Presenting the Award This! 2023 Nominees

Film Threat’s Award This! has become a unique voice for indie film and an annual industry staple. An event with a mission — to champion independent films across a multitude of categories to bring awareness to the growing number of exceptional indies available on DVD, VOD, and streaming services. Film Threat recognizes these films each year with a ceremony hosted by actors, comedians and critics, and the celebration continues at a huge afterparty. And yes, there will be an Award This! gift bag and it's even bigger in 2023. The Award This! nominees were selected from over 2,000 films reviewed by Film Threat in 2022 (this year we extended our deadline into the first half of 2023 to fairly represent all the films since the last Award This!). Award This! returns for its fifth year and will take place at the Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, California on Sunday, December 10th and a limited number of tickets are available to the public now at AwardThis.com and on the Frida Cinema website. Film Threat's Award This! is the only award show where the general public may attend by simply buying a ticket. (Try getting tickets to the Oscars or the Independent Spirit Awaards!) This years’ vastly differing nominees have offered unique views with a horror icon, a startling true crime, Watergate from a different angle, uplifting female Taiko drummers, political prisoners drawn by acclaimed animation artists, racing from within the driver’s seat, unsung WWII heroes and more. And the utterly unique Award This! bold and diverse categories include Indie Sci-Fi, Documentary, Indie Horror, Indie Comedy, Indie LGBTQ+ Film, Unreal Outsiders Documentary Indie Action/Thriller, Indie Drama, Indie Romance, Music Documentary, Indie Animation, Films About Filmmaking, WTF Indie, Pop Culture Documentary, Socially Relevant Documentary, Short Film, Best Director, Best Directress, Indie Made for Less Than the Contents of an Oscar Gift Bag (Under $100K), and Indie Movie of the Year. "...indie filmmakers continue to show us that there are no limits in cinema." “Hollywood often shows us that they can re-make anything, but indie filmmakers continue to show us that there are no limits in cinema. Award This! and Film Threat are here to champion voices that color outside the lines. Independent cinema rises like a phoenix away from the studio cutting room floor. Join us as we cheer on the rebel artists on December 10th,” states Film Threat publisher and Award This! producer Chris Gore." And it's always fun to party with a group of amazing and eclectic filmmakers. They really know how to party! Many of them drink like fish. No disrespect to fish." The nominating board of Award This! is comprised of the staff of Film Threat’s editors and critics which number 30+ worldwide along with an advisory board of media figures and independent film luminaries. And now, may we present the Award This! 2023 Nominees... Award This! Short Film Bunco Babes Home Sweet Home Incidental Pulp Friction Return to Sender Same Old Starship The Wrong Guy Award This! Director Christopher Morvant (Life Cycle) Damien Leone (Terrifier 2) Dan Mirvish (18 ½) Isaiah Washington (Corsicana) James Morisini (I Love My Dad) Justin Souriau-Levine (Planet Of The Astronauts) Luke Covert (Turbo Cola) Award This! Directress April Wright (Back to the Drive-In) Dawn Mikkelson & Keri Pickett (Finding Her Beat) Lisa Hagopian, Co-Director (We Thrive) Maria Peek (Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic) Stacy Maltin (Triple Threat) Susan Stern (Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez) Zora Iman Crews, Co-Director (The Daphne Project) Award This! Indie Movie of the Year 18 ½ Brightwood The Daphne Project I Love My Dad Mad Heidi Planet Of The Astronauts Terrifier 2 Turbo Cola Award This! Film About Movies or Filmmaking Back to the Drive-In The Horror Crowd Only In Theaters Pennywise: The Story of It The Story of Film: A New Generation Award This! Music Documentary Finding Her Beat One for ALL: The DJ Chris Villa Story Pistoleros: Death, Drugs and Rock N’ Roll This is Gwar We Thrive Award This! Socially Relevant Documentary Clean Slate The Irritable Heart Sextortion: The Hidden Pandemic Syndrome K Truelove: The Film This Land Award This! Pop Culture Documentary Bad Attitude: The Art of Spain Rodriguez Batman and Me Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection Out in the Ring The Pez Outlaw The Rookie Season Unreal Outsiders Documentary The Balcony Movie Chop and Steele Eternal Spring A Life On The Farm My Old School Science Friction Award This! Documentary A Life On The Farm Chop and Steele Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection Eternal Spring Finding Her Beat This is Gwar This Land Truelove: The Film Award This! Indie Sci-Fi Alpha Code The Breach Breaking the Loop Life Cycle Madelines Talent Keyhole Award This! Indie Horror Blood Relatives Bloody Bridget Brightwood Terrifier 2 The Quantum Terror Wormhole Award This! Indie Comedy Bernice, Too The Daphne Project I Love My Dad Support Group Olympus The Take Out Move Turbo Cola Award This! Indie LGBTQ+ Themed Film Bliss of Evil Borrowed Bristol Fashion Neptune Frost Swallowed Triple Threat Award This! Indie Animation Absolute Denial Death of a Rockstar Eternal Spring Mad God Unicorn Boy Award This! Indie Action/Thriller Corsicana Creatures of Necessity Escape the Field Hunt Her, Kill Her Once Upon a Time in the District The Squad Award This! WTF Indie like “What the Fuck is This Movie Even?” Bernice, Too Mad Heidi Ninja Badass The Nudels of Nudeland No Shark Adult Swing Yule Log Award This! Indie Romance The Good Hearts Club Hank and Jolene I Love My Dad Love in Kilnerry Seize the Night Tehranto Award This! Indie Drama 18 ½ Icon Crossing Ragged Heart Topside Waiting for Bojangles Award This! Indie Made for Less Than the Contents of an Oscar Gift Bag (Under $100K) 18 ½ Bernice, Too Creatures of Necessity The Daphne Project The Nudels of Nudeland Planet Of The Astronauts Tickets for Award This! are on sale now, so get them now here. Tickets are limited. And check out the official Award This! website for more including eligibility requirements for filmmakers. Get more on our social media and follow Award This! on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Linktree.

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