{"id":2613,"date":"2023-12-11T22:31:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T22:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=2613"},"modified":"2023-12-11T22:31:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T22:31:43","slug":"2023-awards-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=2613","title":{"rendered":"2023 Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Best In Fest<\/h3>\n<p>Best in Fest &#8211; Feature Film &#8211; Off Ramp<br \/>\nBest in Fest &#8211; Featurette &#8211; Blue Square Heart<br \/>\nBest in Fest &#8211; Short Film &#8211; Backlog<\/p>\n<h3>Grand Jury Awards<\/h3>\n<p>Best Feature Film &#8211; Arthouse\/Experimental &#8211; Little Deaths<br \/>\nBest Feature Film &#8211; Comedy &#8211; You, Me &amp; Her<br \/>\nBest Feature Film &#8211; Documentary &#8211; REAL<br \/>\nBest Feature Film &#8211; Drama &#8211; American Meltdown<br \/>\nBest Feature Film &#8211; Horror &#8211; Black Mold<br \/>\nBest Feature Film &#8211; SciFi &#8211; Foil<br \/>\nBest Feature Film &#8211; Thriller &#8211; Off Ramp<br \/>\nBest Featurette &#8211; Drama &#8211; A Way Home<br \/>\nBest Featurette &#8211; Drama &#8211; Blue Square Heart<br \/>\nBest Featurette &#8211; Horror &#8211; Drawn<br \/>\nBest Featurette &#8211; Horror &#8211; Scratch<br \/>\nBest Series \/ TV Pilot &#8211; Barney &amp; Herb &#8220;Hairy Herb&#8221;<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Animation &#8211; Moving Day<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Arthouse\/Experimental &#8211; The Sacred Bees<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Men Grieving<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Wiener<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Dance &#8211; Radical Kingdom<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Documentary &#8211; The Orchestra Chuck Built<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Drama &#8211; Backlog<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Drama &#8211; What Dictators Dream About<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Horror &#8211; Oddities<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; SciFi &#8211; Homecoming<br \/>\nBest Director \u2013 Feature Film &#8211; Off Ramp &#8211; Nathan Tape<br \/>\nBest Director \u2013 Featurette &#8211; Blue Square Heart &#8211; William Means<br \/>\nBest Director \u2013 Short Film &#8211; Backlog &#8211; Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal<br \/>\nBest Lead Performer \u2013 Feature Film &#8211; American Meltdown &#8211; Jacki Von Preysing<br \/>\nBest Lead Performer \u2013 Featurette &#8211; Scratch &#8211; Brian Palatucci<br \/>\nBest Lead Performer \u2013 Short Film &#8211; What Dictators Dream About &#8211; Rick Segall<br \/>\nBest Supporting Performer \u2013 Feature Film &#8211; Off Ramp &#8211; Scott Turner Schofield<br \/>\nBest Supporting Performer \u2013 Feature Film &#8211; Drama &#8211; American Meltdown &#8211; Nicolette Sweeney<br \/>\nBest Supporting Performer \u2013 Featurette &#8211; Blue Square Heart &#8211; Jessica Lea Risco<br \/>\nBest Supporting Performer \u2013 Short Film &#8211; Room 107 &#8211; Winter Andrews<br \/>\nBest Performance by a Cast \u2013 Feature Film &#8211; Off Ramp<br \/>\nBest Performance by a Cast \u2013 Feature Film &#8211; Arthouse\/Experimental &#8211; Little Deaths<br \/>\nBest Performance by a Cast \u2013 Feature Film &#8211; Comedy &#8211; You, Me &amp; Her<br \/>\nBest Performance by a Cast \u2013 Feature Film &#8211; Horror &#8211; Black Mold<br \/>\nBest Performance by a Cast \u2013 Featurette &#8211; A Way Home<br \/>\nBest Performance by a Cast \u2013 Short Film &#8211; Barney &amp; Herb &#8220;Hairy Herb&#8221; &#8211; Peter Jason &amp; Jonah Ray Rodrigues<br \/>\nBest Performance by a Duo &#8211; FOIL &#8211; Zach Green &amp; Devin O\u2019Rourke<br \/>\nBest Screenplay \u2013 Feature (Unproduced) &#8211; Club Illusion The Movie &#8211; Christine Elizabeth Bridges, David Brent Parris, &amp; Vivian Paul Suter<br \/>\nBest Screenplay \u2013 Feature Film &#8211; Off Ramp &#8211; Nathan Tape &amp; Tim Cairo<br \/>\nBest Screenplay \u2013 Feature Film &#8211; Comedy &#8211; You, Me &amp; Her &#8211; Selina Ringel<br \/>\nBest Screenplay \u2013 Feature Film &#8211; Horror &#8211; Psychosis &#8211; Pirie Martin<br \/>\nBest Screenplay \u2013 Featurette &#8211; Blue Square Heart &#8211; William Means<br \/>\nBest Screenplay \u2013 Sereies\/TV (Unproduced) &#8211; Badger &#8211; Anna Elizabeth Ross<br \/>\nBest Screenplay \u2013 Short (Unproduced) &#8211; The Ballad of River Kendricks: da prologue &#8211; Jason Mendoza<br \/>\nBest Screenplay \u2013 Short Film &#8211; Manifesto &#8211; Mike Sorce &amp; Matthew Kic<br \/>\nBest Cinematography \u2013 Feature Film &#8211; Black Mold &#8211; Robert Patrick Stern<br \/>\nBest Cinematography \u2013 Featurette &#8211; Drawn &#8211; Stephen Tringali<br \/>\nBest Cinematography \u2013 Short Film &#8211; Homecoming &#8211; Skyler Bocciolatt<br \/>\nBest Production Design \u2013 Feature Film &#8211; Black Mold &#8211; John Wong<br \/>\nBest Production Design \u2013 Featurette &#8211; Scratch &#8211; Michael Trainotti &amp; Jim Ward<br \/>\nBest Production Design \u2013 Short Film &#8211; The Unquiet Dead &#8211; Julia Vela<br \/>\nBest Sound Design \u2013 Feature Film &#8211; Black Mold &#8211; Robert Patrick Stern<br \/>\nBest Sound Design \u2013 Featurette &#8211; Scratch &#8211; Stephen Tringali<br \/>\nBest Sound Design \u2013 Short Film &#8211; Homecoming &#8211; Skyler Bocciolatt<\/p>\n<h3>Filmmakers Awards<\/h3>\n<p>Outstanding Short Film &#8211; Animation &#8211; Ingolstadt<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Comedy &#8211; A Brush With Death<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Welcome To The Neighborhood<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Dance &#8211; If Cities Could Dance: J-Setting Atlanta<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Documentary &#8211; Accidental Artist<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Documentary &#8211; Kneel<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Drama &#8211; Manifesto<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Drama &#8211; Room 107<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Horror &#8211; My Scary Indian Wedding<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; Horror &#8211; The Unquiet Dead<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; SciFi &#8211; Entrainment<br \/>\nOutstanding Short Film &#8211; SciFi &#8211; Pleroma<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; Animation &#8211; Moving Day &#8211; Sean Mirkovich<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Men Grieving &#8211; Adam Peltier<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; Dance &#8211; Radical Kingdom &#8211; Isaiah Shinn<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; Documentary &#8211; The Orchestra Chuck Built<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; Drama &#8211; Room 107 &#8211; Steve Anderson &amp; Leandro Imaz<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; Horror &#8211; The Unquiet Dead &#8211; John Thomas Gray<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; SciFi &#8211; Homecoming &#8211; Garrett Johnson &amp; Ben Nicholson<br \/>\nOutstanding Director &#8211; Series \/ TV Pilot &#8211; Barney &amp; Herb &#8220;Hairy Herb&#8221; &#8211; Tommy O&#8217;Rourke<br \/>\nOutstanding Series \/ TV Pilot &#8211; Baby Gay<br \/>\nOustanding Pefromances &#8211; Animation &#8211; Moving Day<br \/>\nOustanding Pefromances &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Men Grieving &#8211; Adam Peltier &amp; Lucas Brahme<br \/>\nOustanding Pefromances &#8211; Dance &#8211; If Cities Could Dance: J-Setting Atlanta<br \/>\nOustanding Pefromances &#8211; Documentary &#8211; The Orchestra Chuck Built<br \/>\nOustanding Pefromances &#8211; Drama &#8211; What Dictators Dream About<br \/>\nOustanding Pefromances &#8211; Horror &#8211; Oddities<br \/>\nOustanding Pefromances &#8211; SciFi &#8211; Test Drive<br \/>\nOustanding Pefromances &#8211; Series \/ TV Pilot &#8211; Baby Gay<br \/>\nOustanding Screenplay &#8211; Animation &#8211; Ingolstadt &#8211; Mike Harris<br \/>\nOustanding Screenplay &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Welcome To The Neighborhood &#8211; Jason Lee Segal<br \/>\nOustanding Screenplay &#8211; Dance &#8211; Radical Kingdom &#8211; Kendra Willis<br \/>\nOustanding Screenplay &#8211; Drama &#8211; What Dictators Dream About &#8211; Christian Shapiro<br \/>\nOustanding Screenplay &#8211; Horror &#8211; Oddities &#8211; Tyler Savage<br \/>\nOustanding Screenplay &#8211; SciFi &#8211; Entrainment &#8211; Bill Prokopow<br \/>\nOustanding Screenplay &#8211; Series \/ TV Pilot &#8211; Barney &amp; Herb &#8220;Hairy Herb&#8221; &#8211; Tommy O&#8217;Rourke<br \/>\nOutstanding Creativity &#8211; Animation &#8211; Ingolstadt<br \/>\nOutstanding Creativity &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Wiener<br \/>\nOutstanding Creativity &#8211; Dance &#8211; Radical Kingdom<br \/>\nOutstanding Creativity &#8211; Documentary &#8211; Accidental Artist<br \/>\nOutstanding Creativity &#8211; Drama &#8211; Sunflower Nicky<br \/>\nOutstanding Creativity &#8211; Horror &#8211; My Scary Indian Wedding<br \/>\nOutstanding Creativity &#8211; SciFi &#8211; Entrainment<br \/>\nOutstanding Creativity &#8211; Series \/ TV Pilot &#8211; Baby Gay<\/p>\n<h3>Audience Awards<\/h3>\n<p>Best Feature Film &#8211; Drama &#8211; Kikum Spirit (The Untold African Story)<br \/>\nBest Feature Film &#8211; Horror &#8211; Psychosis<br \/>\nBest Feature Film &#8211; SciFi &#8211; Mind Thief<br \/>\nBest Featurette &#8211; Horror &#8211; Strawberry<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Animation &#8211; Austin Karimloo<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Long Beach Vice<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Dance &#8211; Perennial<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Documentary &#8211; Resurgence<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Drama &#8211; Homologies<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Drama &#8211; Rock Bottom<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Horror &#8211; The Night Editors<br \/>\nBest Short Film &#8211; Comedy &#8211; Long Beach Vice<\/p>\n<h3>Programmer\u2019s Prize<\/h3>\n<p><em>For Exceptional Filmmaking<\/em><br \/>\nDeath Doula<br \/>\nGummies<br \/>\nHell of a Child<br \/>\nHomologies<br \/>\nI Want to Live on Mars<br \/>\nJust Passing Time<br \/>\nLena<br \/>\nMickey Dogface<br \/>\nMoonlight Sonata, with Scissors<br \/>\nReseda<br \/>\nRobert &amp; Billie<br \/>\nSally Chooses Adventure<br \/>\nSinigang<br \/>\nSomething Good Coming<br \/>\nSwish<br \/>\nTax Time<br \/>\nThe Bytes Dreams are Made of<br \/>\nThe Island<\/p>\n<h3>Prize Definitions\/Explanations<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Best In Fest<\/strong> \u2013 determined by the festival\u2019s official selection committee, this category was added to pander to important organizations that demand a festival give out awards not specific to genre\/category.<br \/>\n<strong>Grand Jury Awards<\/strong> \u2013 determined by the festival\u2019s official selection committee.<br \/>\n<strong>Filmmakers Awards<\/strong> \u2013 given only to short films, these are determined by a panel of filmmakers whose films have been Official Selections previous years.<br \/>\n<strong>Audience Awards<\/strong> \u2013 determined by highly scientific instruments placed throughout the theater to determine audience satisfaction.<br \/>\n<strong>Programmer\u2019s Prize<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0given by festival programmer Jeff Howard as a reward for his hard work. Also, having his own awards means he never has to put his finger on the scale for the other awards.<\/p>\n<p>Source: SOFF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Best In Fest Best in Fest &#8211; Feature Film &#8211; Off Ramp Best in Fest &#8211; Featurette &#8211; Blue Square Heart Best in Fest &#8211; Short Film &#8211; Backlog Grand Jury Awards Best Feature Film &#8211; Arthouse\/Experimental &#8211; Little Deaths Best Feature Film &#8211; Comedy &#8211; You, Me &amp; Her Best Feature Film &#8211; Documentary &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/?p=2613\" 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":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sherman-oaks-film-festival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613","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=2613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2613\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeffhoward.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}