9th Annual Festigious 2023 - The Nominees
We're excited to announce nominees for the 9th annual Festigious 2023:
Best of Fest 2023
The Crossing - Tomas Simonsen
Girl Unscripted - Tara Veneruso
Gaganachari - Arun Chandu
Murder, Anyone? - James Cullen Bressack
In Sky, Full of Stars - Shun Sean Lee
Tito - Anthony Notarile, Andy Tworischuk
Best Narrative Feature
The Crossing - Tomas Simonsen
Gaganachari - Arun Chandu
Murder, Anyone? - James Cullen Bressack
Tnaash - Boudy Sfeir
Meet My Pet Monster - James Matthew Storm
Hope Street Holiday - Brandon Morson
Best Narrative Short
Remembrance - Michael Kumar
Apart - Ziling “Jolyn” Mei
Aping Edwin Porter - James O'Donnell
A Deadly Conversation - David Pratt, Vincent Edwards
Vegas Is Calling - Chad Ridgely, Maggi Mayfield
Tito - Anthony Notarile, Andy Tworischuk
Best Indie Film
The Tides - Maryam Hajibeigi
Anniversary - Ali Schmahl, Stefanie Schmahl
Goggles - Brenda Laidman, Anna Nadtotchii
In the Spotlight - Jessica Qinyue Luo
Whirlwind - Cavi Borges
Electric Eyes - Zofia Hame, Homayoon Marcus Hame
Best Documentary Feature
Grapevines Solo: Death Valley Adventure 2 - Steve A. Hall
Living Music: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Screen - Liam Michael Worcheck
The Race Epidemic - Tony Shyu
Phantom Or The Opera - Roger Ho-wan Chow, Edward Kui-ming Li
Approaching the Book of Changes - Hui Huanzhang
Girl Unscripted - Tara Veneruso
Best Documentary Short
The Legacy of the Braceros - Arden Pala
21 - Wenting Leung
Saging the World - Rose Ramirez, Deborah Small, David Bryant
Cyberspace: About the Dark Side - Jongho Lee, Jungwoo Brian Kim
Lily of the Mohawks - Luella Wagner
Bang On Time - Christoph Handl
Best Animation
APEIRON BOUND - My Sweet Stockholm - Costin Chioreanu, Andrew Stout, Michael Calza
A-Hâ's Egg Cake - Raymond Lau
CORE - Soo-min Song, Young-chan Kim, Do-hun Lee
JOY - Chongjia Zhang, Yining Dang, Shan Dora Huang
Flora - Yena Choi, Mina Kwon, Hyebin Park
Best Music Video
Gimme Love - Steven 'PhillyFlyboy' Philip
UMA2RMAN - Atomic love - Vitaliy Kapitonov
St.Lover - Ying Chih Chen
Ghost - Charles Billot
APEIRON BOUND - Absent Familiarity - Chance White, Christian Cashmir, Tom Pritchard
Electric Eyes - Zofia Hame, Homayoon Marcus Hame
Best Student Film
Forest - Kuanysh Stakhanov
Journalism 101 - Michael Lopez
One Plus One Equals Three - Michael Dolha, Franchesca Dolha
In the Spotlight - Jessica Qinyue Luo
Future Dictator - Lucas Shim
In Sky, Full of Stars - Shun Sean Lee
Best Director (Feature)
The Crossing - Tomas Simonsen
Gaganachari - Arun Chandu
Town Mall 2 - Nevin Hiong
Occupants - Russ Emanuel, Julia Camara
Girl Unscripted - Tara Veneruso
We're Seqious - Hui Huanzhang
Best Director (Short)
Butterfly Boxing - Joslyn Rose Lyons
Girl Unscripted - Tara Veneruso
Dance for Me - Robin Hofmann
Rorschach - Steffi West Harshberger
Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath - Dylan Arnow
Aquae Vitae - Jay William Thomas
Best First Time Director
The Thrift Shop - Kiya Sabet
Journalism 101 - Michael Lopez
Floating Holidays - Yumi Masuda
In the Spotlight - Jessica Qinyue Luo
Tito - Anthony Notarile, Andy Tworischuk
Blood Buddies - Suzanne Marie Moreau
Best Actor
For I Am Dead - Al Nazemian
The Crossing - Wiktor Simonsen
Occupants - Michael Pugliese
Rotte - Stilian Keli
Tito - Alexei Bondar
Rorschach - Will Sayegh
Best Actress
The Crossing - Lena Hope
One Plus One Equals Three - Franchesca Dolha
Occupants - Briana White
Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath - Marlee Forsyth
Hope Street Holiday - Isadora Ortega
Murder, Anyone? - Galadriel Stineman
Best Cinematography
The Crossing - Daniel Bjørkman
Butterfly Boxing - Nick Mahar
Voler - Vedant Chavan
Occupants - Emile Haris
Tito - Sawyer Gaunt
Bang On Time - Georg Papadelis
Best Editing
Yorktown: A Time to Heal - John Atkin
Journalism 101 - Jake Gilbert, Jerome Hughs
Town Mall 2 - Nevin Hiong
Aping Edwin Porter - Ben Simon
Murder, Anyone? - Theoderic Cardenas
Gaganachari - Ceejay Achu, Aravind Manmadhan
Best Score
The Crossing - Christopher Farrell
Girl Unscripted - Sara Swenson
Between Here and Gone - Joe Taylor
In the Spotlight - Charlie Chaoli Sun
Make A Wish - Mustafa Yazicioglu
Town Mall 2 - Nevin Hiong
Best Original Story
Don´t kill my dreams - Ibrahim Ebrima Faal
Vegas Is Calling - Chad Ridgely, Maggi Mayfield
Between Here and Gone - Sadie Duarte, Iván Gisbert
Occupants - Julia Camara
Blood Buddies - Suzanne Marie Moreau
Blind Faith - Bruce Hickey
Best Feature Screenplay
The Real World of Money - Patrick J Timpone
No Address - Julia Verdin, James Papa
Winterhart - Julien Martin Wagner
Close - Kristen Wade
A Place Where the Sun Sets - Sam J Bench
Frostbite - Jonathan Sieff
Best Short Screenplay
Aisle 18 - Madeleine Tsai
Gum - Ryan Michael Smith
Dive Into The Blue - Ge Gao
Table - Marelize Roets
Low Budget - Lisa Wood
The Favela Kid - Alex Martins
Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)
Winter Bird - Stephen Delos Treacy
We Called Him Beethoven - Bob Brennan
Crab Walkers - Toni Martocchio
Colorado - Nicholas S Mata
Just Getting By - Anne Rothman-Hicks and Kenneth Hicks
All Intents and Purposes - Charlie Kallas
Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)
Debt Apocalypse - Phillip Alan Bowen, Chad Alan Rohn
Midnight Thunder: X - Kyle John Corcoran
Dive Into The Blue - Ge Gao
In Sky, Full of Stars - Shun Sean Lee
Tito - Anthony Notarile, Andy Tworischuk
The Thrift Shop - Kiya Sabet
Special Jury Award - Film
Venerable - James Sibley
Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath - Dylan Arnow
Gum - Melanie Kardos, Ryan Smith
Embers - Benjamin Ross Johnson
Occupants - Russ Emanuel, Julia Camara
UMA2RMAN - Atomic love - Vitaliy Kapitonov
Special Jury Award - Screenplay
The Saint and The Scoundrel - Robert Swan
Missing Parts - Janine Pecenkova
Close Enough To Perfect - Dan Williams
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity - Amanda J. Roraback
Gelato Dreams - Fiona Georgiou Hunt
Da Fast Lane - Raymond Williams Williams, David Vernon
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