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CIFF 2023 NOMINEES & WINNERS

2023 CORDILLERA INT'L FILM FESTIVAL

Award Nominees & Winners

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GRAND JURY AWARDS

BEST OF FEST - FEATURE FILM
Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game

BEST OF FEST - SHORT FILM

Ivalu

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS

BEST NEVADA FILM

Our World in our Words

BEST SHORT FILM

Get Away

BEST FEATURE FILM

1946: The Mistranslation the Shifted Culture

BEST OF FESTIVAL - Highest Overall Audience Score

Get Away

SPECIAL JURY AWARDS

IMPACT AWARD

WINNER: Quiet Minds Silent Streets

A Chocolate Lens; Hallelujah; Little Trumpet; Parker; Quiet Minds Silent Streets; We Were Meant To

INNOVATE AWARD

WINNER: Benny & James

Benny & James; GIRL No. 60427; Millstone; Ninety-Five Senses; Not a Teacup

BEST LGBTQIA+ FILM

WINNER: Our Males and Females

Benny & James; Our Males and Females; Pete; Requiem; The Ruth Brinker Story

BEST FEMALE FOCUS

WINNER: Sevap/Mitzvah

Hello, Muscles; A Little House in Aberdeen; Long Line of Ladies; Makeover Movie; Sevap/Mitzvah

BEST INDIGENOUS FILM

WINNER: Long Line of Ladies

Four Nights and a Fire; Language Keepers; Long Line of Ladies; Native Ball; Legacy of a Trailblazer; Return of the Buffalo; Seed Warriors

BEST NEVADA FILM

WINNER: Triggered

All is Calm; Chat GPT Theater; Rivals; The Hero; Triggered; Wait

BEST MUSIC VIDEO

WINNER: WTF 2020s

Falling in Reverse - Watch the World Burn; Malik Harris - Dreamer; Not a Teacup; Comething to Believe; Wild Wild Sheep; WTF 2020s

FESTIVAL AWARDS

BEST PERFORMANCE - FEATURE FILM

WINNER: Franklin Ritch - Artifice GirlQuiet Minds Silent Streets

CourtneyEaton - Parachute; Franklin Ritch- Artifice Girl; Kim Coates - Double Down
South; Lili Simmons - Double Down South; Mike Faist - Pinball

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM

WINNER: A Chocolate Lens

A Chocolate Lens; Breaking Silence; Long Line of Ladies; The Orchestra Chuck Built; Parker; Savi the Cat

BEST FAMILY SHORT FILM

WINNER: Non-Negotiable

Fathead; Kayak Kintsugi; Non-Negotiable; The Smeds and The Smoos; Trojan Horace

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM

WINNER: Rosemary A.D. (After Dad)

It's a Gray, Gray World; Morning Joy; Night of t h e Living Dread; Regular Rabbit;
Rosemary A.D. (After Dad); The Record

BEST HORROR SHORT FILM

WINNER: TOOTH

A Moment of Your Time; Get Away; Incomplete; Rooted; Sleep Study; TOOTH

BEST ACTION/THRILLER SHORT FILM

WINNER: Minutemen

Captive; Hit Man: Secrets O f Lies; Jacques; Man's Best Friend; Minutemen

BEST COMEDY SHORT FILM

WINNER: They Grow Up So Fast

Call Your Mom; Poof; They Grow Up So Fast; We All Die Alone; WTF 20205

BEST DRAMA SHORT FILM

WINNER: Shadow Brother Sunday

30 Meetings / 30 Days; Burn it All; I'm On Fire; Lunchbox; Shadow Brother Sunday; [subtext]

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM

WINNER: Tondex 2000

Honor Guard; IVALU; Our Males and Females; Tondex 2000; Voice Activated

BEST STUDENT SHORT FILM

WINNER: BACKLOG

Around The World In My Neighborhood; A Prayer for My Mother: The Eva Brettler Story; BACKLOG; FATHEAD; The Fuse

BEST PERFORMANCE SHORT FILM

WINNER: Bella Ramsey - Requiem

Alden Ehrenreich - Shadow Brother Sunday; Bella Ramsey - Requiem; Daniel Durant - Millstone; Emily Goss - 30 Meetings / 30Days; Toni O'Rourke - Burn It All

BEST DIRECTOR SHORT FILM

WINNER: Shulamit Lifshitz - GIRL No. 60427

Ahmad Alyaseer - Our Males and Females; Jarreau Carrillo - The Vacation; Nathanael
Matanick - The Least (SiAyu); Shulamit Lifshitz - GIRL No. 60427; Tari Wariebi - We Were Meant To

BEST NEVADA DOC

WINNER: A Black Springs Homecoming: Finding History

A Black Springs Homecoming: Finding History; Battles Beyond the Horizon; Lifeblood of
the Southwest; Our World in our Words; Out of the Darkness; Young Oak Tree

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