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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]
In 2023, the festival honored filmmaker Tim Burton at their 15th annual film festival.[3]
2009
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It ran from March 22 to 29 at the Woodbury University .[4]
2010
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
2011
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
2012
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
2013
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
2014
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