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BEST FEATURE FILM

ToxiCITY

A Heart That Forgives 2

Finding Tony

Obsidian Dolls

The Legend of Gilbert Flay

Mesmerized by a Hood Millionaire

Love After Holidays

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BEST SHORT FILM

Noctiluca

Sound Check

The Duppy Man's Walk

Pictures Only

Cold as Ice

Splinter

Ballerina Boy

Losing Lalo 

Through the Modern Looking Glass

NANY

The Director's Cut

Trials and Tribulations

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BEST DOCUMENTARY

Sistahs Getting Well

Justice for George Floyd: The Tipping Point?

How to Sue the Klan

Supernatural Story of Fredrick Fuller

Golden Hearted

The Unprincipled

Return To Your Corner

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BEST SCREENPLAY

ToxiCITY 

Love After Holidays

A Heart That Forgives 2

Finding Tony

Ready or Not

Obsidian Dolls

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BEST DIRECTOR OF A FEATURE

Obsidian Dolls - Michael Carnick

The Legend of Gilbert Flay - Richard A. Worthy

ToxicCITY - Felix Wayne Jordan

A Heart That Forgives 2 - Michael Legend Brown

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BEST DIRECTOR OF A SHORT 

Trials and Tribulations - Nathan Morse

Sound Check - Stephon O. Pettway

Sound Check - Thomas D. Slivinsky

The Director's Cut - Kriss Lewis

NANY - Bervick J. Deculus II

Cold as Ice - Oliver Mack Calhoun

Splinter - Marc Bernardin

Ballerina Boy - Marc Jure

Losing Lalo - Cedric Thomas Smith

Through the Modern Looking Glass - Kim Wang

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BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR

Finding Tony - Raven Magwood Goodson

Mesmerized by a Hood Millionaire - Twyla T.

Noctiluca - Celina Igwe

Monochromatic - Karen Bryson

The Weight We Carry - Brittney Brackett

Catharsis - Arianna Martinez

Innocence - Marcella Taylor

Through the Modern Looking Glass - Tanya Chuturkova

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BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT

The Savior - Sulaiman Muhammad

Ready or Not  - Meelah Carter-Rutledge

Ready or Not  - Felicity Annalyce

The Weeping - Chastity Monique Singletary

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BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE

ToxiCITY - Kitie Grant

Love After Holidays - Jacinth Headlam

Finding Tony - Raquel Justice

Ready or Not - Janae Heard

Mesmerized by a Hood Millionaire -Donnasha Hubbard

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BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURE

ToxiCITY- Zae Diggs

Love After Holidays - Jeremy Meeks

A Heart That Forgives 2 - William L. Johnson

Finding Tony - Stephen Bishop

Obsidian Dolls - John Berchtold

Mesmerized by a Hood Millionaire - Piere Kardan

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BEST ACTRESS IN A SHORT

Noctiluca - Selana Vaquero

Noctiluca -  Trisha Arozqueta

The Weight We Carry - Brittney Brackett

NANY - Jessica Obilom

"Mood" - Kasia L. Trepagnier

Catharsis -  Lauren Lightfoot

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BEST ACTOR IN A SHORT

"Marvelous" - Trae Ireland

Trials and Tribulations - Russell Richardson

Trials and Tribulations - Gerard Sanders

Sound Check - Stephon O. Pettway

The Duppy Man's Walk - Robert Yatta

Light - Maurice Moore

Tobias - Edward Williams III

Cold as Ice - Dylan Playfair

Cold as Ice - Akil Thomas

Losing Lalo - Johnny Rey Diaz

Princess Love - Eric Roberts

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Love After Holidays - Malik Yoba

A Heart That Forgives 2 - Carl A. Payne

Finding Tony - David Banner

Finding Tony - Columbus Short

Obsidian Dolls - Sammi Rotibi

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

ToxiCITY - Timmeria Baltimore

A Heart That Forgives 2 - Aria Croft

A Heart That Forgives 2 - Lena Parker

Mesmerized by a Hood Millionaire - Tashia Nicholson

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BEST CAST ENSEMBLE

ToxiCITY

Love After Holidays

"Marvelous"

A Heart That Forgives 2

Finding Tony

Obsidian Dolls

Through the Modern Looking Glass

Noctiluca

Trials and Tribulations

Light

Cold as Ice

Splinter

Ballerina Boy

Catharsis

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BEST MUSIC VIDEO

Soulful Bill

God Did It - Mervin Mayo

LAST PICTURE

en-vy

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BEST WRITTEN WORK

American Liberty 

Closure

In Search of ... Califia

Har(t)less - Pilot

Sirens

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BEST FILM MUSIC SCORE

Obsidian Dolls

Mesmerized by a Hood Millionaire

The Rose Room

NANY

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BEST TV/ WEB SERIES

Vegas Knights (part 1)

Killings of the Land

#HBCYou with Dee Brown CEO

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Vegas Knights (part 1)

The Two Wheel Curiosity

Cold as Ice

NANY

The Unprincipled

ToxiCITY 

Obsidian Dolls

The Legend of Gilbert Flay

Trials and Tribulations

The Duppy Man's Walk

Monochromatic

Light

The Capitalist 

The Hypnotist

HIGH STAKES

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BEST LOVE STORY

ToxiCITY 

Amy & Neil

Letters From The Battlefield

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BEST PERIOD PIECE

Message For The King

The Savior

Pictures Only

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BEST DRAMA

ToxiCITY

Obsidian Dolls 

The Weight We Carry

Patriot

Princess Love

Catharsis

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BEST NARRATIVE FILM

Music For a While

Letters From The Battlefield

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BEST COMEDY

Lashing Out

i am a gotdamn comedy writer

Amy & Neil

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BEST SOCIAL AWARENESS

Love After Holidays

Noctiluca

Trials and Tribulations

The Weight We Carry

12AM

Princess Love

Innocence

Ballerina Boy

Thank You Sade

Through the Modern Looking Glass

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OUTSTANDING SOLO PERFORMANCE 

Tobias - Edward Williams III

"Mood" - Kasia L. Trepagnier

Sound Check -Stephon O. Pettway

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BEST HORROR FILM

The Legend of Gilbert Flay

NANY

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BEST RELIGIOUS FILM

The Savior

Supernatural Story of Fredrick Fuller

Message For The King

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BEST DEBUT FILM

Thank You Sade

Ready or Not

The Weeping

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PEOPLES CHOICE

TBA

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LVBFF FOUNDERS CHOICE

TBA

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B.O.M.B. AWARD

TBA

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2024 LVBFF 

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

TBA

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LVBFF FOUNDERS LEGACY AWARD

TBA

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