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2023 Winners

Partial List

Best Actor in a Short Film -                      Rick Grayson - "I Am Of You"
Best Actress in a Short Film -                    Cody Renee Cameron - "Jack & Blue"
Best Director in a Short Film -                  Katherine Sheyno "Jack & Blue"
Best Screenplay in a Short Film -              Holly Mollohan " I Am of You"
Best Cinematography in a Short Film -     "Apple Core"
Best Sup. Actor in a Short Film -               Kyle Lowder - J"ack & Blue"
Best Sup. Actress in a Short Film -            Sheila Morgan - "To Wade or Row"
Best Actor in a Feature Film                      Bobby Slaski - "Obsessions"
Best Actress in a Feature Film -                  Olga Safari- "Obsessions"
Best Sup. Actor in a Feature Film-             Kevin Bernstein -  "Obsessions"
Best Sup. Actress in a Feature Film -          Andrea Figliomeni - "Obsessions"
Best Director in a Feature Film -                Maryam Ebrahimvand - "The Boarding House"
Best Screenplay in a Feature Film -             Sara Stunt - "Obsessions"
Best Cinematography in a Feature Film-     Andrzej Musial - Oedipus Rex 
Best Short Documentary -                          Silvio Rodriguez: Mi primera tarea
Best Feature Documentary -                       Omar Sosa 88 well-tuned drum
Best Director in Documentary                    Kay Rubacek - "Finding Courage"
Best Student Film -                                     Suburban Fantasy
Best Animation -                                       A'ha Egg cake
First-Time Acting -Arlynn Parker - "The sings my soul" & Erma H. Anderson - Lion of Judah Legacy
Women Filmmaker -                                  Debbie Camper "It's still not about me"
Best Director in Music Video -                  Andre Joseph
Best Pop Music Video -                               "Running"                   
Best Hip-Hop Music Video -                     "Tik- Tok Rollie Viet Mix"
Best Experimental Film -                           "Oedipus Rex"
First-Time Filmmaker -                             "To Wade or Row"                       
Best Actor in a Short Film (DMV) -          Chris Wargo - "Gene 3"
Best Actress in a Short Film (DMV)-         Sharon Toliver - "Gene 3"
Best Sup, Actor in a Short Film (DMV)-      Theophilus Knight - "Crumble Part 2"
Best Sup. Actress in a Short Film (DMV) -  Lasonya Olden - "Get Checked"
Best Screenplay in a Short Film (DMV-       Gill Nelson/Pam Nelson - "Get Checked"
Best Director in a Short Film (DMV) -        Lynaia Jordan - "Everything Matters"
Best Actor in a Feature Film (DMV) -        Frank Cisco Anderson "Lion of Judah Legacy"
Best Actress in a Feature Film (DMV)-      Kelsey Gooden - "It's Not About Me"
Best Sup. Actor in a Feature Film (DMV)-  Terry Briscoe -   "Lion of Judah Legacy"
Best Sup. Actress in a Feature Film (DMV) - Amy Young - "Return of Jade Brooks"
Best Cinematography in a Feature Film (DMV)  Greg Valcor -   "Then sings my soul"
Best Screenplay in a Feature Film (DMV) -       Eric Espejo - "Left Fingers"
Best Director in a Feature Film (DMV) -          Morris Small - "Detective MJ 2"
Best Director in a Short Film )DMV) -            Rico Mickens - "Gene 3"
        
Best Persian Feature Film -                          "The Boarding House"
Best Persian Short Film -                             "A Poetess"
Best Action Film -                                       "Replaced" Written & Directed by Adeyemi Lardner

Top DMV Actors
Bruce Dawson, Lee Sturdivant, Archie Williams, Derek Quick, W. Keith Scott, Lawrence Whitener

Top DMV Actress
Arlyne Spalla, Gwen Rogers, Kathi Muhammad, Cassandra Grant, Maya Jai Pinson, Tammi Rogers

Most Outstanding Achieving Award 
Michelle Wrights & Trinity Antoc Bosley

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