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2023 NOVA Fest Awards Ceremony Itinerary
5:30PM Red Carpet
7PM Cermony

MUSIC VIDEO

 

PRAYER DANCE

 

DANCE PERFORMANCE by the Nrityaki Dance Academy

 

FERNANDO OPENING

 

NOVA FEST AWARDS PRESENTAION I

 

 

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM

Linden Waddell – The Road Dog

Dakota Bruton – Running The Bases

Susan Rose – Bad Animal

Anastasia Davidson – Publish or Perish

Khrystyne Haje – The Road Dog

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - FEATURE FILM  

Tim Kazurinsky – The Road Dog

James Shanklin – Publish or Perish

 

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - SHORT FILM

Alfred Molina - American Dream Angela Garcia Combs

Sri Mirajkar - MERA DADDU (My Grandpa)

Parking Spot - Marc Anthony Sepulveda

Daniel Baldock - The Torture Within

Khalel Beaujin – Closest Kin

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - SHORT FILM

Bea Álvarez - The Disappearance of Eve

Emma GaNun - Valery

 

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

Driverless

The Road Dog

Publish or Perish

Bad Animal

Running The Bases

 

BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY UNDER 20 PAGES

Old School - Bernhard Riedhammer

True Colors - Andrew Akbari

The Wave of the Future - Lovinder Gill

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - FEATURE LENGTH FILM

Home Away

Publish or Perish

Running The Bases

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - FILM SHORT

The Gift of Bathsheba

In My Mind

Joyful

VALERY

 

BEST PERIOD SCREENPLAY OVER 20 PAGES

Down River - Philip Marcoccio

BEST DRAMA – FEATURE FILM

Ellida

Bad Animal

Running The Bases

The Road Dog

 

BEST DRAMA – SHORT FILM

The Torture Within

American Dream

The Sound of Your Voice

In My Mind

WISH

 

BEST ROMANCE SCREENPLAY UNDER 20 PAGES

True Colors - Andrew Akbari

 

BEST ROMANCE

VALERY

That Kiss

On the Night Wind

In My Mind

Coffee and Yellow Roses

 

 

BEST ROMANCE SCREENPLAY OVER 20 PAGES

That Song Was About Me - Alison Frye

 

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - FEATURE FILM  

Publish or Perish

The Road Dog

 

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY - SHORT FILM

Moving Violation

The Trash Can

Coffee and Yellow Roses

Aaron With 2 A's

 

Russell Williams II BEST SOUNDSCAPE

Aaron With 2 A's

On the Night Wind

Coffee and Yellow Roses

The Sound of Your Voice

Parking Spot

In My Mind

Potluck

 

 

BEST EDITING - FEATURE LENGTH FILM  

Publish or Perish

Home Away

The Road Dog

 

BEST EDITING - FILM SHORT

The Gift of Bathsheba

The Sound of Your Voice

The Trash Can

joyful

 

BEST ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY  

Parking Spot

Gone Gray

 

BEST SCI-FI / FANTASY

VALERY

NESO2

 

BEST SCI FI SCREENPLAY OVER 20 PAGES

CandyByte - Diana Foronda

 

BEST FAMILY / FAITH BASED FILM

American Dream

MERA DADDU (My Grandpa)

Blood Sisters

Running The Bases

 

BEST HORROR FILM

My Life, My Life, My Life.

 

BEST HORROR SCREENPLAY OVER 20 PAGES

CandyByte - Diana Foronda

 

BEST THRILLER FILM

USO-TSUKI

 

BEST THRILLER SCREENPLAY OVER 20 PAGES

Swords & Feathers - Harold L. Brown

Screams of the Silent - SherLann D. Moore

 

BEST LGBT FILM

That Kiss

A Feast That Never Comes

MeTube: August sings 'Una furtiva lagrima'

 

BEST INSPIRATIONAL FILM

joyful

Potluck

Captain Scott B and the Great Adventure

Frank Bey: All My Dues Are Paid

Running The Bases

Welcome Home: Oscar's Journey

 

BEST ACTION FILM  

Parking Spot

 

BEST ACTION SCREENPLAY OVER 20 PAGES

Sons of Distant Fathers - Debra Gipson

 

BEST ANIMATION

Saturday Night

Bellator: A Southeast DC Story

Shakespeare for all Ages

 

BEST COMEDY SCREENPLAY UNDER 20 PAGES

Bike Cops - Jesse Shay Womack

 

BEST COMEDY FILM

Parking Spot

Closest Kin

Publish or Perish

Julie Leaves the Nest

Driverless

Moving Violation

Kaijuburbia!

The Trash Can

 

COMEDY SCREENPLAY OVER 20 PAGES

Screams of the Silent - SherLann D. Moore

CandyByte - Diana Foronda

That Song Was About Me - Alison Frye

 

BEST EXPERIMENTAL

I Never Had A View

MeTube: August sings 'Una furtiva lagrima'

 

BEST TELEPLAY 30 MIN.

Transport - Shea Butler

 

 

 

 

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Stan Lee Foundation Presentation to

Kelly Hu

 

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NOVA FEST AWARDS PRESENTAION II

 

BEST TRAILER

Gone Gray

Shakespeare for all Ages

 

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS         

NESO2

MeTube: August sings 'Una furtiva lagrima'

When Wire Was King: The Transformation of Telecommunications

VALERY

Lost in Berlin

 

BEST FOREIGN FEATURE FILM – Presented by Gareema

Ellida – Norway

Home Away – Shanghai, China

 

 

BEST FOREIGN SHORT FILM – Presented by Gareema

MERA DADDU (My Grandpa) - India

WISH - Syria

The Disappearance of Eve - Spain

BEST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY 

Captain Scott B and the Great Adventure

The Lives Between the Lines

When Wire Was King: The Transformation of Telecommunications

Frank Bey: All My Dues Are Paid

Lost in Berlin

 

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY 

The Gift of Bathsheba

joyful

 

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Reminiscence

Saturday Night

MeTube: August sings 'Una furtiva lagrima'

Follow You

A Feast That Never Comes

MOSTASHFA

Realign

BEST DIRECTOR - FEATURE FILM  

David Liban - Publish or Perish

Greg Glienna - The Road Dog

Remsy Atassi - Bad Animal

Oliver Yan - Home Away

BEST DIRECTOR - SHORT FILM

Mitch D Fields - The Sound of Your Voice

Paul Hugins - Coffee and Yellow Roses

Michael Goldburg - Aaron With 2 A's

LaLa Halsema - Potluck

Daniel Carrai - In My Mind

Sean Martinez - The Torture Within

Eric Bergemann - Moving Violation

 

BEST TV/WEB SERIES  

Frapuccino Webseries Season 2

LA LOCURA: The Madness

Wellness Inc.

 

BEST ACTOR - SHORT FILM

Johnny Day – Coffee and Yellow Roses

Stephen Foster – Driverless

Arya Takur – MERA DADDU (My Grandpa)

Steve Lichtenstein - Aaron With 2 A's

Jordan Bielsky - Moving Violation

Aaron Freckleton – Closest Kin

Christopher Jane – My Life, My Life, My Life.

Chris Heeder – The Sound of Your Voice

 

BEST ACTRESS - SHORT FILM

Julia Garcia Combs - American Dream

In My Mind – Lani Randol

Noelle Cameron – The Sound of Your Voice

Sunny William – Potluck

That Kiss – Erin Cessn

Ángeles Páez - The Disappearance of Eve

Ellis Marie Brown – While We Are Here

 

BEST ACTOR – FEATURE FILM  

Mykele Deveille – Bad Animal

Doug Stanhope – The Road Dog

Timothy McCracken – Publish or Perish

 

BEST ACTRESS - FEATURE FILM  

Rivkah Reyes – Bad Animal

Katrina Syran – Ellida

 

BEST FEATURE FILM  

Running The Bases

Home Away

Bad Animal

Publish or Perish

BEST DRAMA SCREENPLAY OVER 20 PAGES

Down River - Philip Marcoccio

Pistol City - Lee John

Screams of the Silent - SherLann D. Moore

Sons of Distant Fathers - Debra Gipson

Swords & Feathers - Harold L. Brown

 

 

The Spiral Marketing Award for BEST ART & DESIGN

Captain Scott B and the Great Adventure

Running The Bases

When Wire Was King: The Transformation of Telecommunications

Bad Animal

 

 

BEST SHORT FILM

The Sound of Your Voice

MERA DADDU (My Grandpa)

Aaron With 2 A's

Moving Violation

Shakespeare for all Ages

 

 

SPECIAL AWARDS

 

Harold L. Brown Award of Excellence – 1st Time Writer

That Song Was About Me - Alison Frye

Pistol City - Lee John

Sons of Distant Fathers - Debra Gipson

The Baker - Rosslyn Ruffin

Bike Cops - Jesse Shay Womack

 

NOVA JURY AWARD – SCREENPLAY

(All Official Selections Eligible)

Swords & Feathers - Harold L. Brown

UNTOUCHABLE - Adam Lapallo

AT THE MERCY OF FAITH - Samuel Taylor

Pistol City - Lee John

 

The James Christopher - NOVA JURY AWARD - FILM

(All Official Selections Eligible)

Frank Bey: All My Dues Are Paid

Driverless

Saturday Night

 

The NOVA Award – FILM

(Best Locally Produced Film)

Bellator: A Southeast DC Story

Kaijuburbia!

Welcome Home: Oscar's Journey

MERA DADDU (My Grandpa)

DC Cultura Fashion Show

LA LOCURA: The Madness

VALERY

The Gift of Bathsheba

 

 

The NOVA Award – SCREENPLAY

(Best Locally Written Screenplay)

Bike Cops - Jesse Shay Womack

True Colors - Andrew Akbari

 

 

SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR

(All Official Selections Eligible)

 

 

FILM OF THE YEAR

(All Official Selections Eligible)

 

 

ARTIST OF THE YEAR

(All Artists Eligible)

 

 

 

FERNANDO CLOSING

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