CIFF 2023 NOMINEES & WINNERS
Award Nominees & Winners
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