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Burbank International Film Festival

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]

Burbank International Film Festival
LocationBurbank, California, U.S.
Founded2009
Founded byVal Tonione
LanguageInternational
Websiteburbankfilmfest.org

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

2021

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It was held in Downtown Burbank in September 2021. The winners were:[19]

  • President's Innovation Award: The First Six Lessons
  • Best Animated Short: Falafel Cart by Abdullah Al-Wazzan
  • Best Foreign Short: Synthetic Love
  • Best Comedy Short: Good Head
  • Best Feature – Foreign Film: Million Love in Me

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