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SILICON BEACH FILM FESTIVAL 

2023 AWARDS

BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO  - PAPER PLANES

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT ANIMATION - HENRY THE VIII: THE SHAGGER OF HISTORY

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT - THE WAY WOMEN ARE

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT - SIDELINED

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM - WHICH SUBWAY

BEST EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC VIDEO - WAVESWATERWALL

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATED SHORT FILM - MOIRAI, THREAD OF LIFE

BEST DRAMA SHORT - BIRDIE

BEST FAMILY DRAMA SHORT - SWEET STRUGGLE

BEST SOCIAL DRAMA SHORT - JUSTICE

BEST COMING OF AGE SHORT - WAIT

BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT - BUTTERFIELD

BEST DANCE SHORT - THE REFLECTION OF FRANCISCA NEWMAN

BEST WESTERN SHORT - COCHISE LEGENDARY WARRIOR

BEST SHORT MUSIC DOCUMENTARY - THE ORCHESTRA CHUCK BUILT

BEST SUSPENSE/ROMANCE SHORT - A CURIOUS WOMAN

BEST SCI-FI/THRILLER SHORT - SIGHTS UNSEEN

BEST COMEDY/SCI-FI SHORT - FOOTZILLA

BEST COMEDY/PARODY SHORT - PULP FRICTION

BEST SCREWBALL COMEDY SHORT - DRIVERLESS

BEST DRAMEDY SHORT - THE POOL BOY

BEST DARK COMEDY SHORT -  EX-HUSBAND 

 

BEST CRIME SHORT - RE-ENTRY

BEST CONSPIRACY/THRILLER SHORT - THE RISING

BEST YA SHORT - RECEDING 

BEST THRILLER SHORT - SWINDLE

BEST THRILLER FEATURE - THE POST

BEST ACTION FEATURE - BANG BANG BETTY

BEST HORROR THRILLER SHORT - CRAVE

BEST HORROR SHORT - MOTHER MARTYR SALT & SAINT

BEST HORROR FEATURE FILM - CANNIBAL COMEDIAN

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - SHORT FILM - KID CHOCOLATE

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - FEATURE FILM - EL MAGO

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR SHORT FILM - Artem Oskolovich/OUR BROKEN FAMILY

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEATURE FILM - Bruce Smith/FINDING FAITH

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS SHORT FILM - Rosie O'Leary/THE TRUTH ABOUT NUTS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FEATURE FILM - Annie O'Donnell/TWO LIVES IN PITTSBURGH

BEST ACTRESS - SHORT FILM - Agnete Strand/FAVORS

BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM - Katrina Syran/ELLIDA

BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM - JACK MAXWELL/SPIRITQUEST WITH JACK MAXWELL

BEST ACTOR - FEATURE FILM - Hans Braga/TAHANAN

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM -  ERIC C PLAYER/STAY WITH ME 

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM - Mars Roberge/STARS

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE - Wayne Dees/ALTERED PERCEPTIONS

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT - JACK & BLUE

PRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURE FILM - ALIEN INTERVENTION

 

BEST SCORE SHORT FILM - ISOLATED 

BEST SCORE FEATURE FILM -  PACIFIC COAST

BEST SOUND DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM - WHO WE ARE

BEST SOUND DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - LOUDER THAN ROCK

BEST SOUND SHORT FILM - ED: A LOVE STORY

BEST SOUND FEATURE FILM - THE BURDEN OF GUILT

BEST EDITING MUSIC VIDEO - WEIRD ANIMALS - TIMOTHY BAILEY & THE ANIMALS

BEST EDITING SHORT DOCUMENTARY - MOUNTAINS

BEST EDITING SHORT NARRATIVE -  BAD DAY

BEST EDITING - FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - MIWENE

BEST EDITING - FEATURE FILM - DARKEST OF LIES

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY -MUSIC VIDEO - DECEMBER FADES - “SUNRISE”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT NARRATIVE FILM -  LIKE SON LIKE FATHER

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM -UNDER MY SKIN

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - THE DIRTY DIVIDE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - FEATURE FILM - TIBETAN HEARTS

BEST DIRECTOR - MUSIC VIDEO - Daniel Corey/LIFT ME UP

BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT ANIMATION - Jaz Garewal/SCRUM WARS - EPISODE 1: A NEW SPRINT

BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY SHORT - Joseph F Alexandre - CIAO! JOHN CROWTHER

BEST DIRECTOR - NARRATIVE SHORT FILM - Jordan McKittrick/WE HAVE NOTES

BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Taylor Krauss/BRONX BANDA: ARTURO O'FARRILL AND THE BRONX

BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE FILM-  Theo Brown/AN ELECTRIC SLEEP

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST MUSIC VIDEO - ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU...GONE

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT ANIMATION - HIDE AND BEEP

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY- SUE

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST TV DOCUMENTARY

 ALWAYS A WINNER: ROY CURRY, A QUARTERBACK AHEAD OF HIS TIME

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT NARRATIVE - SUPER TACO 

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST WEBISODE -  BAD ATMOSPHERE

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST DOCUMENTARY - TAKING THE FIGHT

AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST PILOT/TELEVISION EPISODE - LEARNING WITH REMY RAYSTAR - ABC 

AUDIENCE AWARD BEST FEATURE - LA UNDERCOVER

GRAND PRIZE MUSIC VIDEO - JOHN DEMENA - ETERNAL EYES 

GRAND PRIZE BEST ANIMATED SHORT - "SOW DON'T SING - THIS OLD WINNER"

GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

TEACHING THE HOLOCAUST: BEYOND FACTS AND FIGURES

GRAND PRIZE - BEST TV DOCUMENTARY - BUZZKILL

GRAND PRIZE - BEST PILOT - SANDPAPER

GRAND PRIZE - BEST WEBISODE - RED CARPET READY SHEKHAR RAHATE

GRAND PRIZE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - NUESTRA SANTA LUCIA

GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - BROWN BOX: A BOX MARKED FREEDOM

GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE - TRUST IN LOVE

SCREENPLAY AWARDS

BEST PERIOD PIECE SHORT SCREENPLAY - JAMAL BY Maurizio Lai, Janet Rosario Poma Hurtado

 

BEST THRILLER SHORT SCREENPLAY - BLOOD WILL HAVE BLOOD BY JOHN KESTNER

BEST SHORT STUDENT SCREENPLAY - THE WEDDING COUNTDOWN BY Xinshu Cui, Zuyou Liu

BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - DRAMA/ROMANCE - SIGHTLESS BIND BY Ariel Lavi, Shira Hadar

BEST TELEVISION SCREENPLAY

SCI-FI DRAMA - WHAT THE PROPHETS LAST SAY TO EARTH BY Justin Schumann

BEST TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - HORROR - MORITURIOSIS BY JESSE DORIAN

BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - GEMINI BY Alex Vickery-Howe

BEST TELEVISION PILOT ABOUT LOS ANGELES - LA FLASH - A TRILOGY BY Catherine Stanley

BEST TELEVISION PILOT - NEWS RELATED - DESERT STAR NEWS BY Robert Alan Haus

BEST TELEVISION PILOT - COMEDY/CRIME -  FRANKIE FROM FLUSHIN’ BY Frank Vespe

BEST ROMANTIC COMEDY SCREENPLAY - GENDER SWITCH BY TRISTAN VENTURE

BEST SCI-FI THRILLER SCREENPLAY - THE BLUE BLOOD MOON BY David Sabbath

BEST SCI-FI HORROR SCREENPLAY

ALIEN 5: ERADICATION SPEC SCRIPT BY Daniel Furuya, Jamon Holmes

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCREENPLAY -THE GIRL IN THE GLACIER BY Catherine Schandl

BEST MURDER/MYSTERY FEATURE SCREENPLAY

PARADIGM BY Stephen Wise, Eric Charles Kaplan (story)

BEST CRIME FEATURE SCREENPLAY - SWITCHBLADE HOLIDAY BY Steven Aripez

BEST ACTION/THRILLER FEATURE SCREENPLAY - THE PICKLEBALL KILLER BY JIM CARROLL

BEST FANTASY FEATURE SCREENPLAY - THE MAN & THE MERMAID'S TALE BY Donna Loehrer

BEST FAMILY DRAMA FEATURE SCREENPLAY - BLACK PRIVILEGE by Troy Solomon Andrews

BEST THRILLER/HORROR FEATURE SCREENPLAY - HELL'S END BY Walter Hochbrueckner 

BEST PERIOD DRAMA SCREENPLAY - ALTA CALIFORNIA BY Lynn H. Elliott

BEST SCREENPLAY COURTROOM DRAMA - INKA BY Madea Victoria Smith

 

GRAND PRIZE BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - THE CATASTROPHE BY Samuel Martin Lewis

 

GRAND PRIZE BEST TV SCRIPT - THE SEVEN BY Igor Stefanovic

 

GRAND PRIZE TV PILOT -BULLSEYE BY Thomas Hauldren

 

GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY

 BLACKNESS OF SPACE, WHITENESS OF BONES BY Melissa L. White

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