Frankfurt am Main | 14 – 22 October 2023

B3 Festival 2023

Awards and winners

BEST SHORT FILM

Maureen O'Connell - "Haven"

A lonely sheep farmer in her 60's, Carmel, and a Mothers and Baby's Home Survivor, forms an unlikely friendship with a young teenage Somalian girl, Tanaka, living in the local refugee centre in the village. Read more …

BEST EMERGING TALENT

Federico Zurani - "Tiny Creatures"

Tiny Creatures is an ongoing project that explores the possibilities of using a video game environment as an alternative narrative tool. Read more …

BEST VR EXPERIENCE

Cameron Kostopoulus - "Body of Mine"

"Body of Mine VR" places you into the body of another gender for an exploration of gender dysphoria and trans identity. Read more …

ROTRAUT PAPE INSPIRATION AWARD

Milena Bühring, Klara Kirsch, Lisa Kaschubat - "Ectoriders"

The experimental short film "Ectoriders" revolves around Mimi, Kay and Yv, who find themselves in a futuristic game show. Read more …

BEST IMMERSIVE AND TIME BASED ART

Evond Blake "Azurite Fielding"

'Azurite Fielding' is a trans-dimensional, audio-visual journey performed in real-time that explores metaphysical realms that lie outside of our temporal reality. Read more …

BEST FEATURE FILM

Alice Troughton "The Lesson"

Liam, an aspiring young author, hungry for success and recognition, takes a tutoring position at the family estate of his idol, renowned author J.M. Sinclair. Read more …

B3 HONORARY AWARD FOR TIME BASED ART

Daniel Canogar

Born in Madrid (1964) to a Spanish father and an American mother, Daniel Canogar’s life and career have bridged between Spain and the U.S. Photography was his earliest medium of choice. Read more …

B3 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Sir Stephen Frears

Frears' work is characterised by a wide variety of styles, themes and genres. After initially working in television, he turned to cinema in the mid-1980s. His break-through on the big screen was in 1984 with MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE, starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Read more …