BBFS 2023 | AWARD WINNERS

Big Bear Mountain Made Award | Best Narrative Feature

Wing Dad | 1:16:00

Director: Lucas Astrom

Grizzly Feature Film Award

CLOWNING | 1:31:00

Director: P.M. Lipscomb

Feature Film Award *Honorable Mention

The Hand That Feeds | 1:41:53

Director: Blair Smith

Big Bear Mountain Made Award | Best Narrative Short

Psychedelic Neon Zombie Nightmare | 9:48

Director: Howie Askins

Best Narrative Short

Driverless | 24:51

Director: Charles Pelletier

Short Film Award *Honorable Mention

No Peanuts For Brooks McGill | 20:30

Director: Gerard Zarra

Short Film Award *Honorable Mention

The Great American Short Story | 4:20

Director: Daniel Maggio

Best Documentary Feature

ELEMENTAL, reimagining our relationship with wildfire | 1:19:25

Director: Trip Jennings

Best Student Feature

Viral | 1:17:57

Director: Alexander Maxwell Adam

Best Student Short

Water | 2:40

Director: Lillian Berg

Best Foreign Narrative Feature

Hideout | 1:58:09 | Taiwan

Director: Yen Kuang Chen

Best Foreign Narrative Short 

The Girl who fell in love with the Mangrove | 10:00 | France

Director: Pauline Dupin

Best Foreign Narrative Short *Honorable Mention

Life, Death and Turkey Sandwich | 4:05 | Germany

Director: Gabi Horn

Best Foreign Documentary Feature

Real Fur | 1:29:00 | Canada

Director: Taimoor Choudhry

Best Feature Screenplay

The Crucified 

Writers: Beau McFarland and Russell Tenzing Campbell

Best Feature Screenplay *Honorable Mention

CornStalkers 

Writer: Michael L Bayouth

Best Short Screenplay

Stranded 

Writer: Kevin Machate

Best Short Screenplay *Honorable Mention

Disorder 

Writers: Bilal Lee and Davion Hayes