2023 ReelHeART International Film and Screenplay Festival – Winners Announced

With Record Breaking Online Audience Attendees, We Thank The ReelHeART Technical Support Team.
With A Very Small Operating Budget, They Accomplish All Our Online Requirements Without A Hitch,
So We Can Broadcast Live To Social Media And Through Our Proprietary Cinebox.
Audiences Around The Block And Around The World Engaged
With Ease And A Real Sense Of ‘Community’ With Our Indie Filmmakers.
Thank You!

We Are Pleased to Announce the Winners of #ReelHeART2023

Honorable Mention

Best Short Film

• Annie Pannie
  Dir. Deanna Dewey – United Kingdom

Best Smartphone Film

• Ants Walking Over An Armpit
  Hormigas Caminando Sobre Una Xxila
  Dir. Juan Zadala, Dir. Yahaira Salazar – Venezuela

Best Experimental Film

• our nights are more  beautiful than your days
  Dir. Andreas Zhao – Canada

Best Dance Film

• Coconut (Sta)
  Dir. Frédérique Cournoyer Lessard – Quebec

Category Awards

Best Animation

• Aero Orange
  Dir. Marcus Benny Feher – Sweden, Canada

Best ART Film

• Personality Counseling Center At 0 Avenue
  Dir. Mingu Kang – Korea

Best Dance Film

• Herbarium – Zielnik
  Dir. Iwona Pasińska – Poland

Best Dance Film – Choreography

• The Cell
  Dir. Po Cheng Tsai, Dir. Meng Hsueh Ho – Taiwan

Best Kid Friendly Film

• I Wish I Had A Supernatural Power
  超能力がほしい (Chōnōryoku Ga Hoshii)
  Dir. Kousuke Hishinuma – Japan

Best LGBTQ Film

• In Tune
  Dir. Hannah Miles Wong – Singapore

Best Script to Screen Film

• La Locura: The Madness
  Dir. Sam Cadman – United Kingdom

Best Smartphone Film

• Students
  Dir. Leo X Robertson – Norway

Best Vertical Smartphone Film

• Princes Do Not Wait – Los Príncipes No Esperan
  Dir. Sergio Solis – Mexico
  Featuring
• Tristán Hernández as “Little Prince“
• Daniel Pinte as “Pepe“

Best Webisode / Web Series

• Sam, Dev And Ange
  Dir. Saffron Cassaday  – Canada
  Writer – Macaulee Cassaday

Best Experimental Film

• Lockdown Diaries
  Dir. Jeff Zorrilla – Argentina

Best International Film
Feature Film
(USA + South Korea Co-Pro)

• Junho
  Dir. David Seok Hoon Boo – USA / South Korea

Best Music Related Film

• Patou
  Dir. Fiona Cochrane – Australia
  Featuring Pat ‘Patou’ Powell

Best SciFi Film

• Phoenix Incident
  Dir. Keith Arem – United States – English

Best Thriller Film

• The Secret Light Of Flowers
  Dir. Khyaam Haque – United States

Best Music Video*

• Abandon
  Dir. Jeff Hilliard – United States
• Consensual
  Dir. Jeff Hilliard, Dir. Joey Danger – United States
• Finger Bang Your Day
  Dir. Jeff Hilliard, Dir. John Orphan – United States

*Unprecedented 3-Way Tie

Best Short Film

• The Mountain
  Clare Macdonald – United Kingdom

Best Feature Film

• Phoenix Incident
  Dir. Keith Arem – United States – English
• *DocuFiction

Best Short Documentary

• I, Sheep
  Dir. Teresa Murjas, Dir. James Rattee – United Kingdom

Best Feature Documentary

• Darwin Nix
  Dir. Brice Goldberg – United States

Specialty Awards

Best Original Music

• Abandon
  Dir. Jeff Hilliard – Writer
• Consensual
  Dir. Jeff Hilliard – Writer
• Finger Bang Your Day
  Dir. Jeff Hilliard – Writer

Best Actress – Supporting

• Johnnie Mae as “Ms Hattie”
• La Locura: The Madness
  Dir. Sam Cadman – United Kingdom

Best Actor

• Wonjun Jo as “Junho”
  Junho
  Dir. David Seok Hoon Boo – USA / South Korea

Best BioPic/Biography Film

• Darwin Nix as “Himself”
  Darwin Nix
  Dir. Brice Goldberg – United States

Best Art Direction

• Abandon
  Dir. Jeff Hilliard
• Consensual
  Dir. Jeff Hilliard
• Finger Bang Your Day
  Dir. Jeff Hilliard

Best 1st Time Filmmaker

• The Secret Light Of Flowers
  Dir. Khyaam Haque – United States

Best Editing

• Darwin Nix
  Brice Goldberg – United States

ReelHeART Spirit Award

The ReelHeART Spirit Award always goes to a Film or Filmmaker that Inspires, Engages and Brings Important Messages to a Worldwide Community, as well as a Memorable Contribution On Film.

This year, 2023, we met a very special Filmmaker who not only spoke about his film but other films and filmmakers that inspired him during Festival Week. His Q&A gave viewers ‘real world’ insight to what it still means to be a Gay Filmmaker in an unforgiving Hollywood, add to that a being a visible minority in the film business. Festival Organizers saw this enthusiastic ‘Proud Latin X’ Filmmaker, Actor at nearly Event and Film Premiere.
Please applaud this Filmmaker with the biggest HeART…

Dir. Juan Zadala
Ants Walking Over An Armpit
Hormigas Caminando Sobre Una Xxila

Screenwriting Awards

Best Short Screenplay

• Burning Virtue
  by
  Bryan Harlow – United States
  
  • Wins InkTip Membership
  • Wins Mentorship

Best Feature Screenplay

• Life, Love And Dying In The Alps
  by
  Karin delaPeña Collison – United States
  
  • Wins InkTip Membership
  • Wins Mentorship

Best TV Pilot

• Winners In The Process Of Option Negotiations
  Wishes To Remain Anonymous
  • Wins InkTip Membership
  • Wins Mentorship

TV Pilot PitchDeck – Winner

• Curl Ling
  Carl Bercham – United States
  • Wins InkTip Membership
  • Wins Mentorship

Best Overall Script
(Across All Writing Categories)

Burning Virtue
by
Bryan Harlow – United States

NB All Scripts Compete For Best Overall Script From Both Our Competitions

ReelHeART International Film And Screenplay Festival

ReelHeART International Script Competition

Screenwriting Mentorship

ReelHeART Screenwriter Mentorship

• Bryan Harlow – United States

ReelHeART Screenwriter Mentorship

• Karin delaPeña Collison – United States

ReelHeART Screenwriter PitchDeck Mentorship

• Carl Bercham – United States

(Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Cinematography Category Votes *Inconclusive) (Judges and Programmers will make final decision (if any) upon re-watch)