2023 Riverside International Film Festival Winners!

Lifetime Achievement Award: Patty McCormack

Founder's Award: Good Guy with a Gun

President's Award: Blake Rice, Little Thieves

Jury Best Feature: 1660 Vine

Jury Best Short: The Box (Tie)

Jury Best Short: Out of Water (Tie)

Jury Best Animation: Fobi

Jury Best Documentary: Earthbound - Nzambi Matee

Jury Best Student Film: Starstruck

Jury Best SoCal Student Film: Mantis Club

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble Cast: Deadly Draw

Inland Empire Student Film Festival Award Winners!

High School Films

Best Picture: Amentia, Cecilia Bettinsoli

Best Picture: Pursuit of the Unkown, Zoe Elaine Minter

Best Documentary: Fontana Leadership Intervention Program, Kira Flores and Eduardo Lopez

Best Music Video: The Lambonators of Saturn, Seth N. Robinson

Best Director: Zoe Elaine Minter, Pursuit of the Unkown

Best Cinematography: Amentia, Jeremiah Moulton

Outstanding Actor: Cecilia Bettinsoli, Amentia

Outstanding Actor: Satori Munson, Pursuit of the Unkown

Dedicated Filmmaker: Andrea Gomez

California Baptist University Film Festival Award Winners

Director's Challenge: Wallpaper: A Mobster's Tale, Avery Warren

Best Picture: Unapparent Apparitions, Jessia Donald

Best Director: Blake Rice, Little Thieves

Best Cinematography: Little Thieves, Blake Rice

Best Actor: Eric Cheng, Unapparent Apparitions

Best Actress: Victoria Cerda, Little Thieves

Best Actress: Sabrina Haim, Sometimes I Feel Sad

Best Supporting Actor: Simon Martin, Unapparent Apparitions

Best Supporting Actress: Erika Mugglin, Unapparent Apparitions

Best Production Design: Unapparent Apparitions, Jessica Donald

Best Editing: Little Thieves, Blake Rice

Best Screenplay: Little Thieves, Blake Rice

Best Music: Ben Morey, Unapparent Apparitions

Best Music: Moena, Little Thieves

Best Short Documentary: Do What I Want, Justin Ferrer