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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

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