2023 Festival Details
Click here to download the complete 2023 Official Program Guide including description of all films and schedule of events. Everyone will receive a printed copy when they arrive at the theater. This may be updated slightly to add sponsors, etc. but no times or events will be changing.
2023 Award Winners
Thank you for submitting your films to the BSFF. We had the best year ever! Our 4 judges watched all the films in their entirety and judged each film based on 16 categories rating each category from 1 to 10.
14 of the 18 accepted films won awards this year. If you didn't win an award, you are still a winner because only 50% of the films submitted were selected for the festival. That puts you among the best!
Best Editing (Feature Documentary) - The Dogmatics - Rudy Childs
Best Supporting Actress - The Disapperance of Eve - Bea Alvarez
Best Short Script - Reservations - Patrick Belics
Best Cinematography (Short) - The Burden of Beauty - Matthew Wise
Best Actress - The Wallflower Pact - Lexi Oliver as Lynn
Best Sound Track (Short) - A Juddering - Neal Cleary
Best Actor - Oscar Williams as Otto in A Juddering
Best Student film - Self in Progress - Kayla Lehman
Second Best Feature Documentary - Acting Like Nothing is Wrong - Jane Rosemont
Best Feature Documentary - DOSED - Nicholas Meyers & Tyler Chandler
Best Directing (Feature) - DOSED - Nicholas Meyers & Tyler Chandler
Second Best Short Narrative Film - Stalked - Wesley Mellott
Best Editing (Short) - Stalked - Wesley Mellott
Best Special Effects - Stalked - Michael Mowen & Ryan Osborne
Best Audio - Tied - Stalked - Rob Coccagna & Brian Schwenk
Best Sound Design - Stalked - Adrian Gucze
Second Best Short Documentary - Blackberry Winter - Jorge Rey
Best Audio - Tied - Blackberry Winter - No credit
Best Short Documentary - Three Souls in Search of an Embrace - Tom Donohue & Greg Shaya
Best Short Narrative Film - The Firefly Jar - Gary Fierro
Best Directing (Short) - The Firefly Jar - Gary Fierro
Best Supporting Actor - The Firefly Jar - Reno Venturi as The Great Sampson
Best Feature Narrative Film - Stargazer - Alan McIntyre
Best Feature Script - Stargazer - Kate Ginna and Rob Ackerman
Best Editing (Feature Narrative) - Stargazer - Alan McIntyre
Best Cinematography (Feature) - Stargazer - Alan McIntyre
Best Sound Track (Feature) - Stargazer - Katy Pfaffl