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2023 Festival Winners

Best Student Stage Script

WINNER

Ronan Osteen

The Unseen War

RUNNER UP

Andrew Jones, Lydia Davis

The Mission

Best Original Stage Script

WINNER

Molly Ishmael

The Book of Job

RUNNER UP

Lewis Philip Bliss

In His Steps

Best Book of an Original Musical

WINNER

Aaron Alsmeyer

Leviathan

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER

Dennis R. Doud

Rings of Talmoorin

RUNNER UP

John Martins III

My Iowa

Best Stage Production

WINNER

Stephanie Davidson

In the Valley

RUNNER UP

Ashlynn Dapper

Berlin

Best Original Musical 

WINNER

Stephen Joseph Burke

The Hiding Place

RUNNER UP

Billy Wayne Arrington

Son of Sorrows

2nd RUNNER UP

Jess Day

Surrender

Best Animated Short

WINNER

Joseph Hoh

Wonderfully Made

RUNNER UP

Nicolas P. Villarreal

On/off 

Best Student Short 

WINNER

Judy England

The Stranger

RUNNER UP

Justin Sterner, Kate Larson

The Glitch

Best Mobile Short 

WINNER

Ned Rossi

Strumming Alone 

RUNNER UP

Reginald W. Gibson

It’s All Good 

Best Short Film

WINNER

Steven Stuart Baldwin

Adama’s Dream

RUNNER UP

Joshua David Wright

Self

2nd RUNNER UP

Manos Triantafillakis

Just like Water

Best Short Documentary

WINNER

Chase Kinney

Freed

RUNNER UP

Eliza Q. Hemenway

The Way to Hawassa

2nd RUNNER UP

Becky Hellwig

Open Doors

Best Documentary Feature

WINNER

Matthew Diamond

Exaltation

RUNNER UP

Shane McMullin

Go

2nd RUNNER UP

John P. Ondo

Station Identification

2nd RUNNER UP

Dan Tarrant

Rescued from Darkness

Best Cinematography

WINNER

John Carrington

Go 

Best Director 

WINNER

Garrett Michael Batty

Best Picture 

WINNER

Marty Roberts, Jimmy Womble

 Running the Bases

RUNNER UP

Shane McMullin

Go

Founders Award 

WINNER

Ron Mighell (in memorial) 

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