CONGRATULATIONS
BEST OF FEST
2023
"THE GOATMAN"
Levi Butner, Hope Butner
FEATURE FILM AWARDS
Best Documentary Feature Film
Canary in a Gold Mine
Jonathan Mirin, Deanna Fleysher
Best Student Feature Film
The Chemists
Nico Fulton Lavachek
First Time Filmmaker Director Award
BORA
Tiffany Toney
Best Original Screenplay
Best Geezer
Caroline Spence
Best Director
An Egypt Affair
Marlin Darrah
Best Foreign Language Film
Walk
Dr. Nitin Kumar Gupta
Best Picture (International)
Best Geezer
James Smith
Best Picture (Domestic)
The Goatman
Levi Butner, Hope Butner
SPIFF BEST OF FEST 2023
The Goatman
Levi Butner, Hope Butner
Best Makeup Design
The Last Guardian
Kyle Parish
Best Costume Design
The Fate of Cysalion
Marc Blasweiler
Best Special Effects
The Great Kentucky Goblin Spree
Duane Brown
Best Sound Design
Behave
Francesco Gabriele
Best Original Score
The Goatman
Levi Butner, Hope Butner
Best Production Design
The Great Kentucky Goblin Spree
Duane Brown
Best Editing
Punch drunk
Adel Tabrizi
Best Cinematrography
The Goatman
Levi Butner, Hope Butner
PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES
Best Musical Performance By a Cast
The Fate of Cysalion
Marc Blasweiler
Rising Star Award For Youth Talent
The Boy Who Never Tangoed
Casper Skolnick
Outstanding Comedic Performance
The Great Kentucky Goblin Spree
Duane Brown
Outstanding Comedic Performance By a Cast
Punch drunk
Adel Tabrizi
Best Ensemble Cast
The Goatman
Levi Butner, Hope Butner
Best Supporting Actor
San Francisco Cowboy
Dano Jason
Best Supporting Actress
The Chemists
Cambrey Watson
Best Performance by a Leading Male
Walk
Rahul Roy
Best Performance by a Leading Female
BORA
Tiffany Toney
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BEST SHORT FILMS
Best Narrative Short Film (International)
The Dream Machine
Josef Hermansson Embring, Philip Sterner
Best Narrative Long Form Short Film (International)
RE:ACTING
Joakim Gustafsson
Best Narrative Short Film (Domestic)
Dark Room
Christine Juarbe
Best Narrative Long Form Short Film (Domestic)
True Blue
John Carter
Best Student Film
Blood and Water
Jane Simonetti
Best Microshort
Home Coming
Justin Aguirre
Best Documentary Short Film
NO ENTRY
Dimitri Lavallee
Best Animated Short Film
SCALE
Joseph Pierce
Best Series
H.O.E.s: The Bulge
Robin Leabman
Best Music Video
meija: Do Ya? (Official Music Video)
Redamo Rosa
Best Musical Short Film
Flower
Lauren Finerman
SHORT FILM GENRE AWARDS
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Best Inspirational Short Film
Mi Nina
Emanuel Loarca
Best Dramatic Short Film
Dying to Meet You
Ava Bounds
Best Action Short Film
Summerville
Anthony Di Pietro
Best Romance Short Film
Effetto Pioggia
Stefano Santini
Best Comedy Short Film
Down the Hatch
Matt Gold, Preston Jeter
Best Sci Fi / Fantasy Short Film
MeTube: August sings 'Una furtiva lagrima'
Daniel Moshel
Best Avantgarde Short Film
Pseudo
Jack Alejandro Young
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Best Thriller Short Film
A Hell of a Trip to Delicias
Darwin Reina
Best Suspense Short Film
Trust Me
Anne Welles
Best Horror Short Film
Pete & Re-pete
Martha Van Garza
Best LGBTQ Short Film
Alice, my father!
Fernando Cunha Jr
SPECIAL CATEGORY AWARDS
SHORT FILM
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FIRST TIME FILMMAKER AWARD FOR A SHORT FILM
Underneath the Bodies
Peach Rosemary, Erin Montoya, Garrett Noone
OUTSTANDING ACTOR PERFORMANCE IN A SHORT FILM
Sonata For A Calendar
Oswaldo Salas
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS PERFORMANCE IN A SHORT FILM
Dark Room
Christine Juarbe
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL PERFORMANCE IN A SHORT FILM
Flower
Misty Copeland
BEST LIVE PERFORMANCE PIECE
A Night in Charlotte with Sweeney Ty
Ty Brueilly
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A SHORT FILM
The Ride
Chad Ansermet
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY IN A SHORT FILM
Horizon
Daniele De Muro
Short Film Director Award
Beware of Goat
Justin T. Malone
Short Film Producer Award
Twin Leaps
Keith Large
BEST FEMALE DRIVEN SHORT FILM
Surprise!
Lucé Tomlin-Brenner
BEST FEMALE PRODUCTION SHORT FILM
Snatched
Anne Stafford Murray
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