ShortList Film Festival 2023: TheWrap Toasts Nominees at LA’s Culver Theater (Exclusive Photos)

TheWrap’s 2023 Shortlist Film Festival descended on Los Angeles’ Culver Theater Wednesday night to screen this year’s nominated shorts, host a panel talk-back with nominated filmmakers and toast the evening’s winners and stars of tomorrow at an after-screening reception at the nearby Culver Hotel.

Documentary short “When the LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood” and director Nathan Truesdell took home the evening’s top prize, the Industry Award, while the evening’s Audience Award went to Sean Wang’s documentary ”Năi Nai & Wài Pó” and Ralph Parker III’s ”Sammy, Without Strings“ earned the Student Audience Award.

The 2023 ShortList Film Festival was sponsored by Kodak, The Los Angeles Film School, Scriptation, The Camera Division, Blackmagic Design and New York Festivals.

Click through the gallery to see the full evening of programming as led by TheWrap moderators, founder CEO Sharon Waxman and executive editor of awards Steve Pond.