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David Film Festival

20242023

Jury Prize

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Best 1st AD

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    Winner

      Qualcosa brucia ancora

    Daniele Gangemi(1st AD)

Best Actor

  • Kevin Lucero Less
    Winner
    • Kevin Lucero Less
    • The Malady
    Chubzilla Films
    IAA Films
  • Winner
    • Filiberto González
    • La Pura Vida
    Verrechia Films

Best Actor/Actress

  • Dawna Lee Heising
    Winner
    • Dawna Lee Heising
    • The Rose Wagon
    Peyton Slaven Productions
  • Dawna Lee Heising
    Winner
    • Dawna Lee Heising
    • Demo Reel 2022-Dawna Lee Heising
    Eye on Excellence Productions

Best Actress

  • Winner
    • Naomy Romo
    • La Pura Vida
    Verrechia Films

Best Cinematography

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    Winner

      The Rose Wagon

    7.5 (49)
    Christian Griffith
    Peyton Slaven Productions
    Ophelia Grey Films
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    Winner

      La Pura Vida

    8.8 (34)
    Dylan Verrechia
    Verrechia Films

Best Costume/ MakeUp Design

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    Winner

      Cassandra Venice

    Polli Cannabis(Costume/MakeUp designer)
    Hugo Teugels(Producer)
    TVP services Video Art Productions

Best Drama/Tragedy

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    Winner

      Luca

    8.6 (8)
    Gianluca Zoppa
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      Nothing Beyond Measure

    8.8 (8)
    Alessandro Vantini
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      Luca

    8.6 (8)
    Gianluca Zoppa

Best Drama/Tragedy Script

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    Winner

      Doom Loop

    Mark Donnell

Best Edit/VFX

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    Winner

      Demo Reel 2022-Dawna Lee Heising

    8.2 (7)
    Richard Thrift
    Eye on Excellence Productions

Best Feature

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    Winner

      La Pura Vida

    8.8 (34)
    Dylan Verrechia
    Verrechia Films

Best Horror/Thriller

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    Winner

      Pedagogue

    Kevin Lucero Less
    Halo One Productions
    DystopiaScope Films
    TAC Productions

Best Make-Up Designer

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      Qualcosa brucia ancora

    Salvo Di Bella(hair designer)

Best Music Video

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      I Am a Very Special Being

    Marcus Mandal
    Citizen Dane

Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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      Transmontanus

    Mark Donnell

Best Screenplay

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      Transmontanus

    Mark Donnell

Best Sound Designer

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      Qualcosa brucia ancora

    Caterina Maria Grillo(sound designer)

Da Vinci Special Section

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      Martian & Me

    8.0 (9)
    Mark Starks

David Special Section

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    Winner

      La traición de Carol

    Alicia Bel(director)
    José Luis Pedrero(director)
    Asismaval, S.L.

Best Production

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Best Production/Producer

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      GvH (Guests v Hosts)

    Garvin Burke(Producer)
    George Kingsnorth(Producer)
    Coffee on High Street
    Gullion Media
    Film Production Academy

Best Costume / Make-Up Design

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Short Film

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    Winner

      Drenched in Embers

    9.7 (13)
    Shaun Koffinas
    Victoria Rohal
    Autumn Turgeon
    Fierce Taurus Films

Best Documentary

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Best Documentary

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    Winner

      Dreams of the Past

    8.2 (142)
    Dmitri Frolov(director)
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      Same but Different - Lo stesso ma Diverso

    Dominic Ryan
    Emma Nan Hu
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      Qualcosa brucia ancora

    Daniele Gangemi

Best Poster

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Best Poster

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      La traición de Carol

    Alicia Bel
    Asismaval, S.L.

Best Short

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Best Drama/Tragedy

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      Memory

    Jane Sanger
    Lumino Films

Best Horror/Thriller

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      Goodnight, Billy

    Daryl Hrdlicka(Director)
    Doug Gerash(Cinematographer)
    Village Media (II)

Best Short

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    Winner

      Përtej Errësirës

    Lorena Sopi(Director and Producer)
    AS Film Production
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    Winner

      Här är inget

    Nikolina Riselius(director)
  • [object Object]
    Winner

      Last in the Bag

    Nathan Benham
    Benham Media
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      Adam the Bearded Dragon Rises Above Military Threats

    Kevin Jones(director/editor/co-writer)
    Walter David Jones(Adam Voice/co-writer)
    Otis Sutter Jones(actor)
    Garbage Films
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      The Secret Love of Nor A Miao

    Elizabeth Dian Lee Kennedy(director)
    Elizabeth A Kennedy

Horror/Thriller

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      Drenched in Embers

    9.7 (13)
    Shaun Koffinas
    Fierce Taurus Films

Best Comedy

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Best Comedy/Dark Comedy

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      The Premiere

    8.7 (28)
    Jon Silver(writer/director)
    ShowPup Productions

Best Actor

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Best Actor

  • Guy Mayfield
    Winner
    • Guy Mayfield
    • Contingency
  • Winner
    • David Neylon
    • Bay for Blood
    Edgewater Film Productions
  • Jasper Hammer
    Winner
    • Jasper Hammer
    • Bay for Blood
    Edgewater Film Productions
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    Winner

      Confessions of Carlo Gambino

    Michael Cipiti
    MLC Productions

Best Actress

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Best Actress

  • Winner
    • Isaly Viana
    • Bay for Blood
    Edgewater Film Productions

Best Comedy Short

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Best Comedy Short

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      The Witch Hunters are Coming

    8.0 (5)
    James Atkins

Best Animation

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BEST ANIMATION/STOPMOTION

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      Bengleton Socks: Out of this World

    Brian T Shirley
    Shirley, Brian T

Best Animation

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    Winner

      Solar Y

    Kevin Jones(Director/Editor/co-writer)
    Walter David Jones(voice actor)
    Otis Sutter Jones(voice actor)
    Serena Board(Voice of God)
    Garbage Films

Best Animation/stopmotion

  • [object Object]
    Winner

      Solar Y

    Serena Board(actor)
    Kevin Jones(director/editor/writer)
    Otis Sutter Jones(actor/writer/face melting stunt)
    Walter David Jones(actor)
    Garbage Films

Best Experimental Film

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Best Experimental Film

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    Winner

      The Butterfly Keeper

    7.4 (91)
    Guy Mayfield

Best Screenplay

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Best Screenplay

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      Reality Bridge

    Sean Taylor
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      Sublime

    Guy Mayfield
    Randy Scott Dies
    Mark Eddie
    Kaitlyn VanMalsen
    Silverwing Entertainment
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      First Launch

    Mark Lund
    • Review

    Jonathan Zarantonello
    Emergency Exit Pictures

Best Ensemble

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      Codependent on Desire

    Merivelle
    Xander Crowell

Best Director

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Best Director

  • Alain Bidard
    Winner
    • Alain Bidard
    • Opal
    PAGOD Films
  • Winner
    • Daniele Gangemi(director)
    • Qualcosa brucia ancora

Best Director Short Film

    • Shaun Koffinas
    • Drenched in Embers
    Fierce Taurus Films

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