2023 Grand Jury Awards

Grand Jury Awards

Best Feature Film – Arthouse/Experimental – Little Deaths
Best Feature Film – Comedy – You, Me & Her
Best Feature Film – Documentary – REAL
Best Feature Film – Drama – American Meltdown
Best Feature Film – Horror – Black Mold
Best Feature Film – SciFi – Foil
Best Feature Film – Thriller – Off Ramp
Best Featurette – Drama – A Way Home
Best Featurette – Drama – Blue Square Heart
Best Featurette – Horror – Drawn
Best Featurette – Horror – Scratch
Best Series / TV Pilot – Barney & Herb “Hairy Herb”
Best Short Film – Animation – Moving Day
Best Short Film – Arthouse/Experimental – The Sacred Bees
Best Short Film – Comedy – Men Grieving
Best Short Film – Comedy – Wiener
Best Short Film – Dance – Radical Kingdom
Best Short Film – Documentary – The Orchestra Chuck Built
Best Short Film – Drama – Backlog
Best Short Film – Drama – What Dictators Dream About
Best Short Film – Horror – Oddities
Best Short Film – SciFi – Homecoming
Best Director – Feature Film – Off Ramp – Nathan Tape
Best Director – Featurette – Blue Square Heart – William Means
Best Director – Short Film – Backlog – Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal
Best Lead Performer – Feature Film – American Meltdown – Jacki Von Preysing
Best Lead Performer – Featurette – Scratch – Brian Palatucci
Best Lead Performer – Short Film – What Dictators Dream About – Rick Segall
Best Supporting Performer – Feature Film – Off Ramp – Scott Turner Schofield
Best Supporting Performer – Feature Film – Drama – American Meltdown – Nicolette Sweeney
Best Supporting Performer – Featurette – Blue Square Heart – Jessica Lea Risco
Best Supporting Performer – Short Film – Room 107 – Winter Andrews
Best Performance by a Cast – Feature Film – Off Ramp
Best Performance by a Cast – Feature Film – Arthouse/Experimental – Little Deaths
Best Performance by a Cast – Feature Film – Comedy – You, Me & Her
Best Performance by a Cast – Feature Film – Horror – Black Mold
Best Performance by a Cast – Featurette – A Way Home
Best Performance by a Cast – Short Film – Barney & Herb “Hairy Herb” – Peter Jason & Jonah Ray Rodrigues
Best Performance by a Duo – FOIL – Zach Green & Devin O’Rourke
Best Screenplay – Feature (Unproduced) – Club Illusion The Movie – Christine Elizabeth Bridges, David Brent Parris, & Vivian Paul Suter
Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Off Ramp – Nathan Tape & Tim Cairo
Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Comedy – You, Me & Her – Selina Ringel
Best Screenplay – Feature Film – Horror – Psychosis – Pirie Martin
Best Screenplay – Featurette – Blue Square Heart – William Means
Best Screenplay – Sereies/TV (Unproduced) – Badger – Anna Elizabeth Ross
Best Screenplay – Short (Unproduced) – The Ballad of River Kendricks: da prologue – Jason Mendoza
Best Screenplay – Short Film – Manifesto – Mike Sorce & Matthew Kic
Best Cinematography – Feature Film – Black Mold – Robert Patrick Stern
Best Cinematography – Featurette – Drawn – Stephen Tringali
Best Cinematography – Short Film – Homecoming – Skyler Bocciolatt
Best Production Design – Feature Film – Black Mold – Sarah Sharp
Best Production Design – Featurette – Scratch – Michael Trainotti & Jim Ward
Best Production Design – Short Film – The Unquiet Dead – Julia Vela
Best Sound Design – Feature Film – Black Mold – John Wong
Best Sound Design – Featurette – Scratch – Stephen Tringali
Best Sound Design – Short Film – Homecoming – Erik D. Magnus

Prize Definition/Explanation

Grand Jury Awards – determined by the festival’s official selection committee.