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The Burbank International Film Festival (BIFF) is an annual film festival held since 2009 in Burbank, California, United States. It was founded by Val Tonione,[1] and awards are distributed to filmmakers that have focused on social and environmental issues.[2]
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| Location | Burbank, California, U.S. |
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| Founded | 2009 |
| Founded by | Val Tonione |
| Language | International |
| Website | burbankfilmfest |
In 2023, the festival honored filmmaker Tim Burton at their 15th annual film festival.[3]
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It ran from March 22 to 29 at the Woodbury University.[4]
It ran from July 31 to August 7 at the Woodbury University.[5] The winners were:[6]
- Best Feature Film: Charlie Valentine
- Best Short Film: True Beauty, This Night
- Best Documentary: Gus, An American Icon
- Best Student Film: Jale
- Best Film Noir: Sage
- Best Animated Short: Skylight
- Best Drama: Tick Tock (Tracey Birdsall)[7]
- Best Western: The Sierra
- Best Music Video: "City of Noise"
- Best Foreign Film: Andheri
- Best Sci-Fi Comedy: Fudgy Wudgy Fudge Face and The Adventures of Zion Man & The Supreme Commander
- Best Sci-Fi: Enigma
- Best Commercial: HBO's The Deal Breaker and Levi's' True Love Ad
- Best Cinematography: Mansfield Path
- Best Based on A True Story: Grace Bedell
- Best Directing: Daniel Sametz for Buroinfierno
- Best Socially Conscious Film: The Elephant in the Living Room and The Cartel
- Shortest Short: Peel
- Best Screenplay: Daniel D. Molinoff for Outrider
- Best Historical Piece: A Letter from Home
- Best Editing: James Coblentz for Mansfield Path
- Best Acting: Peter Green for Poetry Man
- President's Award: Poetry Man
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It ran from September 15 to 18 at the Burbank AMC Theatres.[8] The winners were:[9][10][11]
- Best Feature (Narrative): A Lonely Place for Dying
- Best Feature (Animation): Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
- Best Short Film (Narrative): Bathing and the Single Girl
- Best Short Film (Animation): Friday Night Tights
- Best Documentary: Canine Instinct
- Best Indie Animation: Biology
- Currator's Choice Award for Animation: The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
- Best Foreign Film: Augenblicke
- Best Student Film (Narrative): Dr. Thompson
- Best Student Film (Animation): An Awkward Situation
- Best Screenplay (Unproduced): The King's Son
- Best Writing (Original): Amanda
- Best Writing (Adaptation): Tell-Tale
- Best Writing (Animation / Original): Supa Pirate Booty Hunt: Music Saves Lives PSA
- Best Writing (Animation / Adaptation): Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
- Bella Fe Films / FrameFroge Previz (core version) development scholarship winner: Imprinted
- FrameFroge Previz 3D Pro version software winner: To the End of the World
- Best Commercial: Adidas' The Aerialist
- Best Director (Narrative): Martin Barigel for Augenblicke
- Best Director (Animation): Kazuya Murata for Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos
- Best Actor in a Leading Role: Sam Gipson for The Insides of a Lamb
- Best Actress in a Leading Role: Emma Karawady for Death Wish
- Best Voice Acting: Spike Spencer for Supa Pirate Booty Hunt: Music Saves Lives PSA
- Best Cinematography: Greg Williams for Tell-Tale
- Best Film Editing: Nicholas Goodman for Help Me Please
- Best Costume Design: Red Princess Blues
- Best Visual Effects: Divination and Defective Detective
- Best Character Design: Supa Pirate Booty Hunt: Music Saves Lives PSA
- Best Production Design: Supa Pirate Booty Hunt: Music Saves Lives PSA
- Best Art Direction: Supa Pirate Booty Hunt: Music Saves Lives PSA
- Best Sound Editing: Supa Pirate Booty Hunt: Music Saves Lives PSA
- Best Music: Defective Detective
- Best Science Fiction Film: The New World
- Best Horror/Thriller Film: Blackstone
- Best Comedy Film: Pepper
- Best Drama Film: Freak
- Best Music Video: "Stockpiling Poison"
- Flappers Funny Film Contest: Runyon: Just Above Sunset
- Sonic Sound-off: Best Band: Outliar
- Feature Selection Award: Narrative Film: Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Feature Selection Award: Short Film: Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest
- Feature Selection Award: Animated Feature: Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Oddesssey
- Feature Selection Award: Documentary: Adventures in Plymptoons
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It ran from September 5 to 9 at the Burbank AMC Theatres.[12] The winners were:[13]
- Best Feature Documentary: Greedy, Lying, Bastards
- Best Short Documentary: Among Giants
- Best Adapted Screenplay: The Legend of Mccoy Mountain
- Best Original Screenplay: Jack and Annie's Co List
- Best Music Video: "Space Tree"
- Best Student Film: Impetuous
- Best Animated Short Film: Devils, Angels and Dating and Beaver Creek episode 7
- Best Foreign Feature Film: Ecstasy
- Best Foreign Short Film: I Am Neda
- Best Commercial: True Power
- Best Comedy Short Film: Camp Chapel
- Best Short Film by Women: When You Find Me and Neighbors
- Best Horror Short Film: The Curse
- Best Science Fiction Short Film: The Taste of Copper
- Best Comedy Short Contest: High Maintenance
- Comic Book / Graphic Novel Competition
- Best Cover: Infex
- Best Comic Book: M3
- Best Graphic Novel: Trench Coats, Cigarettes and Shotguns
- Best Thriller Feature Film: In The Eyes of a Killer
- Best Thriller Short Film: Tracer Gun
- Best Dramatic Feature Film: Things I Don't Understand
- Best Dramatic Short Film: Masque
- Best New Media: The Division
- Best Actor: Adam Sinclair for Ecstasy
- Best Actress: Danielle Harris for Shiver and Kelli Garner for Neighbors
- President's Innovation Award: White Room: 02B3
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It ran from September 4 to 8 at the Downtown Burbank.[14][15] The winners were:[16]
- Best Feature Documentary: Walk On
- Best Short Documentary: Jujitsing Reality
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Lifetime Loser
- Best Original Screenplay: Hard Promises and Arc of Eloides”
- Best Student Film: Boots and Hear Me Roar
- Los Angeles County Student Filmmakers Award: Being and Ingrained
- Best Animated Short: Tailed
- Best International Animated Short: Wings of Time
- Best Foreign Feature Film: Los Traficantes
- Best Comedy Feature Film: Chasing Taste
- Best Foreign Short: Sweet Love
- Best Comedy Short Film: Driving Tinseltown
- Best Film by Women: Ghost Exchange
- Best Faith Based Short Film: Static
- Best Horror Short Film: Through the Woods
- Best Science Fiction Short Film: Supervised
- Best Horror Feature Film: A House Is Not A Home
- Best Thriller Feature Film: Chink
- Best Dramatic Feature Film: A Fish Story
- Best Thriller Short Film: Incident on Highway 73
- Best Dramatic Short Film: Imagine
- Best New Media: On Begley Street
- Best New Media – Comedy: Heavenly Help
- Best Actor: Scott Wolf for Imagine and Eddie McClintock for A Fish Story
- Best Actress: Jayne Heitmeyer for A Fish Story and Elizabeth Schmidt for Incident on Highway 73
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It was held from September 3 to 7 at the Downtown Burbank.[17] The winners were:[18]
- President's Innovation Award: The Moving Picture Co. 1914
- Best Dramatic Short: The Last Session
- Best Feature Documentary: Better Things: The Choices of Jeffrey Catherine Jones
- Best Short Documentary: Pie Lady of Pie Town
- Best Student Film: Into The Silent Sea
- Los Angeles County Student Filmmakers Award: Unmatched
- Best Animated Short: The Numberlys
- Best Foreign Short: Butterfly Dreams
- Best Comedy Short: Heal Thyself
- Best Short by Women: Sophie
- Best Horror Short: Playing with the Devil
- Best Science Fiction Short: Stranger at the Pentagon
- Best Thriller Short: The Monsters
- Best New Media – Comedy: The Impression Guys
- Best New Media – Drama: Star Trek Continues: Fairest of Them All
- Best Faith Based Film: Families Are Forever
- Best Adapted Screenplay: The Guide
- Best Original Screenplay: The Seduction of Auntie Rose
- Best Actor: Daniel Baldwin for Wisdom To Know The Difference
- Best Actress: Teri Polo for The Last Session
- Best Feature – Drama: Wisdom To Know The Difference
- Best Feature – Thriller : Mercenaries
- Best Feature – Films by Women : The Piano: An Odyssey
- Best Feature – Foreign Film: Miss Julie
- Best Feature – Science Fiction: Time Lapse
- Best Feature – Faith Based: The God Question
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It was held in Downtown Burbank in September 2021. The winners were:[19]
- President's Innovation Award: The First Six Lessons
- Best Animated Short: Falafel Cart by Abdullah Al-Wazzan
- Best Foreign Short: Synthetic Love
- Best Comedy Short: Good Head
- Best Feature – Foreign Film: Million Love in Me
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