2023 Winners Circle

FEATURE AWARD WINNERS

Best Feature Film - Smile as You Kill

Best Feature Documentary - Behind Our Walls

Best Student Feature - Skip Liberty: Shooting in Vietnam

Best Directing - The Nana Project

Best Documentary Directing- When Hope Breaks Through

Best Concept - Lead and Copper

Most Original - Being Satori Circus

Best Cinematography - That’s Funny

Best Writing - Earlybird

Best Acting - Smile as You Kill

SHORT AWARD WINNERS

Best Short Film - Golden

Best Short Documentary - Aris Demetrios

Best Student Short - Not without a trace

Best Directing - Dear Owner

Best documentary Directing- When Hope Breaks Through

Best Concept - Lead and Copper

Most Original - Open for Breakfast

Best Cinematography - The Bathtub

Best Documentary Cinematography - Strings of Tradition

Best Editing - Mystic Michigan

Best Writing - A Tuesday Afternoon

Best Acting - If These Walls Could Walk

Short Film Finalist: Searching for Sasquatch, Give Us A Smile, Sisters, Betrayal of Justice

Short Honorable Mention: Stunner, Black is Beautiful, Buck Marshal Inner Space, An Actor Prepares

Student Short Honorable Mention: Boys Will Be, Farewell Tour, The Countryman

MUSIC VIDEO WINNERS

Best Music Video - Shotgun Wedding

Audience Choice: Down A Legend

Best Directing - Gold In Them Hills

Best Concept - Thinkin Bout You

Most Original - Pink Sky - Behind The Sun

Best Cinematography: Molly - Don't Be Suprised

Best Editing: Shotgun Wedding

Best Performance: 3am in Cincy

COMMERCIAL WINNERS

Best Commercial - Always A Pilgrim

Best Directing - The Dove Family Dentistry - Legacy

Best Concept - That Was Me

Best Editing: Michigan State University Esports Promo 2022

24 HR MICRO FILM WINNERS

Best Micro Film - Lunch

Audience Choice - Mural Man

Jury Pick - Mural Man

Best Directing - Dances with Walls

Most Original - The Italianizer 5000

Best Cinematography -Lunch

Best Editing - Dances with Walls