2023 Travel Beyond Film Festival – Winners Announced

2023 Travel Beyond Film Festival – Winners Announced

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We Are Pleased to Announce the Winners of #TBFF2023


Best 1st Nations Film

  • Mi’kma’ki: Gwitna’q
    (Land of the Mi’kmaw: Travel by Canoe)
    Dir. Wendell G. Collier – Canada – Newfoundland

 

Best Animated Film – Surfing

  • The Rider
    Dir. Caitlin-Marie Miner Ong – United States

 

Best Activism Film

  • The Street Project
    Dir. Jennifer Boyd – United States

 

Best BioPic Film

  • The Horizon Behind Me
    Dir. Roberto Pettini – Italy, Australia
    Featuring Roberto Pettini as ‘Himself”

Best Dance Film  (Inaugural Year 2023)

  • Traverse
    Dir. Chris Lee – United States
    Featuring Dancers
    Maddie Anderson, Micah Burkhardt, Brianna Lopex
    Samantha Matsukawa, John Sotele, Eliza Tappan

 

Best Documentary Feature

  • The Horizon Behind Me
    Dir. Roberto Pettini – Italy, Australia

 

Best Documentary Short

  • Bound by the Ocean – Liés par l’Océan
    Dir. Paul Lavoine – France, French Polynesia
    Featuring Surfers, Fishermen
    Kauli Vaast, Matahi Drollet, Tahurai Henry
    Tassio Jose Azambuja, Mormont Mauthui

 

Best Environmental Film

  • Garden State
    Dir. Julie Langsam – United States

 

Best Experimental Film – Surf

  • Stoker Machine
    Dir. Darieus Legg – United States, Hawaii

 

Best Extreme Adventure Film

  • Foil The Strait
    Dir. Mark Tantrum – New Zealand
    Featuring KiteBoarders
    Brian Walters + Justin Grobler

 

Best Feature Film – Animal Friendly

  • The All Is One – Die Q ist ein Tier
    Dir. Tobias Schönenberg – Germany

 

Best Human Interest Film

  • Ora
    Dir. Michel Garcia – France, French Polynesia
    Featuring Para Surfers
    Éric Dargent, Jérôme Bonellli et Benoît Moreau

 

Best Nature / Wildlife Film

  • Shoreline Socialites
    Dir. Inder Nirwan – Canada
    Julie Woodyer – Writer –  Canada

 

Best Surf Film

  • Bagus Lagi – The Dream Never Ends
    Dir. Alexandre ‘Alex’ Ribas – Portugal, Indonesia
    Featuring Surfer
    Pedro Booman

 

Best Travel / RoadTrip Film

  • Road to Revolution
    Dir. Peter Furst, Dir. Garnet Mae – Australia

 

Specialty Awards

 

Best Actor

  • Martin Timmy Haberger as “Thorben Kugler“
  • The All Is One – Die Q ist ein Tier
    Dir. Tobias Schönenberg – Germany

 

Best Cinematography
Best Underwater Cinematography Film

  • Bound by the Ocean – Liés par l’Océan
    Dir. Paul Lavoine – France, French Polynesia

 

  • Shipwrecked In Style
    Dir. Steve Haining – Canada
    2nd Place

 

Best Editing

  • Bound by the Ocean – Liés par l’Océan
    Dir. Paul Lavoine – France, French Polynesia

 

>> Best Of The Fest <<

  • Stoker Machine
    Dir. Darieus Legg – United States, Hawaii
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