2023 Marina del Rey Film Festival
Award Winners
Award Recipients Receive Certificate of Distinction in Independent Film Production
BEST INTERNATIONAL MUSIC VIDEO - PSYCHOKILLERS
BEST DRAMA SHORT - BLUEBERRY
BEST FAMILY COMEDY SHORT - MEET LOS PARENTS
BEST INSPIRATIONAL SHORT -MOE
BEST LGBT+ SHORT - A NEW ERA OF COWBOY
BEST ROMANCE SHORT - JUST GHOST ME
BEST SCI-FI SHORT - TRUE BLUE
BEST SCI-FI WESTERN SHORT - THE SHOOTIST
BEST SCI-FI/ROMANCE FEATURE -BOY MAKES GIRL
BEST HORROR THRILLER SHORT - JINGLE HELL
BEST HORROR SHORT - RESONANCE
BEST HORROR FEATURE FILM - CANNIBAL COMEDIAN
BEST COMEDY SHORT - DRIVERLESS
BEST ROM/COM SHORT - SOCIAL ANNXIETY
BEST MOCUMENTARY SHORT - BECOMING A SERIAL KILLER
BEST THRILLER SHORT - VAX
BEST THRILLER/HORROR/SCI-FI FEATURE - VALENTINE CRUSH
BEST FEMALE THRILLER SHORT - BOUNDED
BEST THRILLER FEATURE - AN UNKEMPT SECRET
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM - BLACK MOON
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE SHORT - A PORTION OF WRATH
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT - ORDER OF THE DRAGON
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - SHORT FILM - STARTUP:PALMIERI TECH
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST - FEATURE FILM - STARS
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR SHORT FILM - Armin Shimerman/THE ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEATURE FILM - Craig Sheffer/VELOCITY GIRL
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS SHORT FILM - Linda Bisesti/BILLY COMES HOME
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FEATURE FILM - Anastasia Davidson/PUBLISH OR PERISH
BEST ACTRESS - SHORT FILM - Aerial Robinson/BIRDIE
BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM - Kayhun Kim/ABOVE THE CLOUDS
BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM - Christian Howard/JACK & BLUE
BEST ACTOR - FEATURE FILM - Kyle Lowder/THE GODFATHER BUCK
BEST SCREENPLAY SHORT ANIMATION - Nada Djordjevich/CALIFORNIA PIE
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY SHORT FILM - Colin Francis Costello/STORAGE
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM - Stephan
Morrow - DARKNESS AFTER NIGHT: UKRAINE
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY FEATURE - Brian McQuery/PLEA
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN SHORT - JOHN DOE
PRODUCTION DESIGN FEATURE FILM - DRIFTWOOD
BEST SCORE SHORT FILM - AVE GRADIVA
BEST SCORE FEATURE FILM - TAHANAN
BEST SOUND DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM - HEARING VOICES
BEST SOUND FEATURE FILM - THE COUNTERFEIT KID
BEST DIRECTOR - MUSIC VIDEO - EVAN MORTON - BADWATER
BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT ANIMATION - Margie Kelk/ALUCINAR
BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY SHORT - Lani Cupchoy - ISLANDTRIICATION
BEST DIRECTOR - TV DOCUMENTARY - Eshani Chakrabarti/DAD ROCK
BEST DIRECTOR - NARRATIVE SHORT FILM - Tanya O'Quinn/BROWSING HISTORY, THE DRUG DEAL, and THE STORE
BEST DIRECTOR - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - NICHOLAS MEYERS & TYLER
CHANDLER - DOSED: THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME
BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE - Jorge Ameer/ALTERED PERCEPTIONS
BEST EDITING MUSIC VIDEO - STRAIGHT INTO THE OCEAN
BEST EDITING SHORT ANIMATION - POP!
BEST EDITING SHORT DOCUMENTARY - THE MANY STORIES OF MARTHA'S VINEYARD
BEST EDITING SHORT NARRATIVE - OUR BROKEN FAMILY
BEST EDITING - FEATURE DOCUMENTARY - AMERICAN: AN ODYSSEY 1947
BEST EDITING - FEATURE FILM - AN EGYPT AFFAIR
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY -MUSIC VIDEO - GOLD IN THEM HILLS - JEREMY JOHNSON
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - SHORT NARRATIVE FILM - REVAMPED
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM -DANCEABLE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - TV DOCUMENTARY - ALASKA LONG HUNTERS
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM - ONE PINT AT A TIME
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - FEATURE FILM - THE SEA WAS NEVER BLUE
BEST SHORT MUSIC DOCUMENTARY - HERD OF HUNTRESS
DOCUMENTARY SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARD FOR TOPICAL SUBJECT MATTER - DO SOMETHING: TRANS & NON BINARY IDENTITIES
BEST INTERNATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM -WAVESWATERWALL
BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM - THE EULOGY - A MONOLOGUE IN SILENT
BEST EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC VIDEO - AT A DISTANCE
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST MUSIC VIDEO- PLAY THE GAME OF THRONES
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT ANIMATION - YOUNG DARIO IS A SPACE ALIEN
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY- CARING FOR MOM
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST TV DOCUMENTARY - THE FRIENDSHIP
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT NARRATIVE - KID CHOCOLATE
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST WEBISODE - HOLLYWOOD JAY'S FISHING ADVENTURE
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST DOCUMENTARY - GOLDEN HEARTED
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST PILOT/TELEVISION EPISODE -ACTORS BY ACTORS SHOW - EPISODE 004
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST FEATURE FILM - SAFEHOUSE
GRAND PRIZE MUSIC VIDEO - MAJROUH
GRAND PRIZE BEST ANIMATED FILM - STRANGE ACTS OF LOVE
GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT - INVENTING THE HELIX
GRAND PRIZE - BEST TV DOCUMENTARY - MOMENT OF IMPACT
GRAND PRIZE - BEST PILOT - WORKFORCE - THE PILOT
GRAND PRIZE - BEST BEST WEBISODE - THE EMOTIONAL SUPPORT CENTER: THE LATIN EXPERIENCE
GRAND PRIZE BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - WAITING ON A FRIEND
GRAND PRIZE - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE - GEORGE HOBBS: STICK FIGURE WISDOM
GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE - MEETING MS. LEIGH
MARINA DEL REY FILM FESTIVAL 2023 SCREENPLAY AWARDS
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY - GYMNASTICS BY Nikki Buziak
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT SCREENPLAY - DEADLINE TO DEATH BY ELLIOT STANTON
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - DEALING WITH THE LAW - THE ESTABLISHMENT’S SPECIAL NEEDS BY JORDAN ROCKWELL
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - THRILLER - AGATA BY NIKOLAS ELRIFI
BEST TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - POLICE DRAMA - THE COMBAT ART COLLECTIVE BY BARON ROTZA
BEST TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - DRAMA - THE SEVEN BY Igor Stefanovic
BEST INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SCREENPLAY - US SPACE FORCE - STRANGE CASE OF DR BRITON BY STUART LONG
BEST TELEVISION PILOT - COP/THRILLER - DIVINE INTUITION BY Kimberly Jade Soliman
BEST TELEVISION PILOT - DRAMA - LOBBY CARD PILOT: SOME FABULOUS RHAPSODY BY TOM MORGAN
BEST TELEVISION PILOT - YA - NEW'S_COOL - PILOT BY Jason K Garrett
BEST MUSIC RELATED SCREENPLAY - ALTERED EGOS BY Navid Nobakht
BEST COMING OF AGE SCREENPLAY - GOING OM BY Lissa Coffey and Shawn Parikh
BEST DRAMEDY SCREENPLAY - OLD BUDDIES BY PK SILVERSON
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE SCREENPLAY -THE BELLY OF THE SERPENT BY Adam Butler
BEST COMEDY FEATURE SCREENPLAY - TECHNICOLOR NOIR BY Madison Flannery
BEST LGBT+ FEATURE SCREENPLAY - THE WEIGHT OF A SOUL BY Michelle Folmar
BEST ACTION/THRILLER FEATURE SCREENPLAY - THE PICKLEBALL KILLER BY JIM CARROLL
BEST ACTION/ROMANCE FEATURE SCREENPLAY - GIMME SHELTER PART THREE by David Davidson
BEST FAMILY DRAMA FEATURE SCREENPLAY - FAITH by Tom Anastasi
BEST HORROR FEATURE SCREENPLAY - THE FOUR OF US ARE DYING BY Jesse Dorian
BEST MYSTERY/SUSPENSE FEATURE SCREENPLAY - LONG LOST LOVE BY Bob McAndrew
BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY - SPOKESMAN BY Yuval Shrem and Eddie Navarro
BEST SCI-FI FEATURE SCREENPLAY - AMONG BY ALAIN LECCIA
BEST THRILLER FEATURE SCREENPLAY- BROKEN MEN BY Julian Paulsen
BEST SCREENPLAY ADAPTED FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM - "NINE TENTHS OF THE LAW” BY Nick Gambino, Koura Linda
GRAND PRIZE BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY - PARTNERS BY Nicholas Ryon Joseph, Jerry Ferrell
GRAND PRIZE BEST TV SCRIPT - OUTCASTS BY BECK BENNION
GRAND PRIZE TV PILOT -SMORGASBORD PILOT FOR MINISERIES - TRASH BY Roshan Hill
GRAND PRIZE - BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY - BAR CRAWL - BY Colin Francis Costello and Jessica Velle