Awards announced for the third season (May 2024) of ‘Cinema Beatz Awards‘. CBA (Cinema Beatz Awards) is an yearly online film award ceremony hosted by Cinema Beatz for international filmmakers and creators.
American film ‘New York Violin’ directed by Natasa Lanieri Shakespeare won the Best Film Award while Benjamin Suchman’s ‘Fandemonium’ won the Honorable Mention Award in Best Short Film. Greg L Hines’s ‘Love And Horror’ (United States) won the Best Horror Film award while Brandon Manuel Werwa’s ‘Bowie and Geraldo Vs. The Shadow Monsters’ (United States) won the Special Festival Mention Award.
Natasa Lanieri Shakespeare’s ‘New York Violin’ won additional 7 awards including Best Director, Best Producer (Natasa), Best Actor (Mark Terentiev), Honorable Mention in Best Actress (Mélissa Joyce), Best Cinematographer (Leo Decristoforo), Best Editor (Natasa) and Best Music Director (Corban Calhoun).
American actress Dawna Lee Heising won the Best Actress Award for her performance in the film ‘The Rose Wagon’. ‘Punisher Origin Story’ written by Dan Smith won the Best Screenplay Award while Lazar Karov’s ‘The Screecher’ won the Best Horror Screenplay Award.
Here is the complete list of last season’s winners:
| No | AWARD | FILM | RECIPIENT(S) | COUNTRY |
| 1 | Best Film | New York Violin | Natasa Lanieri Shakespeare | United States |
| 2 | Honorable Mention in Best Short Film | Fandemonium | Benjamin Suchman | United States |
| 3 | Best Horror Film | Love And Horror | Greg L Hines | United States |
| 4 | Special Festival Mention | Bowie and Geraldo Vs. The Shadow Monsters | Brandon Manuel Werwa | United States |
| 5 | Best Screenplay | Punisher Origin Story | Dan Smith | United States |
| 6 | Honorable Mention in Best Screenplay | The Amber room | Lazar Karov | United States |
| 7 | Honorable Mention in Best Screenplay | John’s Journey | Paul Hodgson | United Kingdom |
| 8 | Best Horror Screenplay | The Screecher | Lazar Karov | United States |
| 9 | Best Short Screenplay | Bequeathed | Geoffrey Gould | United States |
| 10 | Best Book | Fenix and the Firework Fliers: A Dance-It-Out Creative Movement Story | Once Upon a Dance, Teacher Terrel & Ballerina Konora | United States |
| 11 | Best Director | New York Violin | Natasa Lanieri Shakespeare | United States |
| 12 | Best Producer | New York Violin | Natasa Lanieri Shakespeare | United States |
| 13 | Best Actor | New York Violin | Mark Terentiev | United States |
| 14 | Best Actress | The Rose Wagon | Dawna Lee Heising | United States |
| 15 | Honorable Mention in Best Actress | New York Violin | Mélissa Joyce | United States |
| 16 | Honorable Mention in Acting | Dawna Lee Heising Demo Reel – 2022 | Dawna Lee Heising | United States |
| 17 | Best Cinematographer | New York Violin | Leo Decristoforo | United States |
| 18 | Best Editor | New York Violin | Natasa Lanieri Shakespeare | United States |
| 19 | Best Music Director | New York Violin | Corban Calhoun | United States |
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