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