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9th Annual Festigious 2023 - The Nominees



We're excited to announce nominees for the 9th annual Festigious 2023:


Best of Fest 2023

The Crossing - Tomas Simonsen

Girl Unscripted - Tara Veneruso

Gaganachari - Arun Chandu

Murder, Anyone? - James Cullen Bressack

In Sky, Full of Stars - Shun Sean Lee

Tito - Anthony Notarile, Andy Tworischuk



Best Narrative Feature

The Crossing - Tomas Simonsen

Gaganachari - Arun Chandu

Murder, Anyone? - James Cullen Bressack

Tnaash - Boudy Sfeir

Meet My Pet Monster - James Matthew Storm

Hope Street Holiday - Brandon Morson



Best Narrative Short

Remembrance - Michael Kumar

Apart - Ziling “Jolyn” Mei

Aping Edwin Porter - James O'Donnell

A Deadly Conversation - David Pratt, Vincent Edwards

Vegas Is Calling - Chad Ridgely, Maggi Mayfield

Tito - Anthony Notarile, Andy Tworischuk



Best Indie Film

The Tides - Maryam Hajibeigi

Anniversary - Ali Schmahl, Stefanie Schmahl

Goggles - Brenda Laidman, Anna Nadtotchii

In the Spotlight - Jessica Qinyue Luo

Whirlwind - Cavi Borges

Electric Eyes - Zofia Hame, Homayoon Marcus Hame





Best Documentary Feature

Grapevines Solo: Death Valley Adventure 2 - Steve A. Hall

Living Music: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Screen - Liam Michael Worcheck

The Race Epidemic - Tony Shyu

Phantom Or The Opera - Roger Ho-wan Chow, Edward Kui-ming Li

Approaching the Book of Changes - Hui Huanzhang

Girl Unscripted - Tara Veneruso



Best Documentary Short

The Legacy of the Braceros - Arden Pala

21 - Wenting Leung

Saging the World - Rose Ramirez, Deborah Small, David Bryant

Cyberspace: About the Dark Side - Jongho Lee, Jungwoo Brian Kim

Lily of the Mohawks - Luella Wagner

Bang On Time - Christoph Handl



Best Animation

APEIRON BOUND - My Sweet Stockholm - Costin Chioreanu, Andrew Stout, Michael Calza

A-Hâ's Egg Cake - Raymond Lau

CORE - Soo-min Song, Young-chan Kim, Do-hun Lee

JOY - Chongjia Zhang, Yining Dang, Shan Dora Huang

Flora - Yena Choi, Mina Kwon, Hyebin Park





Best Music Video

Gimme Love - Steven 'PhillyFlyboy' Philip

UMA2RMAN - Atomic love - Vitaliy Kapitonov

St.Lover - Ying Chih Chen

Ghost - Charles Billot

APEIRON BOUND - Absent Familiarity - Chance White, Christian Cashmir, Tom Pritchard

Electric Eyes - Zofia Hame, Homayoon Marcus Hame



Best Student Film

Forest - Kuanysh Stakhanov

Journalism 101 - Michael Lopez

One Plus One Equals Three - Michael Dolha, Franchesca Dolha

In the Spotlight - Jessica Qinyue Luo

Future Dictator - Lucas Shim

In Sky, Full of Stars - Shun Sean Lee



Best Director (Feature)

The Crossing - Tomas Simonsen

Gaganachari - Arun Chandu

Town Mall 2 - Nevin Hiong

Occupants - Russ Emanuel, Julia Camara

Girl Unscripted - Tara Veneruso

We're Seqious - Hui Huanzhang



Best Director (Short)

Butterfly Boxing - Joslyn Rose Lyons

Girl Unscripted - Tara Veneruso

Dance for Me - Robin Hofmann

Rorschach - Steffi West Harshberger

Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath - Dylan Arnow

Aquae Vitae - Jay William Thomas





Best First Time Director

The Thrift Shop - Kiya Sabet

Journalism 101 - Michael Lopez

Floating Holidays - Yumi Masuda

In the Spotlight - Jessica Qinyue Luo

Tito - Anthony Notarile, Andy Tworischuk

Blood Buddies - Suzanne Marie Moreau



Best Actor

For I Am Dead - Al Nazemian

The Crossing - Wiktor Simonsen

Occupants - Michael Pugliese

Rotte - Stilian Keli

Tito - Alexei Bondar

Rorschach - Will Sayegh



Best Actress

The Crossing - Lena Hope

One Plus One Equals Three - Franchesca Dolha

Occupants - Briana White

Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath - Marlee Forsyth

Hope Street Holiday - Isadora Ortega

Murder, Anyone? - Galadriel Stineman



Best Cinematography

The Crossing - Daniel Bjørkman

Butterfly Boxing - Nick Mahar

Voler - Vedant Chavan

Occupants - Emile Haris

Tito - Sawyer Gaunt

Bang On Time - Georg Papadelis





Best Editing

Yorktown: A Time to Heal - John Atkin

Journalism 101 - Jake Gilbert, Jerome Hughs

Town Mall 2 - Nevin Hiong

Aping Edwin Porter - Ben Simon

Murder, Anyone? - Theoderic Cardenas

Gaganachari - Ceejay Achu, Aravind Manmadhan



Best Score

The Crossing - Christopher Farrell

Girl Unscripted - Sara Swenson

Between Here and Gone - Joe Taylor

In the Spotlight - Charlie Chaoli Sun

Make A Wish - Mustafa Yazicioglu

Town Mall 2 - Nevin Hiong





Best Original Story

Don´t kill my dreams - Ibrahim Ebrima Faal

Vegas Is Calling - Chad Ridgely, Maggi Mayfield

Between Here and Gone - Sadie Duarte, Iván Gisbert

Occupants - Julia Camara

Blood Buddies - Suzanne Marie Moreau

Blind Faith - Bruce Hickey



Best Feature Screenplay

The Real World of Money - Patrick J Timpone

No Address - Julia Verdin, James Papa

Winterhart - Julien Martin Wagner

Close - Kristen Wade

A Place Where the Sun Sets - Sam J Bench

Frostbite - Jonathan Sieff



Best Short Screenplay

Aisle 18 - Madeleine Tsai

Gum - Ryan Michael Smith

Dive Into The Blue - Ge Gao

Table - Marelize Roets

Low Budget - Lisa Wood

The Favela Kid - Alex Martins





Best First Time Screenwriter (Feature)

Winter Bird - Stephen Delos Treacy

We Called Him Beethoven - Bob Brennan

Crab Walkers - Toni Martocchio

Colorado - Nicholas S Mata

Just Getting By - Anne Rothman-Hicks and Kenneth Hicks

All Intents and Purposes - Charlie Kallas



Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

Debt Apocalypse - Phillip Alan Bowen, Chad Alan Rohn

Midnight Thunder: X - Kyle John Corcoran

Dive Into The Blue - Ge Gao

In Sky, Full of Stars - Shun Sean Lee

Tito - Anthony Notarile, Andy Tworischuk

The Thrift Shop - Kiya Sabet



Special Jury Award - Film

Venerable - James Sibley

Nightmare at Camp Bloodbath - Dylan Arnow

Gum - Melanie Kardos, Ryan Smith

Embers - Benjamin Ross Johnson

Occupants - Russ Emanuel, Julia Camara

UMA2RMAN - Atomic love - Vitaliy Kapitonov



Special Jury Award - Screenplay

The Saint and The Scoundrel - Robert Swan

Missing Parts - Janine Pecenkova

Close Enough To Perfect - Dan Williams

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity - Amanda J. Roraback

Gelato Dreams - Fiona Georgiou Hunt

Da Fast Lane - Raymond Williams Williams, David Vernon





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Dolly Parton
6 days ago

Thank you for sharing the details about the 9th Annual Nominees on Festigious! It's inspiring to see so many talented individuals being recognized for their hard work and dedication.

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