2023
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2023 GEMS
GEMS featured 26 films from 14 countries, opening with the Mexican drama Radical. Four Centerpiece Screenings – the survivalist thriller Society of the Snow, the animated feature The Boy and the Heron, the provocative comedy American Fiction, the psychological thriller drama Saltburn, and the closing-night feature, The Holdovers, a comedy-drama by Alexander Payne starring Paul Giamatti.

Festival Honorees
Eugenio Derbez: Impact Award
Festival Audience Award Winners
- Audience Feature Film Award – Society of the Snow, directed by J. A. Bayona
- First runner-up – Radical, directed by Christopher Zalla
- Second runner-up – American Fiction, directed by Cord Jefferson




























