2023 BFF AWARD WINNERS!

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GRAND JURY AWARD
Winner: "Ro & The Stardust"

• A Lot of You Are Asking
• Every Other Kid
• Ro & the Stardust
• Made in Bridgeport
• María
• Misophonia

BEST DRAMA
Winner: "Every Other Kid"

• A Lot of You Are Asking
• Choices
• Every Other Kid
• Ro & the Stardust
• The Unreliables
• Past Prologue

BEST COMEDY
Winner: "Six Day Fiancee"

• ANACONDA
• When the saints come marching back
• Six Day Fiancee
• The Event
• The Favor
• The Haunted Baby Carriage From Hell

BEST SCI-FI / HORROR
Winner: "Beach Day"

• Beach Day
• Gone, Fishing
• Lost Beyond the Stars
• Rebirth
• TOOTH
• Shallow Water

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: "It Was All A Dream"

• Breaking the Stigma
• The Bear's Den
• It Was All A Dream
• Lavender
• Made In Bridgeport
• Nos Vemos Pronto

BEST CT FILM
Winner: "Not the Same Clarence"

• Six Day Fiancée
• Every Other Kid
• Inmate
• Projectionist
• Not the Same Clarence
• Made in Bridgeport

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Winner: "Nos Vemos Pronto"

• Fatih the Conqueror
• Like A Dog
• Midnight Ride
• Nos Vemos Pronto
• THE SPRAYER
• When the saints come marching back

BEST EDITING
Winner: "Lavender"

• Every Other Kid
• Lavender
• Made in Bridgeport
• MeTube: August sings 'Una furtiva lagrima'
• Midnight Ride
• Misophonia

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: "Vulture City, Wyoming"

• Danse Macabre
• Lost Beyond the Stars
• Midnight Ride
• Projectionist
• The Night Jaguar
• THE SPRAYER

• Vulture City, Wyoming

​ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING
Winner: "A Lot of You Are Asking" & ""Every Other Kid" [TIE]

• A Lot of You Are Asking
• Every Other Kid
• Maria
• Past Prologue
• Sequin
• Six Day Fiancée​

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (DOCUMENTARY)
Winner: "Made in Bridgeport" (Agustina Aranda)

• Breaking the Stigma (Jack Muscatello)
• It Was All A Dream (Aidan Un)
• Lavender (Chloe Cobb)
• Made in Bridgeport (Agustina Aranda)
• Projectionist (Deniz Akyurek)
• The Bear's Den (Daniel Herzog)

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING (NARRATIVE)
Winner: "Inmate" (Enrique Lebron)

• Breathe (Loi Hyunh, Jordan Waterworth)
• Leaving Yellowstone (Kayla Arend)
• María (Michelle Marie Falcón Fontánez)
• Misophonia (Linda Wingerter)
• Inmate (Enrique Lebron)
• The Unreliables (Adam Linkenhelt)

BEST EDITING
Winner: "Lavender" (Chloe Cobb)

• Every Other Kid
• Lavender
• Made in Bridgeport
• MeTube: August sings 'Una furtiva lagrima'
• Midnight Ride
• Misophonia

BEST ENSEMBLE
Winner: The Casts of "Choices" & "Rabbit Hole" [TIE]

• Choices (Nay Nay Kirby, Nandi Chapman, Maxcianna Saintilus)
• Every Other Kid (Ahlon Moye-Harkness, Joey Cook, Tyger Ko)
• Rabbit Hole (Nate Frison, Catherine Curtin, Drake Tobias)
• Ro & the Stardust (Cindy De La Cruz, Nadya Encarnacion, Yolanda Nolasco)
• When the saints come marching back (Irma Lusewicz, Inés Martín, Ileana Jaciw, Jose Luis Calcagno, Gerardo Tassan, Leticia Arbelo, Graciela Pérez)
• Your Love (Ruchika Gupta, Anjali Khurana, Someya Bagai, Mona Sishodia, Suni M)
• The Night Jaguar

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE (DRAMA/HORROR)
Winner: María (Yaritsa Sanchez)

• Mama Retreat (Annie Gonzales)
• María (Yaritsa Sanchez)
• Ro & the Stardust (Yolanda Nolasco)
• Slam Dunk, Sehaj! (Farah Mitha)
• The Cookbook (Diane Ciesla)
• A Lot of You Are Asking (Valentina Elise)

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE (COMEDY)
Winner: Six Day Fiancée (Katrina Guzmán) & (Malena Gordo)

• ANACONDA (Cornelia Hanes)
• Good Vibrations (Krista Jasper)
• In Sickness & In Health (Jess Weixler)
• Six Day Fiancée (Katrina Guzmán)
• The Favor (Nomsa Mlambo)

• When the Saints Come Marching Back (Irma Lusewicz)

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE (DRAMA/HORROR)
Winner: AJ's Story (Jesse Singleton) & Not the Same Clarence (James Naughton)

• AJ's Story (Jesse Singleton)
• C L O N E (Jamal Page)
• Danse Macabre (James Lontayao)
• Not the Same Clarence (James Naughton)
• OUT (Zach Kelley)
• OVERDUE (Howard Hendrix Powell)

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE (COMEDY)
Winner: Dress to Impress (Alex Curtis)

• Dress to Impress (Alex Curtis)
• Fatih the Conqueror (Thomas Curel)
• The Event (Hugo De Sousa)
• The Favor (Thomas Beaudoin)
• The Haunted Baby Carriage From Hell (Dylan Wayne Lawrence)
• The Haunted Baby Carriage From Hell (John Reddy)

SCREENPLAY FINALISTS
Winner: Announcement on Sunday, September 17

• "Applause" by Kat Sparks
• "GeoAnthem" by John Martins III
• "Red Shirt" by Mary C. Ferrara
• "Remnants of Nova" by Richard Ormsby
• "The Sun Never Sets in Happenstance" by Joe Territo
• "You're Dating a Lesbian" by Davis Eleanor Mathis

​Audience Award Winners will be announced on Sunday, September 17, 2023.