BEYOND THE CURVE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

June – June Results,  2023

Best Action / Adventure Film (Main Category)

WINNER

BEYOND COMFORT by Bjørn Sørensen

Best Actress (Sub Category)

WINNER

When Doves Fly by Mike Roberts

Actress – Lauren Campbell

Best Animated Film (Main Category)

WINNER

A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate by susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, Christina Teenz Tan

Best Audio Drama

WINNER

Re: Dracula by Hannah Wright, Ella Watts

Best Background Score

WINNER

A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate by susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, Christina Teenz Tan

Best Cinematographer (Sub Category)

WINNER

When Doves Fly by Hannah Wright, Ella Watts

Cinematographer – Kirsta Ricupero

Nominee

Half Samurai by Rashad Haughton

Best Comedy (Main Category)

WINNER

Tuna and Ted by Steven Lancefield

Best Costume Designing

WINNER

Half Samurai by Rashad Haughton

Best Director (Sub Category)

WINNER

When Doves Fly by Mike Roberts

Nominee

One Step Forward by Kaia Hathaway

Best Documentary (Narrative/Short) (Main Category)

WINNER

BEYOND COMFORT by Bjørn Sørensen

Outstanding Achievement

Fuori le mura by Andrea Natale, Giuseppe Vincenzo Sciarra

 

Nominee

Ode to Wild Horses by Billie Dean

Best Editor (Sub Category)

WINNER

When Doves Fly  by Nikola Mateja

Best Experimental Film (Main Category)

WINNER

Unconquered by John Parr

Outstanding Achievement

Switch by Desiree Faust, Stefana D. Brancastle

Nominee

The Beasts by Marina Issayvea

Custer’s Last Plan (Script Movie) by Matthew Toffolo

Best Feature Script or Screenplay (Main Category)

WINNER

The Girl With The Blue Guitar by Edward Pomerantz

Nominee

Millions in Manila by Jeffrey Milne

Peria by Marcus Brooks

Heaven Awaits by Paul Teese

Best First Time Filmmaker (Main Category)

WINNER

Damage by Madeleine Blackwell

Nominee

White by Maria Fernanda “Mafê” Martin

Best Music Video (Main Category)

WINNER

SAFE DISTANCE by Rona Soffer

Best Narrative Feature (Main Category)

WINNER

Punched After The Fact by Ian Fowler, Gabriel Isaac Lakey

Nominee

The Mire Archive by Clive Myer, Lynda Myer-Bennett

Royal Faceoff by Stuart Martin Pepper

Best Original Music (Main Category)

WINNER

DAY9 by Dastan Khalili

Best Original Score (Main Category)

WINNER

A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate by susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, Christina Teenz Tan

Nominee

When Doves Fly by Mike Roberts

Best Podcast

WINNER

Podcast “Boost your creativity and bank account with Elena” by Elena Denisova-Clark

Best Queer Narrative (Short/Feature/Documentary) (Main Category)

Best Sci-Fi Movie (Main Category)

WINNER

Bat Diary by Silvano Plank

Nominee

Triggered, a Cinematic Superhero Fan Film by Mario Ricardo Rodriguez, Marcus Nel-Jamal Hamm

Best Short Film (Main Category)

WINNER

Bonding by Luke Rex

Outstanding Achievement

Sea Change by Sam Coale

Nominee

For the Greater Good by Michael Gavino

The Roots That Clutch by Stef Prein, Arlo Laibowitz

Ghostfree by Susanne Palm

White by Maria Fernanda “Mafê” Martin

Raw Data by Christine Jansen

Join the Party by Sandra Staples

A Fantasy of Companionship between Human and Inanimate by susan Mey Lee Lim, Samudra Kajal Saikia, Christina Teenz Tan

Knockout by RALPH GIORDANO

MAIKEN by Howard Perry

NO INVITATION by Jermaine Foster

The Next Generation by Steven Zhu

First Wednesday by Jasmine Nadia Huggins

Best Student Film (Main Category)

WINNER

First Wednesday by Jasmine Nadia Huggins

Nominee

Providence by Julia Shlenskaya

A Runway Boy by Yoko Ishizaka, Reo Takahashi, Daishi Nezu

Dear Charlie by Ace Shu

Best Thriller (Main Category)

WINNER

Lucid by Nick ter Beek

Nominee

Half Samurai by Rashad Haughton

Best Web Series Pilot Script (Main Category)

WINNER

Howell’s Mother is Missing. Episode One: “Only You Can Save Her” by Lynn H. Elliott

Best Women's Film (Main Category)

WINNER

BEYOND COMFORT by Bjørn Sørensen

Nominee

Once upon a February by Julia Shlenskaya

One Minute Film - Films under the duration of 60 seconds (Main Category)

WINNER

THE BOMB by Bob Jones