2023 IDU Film Festival

7th IDU Film Festival
Date	December 27, 2023 (2023-12-27)
Site	Atlantis, Eiria
Hosted by	Eiria
Highlights
Best Film	TBA
Best Documentary	TBA
Best Musical Score	TBA
Best Actor	TBA TBA

The 2023 International Democratic Union Film Festival was held in December of 2023, in Atlantis, Eiria, for the purpose of honoring IDU cinema. During the festival, delegations from X nations within the IDU and X non-IDU nations submitted films in six categories, and X nations voted. X won in the category of 'Best Film' with its submission X. Winners of each category are printed in bold, while the number of first-preference votes received are listed following each entry.

Best Film

The category 'Best Film' is the most prestigious of the awards presented at the IDU Film Festival, honoring the films released in the IDU between the date of the prior film festival, and this festival. X entries were submitted in this category.

• Nouveau Riche — Haesan
• September Run — Laeral
• The Expanse — Novella Islands
• The Perfect Sandwich — Opthelia
• Feline — Zargothrax
• Margrethe and Olufemi — Zongongia
• The Death of a Madman & the Rise of a Hero — Mansilla
• Hide the Mask — Eiria
• Beyond the Waves — Aredoa
• Harvest Moon — Kolda
• A Leeward Phantom — Libertas Omnium Maximus

Best Lead Actor

• Alex Grey in The Expanse — Novella Islands
• Jeremie Studer-Herth in September Run — Laeral
• Kim Yu-ri in Nouveau Riche — Haesan
• Sofia Shepherd in The Perfect Sandwich — Opthelia
• Farida Karim in Feline — Zargothrax
• Mawuli Abiodun in Margrethe and Olufemi — Zongongia
• Vitale Giordano in The Death of a Madman & the Rise of a Hero — Mansilla
• Andrés Molina in Beyond the Waves — Aredoa
• Grant Page in A Leeward Phantom — Libertas Omnium Maximus

Best Supporting Actor

• Lloyd Meyers in The Perfect Sandwich — Opthelia
• Pierre Mörch in September Run — Laeral
• Seo Chae-won in Nouveau Riche — Haesan
• Ismat Ahmadi in Feline — Zargothrax
• Jennifer Keyes in The Factory — Greater Acadia
• Stefen Vandel in Hide the Mask — Eiria
• Gabriela Rivera in Beyond the Waves — Aredoa
• Ally Leslie in Pointed — Glanainn
• Sokhna Bousso in Harvest Moon — Kolda
• Benjamin Wagner in A Leeward Phantom — Libertas Omnium Maximus

Best Musical Score

• Adrift — Misumi
• Saltwater — Thousand Branches
• September Run — Laeral
• Margrethe and Olufemi — Zongongia
• The Death of a Madman & the Rise of a Hero — Mansilla
• The Sunny Side of Life — Aredoa
• Hide the Mask — Eiria
• A Leeward Phantom — Libertas Omnium Maximus

Best Costume Design

• Nouveau Riche — Haesan
• Margrethe and Olufemi — Zongongia
• The Factory — Greater Acadia
• Pointed — Glanainn
• Harvest Moon — Kolda

Best Documentary Film

• Adrift — Misumi
• One Thousand Butterflies — Lauchenoiria
• The Power of Words — Eiria
• The Sunny Side of Life — Aredoa
• Pine Gap: Triumph Amidst Adversity — Opthelia
• The Bluest Sea — Nuiqsut Confederation

Best Foreign Film

• The Favriskan Sting — Favrisko (The South Pacific)
• Too Camp to Camp? — Iceagea (Europe)