2023 Award Winners

  • Best Picture - Hanging Gardens

    Best Picture - Hanging Gardens

  • Best Actor - Michael A. Goorjian (Amerikatsi)

  • Best Actress - Mouna Hawa (Inshallah a Boy)

  • Panavision Best Cinematography - Krum Rodriguez (Citizen Saint)

  • Special Jury Prize - The Night Guardian

  • Audience Award - Marry My Dead Body

  • New Horizon Award - BERLIN

  • Best Short Film (Winn Slavin Prize) - The Old Young Crow

    Best Short Film (Winn Slavin Prize) - The Old Young Crow

  • Runner Up (Panavision Grant) - Our Males and Females

  • Special Mention - Witness

  • Rising Star Award – ANIRUDH PISHARODY

  • Winn Slavin Humanitarian Award - LE LY HAYSLIP

  • Lifetime Achievement Award – JOHN MILIUS

  • Outstanding Cinematic Achievement – PETER KWONG

  • Bruce Lee Award - TONY JAA

2023 Competition Winners

Best Picture: Hanging Gardens directed by Ahmed Al-Daradji (Iraq)

Best Actor: Michael A. Goorjian in Amerikatsi (Armenia)

Best Actress: Mouna Hawa in Inshallah a Boy (Jordan)

Panavision Best Cinematography: Krum Rodriguez for Citizen Saint (Georgia)

Special Jury Prize: The Night Guardian by Reza Mirkarimi (Iran)

Audience Award: Marry My Dead Body (Taiwan), Director Cheng Wei Hao

2023 SNOW LEOPARD HONORARY AWARDS

Lifetime Achievement Award – JOHN MILIUS

Outstanding Cinematic Achievement – PETER KWONG

Rising Star Award – ANIRUDH PISHARODY

Our Snow Leopard Award was specially designed and executed by sculptor, Sir Daniel Winn.

SHORT FILM FINALISTS

Best Film (Winn Slavin Prize): The Old Young Crow by Liam LoPinto (Japan)

Runner Up (Panavision grant): Our Males and Females by Ahmad Alyaseer (Jordan)

Special Mention: Witness by Aida Tebianian (Iran)

ADDITIONAL AWARDS

The AWFF Bruce Lee Award, in partnership with the Bruce Lee Foundation - TONY JAA

AWFF New Horizon Award: BERLIN by Atul Sabharwal (India)

Winn Slavin Humanitarian Award - LE LY HAYSLIP