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2023 Allentown Film Festival Award Winners

Best Music Video

Lost in Time

Lisa Thomas

Best Narrative Feature

Out and About

Peter Callahan

Best Narrative Short

Calf Rope

Bradley Hawkins

Best Documentary Feature

State of the Unity

Nathaniel Paul Hoff and Jillian Ann Speece

Best Documentary Short

Forged in Steel

Matthew Heffner

Best Comedy Short

Sketch

Dawn Daignault and Carla Hadley

Best Art Film

Self-Portrait Artist

Curtis Whitear

Best Actor

It’s a Dog

David Rosenberg

Best Actress

Bitter Taste of Ginger

Sarah Cugini

Best Director:  Feature Film

Bitter Taste of Ginger

Brandon Lay

Best Director:  Short Film

A Rare Dinner

Josiah James

Best Director:  Art Film

I Am Danny Torres

Abigail Torres Melendez and Eric Melendez

2023 Lehigh Valley 1 to 5 Minute Short Film Competition

Best College Student Film and Grand Prize Winner of Short Film Competition

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Casey Schaffer

Best K-12 Student Film

On Cloud Nine

Caleb Diaz

Best Lehigh Valley Filmmaker Film

Going Rogue

Kwesa the Artist

Best Horror Short

Beyond Your Nightmares

Evan Stitt

Best Nature Documentary

Get Bugged

Noah Schreiner

Best Editing

The Nerves Reminded Me

Frank Glass

Best Artistic Direction

Girls Smoking

John Peter Coronati

Best Dystopian Film

The Upgrade

Jake Dougherty

Best Sci-Fi Film

Project:  LEAF

Ethan Silver

Best Animated Film

Peregrine

John Terlesky

Best Surreal Film

The Interview

Carla Hadley

Best Inspirational Film

Keep Fighting

Michael Sean Brown

Best Autobiographical Documentary

Eye of the Storm

Matthew Donley

Best Poetic Documentary

Autograph

Zachary Gutherman

Best Stop Motion Animated Film

Fish Delivery #95

Luke Wolsko

Best Animated Music Video

Still Dreaming

Kwesa the Artist