2022 BIFF AWARDS

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• RESCUE HEART (Writer, Tane McLure) WINNER!

• LIFE AFTER OBLIVION (Writer, Tommy Anderson)

• TO KILL YOUR FRIENDS (Writer, Roberto Carmona)

• GOOD FORTUNE’S CURSE (Writer, Sam Cromartiie)

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BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• THOSE WHO KNOW (Writer, Steve Smith) WINNER!

• FIRST TIME CALLER (Writer, Nathan Trumball)

• EVEN A JUST MAN FALLS (Writer, Mark Christopher Boyd)

• DEVIL’S VALLEY JUSTICE (Writer, Harold L. Brown)

• THE S.O.S. CHRISTMAS (Writers, Deborah Havens & Victoria A. Mullen)

• DOMICILE (Writer, Dustin Richardson)

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BEST TELEVISION PILOT SCRIPT

• FELANDRA: HEROINE OF DARKNESS (Writer, Blake Zawadzki) WINNER!

• SHEPHERDS GONE WILD (Writer, Joey Maranto)

• AWFUL EXES (Writer, Victor C Dean)

• SWIZZLESTICKS (Writer, Natalie Cerezo Campisi)

• UNICORN APOCALYPSE (Writer, Tony Muscio)

 

L.A. COUNTY STUDENT YOUNG FILMMAKER AWARD

• TRAPPED (Director: Violet Zeug / California School For The Arts) WINNER!

• THE GLOOMY VERACITY OF SEPARATION (Director: Cylia Marti Chasman / Crossroads School For Arts and Sciences)

• CROWD PLEASER (Director: Grace Belgrader / Harvard Westlake)

 

COLLEGIATE FILMMAKER SPOTLIGHT AWARD

• WIDE OPEN DREAMS (Director: Paulina Jaskiewicz / SUNY Westchester College) WINNER!

• 927D (Director: Jorge Parra Jr. / UCLA Film School)

• CAN’T TALK, A MOVIE’S ON (Director: Anna Evtushenko / Cornell University)

• ELYMAS (Director: Jacob Samuels / Belmont University)

• PASTA SALAD (Director: Joe Grode / University of Southern California)

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

• “La Fiera: The Piera Rodriguez Story” (Director: Spencer Trinwith) WINNER!

• “Dhaulagiri” (Director: Tommy Joyce)

• “Beyond Homeless: Finding Hope” (Director: Sean Sciavolin)

• “Familia” (Director: Germano Kuerten)

• “Honk” (Director: Cheryl Allison)

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM

• TIGER 24 (Director, Warren Pereira) WINNER!

• HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE A PROBLEM? (Director, Thomas Edward Keith)

• WE WANT THE AIRWAVES (Director, Scott Ryan)

• THE QUEST FOR SLEEP (Director, Rachel Mills)

 

BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM

• OTHER PLANS (Directors, Bryan Erwin & Sally Brooks) WINNER!

• DON’T FEED THE BIRDS (Director, Tess Paras)

• WHITE NOW PLEASE (Director, Kyle Lau)

• EL REY (Director, Jonathan D London)

• IT’S WHAT SHE WOULD’VE WANTED (Director, Nate Trinrud)

 

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM

• ADONAI (Director: Gil Green) WINNER!

• AMERICAN HERO (Director: Manny McCord)

• CHINA WHITE (Director: Marc Herrmann)

• BETA (Director: Kevin M. Turner)

• COMIC ESCAPE (Director: Alphonso McAuley)

• FOR RYAN (Director: Jared Houseman)

 

BEST FEMALE ARTISTS AWARD

• FOR HONOR (Directors: Yasmine Gazelle & Charles B. Clifton) WINNER!

• BLACK CREEK TRAIL (Director: Soma Helmi)

• THE PHOENIX (Director: Regina Pigsley)

• THE NEIGHBOR (Director: Rachel Riley)

• TRANSFER (Directors: Sage Mears & Aaron Pagniano)

• SMASHED (Director: Dawn Spinella)

 

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

• SPACE RACE (Director: Shane Dioneda) WINNER!

• TROJAN HORACE (Director: Scott Graham)

• ANIMAL COURT (Director: JLee MacKenzie)

• VANCOUVER (Director: Ralph B. Pena)

• MESSAGE SENT (Director: Ryan C. Lopez)
   

BEST SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY SHORT FILM

• BALLOON (Director: Jeremy Merrifield) WINNER!

• CELEBRITAS EX MACHINA (Director: Joe Nicolosi)

• WORM RADIO (Director: Austin Smith)

• ORBITAL CHRISTMAS (Director: Mitsuyasu Sakai)

• VOYAGER 2150 (Director: Tane McClure)

 

BEST HORROR/THRILLER SHORT FILM

• BE MINE (Directors: Ryan Famulari & Anthony Famulari) WINNER!

• THE SMART SITTER (Director: Michael Buchbinder)

• THE CHAIR (Director: Curry Barker)

• MONSTERS ARE REAL (Director: Ron Huffstutter)

• GOLEM (Director: Ryan Cauchi)

 

TIM BURTON “NATIVE BURBANK” VISIONARY AWARD

• LODO (Director: Alessandro Gentile) WINNER!

 

BEST FAITH BASED SHORT FILM

• UNCOMMON NEGOTIATOR (Director, Brian Glassford) WINNER!

• AWAKEN (Director, Ty Jones)

• HOUR OF OUR DEATH (Director, Jonathan Cipiti)

• THE CONNECTION (Director, Sean S. Cunningham) 

 

BEST FAITH BASED FEATURE FILM

• NO MORE GOODBYES (Director James Ganiere) WINNER!

 

BEST FILM SCORE / MUSICAL COMPOSITION for a SHORT FILM

• NIGHT-BLOOMING CEREUS (Music by Pancho Burgos-Goizueta) WINNER!

• ALOW by Simone Antonioni

• LARVAE by Francesco Cerrato

• FINDING FEODAN by Joey Reda

• VOYAGER 2150 by Tane McClure

 

BEST FILM SCORE / MUSICAL COMPOSITION for a FEATURE FILM

• LIBERTY (Music by Jeremie De Witte) WINNER!

• SILVER SCREEN DREAMS (Music by Joseph Ma)

• SOMETHING INSIDE IS BROKEN (Music by by Jack Kohler, Goodshield Aquilar, Simòn Wilson & Koli Kohler)

• THE GRAND BOLERO (Music by Sean Goldman, Martino Lurani Cernuschi & Paolo Sanvito)

 

BEST LGBTQ SHORT FILM

• WE ALL DIE ALONE (Director, Jonathan Hammond) WINNER!

• NO GOODBYES (Director, Billy Clift) 

• KEEP/DELETE (Director, Kryzz Gautier)

• SOCIAL WORKER (Director, Tess Paras)

• DIVR (Director, Zoey Martinson)

 

BEST LGBTQ FEATURE FILM

• THE WAY OUT (Director, Barry Jay) WINNER!

• BLACK SHEEP (Director, Aleksander Pietrzak)

• NATALIE (Director, Laura Durkay)

• NOT A TAME LION (Director, Craig Bettendorf)

 

BEST FOREIGN SHORT FILM

• SELFIE ACADEMY (Director: Kristof Banszki) WINNER!

• KIDS OF PARADISE (Director: Mo Sha)

• THE CROSSING (Director: Tomas Simonsen)

• LARVAE (Director: Alessandro Rota)

• ROAD TO DELICIAS (Director: JL Ruiz)

 

BEST FOREIGN FEATURE FILM

• LIBERTY (Director: Phil De Witte) WINNER!

• SWEET DISASTER (Director: Laura Lehmus)

• THE DAY I FOUND A GIRL IN THE TRASH (Director: Michal Kryzwicki)

• 25 YEARS OF INNOCENCE (Director: Jan Holoubek)

• THE GRAND BOLERO (Director: Gabriele Fabbro)

 

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR SHORT FILM

• WHITE ELEPHANT - WINNER!

 

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR FEATURE FILM

• THE WAY OUT - WINNER!

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BEST FEATURE FILM

• RE-OPENING: A LOCKDOWN MOCKUMENTARY (Directors, Chris Guerra & Matthew John Koppin) WINNER!

• NO MORE GOODBYES (Director, James Ganiere)

• LIBERTY (Director, Phil De Witte)

• THEY CRAWL BENEATH (Director, Dale Fabrigar)

• JIMMY AND CAROLYN (Director, James Andrew Walsh)