film International
First Snow - Dir. by Anton Sytnik (Ukraine)
Ransom Video - Dir. by Michael Riley (Australia)
Raphaëlle - Dir. by Eléonore Aguillon (France)
Last Year - Dir. by Jack William Harold Twell (UK)
Let Go - Dir. by Chia Chi Huang (Taiwan)
Nominees for Best Student Film North America
Mitchell and Marnie - Dir. by Ben Frondorf (USA)
Suburbia Swamp - Dir. by Nicole Flores (USA)
King of the Ducks - Dir. by Daniel Martinez Perez (Canada)
Forwards - Dir. by Sebastian Eguiarte (Canada)
Be Your Feminine - Dir. by Benny Berry-Wolfenden (Canada)
Nominees for Best First-Time Filmmaker
Rebecca Duran - Radio Silence (USA)
Carlos Da Costa - Wake Up (UK)
Dana Blouin - Khao Yai National Park: Thailand's First (Thailand)
Raphael Kichenama - ORIGINE-Z (France)
Stefan Langer - Haircut (USA)
Nominees for Best Actor
Ivaylo Grancharov - Mr. Self (Bulgaria)
Marcus Jahn - Spaceman (USA)
Massimiliano Nugnes - The Forbidden Fruit (Romania)
Peter Mastne - Enter the Room (USA)
Kevin Mounce - Thinking of You (USA)
Marcel Barragán - Life REBORN (Panama)
Nominees for Best Actress
Nikki Apostolidis - The Cost Of Money (USA)
Adelia Nazarchuk - First Snow (Ukraine)
Justiene Lindholm - The Bridge (Canada)
Summer Marie Thomas - The Breakdown (USA)
Emily Murphy - And Now Our Next Guest... (Canada)
Hannah Lawrence - Joyriders (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast
Solitarity - Dir. by Melissa Bronski, Shanna Riker (USA)
Sympathy For The
Devil - Dir. by Corbin Eaton, Michael Bentley (USA)
The Immortals - Dir. by Ross Langill (Canada)
The Mighty Beam! - Dir. by Adam Rebora (USA)
A Bag Full of Loot - Dir. by David J. McDonald (Canada)
Santa Ruins Christmas - Dir. by David Nguyen (Canada)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Marcus Armstrong - The Bridge (Canada)
Daniele De Muro - Horizon (Italy)
Jodi Savitz - Solitarity (USA)
Șerban Dinescu - The Forbidden Fruit (Romania)
Jonathan Salazar - Glovebox (USA)
Stu Gamble - Stationheads (Hungary)
Nominees for Best Writer
Liz Whitmere - Up To Here (Canada)
Rik Langan - The Wait (UK)
Natalia Cricri - Two Dollars (Australia)
Sabrina Knappett - Santa Ruins Christmas (Canada)
Gary Cohoe - Hero Squad (Canada)
Alvin Sloan - The Logo (USA)
Nominees for Best Director
Anne Mueller - Cooking with Kyssara (Canada)
Kirby Sloan, Ben Fudge - Bake Sale (Canada)
Marion Battaglia - The INsiders (UAE)
Shanna Riker - Spaceman (USA)
David Nguyen - Santa Ruins Christmas (Canada)
Tamar Schwarz - Don't Mess With Levinski 60 (Israel)
20:01-45:00 Minutes
Nominees for Best Comedy
Going Nowhere (Pilot Episode) - Dir. by George Walker (UK)
Small Cars - Dir. by Andrei Egorov (Belarus)
Conspiracy Cases: The Wasp Woman - Dir. by Jeffrey Paul Agosta (USA)
Nominees for Best Documentary
Growing with Our Family Tree - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Decode the Mystery - A YouTuber Turned Filmmaker - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (Taiwan)
Nudo - Dir. by Gabriele Donati (Italy)
Nominees for Best Drama
Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes - Dir. by Pat Mitchell (USA)
The American Dream - Dir. by Norbert Valade (France)
Odd Birds - Dir. by Georg Arne Kästle, Valentin Marian Bolte (Germany)
Organic Dosti - Dir. by Sanjay Rawal (India)
Mampatti - Dir. by Srikrishnan Narayanaswami (India)
Shashthi - Dir. by Jude Peter Damian (India)
Nominees for Best Horror
The Prowler - Dir. by Tanguy Pochoy (France)
Dark Web - Dir. by Tyler Appian (USA)
Fish - Dir. by Mike J. McAllister (USA)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
The Million Dollar Game - Dir. by Adam Michael (USA)
Valedictory - Dir. by Graeme James Williamson (UK)
The Lazarus Game - Dir. by Kate Ward (USA)
LSD : The William Brake's Movie - Dir. by Julien Tenfiche (France)
Nominees for Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy
House of Ra: The Legend of Reo - Dir. by Antoine M. Dillard (USA)
Conspiracy Cases: The Wasp Woman - Dir. by Jeffrey Paul Agosta (USA)
Carolina Shag - Dir. by Adam Newman (USA)
Nominees for Best Actor
Sylvain Pierre - LSD : The William Brake's Movie (France)
Sam Strickland - Going Nowhere (Pilot Episode) (UK)
Cal Waldau - Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes (USA)
Nominees for Best Actress
Cat Yudain - The Million Dollar Game (USA)
Naomi St.Hill - House of Ra: The Legend of Reo (USA)
Skye Marie Sena - Apples, Oranges, Lemons & Limes (USA)
Nominees for Best Cast
Credits Among Friends - Dir. by Alexis Ramirez (USA)
Organic Dosti - Dir. by Sanjay Rawal (India)
Odd Birds - Dir. by Georg Arne Kästle, Valentin Marian Bolte (Germany)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Franck Brett - The Prowler (France)
Igbal Ashmi - Mampatti (India)
Gabriele Donati - Nudo (Italy)
Nominees for Best Writer
Adam Michael - The Million Dollar Game (USA)
Tyler Appian - Dark Web (USA)
Michael Obiora - Joe Kerr: Laughter Is Therapy (UK)
Nominees for Best Director
Ken'ichi Kurokawa - Homecoming Hitchhike (Japan)
Graeme James Williamson - Valedictory (UK)
Adam Newman - Carolina Shag (USA)
45:01-120 Minutes
Nominees for Best Action
Lion of Judah Legacy Movie - Dir. by June Daguiso (USA)
Piercing Wounds - Dir. by Andrew Jacob Brown (USA)
The Full Moon Fathers - Dir. by Sean Cranston (USA)
Alex Fernandez's Sasha 2 - Dir. by Alex Fernandez (USA)
Nominees for Best Drama
Chaappakuthu - Dir. by Ajaish Sudhakaran, Mahesh Manoharan (India)
Antique Clock, Copper Basin and Cat - Dir. by Mingxuan Wang (China)
Rose to Crown - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (USA)
Rage, Fear, Love - Dir. by Charles Stanley (USA)
This Couch is Too Big for My Trunk - Dir. by Victor Toth (Brazil)
Nominees for Best Documentary
Mekong Apocalypse - Dir. by Michael Buckley (Canada)
Cruising with Virus on Board - Dir. by Shihyun Wang (New Zealand)
Dad Rock - Dir. by Eshani Chakrabarti (USA)
Beloved Youth of Many Days: Stories about Mlimani Park Orchestra - Dir. by Frank Gunderson (USA)
And Outside Life Goes On - Dir. by Daniel Maurer (Switzerland)
Nominees for Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Sin Apple - Dir. by Kenya Cagle (USA)
The Woman With The Cough - Dir. by Alex George (USA)
Guardian - Dir. by Kayser Foyz (UK)
Summer of the Wolf - Dir. by Nicki Harris (USA)
Nominees for Best Actor
Frank Cisco Anderson - Lion of Judah Legacy Movie (USA)
Gabriel Guaraciaba - This Couch is Too Big for My Trunk (Brazil)
Pedro Garutti - This Couch is Too Big for My Trunk (Brazil)
Nominees for Best Actress
Manya Muse - Natura (France)
Anna Anderson - Summer of the Wolf (USA)
Geeta Gerardo Vij - Guardian (UK)
Nominees for Best Cast
The Full Moon Fathers - Dir. by Sean Cranston (USA)
Rage, Fear, Love - Dir. by Charles Stanley (USA)
Happy Ending - Dir. by Akira Iwamatsu (Japan)
Nominees for Best Cinematography
Pierre Pascalie - Natura (France)
Gamael Thercio - Summer of the Wolf (USA)
Jim Powers - The Full Moon Fathers (USA)
Nominees for Best Writer
Andrew Jacob Brown - Piercing Wounds (USA)
Alex George - The Woman With The Cough (USA)
Ajaish Sudhakaran, Mahesh Manoharan - Chaappakuthu (India)
Nominees for Best Director
Akira Iwamatsu - Happy Ending (Japan)
Frank Gunderson - Stories About Mlimani Park Orchestra (USA)
Mingxuan Wang - Antique Clock, Copper Basin and Cat (China)
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