2023 AWARD WINNERS
Cinema Dulce – Best of Fest
Juneteenth: Faith and Freedom | directed by Ya'Ke Smith
Audience Choice Award
The Lady Bird Diaries | directed by Dawn Porter
Best Feature Film
I Like Movies | directed by Chandler Levak
Best Short Film
Written In Ink | directed by Cordelaine Kline
Best Texas Film
Cowboy Bourbon | directed by Chet Garner and Daniel Mecey
Best Documentary Film
Oklahoma Breakdown | directed by Christopher Fitzpatrick
Best Student Short Film
Green Water | directed by Carlos Estrada
Best Director
Lance Larson | Deadland
Best Actress
Georgina Reilly | Match Me if You Can
Best Actor
Rudy Pankow | Chocolate Lizards
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS
Chocolate Lizards | USA | Dramedy | Mark Lambert Bristol
Deadland | USA | Drama | Lance Larson
Good Egg | USA| Comedy | Nicole Gomez Fisher
I Like Movies | Canada | Dramedy | Chandler Levack
Match Me If You Can | USA | Comedy | Marian Yeager
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILMS
Cowboy Bourbon: The Full Proof Tale of Garrison Brothers | USA | Chet Garner and Daniel Mecey
Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom | USA | Ya'Ke Smith
The Lady Bird Diaries | USA | Dawn Porter
Oklahoma Breakdown | USA | Christopher Charles Fitzpatrick
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS
Batsies | USA | Elizabeth Unger
A Boat for my Brother | USA | Matthew Boyd
Breaking Silence | USA | Amy Bench and Annie Silverstein
From Dreams to Dust | Indonesia | Muhammad Fadli and Stephanie Tangkilisan
Grey Horse | USA | Emil Lozada
You are Me & I am You | Ecuador | Melissa Kirkendall
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - STUDENT SHORT FILMS
Boppie | USA | Drama | Ethan Gueck
Double Take | USA | Drama| Eli Canter
Dust to Dust | USA | Drama | India Opzoomer
Girlfight | USA | Dramedy | Ava Smith
Green Water | USA | Drama | Carlos Estrada
Lesser Works | USA | Drama | Abbie Bergman and Madelyn Day
Longer than Night | USA | Action | Sammie Hottel
Supermarket Affairs | Viet Nam | Dramedy | Hang Luong Nguyen
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - NARRATIVE SHORT FILMS
The Art of Tennis | USA | Comedy | Marshall Copous
Breakfast To Go | USA | Comedy | Ronald Short
Call Me Mommy | USA | Comedy | Haley Alea Erickson and Taylor Washington
Chipper | USA | Drama | Shaun MacLean
Chukkers | Spain | Drama | Manuel Ramos
Credit | USA | Drama | Patrick Kirton and Susan Kirton
Curtain Call | USA | Drama | Christian Jacob Ramón
Fear | USA | Drama | Gemini Davis and Naveen Tan
The Garage Sale | USA | Drama | Alison Week
El Gato Feo | USA | Drama | Daniel Fabelo
Goblin | USA | Dramedy | Jenny Ward
Hijo | USA | Drama | Oscar Perez-Chairez
I Have No Tears, and I Must Cry | USA | Drama | Luis Fernando Puente
In the Water | USA | Drama | Drew Highlands
It Listens | USA | Horror | Paul Alanis
Looking Back | USA | Dramedy | Michael Charron
Mahogany Drive | USA | Comedy | Jerah Milligan
Misprint | USA | Thriller | Adam Volerich
Morgan | USA | Drama | Travis Patten
Mother Fucker | USA | Drama | Justin Arnold
New Shoes | USA | Drama | Thommy Kane and Bojan Vanovac
No Matter What | USA | Drama | Christopher James Thompson
Passing Through | USA | Drama | Erica Alexandria Silverman
The Problem With Time Travel | USA | Comedy | Mike Kearby
Savage Dawn | USA | Drama | Tamiah Bantum
(S)hit Squad | USA | Comedy | Johnathan Brownlee
The Singing Telegram | USA | Dramedy | Nic Cory and Eddie Grey
Social AnnXiety | USA | Comedy | Jason C. Brown
Strings | USA | Drama | Rodrigo Moreno-Fernandez
A Thousand Times A Day | USA | Drama | Chantelle James
What Would You Do? | USA | Drama | Alexander English and Veronica Kelly
Written In Ink | USA | Drama | Cordelaine Kline
WÜM | USA | Comedy | Anna Margaret Hollyman