Best of Fest
Audience Favorite
Best Animation
BWiFF 2023 Feature Film Selections
Everybody Wants to Be Loved (Germany), dir. Katharina Woll
Frank Bey: All My Dues Are Paid (United States), dir. Tomy Dwyer & Lisa Palattella
Just. One. Mile. (United States), dir. Duane Codrington
Knock Out Blonde (United States), dir. Rick Lazes & Tom Denucci
Loud Enough (United States), dir. Hilary Klotz Steinman
Made By Immigrants (United States), dir. Carlo Gennarelli
Magdalena (Poland), dir. Filip Gieldon
PATOU: In Black & White (Australia), dir. Fiona Cochrane
Raised Up West Side (United States), dir. Brett A. Schwartz
The Wife and Her House Husband (United Kingdom), dir. Marcus Markou
You Have No Idea (United States), dir. Alexander Jeffrey & Paul Petersen
BWiFF 2023 Short Film Selections
Aaron With 2 A’s (United States), dir. Michael Goldburg
Addie and the Lightning Bugs (United States), dir. Alexander Jeffrey
Andrew After Angola (United States), dir. Will LaCalle
Awake Ngorongoro (United Republic of Tanzania), dir. Alex Lobulu
Big Guy (United States), dir. Nick Rohr
The Family We Chose (United States), dir. Justin & Kristin Schaack
Folaine (Ireland), dir. Margaret Kilcoyne
Hangman (United States), dir. Sam Upton
How Do I Tell You This (United States), dir. Chad Hill
Kassandra (France), dir. Ivar Wigan
Kiss ‘n’ Ride (United States), Olivia Jensen
La Nueva (Spain), dir. Ivan Villamel
Past Prologue (United States), dir. Brian Russell
Play the Game of Thrones (United States), dir. Leigh Roberts
The Rebellion (United States), dir. Gabriel Hostetler
Rest (United States), dir. Micah Stathis
Roadkill (United States), dir. William Angelico
The Search (United States), dir. Thomas Brouns
Some Days (United States), dir. Jef Ross Doebler
TORI – Symphony of Vengeance (United States), dir. Riccardo Berdini
The Voice in Isabel Fleiss’s Office (United States), dir. Jim Haverkamp
Wheel (United States), dir. Honora Talbott
Yellowstone 88 – Song of Fire (United States), dir. Jerry van de Beek & Betsy De Fries
BWiFF 2023 Screening Schedule
Everybody Wants to Be Loved + Short Selections July 15, 2023 • 7:00 pm
Just. One. Mile. + Short Selections July 16, 2023 • 7:00 pm
Loud Enough + Short Selections July 19, 2023 • 7:00 pm
Frank Bey: All My Dues Are Paid + Short Selections July 20, 2023 • 7:00 pm
Magdalena + Short Selections July 21, 2023 • 7:00 pm
You Have No Idea + Short Selections July 22, 2023 • 7:00 pm
The Wife and Her House Husband + Short Selections September 26, 2023 • 7:00 pm
Patou: In Black & White
BWiFF 2023 Award Winners
Best Original Score
Riccardo Berdini, TORI – Symphony of Vengeance
Best Production Design
Paul Petersen & Richard Wharton, You Have No Idea
Best Cinematography
Joel Froome, Addie and the Lightning Bugs
Best Sound
Jared Hamilton, Just. One. Mile.
Best Editing
Kimberly O’Neill, Just. One. Mile.
Best Supporting Actor
Peter Barrett as Sean in The Wife and Her House Husband
Best Supporting Actress
Natalia Sikora as Julia in Magdalena
Best Achievement by a Young Actor
Cailey Fleming as Addie in Addie and the Lightning Bugs
Best Actor
Laurence Spellman as Mathew in The Wife and Her House Husband
Best Actress
Magdalena Żak as Magdalena in Magdalena
Best Screenplay
Ivar Wigan, Kassandra
Best Director
Katharina Woll, Everybody Wants To Be Loved
Best Animation
Yellowstone 88: Song of Fire
Best Experimental
The Voice in Isabel Fleiss’s Office
Best Music Video
Awake Ngorongoro
Best Documentary Short
Andrew After Angola
Best Narrative Short (Comedy)
Wheel
Best Narrative Short (Drama)
Kassandra
Best Documentary Feature
Just. One. Mile
Best Narrative Feature
Everybody Wants to be Loved
Dynamics Jury Prize
Andrew After Angola
Audience Favorite
Wheel
Best of Illinois
Roadkill
Best of Fest
Just. One. Mile
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