San Francisco Frozen Film Festival (SFFFF2023) Past Schedule of Events
The San Francisco Frozen Film Festival Celebrated It’s 17th Year Featuring an Exciting New Outdoor Film Venue in San Francisco!
SFFFF2023 showcased an epic collection of films from over 50 countries, including inspiring feature and short documentary films, mind-bending experimental films, award-winning animation program, comedy shorts, LGBTQ+ films, and an amazing collection of films made and produced in the Bay Area by students and local artists, and live audience talks. SFFFF2023 Included the declassified UFO footage film Phoenix Incident and featured Tony Hawk in the skate and surf feature film, Humanity Stoked before topping it off with a night of animation and some international short documentary films and comedic films.
SFFFF2023 was comprised an in-person program and a separate online program that was shown between the dates of July 12th and July 16th, 2023 right here at https://frozenfilmfestival.com.
SFFFF2023 AWARD-WINNERS
Best Short Documentary: Stoker Machine directed by Darieus Legg (United States)
Best Environmental Film: Protecting the River Krupa directed by Ciril Jazbec (Slovenia)
Best Digital Feature Film: Gift of Fear directed by Katy Dore, Jack Kohler (United States)
Best Student Director: The Librarian directed by Serkan Aktaş (Turkey)
Best Surf/Skate Video: Humanity Stoked directed by Michael Ien Cohen (United States)
Best International Film: The Passion directed by Mia Mullarkey (Ireland)
Best Animation: CUCUMBERS directed by Leondid Shmelkov (Russian Federation)
Best LGBTQ Themed Film: Boifriend directed by Rebecca Marquardt, Lane Michael Stanley (United States)
Best Music Video: Resurrection under the Ocean directed by Serkan Aktaş (Turkey)
Best Feature Documentary: Humanity Stoked directed by Michael Ien Cohen (United States)
First Time Director: (In)convenience directed by Alexandra Greenspan (United States)
Best Experimental Film: Monster directed by Henk Loorbach (Netherlands)
Best Comedic Film: Hating Beckett directed by Matthew Gossin (United States)
Best Dramatic Short Film: Am I not someone? directed by Gabriel Duarte, Daniel Eduardo de Souza (Brazil)
Best Sci-Fi / Horror Film: Phoenix Incident directed by Keith Arem (United States)
Best Virtual Reality Film: Alex Honnold: The Soloist VR directed by Jonathan Griffith (United Kingdom)
Best Youth Film: The Tenderloin Through My Eyes directed by Humera Shaikh (United States)
Best Video Game: How Deep Is the Dark Water? directed by Rhett Tsai (China)
SFFFF2023 Schedule Overview
The Seventeenth Annual S.F. Frozen Film Festival ran July 12th though the 16th, 2023! It featured in-person and online amazing film from around the world.
Wed, July 12th: Online Festival Program
Wed, July 12th: In-Person Opening Night
SFFFF’s Opening Night Party was Wednesday, July 12th at 7pm and was open to the public! We enjoyed drinks and food from vendors at The Crossing, as well as listened to amazing live music from our lineup: Cashmere Washington, Evan Wardell, Sara Judge, and Inzerra plus international short films as part of the evening. This was an outdoor event in SF! The Cut Outdoor Cinema is located at 250 Main St., San Francisco CA.
Thurs., July 13th: Featured In-Person Screening + Q & A
Fri., July 14th: Featured In-Person Screening + Q & A
Sat., July 15th: In-Person Film Festival Screenings - 1pm to Midnight + Live Q & A’s
The Cut Outdoor Theater, San Francisco
250 Main St.
Sun., July 16th: Online Festival Ends at Midnight.
