{"id":2508,"date":"2023-07-07T23:07:52","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T23:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2023-07-07T23:07:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T23:07:52","slug":"2023-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=2508","title":{"rendered":"2023 Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Grand Jury Award Winners<\/h3>\n<p>Best Feature Film &#8211; Drama &#8211; Donut<br \/>\nBest Feature Film &#8211; Horror &#8211; Abruptio<br \/>\nBest Feature Film &#8211; Thriller &#8211; Mind Thief<br \/>\nBest Featurette &#8211; Comedy &#8211; What Else Is On?<br \/>\nBest Featurette &#8211; Horror &#8211; Strawberry<br \/>\nBest Short Film \u2013 Animation &#8211; When Mama &amp; Me Lived Outside<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Priding Oneself<br \/>\nBest Short Film \u2013 Documentary &#8211; Full of Wonder: the art of Angie DeBord<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Drama &#8211; Let&#8217;s Pretend I&#8217;m Talking About You<br \/>\nBest Short Film \u2013 Experimental\/Arthouse &#8211; A Part of You<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Horror &#8211; D.O.D.<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Sci-Fi &#8211; Solus<br \/>\nBest Web Series &#8211; SLOANE and the COSMIC SCHLEP<br \/>\nBest Music Video &#8211; CROOKS &#8211; Heart Of Vengeance<br \/>\nBest Screenplay &#8211; Feature Film &#8211; Scoot<br \/>\nBest Screenplay &#8211; Short Film &#8211; Zits<br \/>\nBest Screenplay &#8211; Pilot\/Web Series &#8211; Goofy Foot<br \/>\nBest Director &#8211; Feature Film &#8211; Evan Marlowe, Abruptio<br \/>\nBest Director &#8211; Featurette &#8211; Jordan Pfeifer, Strawberry<br \/>\nBest Director &#8211; Short Film &#8211; Daniel Pradilla De Bedout, Let&#8217;s Pretend I&#8217;m Talking About You<br \/>\nBest Screenplay &#8211; Feature Film &#8211; Evan Marlowe, Abruptio<br \/>\nBest Screenplay &#8211; Featurette &#8211; Jordan Pfeifer, Strawberry<br \/>\nBest Screenplay &#8211; Short Film &#8211; D.O.D.<br \/>\nBest Performance by a Full Cast (Including Puppeteers) &#8211; Abruptio<br \/>\nBest Performer in a Lead Role &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Andrew Saunders, Priding Oneself<br \/>\nBest Performer in a Lead Role &#8211; Drama &#8211; Ana\u00efs Noveras, Good Filipino Kids<br \/>\nBest Performer in a Lead Role &#8211; Horror &#8211; Faye Tamasa, Terror Firma<br \/>\nBest Performer in a Lead Role &#8211; Thriller &#8211; Angelique Pretorius, Mind Thief<br \/>\nBest Performer in a Supporting Role &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Regina Melzer, Annie and the Scar<br \/>\nBest Performer in a Supporting Role &#8211; Drama &#8211; Pavli Serenetsky, Donut<br \/>\nBest Performer in a Supporting Role &#8211; Horror &#8211; Burt Thakur, Terror Firma<br \/>\nBest Cinematography &#8211; Sebasti\u00e1n Rodr\u00edguez, Let&#8217;s Pretend I&#8217;m Talking About You<br \/>\nBest Cinematography &#8211; Alex Wohlin, The Call of Water<\/p>\n<h3>Filmmakers Award Winners<\/h3>\n<p>Outstanding Music Video &#8211; A Beautiful Escape<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; Music Video &#8211; Snorre Fuglsang Ruhe, CROOKS &#8211; Heart Of Vengeance<br \/>\nOutstanding Screenplay &#8211; Music Video &#8211; Snorre Fuglsang Ruhe, CROOKS &#8211; Heart Of Vengeance<br \/>\nOutstanding Performance &#8211; Music Video &#8211; Hayley Wen, A Beautiful Escape<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Animation &#8211; Robots Don&#8217;t Tell Jokes<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; Animation &#8211; Kelli Caldwell, Robots Don&#8217;t Tell Jokes<br \/>\nOutstanding Screenplay &#8211; Animation &#8211; Tiny Gray-Garcia, When Mama &amp; Me Lived Outside<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Hey Alexa<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Margot&#8217;s Off the Market<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Peter Macaluso, Priding Oneself<br \/>\nOutstanding Screenplay &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Peter Macaluso, Priding Oneself<br \/>\nOutstanding Acting &#8211; Cast &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Margot&#8217;s Off the Market<br \/>\nOutstanding Acting &#8211; Individual &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Ammanda Brooke Perrin, Margot&#8217;s Off the Market<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Drama &#8211; The Funeral Photographer<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Drama &#8211; The Story of This Life<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; Drama &#8211; Ashley Thompson, The Funeral Photographer<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; Drama &#8211; Alex Jiang, The Story of This Life<br \/>\nOutstanding Screenplay &#8211; Drama &#8211; Mark Strauss, The Funeral Photographer<br \/>\nOutstanding Acting &#8211; Cast &#8211; Drama &#8211; The Funeral Photographer<br \/>\nOutstanding Acting &#8211; Individual &#8211; Drama &#8211; Andy Sun, The Story of This Life<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Experimental\/Arthouse &#8211; BREARTH<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Experimental\/Arthouse &#8211; The Examination of a Species<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; Experimental\/Arthouse &#8211; A Part of You<br \/>\nOutstanding Screenplay &#8211; Experimental\/Arthouse &#8211; Seejon Thomas, The Examination of a Species<br \/>\nOutstanding Acting &#8211; Cast &#8211; Experimental\/Arthouse &#8211; The Examination of a Species<br \/>\nOutstanding Acting &#8211; Individual &#8211; Experimental\/Arthouse &#8211; Kibrea Carmichael, A Part of You<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Horror &#8211; Mamu<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Horror &#8211; The Erl King<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; Horror &#8211; Kaya Tone, The Call of Water<br \/>\nOutstanding Screenplay &#8211; Horror &#8211; Jim Vendiola, Pretty Pickle<br \/>\nOutstanding Acting &#8211; Cast &#8211; Horror &#8211; The Call of Water<br \/>\nOutstanding Acting &#8211; Individual &#8211; Horror &#8211; Abi Van Andel, Bad Trails<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; SciFi &#8211; Jonathan Brooks, Solus<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; SciFi &#8211; Pleroma<br \/>\nOutstanding Screenplay &#8211; SciFi &#8211; Pleroma<br \/>\nOutstanding Acting, Cast &#8211; SciFi &#8211; Hey Alexa<br \/>\nOutstanding Acting, Individual &#8211; SciFi &#8211; Stevie Lynn Jones, Hey Alexa<\/p>\n<h3>Audience Award Winners<\/h3>\n<p>A Brush With Death<br \/>\nA Little Help?<br \/>\nAnnie and the Scar<br \/>\nFish<br \/>\nGnaw<br \/>\nMatched<br \/>\nSpirits<\/p>\n<h3>Programmer&#8217;s Prize<\/h3>\n<p>Back Home<br \/>\nBackwoods<br \/>\nBro Code<br \/>\nEstate Sale<br \/>\nExercised<br \/>\nFlakkus<br \/>\nGood Filipino Kids<br \/>\nMagic Box<br \/>\nNoman<br \/>\nTax Time<br \/>\nTest Drive<br \/>\nWatcher<\/p>\n<h3>Award Definitions\/Explanations<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Grand Jury Awards<\/strong> \u2013 decided by the festival\u2019s official selection committee.<br \/>\n<strong>Filmmakers Awards<\/strong> \u2013 given only to short films, these are decided by the Filmmakers Board a panel of filmmakers whose films have been Official Selections previous years.<br \/>\n<strong>Audience Awards<\/strong> \u2013 decided by highly scientific instruments placed throughout the theater to determine audience satisfaction.<br \/>\n<strong>Programmer\u2019s Prize<\/strong> \u2013 festival programmer Jeff Howard, who watches thousands of films submitted to multiple festivals every year, needs to acknowledge that this festival&#8217;s official selections represent the top 8% of the films submitted and that it is truly ridiculous to give not give awards to films that truly represent the cream of the crop.<\/p>\n<p>Source: FILA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Jury Award Winners Best Feature Film &#8211; Drama &#8211; Donut Best Feature Film &#8211; Horror &#8211; Abruptio Best Feature Film &#8211; Thriller &#8211; Mind Thief Best Featurette &#8211; Comedy &#8211; What Else Is On? Best Featurette &#8211; Horror &#8211; Strawberry Best Short Film \u2013 Animation &#8211; When Mama &amp; Me Lived Outside Best Short &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=2508\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;2023 Awards&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film-invasion-l-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}