
Las Vegas Black Film Festival 2023 FILMs

2023
AWARD NOMINATIONS
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
Feature, Short, Documentary,
Music Video, Web Series
FEATURE FILM
Autumn Beat
The Long Hollywood Night
Mahogany
Heart 'N' Soul
A Christmas Karen
Congress & Cali
Mickey Hardaway
SHORT FILM
Double Down
The Dragonfly Tale
Triggered, A Cinematic Superhero Fan Film
TIDE
Mixed Girl
The Struggle
Sweet Yellow Heart
Night of the Neptune
Hermanita
The Sofa Bed
Triggered
Prevailing Love
Invidia's Lens
Sick Puppy
Good Day
With Salt
18 Eve
Paralysis
Fun The Emachee Way
For the Love of Tanya
Not Enough
More than Hair
The British are Coming
Green Trip
The Pulpit - Prelude
Checkmate For Life
The Marked
The UnAmerican: A Soldier's Story
A Better Love
Sneaker Therapy
Samsara
Hilltop
DOCUMENTARY
Raised / Razed
The Sun Rises in the East
Three Weeks ...
(The 1960 Winter Olympics and Civil Rights Movement Reno, NV)
Reclaim Your Water: TheBrosFresh
United Front People's Convention Memphis 1991
The Critics
Golden Hearted
WEB SERIES
Gangsta Island
WRITTEN SCREENPLAY
Street Code
Power to the People
Dr. Die and the Maiden of Deathly Sorrows
That's So Gay
Zipporah's Destiny
A Sheriff's War
Ghettocyrano
False Profit
Failure to Comply
The Baker
Lady Seraphim
I'll Be Doggone
The Life of Cockroaches
Haunted Mines
Race and Bae
MUSIC VIDEO
I Made It
No Matter How Far
I Need You
Marck Angel ...
Justice (from Seraphim the Motion Picture)
Timeless
Let Me Live
Up Up and Away
Spotlight
TV PILOT PITCH
The Shaq Effect

BEST FEATURE FILM
Autumn Beat
The Long Hollywood Night
Mahogany
Heart 'N' Soul
A Christmas Karen
Mickey Hardaway
BEST SHORT FILM
Hermanita
TIDE
Sick Puppy
Checkmate For Life Film
More Than Hair
Double Down
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
BEST SCREENPLAY
TIDE
Heart 'N' Soul
Mahogany
Autumn Beat
Mickey Hardaway
BEST DIRECTOR OF A FEATURE
JayTee Thompson
Heart 'N' Soul
Jon Binkowski & Lisa Enos Smith
A Christmas Karen
Antonio Dikele Distefano
Autumn Beat
Allana De'Nai
Mahogany
Joss Refauvelet
The Long Hollywood Night
Marcellus Cox
Mickey Hardaway
BEST DIRECTOR OF A SHORT
Reggie Austin
The Marked
Deborah L. Harris
Checkmate For Life Film
Ahmari Kareem
A Better Love
JayTee Thompson
Sick Puppy
Matthew Law
Not Enough
Hisonni Mustafa
Hermanita
Andrew Baldwin
Night of the Neptune
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
Kimberly DeWitt
Prevailing Love
Deborah L. Harris
Checkmate For Life Film
Major Jas Boothe
The Sofa Bed
Faith Briggs
Reclaim Your Water: TheBrosFresh
Lisa Enos Smith
A Christmas Karen
Lorey Hayes
The Dragonfly Tale
Allana De'Nai
Mahogany
BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE
Ariel Simone
Heart 'N' Soul
Michele Simms
A Christmas Karen
Devereau Chumrau
The Long Hollywood Night
Allana De'Nai
Mahogany
La'keishia Simon
Congress & Cali
BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURE
Kendon Tillis
Heart 'N' Soul
Ryan Willer
The Long Hollywood Night
Hamed Seydou
Autumn Beat
Kalvin Kosha Fitzgerald
Mahogany
Rashad Hunter
Mickey Hardaway
BEST ACTRESS IN A SHORT
Brenda Nascimento
Not Enough
Lizette Hunter
Hermanita
Shante Deloach
Triggered
Hilary Nicholson
Sweet Yellow Heart
BEST ACTOR IN A SHORT
Reggie Austin
The Marked
JayTee Thompson
Sick Puppy
Tom Alper
Sick Puppy
Leonard Thomas
Checkmate For Life Film
Zachary Zolis
Not Enough
Eduardo Robinson
Triggered
Kenyon Surney
Triggered
Lester Greene
Double Down
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Omari Washington
Checkmate For Life Film
Rolin Alexis
A Christmas Karen
Lee Karlinsky
A Christmas Karen
Wreckless Watson
Heart 'N' Soul
Tayy' Blanson
Heart 'N' Soul
Stephen Cofield Jr.
Mickey Hardaway
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Meghan Colleen Moroney
A Christmas Karen
Leyla Lawrence
A Christmas Karen
Rahvaunia
For The Love of Tanya
BEST CAST ENSEMBLE
Prevailing Love
The Marked
A Better Love
Green Trip
Autumn Beat
The Dragonfly Tale
The British are Coming
Good Day
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
No Matter How Far
Marck Angel
I Need You
I Made it
BEST WRITTEN WORK
Dr. Die and the Maiden of Deathly Sorrows
Raymond Harrison
Lady Seraphim
Jermaine Jones
Power to the People
Lorenzo William Dickerson
BEST FILM SCORE
A Better Love
Heart 'N' Soul
The Long Hollywood Night
Raised / Razed
RISING STAR AWARD
Bentley Lewis
The Dragonfly Tale
Emachee
Fun the Emachee Way
Skylar Myers
Manuel Garcia
Xander McCord
Prevailing Love
Izabella Dykes
Jack Jarvis
Mixed Girl
OUTSTANDING WEB SERIES
Gangsta Island
Ken Lewis
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Checkmate For Life Film
More Than Hair
Invidia's Lens
Heart 'N' Soul
Triggered
The Long Hollywood Night
TIDE
Mickey Hardaway
BEST LOVE STORY
A Better Love
Heart 'N' Soul
Prevailing Love
BEST PERIOD PIECE
A Better Love
The Long Hollywood Night
BEST DRAMA
For The Love of Tanya
Hermanita
Triggered
Double Down
Night at the Neptune
BEST NARRATIVE FILM
The Dragonfly Tale
Golden Hearted
BEST COMEDY
A Christmas Karen
The British are Coming
Good Day
BEST SOCIAL AWARENESS
Sick Puppy
The UnAmerican: A Soldier's Story
Sneaker Therapy
Not Enough
The Sofa Bed
With Salt
BEST ARTISTIC FILM
The UnAmerican: A Soldier's Story
Sneaker Therapy
Paralysis
OUTSTANDING FAN FILM
Triggered:
A Cinematic Super Hero Fan Film
BEST ANIMATION FILM
Gangsta Island
A Sofa Bed
BEST DEBUT FILM
The Struggle
For The Love of Tanya
BEST FILM ARTWORK
Zipporah's Destiny
Invidia's Lens
Gangsta Island
The Long Hollywood Night
Heart 'N' Soul
TIDE
B.O.M.B. Founders Pick
TBA
2023 LVBFF
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
TBA














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