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Newport Beach Film Festival Announces 2023 Award Winners

By Christopher Trela | NB Indy
Every year the Newport Beach Film Festival screens more than 300 films during its eight-day run , which this year was October 12-19 .
During the festival , there were red carpet premieres , special events , live discussions with filmmakers ( including with the director of the opening night film , “ The Absence of Eden ”) and other signature moments that make the Newport Beach Film Festival so special .
Films screened at the festival competed for Audience , Jury , and Festival awards . After tallying the votes , the Newport Beach Film Festival has announced the winners .
AUDIENCE AWARDS
• Best International Feature : “ Radical ”
• Best U . S . Feature : “ The Holdovers ” & “ Brave the Dark ” ( tie )
• Best Action Sports Film : “ One Way Ticket - The Story of Greg Lutzka ”
• Culinary Audience Award : “ Food & Design ”
• Best Environmental Feature : “ Green City Life ”
• Best Art , Architecture , & Design Feature : “ Copyright Infringement ”
• Best Overall Documentary : “ The Disappearance of Shere Hite ” and “ Remembering Gene Wilder ” ( tie )
• Best Short Narrative : “ Two for the Road ”
• Best Short Documentary : “ Sincero ”
• Best Short Animation : “ Aikane ” and “ Worry World ” ( tie )
• Best Art , Architecture , & Design Short : “ Barbara Rachko : True Grit ”
• Best Action Sports Short :

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Opening night audience / photo by Chris Trela
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• Best Irish Film : “ Verdigris ”
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• Outstanding Short Documentary : “ Eat Flowers ”
• Outstanding Youth Short : “ Ovaryacting ”
FESTIVAL HONORS
JURY AWARDS
• Outstanding Performance :
• Best Feature Documentary : “ The
Annette Bening (“ Nyad ”)
Michoacán File ”
• Outstanding Performance :
• Best Feature : “ Monster ”
• Best Screenplay : Yûji Sakamoto
(“ Monster ”)
• Best Director : Guy Édoin
(“ Frontiers ” / “ Frontières ”)
• Best Cinematography : Narayan
Van Maele (“ Double Blind ”)
• Best Actor : Eita Nagayama
(“ Monster ”)
• Best Actress : Pascale Bussières
(“ Frontiers ” / “ Frontières ”)
• Best Short Narrative : “ Dig
Deeper ”
Colman Domingo (“ Rustin ”)
• Outstanding Feature Narrative :
“ American Fiction ” - Cord Jefferson
• Outstanding Screenplay :
“ American Fiction ” - Cord Jefferson
• Outstanding Documentary :
“ Immediate Family ”
• Outstanding Documentary :
“ Williams & Mansell : Red 5 ”
• Outstanding International
Documentary : “ I Dream in Photos ”
• Outstanding Editing Feature :
“ American Fiction ” - Hilda Rasula
Throughout the run of events , The Newport Beach Film Festival celebrated outstanding achievement in film with its slate of 2023 honorees .
On Friday , Oct . 13 , at its Mayor ’ s Reception at the VEA Mariott Newport Beach , honorees included Patricia Clarkson ( Artist of Distinction Award ), Jack Huston ( Breakout Director Award ), Phil Lord ( Maverick Award ) and Chris Miller ( Maverick Award ).
On Saturday , Oct . 14 , the Festival
• Best Short Documentary :
• Outstanding Editing Short :
“ Danceable ”
“ Numan ” - Salem Salavati
• Best Short Animation : “ Inglorious
• Outstanding Short Narrative : “ A
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