Screenwriter Winners

Jamie’s Mirror by Savannah Cook (1st Place)
The Collectors by Brian Pollock (2nd Place)
Lure by Chuck McClelland (3rd Place)

Best of Fest 2023

Mountains We Climb by Ryan Canney

High School Narrative

Working Title by Victoria Capitano & Emily Rae Kaucher (WINNER)
Concur by Christian Pearson & Samantha Rosinski (Honorable Mention)
Scrams by Will Louis Tantum & Brian Daly (Honorable Mention)

High School Music Video

Bothering You by Ava Lily Fong (WINNER)

High School Documentary

Drawings From Life: A Conversation With My Mom by Ava Lily Fong (Honorable Mention)
(No sé) The Seed of Love is Peace by Collective of CCATE (Finalist)

College Narrative

It Isn’t Easy by Daisy Friedman & Isaak Popkin (WINNER)
The Seeker by Robert Albor (Honorable Mention)
These Aren’t The Rules by Owen Quimby (Finalist)

College Animation

We All Fall by Robert Walls IV (WINNER)
Kill Her by Kohaku Shiota (Honorable Mention)
Ruby Keeps Her Head by Frankie J. Charap (Honorable Mention)
A Trip to Japan by Paloma McMurtry (Finalist)
Eat Your Greens by Evan Libby (Finalist)
Pallas by Stefan Refolo (Finalist)
Shine by Hayden Caico (Finalist)

College Documentary

Autograph by Zachary Gutherman (WINNER)

Emerging Narrative

Brute Force by Tyler A. Wallach (WINNER)
The Door by Andrew Froening & Brian Pollock (Honorable Mention)
The Toms by Tom Verdi (Honorable Mention)
Other Side by Yale Fried (Finalist)

Emerging Animation

Flesheater by Sean Bayles and Pat Durkin (WINNER)

Emerging Music Video

Aloha by Eli Copperman (Honorable Mention)

Emerging Documentary

The Making of Hayride to Hell by Alex Djordjevic (Finalist)

Emerging Experimental

Checked Bags by Mark Cline (Honorable Mention)

Outstanding Achievement Awards

Julia Ty Goldberg as Talia “It Isn’t Easy” (Excellence in Acting)
Sylvie Tamar as Ella “It Isn’t Easy” (Excellence in Acting)
Mountains We Climb (Excellence in Editing)
SCRAMS (Excellence in Editing)
We All Fall (Excellence in Art Direction)