The 1st Annual DBFF Awards Gala Event

DBFF AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED:

BEST FEATURE FILM - (Presenters: TBD)

Nominees:

Explicit Ills
Jerome Bixby’s Man from Earth
Phoebe in Wonderland
The Speed of Life

BEST ACTOR IN A FEATURE FILM - (Presenters: Jon Douglas Rainey, TBD)

Nominees:

Frank Grillo (iMurders)
David Lee Smith (Jerome Bixby’s Man from Earth)
Martin Cepeda (Explicit Ills)
Jeremy Allen White (The Speed of Life)
Courtney Gains (Benny Bliss and the Disciples of Greatness)

BEST ACTRESS IN A FEATURE FILM - (Presenters: TBD)

Nominees:

Frankie Shaw (Explicit Ills)
Kristina Klebe (Public Interest)
Elle Fanning (Phoebe in Wonderland)
Felicity Huffman (Phoebe in Wonderland)
Mena Suvari (Stuck)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A FEATURE FILM (Presenters: Ken Del Vecchio)

Paul Dano (Explicit Ills)
William Katt (Jerome Bixby’s The Man from Earth)
Russell Hornsby (Stuck)
Bill Pullman (Phoebe in Wonderland)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A FEATURE FILM (Presenters: TBD)

Rosario Dawson (Explicit Ills)
Patricia Clarkson (Phoebe in Wonderland)
Irene Bedard (Cosmic Radio)
Joanne Baron (iMurders)

BEST DIRECTOR - (Presenters: Robert X. Golphin, Michael Panichelli Jr.)

Nominees:

Mark Webber (Explicit Ills)
Brad Robinson (Public Interest)
Ed Radtke (The Speed of Life)
Daniel Barnz (Phoebe in Wonderland)

BEST SHORT FILM - (Presenters: David Roehm Sr., Eric D. Wilkinson)

Nominees:

Beautiful Man in the Buff
Across the Hall
Cutout
In Vivid Detail

BEST ACTOR IN A SHORT FILM - (Presenters: Ron DiPrimio, Rick Cahall)

Nominees:

Robert X. Golphin (Beautiful Man in the Buff)
Adrien Grenier (Across the Hall)
James Oliver (Across the Hall)
Michael J. Panichelli Jr. (The Cage)
John Ventimiglia (In Vivid Detail)

BEST ACTRESS IN A SHORT FILM (Presenters: Amel Figueroa, Gina Martino)

Nominees:

Lauren Jane Krystofolski (The Cage)
Piper Perabo (In Vivid Detail)
Jocelyn Amos (Katrina’s Wake)

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Presenters: Kyle Klaus, Vanessa Liu)

Movement X
Blowing Smoke
Generation RX

BEST INDEPENDENT FILM (under a million dollars)
(Presenters: Stewart Raffill, Diane Kirman)

Nominees:

Homeland
Public Interest
iMurders
Jerome Bixby’s Man from Earth
Benny Bliss and the Disciples of Greatness

BEST SCREENPLAY – Feature and Short
(Presenters: Scott Neustadter, Jonathan Sachar)

Feature Nominees:

The Knuckleballer (written by Michael L. Murphy)
Astrid (written by Nicole Agostino)
Jessie’s Girl (written by Richard Schenkman & Eric D. Wilkinson)
Boo Hoo Flanagan (written by Robert Gately)
Long Shadow Woman (written by Craig Clyde)

Short Nominees

Fish Fetish (written by Ray DeFeis)
Eternal Politics (written by Samuel Douglas Miller)

THE DBFF AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD - ???
(Presenters: DBFF Committee Members - TBD)

Winner: ???