Madison Film Festival 2023 Selections

Best Poster

• Camino Unreal, Chris Voth – Winner
• The Grotto of Death, Christopher Sperandio, Brian Huberman, Augusto Mora – Nominee
• 15, Melody Brooke – Official Selection
• Midnight Bloodshed, Mathew Bonta – Official Selection

Best VFX/Makeup

• Asteroid Rush: Planetary Defense, Jacques Bedel, Bertrand Loyer – Winner
• The Dumpling, Tristan Crawford – Nominee

Best Music Video

• Creases, DJ Koehn – Winner
• Dream Sequence, Glen Obear – Nominee
• TALK, Zishan Sun– Nominee
• Empty Eyes, Shayan Habibnejad – Official Selection
• Delores Galore: Drop, Jeremey Lavoi – Official Selection

Best Horror Film

• Voyager, Pablo Pagán – Winner
• The Trapper: Dead by Daylight, Jared Cline – Nominee
• Killer in a Small Town, Clinton Cornwell – Nominee
• Invidious, Tina Kardan – Nominee

Best Experimental Film

• An Afternoon at My Khe, Vikrant Nallaparaju – Winner
• The Harpswell Incident, Carter Pennell – Nominee
• Xing, Ruohan Li – Official Selection

Best Animation Film

• The Sprayer, Farnoosh Abedi – Winner
• The Space Between Us, Julianne Martin – Nominee
• Us, Nelson Fernandes – Nominee
• Snailienz, Jermaine Wells – Nominee
• Nubbinwood, Tim Granberg – Official Selection
• Seasons, Elizabeth Tillery – Official Selection

Best Screenplay

• Amelia Earhart, Michael J Dunker – Winner
• Blue Hour, Esther Um – Nominee
• Christmas Conundrum, Joseph Anthony Francis – Nominee
• Escape from the Commodore 64, David Hearne, Belinda Missen – Nominee

Best Student Film

• FRESH, Malcolm Ford Walker – Winner
• Bar Mitzvah Boy, Jared Press – Nominee
• MORE, Jackson Coates – Nominee
• Telephobia, Michael Rogan – Nominee
• Leave a Message, Bashir Aden – Official Selection
• Bosom, George Ellzey Jr. – Official Selection
• Pen Caps, Zhen Huang – Official Selection

Best Feature Documentary Film

• Lead and Copper, William Hart – Winner
• The Last Thing Lost, Jake Siam – Nominee
• Greener Pastures, Samuel-Ali Mirpoorian – Nominee
• Copyright Infringement, David Sabshon – Nominee
• Small Town Strong, Chase Millsap, Spencer Millsap – Official Selection
• The City of God, Nate Sheppard – Official Selection

Best Short Documentary Film

• Friday Night Blind, Scott Krahn, Robb Fischer – Winner
• The Birth of the Modern Snowmobile, Nate Sheppard – Nominee
• Ashley Martin: Mysterious Origin, Nicholas Burgos, Jack Finlay, Ethan Johnson – Nominee
• Cape to Carthage, D’Arcy Doran, Allan Wilson – Nominee
• Wild Ice, Alex Page – Official Selection
• Da Union, William John Roach – Official Selection
• Projectionist, Deniz Akyurek, Noah Matalon – Official Selection

Best Narrative Feature Film

• Roop Nagar Ke Cheetey (Boys In The Hood), Vihan Suryavanshi – Winner
• That’s Funny, Alex Grossman – Nominee
• When Time Got Louder, Connie Cocchia – Official Selection
• Everybody Wants To Be Loved, Katharina Woll – Official Selection

Best Narrative Short Film

• To Father, Jae-Feel Hwang – Winner
• Kamerad, Toby Kearton – Nominee
• Bombs Away, Will Roberts – Nominee
• How To Make Shepherd's Pie, Christen R. Carter – Nominee
• Sirens, Charlie White – Official Selection
• My Dear Aunt Sally, Tom Procida – Official Selection
• AJ’s Story, LEON, Christina Richardson – Official Selection
• Up River, Fritzy – Official Selection

Grand Jury Award

• Lead and Copper, William Hart – Winner

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