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BEST FEATURE FILM

Autumn Beat

The Long Hollywood Night

Mahogany

Heart 'N' Soul

A Christmas Karen

Mickey Hardaway

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BEST SHORT FILM

Hermanita

TIDE

Sick Puppy

Checkmate For Life Film

More Than Hair

Double Down

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BEST DOCUMENTARY

The Critics

Reclaim Your Water: TheBrosFresh

Raised / Razed

United Front: People's Convention Memphis 1991

The Sun Rises in the East

Three Weeks:

The 1960 Winter Olympics and the Civil Rights Movement in Reno, NV

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BEST SCREENPLAY

TIDE

Heart 'N' Soul

Mahogany

Autumn Beat

Mickey Hardaway 

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BEST DIRECTOR OF A FEATURE

JayTee Thompson

Heart 'N' Soul

 

Jon Binkowski & Lisa Enos Smith

A Christmas Karen

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Antonio Dikele Distefano

Autumn Beat

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Allana De'Nai

Mahogany

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Joss Refauvelet

The Long Hollywood Night

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Marcellus Cox

Mickey Hardaway

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BEST DIRECTOR OF A SHORT 

Reggie Austin

The Marked

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Deborah L. Harris

Checkmate For Life Film

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Ahmari Kareem

A Better Love

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JayTee Thompson

Sick Puppy

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Matthew Law

Not Enough

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Hisonni Mustafa

Hermanita

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Andrew Baldwin

Night of the Neptune

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BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR

Kimberly DeWitt

Prevailing Love

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Deborah L. Harris

Checkmate For Life Film

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Major Jas Boothe

The Sofa Bed

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Faith Briggs

Reclaim Your Water: TheBrosFresh

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Lisa Enos Smith

A Christmas Karen

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Lorey Hayes

The Dragonfly Tale

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Allana De'Nai

Mahogany

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BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE

Ariel Simone

Heart 'N' Soul

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Michele Simms

A Christmas Karen

 

Devereau Chumrau

The Long Hollywood Night 

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Allana De'Nai

Mahogany

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La'keishia Simon

Congress & Cali

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BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURE

Kendon Tillis

Heart 'N' Soul

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Ryan Willer

The Long Hollywood Night

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Hamed Seydou

Autumn Beat

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Kalvin Kosha Fitzgerald

Mahogany

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Rashad Hunter

Mickey Hardaway

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BEST ACTRESS IN A SHORT

Brenda Nascimento

Not Enough

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Lizette Hunter

Hermanita

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Shante Deloach

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Hilary Nicholson

Sweet Yellow Heart

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BEST ACTOR IN A SHORT

Reggie Austin

The Marked

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JayTee Thompson

Sick Puppy

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Tom Alper

Sick Puppy

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Leonard Thomas

Checkmate For Life Film

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Zachary Zolis

Not Enough

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Eduardo Robinson

Triggered

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Kenyon Surney

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Lester Greene

Double Down

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Omari Washington

Checkmate For Life Film

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Rolin Alexis 

A Christmas Karen

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Lee Karlinsky

A Christmas Karen

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Wreckless Watson

Heart 'N' Soul

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Tayy' Blanson

Heart 'N' Soul

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Stephen Cofield Jr. 

Mickey Hardaway

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Meghan Colleen Moroney

A Christmas Karen

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Leyla Lawrence

A Christmas Karen

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Rahvaunia

For The Love of Tanya

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BEST CAST ENSEMBLE

Prevailing Love

The Marked

A Better Love

Green Trip

Autumn Beat

The Dragonfly Tale

The British are Coming

Good Day

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BEST MUSIC VIDEO

No Matter How Far

Marck Angel

I Need You

I Made it

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BEST WRITTEN WORK

Dr. Die and the Maiden of Deathly Sorrows

Raymond Harrison

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Lady Seraphim

Jermaine Jones

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Power to the People

Lorenzo William Dickerson

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BEST FILM SCORE

A Better Love

Heart 'N' Soul

The Long Hollywood Night

Raised / Razed

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RISING STAR AWARD

Bentley Lewis

The Dragonfly Tale

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Emachee

Fun the Emachee Way

 

Skylar Myers

Manuel Garcia

Xander McCord

Prevailing Love

 

Izabella Dykes

Jack Jarvis

Mixed Girl

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OUTSTANDING WEB SERIES

Gangsta Island

Ken Lewis

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Checkmate For Life Film

More Than Hair

Invidia's Lens

Heart 'N' Soul

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The Long Hollywood Night

TIDE

Mickey Hardaway

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BEST LOVE STORY

A Better Love

Heart 'N' Soul

Prevailing Love

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BEST PERIOD PIECE

A Better Love

The Long Hollywood Night

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BEST DRAMA

For The Love of Tanya

Hermanita

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Double Down

Night at the Neptune

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BEST NARRATIVE FILM

The Dragonfly Tale

Golden Hearted

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BEST COMEDY

A Christmas Karen

The British are Coming

Good Day

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BEST SOCIAL AWARENESS

Sick Puppy

The UnAmerican: A Soldier's Story

Sneaker Therapy

Not Enough

The Sofa Bed

With Salt

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BEST ARTISTIC FILM

The UnAmerican: A Soldier's Story

Sneaker Therapy

Paralysis

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OUTSTANDING FAN FILM

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A Cinematic Super Hero Fan Film

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BEST ANIMATION FILM

Gangsta Island

A Sofa Bed

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BEST DEBUT FILM

The Struggle

For The Love of Tanya

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BEST FILM ARTWORK

Zipporah's Destiny

Invidia's Lens

Gangsta Island

The Long Hollywood Night

Heart 'N' Soul

TIDE

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B.O.M.B. Founders Pick

TBA

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2023 LVBFF 

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

TBA

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