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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