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