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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.
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