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.

Nathan Truesdell

Ralph Parker III

Giosue Greco

Katherine Propper

Jalena Keane-Lee

Luchina Fisher and Amy Bench

Michael T Workman

Will Lennon, Nathan Truesdell and Kat Nguyen

Steve Pond and Sharon Waxman

Doug Montgomery and Spence Bovee

Sharon Waxman and Edward Menicheschi

Jeff Vespa and Edward Menicheschi

Amy Bench, Elegance Bratton and Katherine Propper

Sharon Waxman and Sree Sreenivasan

Katherine Propper, Nathan Truesdell, Obinna Robert Onyeri, Amy Bench, Jalena Keane-Lee, Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal, Li Anne Liew, Michael T Workman, Luchina Fisher, Ralph Parker III and Giosue Greco

Steve Pond, Katherine Propper, Nathan Truesdell, Obinna Robert Onyeri, Amy Bench, Jalena Keane-Lee, Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal, Li Anne Liew, Michael T Workman, Luchina Fisher, Ralph Parker III, Giosue Greco and Sharon Waxman

Andi Ortiz

Sharon Waxman 

Elegance Bratton, Christine Vachon and Sharon Waxman

Elegance Bratton

Elegance Bratton and Sharon Waxman

Steve Pond

Steve Pond, Katherine Propper, Michael T Workman, Amy Bench, Giosue Greco, Jalena Keane-Lee, Luchina Fisher and Nathan Truesdell

Steve Pond, Katherine Propper, Michael T Workman, Amy Bench, Giosue Greco, Jalena Keane-Lee, Luchina Fisher and Nathan Truesdell

Steve Pond, Katherine Propper, Michael T Workman, Amy Bench, Giosue Greco, Jalena Keane-Lee, Luchina Fisher and Nathan Truesdell

Giosue Greco, Jalena Keane-Lee, Luchina Fisher and Nathan Truesdell

Giosue Greco, Jalena Keane-Lee, Luchina Fisher and Nathan Truesdell

Katherine Propper, Michael T Workman and Amy Bench

Giosue Greco, Jalena Keane-Lee and Luchina Fisher

Katherine Propper, Michael T Workman, Amy Bench, Giosue Greco, Jalena Keane-Lee, Luchina Fisher and Nathan Truesdell

Ralph Parker III

Giosue Greco

Nathan Truesdell and Elegance Bratton

Elegance Bratton and Nathan Truesdell 

Andi Ortiz and Nathan Truesdell

Sharon Waxman and Nathan Truesdell

Jessica Kingdon, Michael T Workman and Guest

Katherine Propper and Guest

Ralph Parker III and Sree Sreenivasan

O’Shea” Mylas, Sharon Waxman, Jill Renner and Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal

Andi Ortiz, Jacqueline Elyse Rosenthal, Jill Renner, O’Shea” Mylas, Doug Montgomery, Jalena Keane-Lee and Guest

Andi Ortiz, Doug Montgomery, Jalena Keane-Lee and Guest

Claire Loudis and Ralph Parker III