The Bathtub, DEFF 2023 “Best of the Fest” Winner
Director
Sergi Marti Maltas
Sergi Martí is a director and screenwriter. He studied at the ESCAC (School of Cinema and Audio visuals of Catalonia) graduating in the specialty of direction [Promotion 1997-2001].
Ramon Riera is taking a well-deserved bath when his cell phone suddenly rings. On the other side of the line is Clara, a girl who insistently tries to sell him a life insurance policy.
| POETRY & SPOKEN WORD | |||
| Project Title | Directors | Winning Position | |
| Another Kind of Courage – Short Version | Lynn Estomin | 1st | |
| Sometimes They Come Back | Cormac Culkeen | co-2nd | |
| The Hollowed Stone | Ockert Greeff | co-2nd | |
| Zhuyka/Cud | Anne Ciecko | 3rd | |
| The Anxieties of a Reluctant Japanophile | Justin Meckes | Founder’s Award | |
| Invitation to Grief | Shymala B Dason | Founder’s Award | |
| ANIMATIONS | |||
| Project Title | Directors | Award | |
| Dear Animal | Younes Kafashian | 1st | |
| Goose | Jieun Park | 2nd | |
| Together | Destiny DeJames, Jillian Dengate | 3rd | |
| The Republic of Wine | Yuehang Li | Founder’s Award | |
| The Ballad of Liquid Sky | Jo Knorpp | Founder’s Award | |
| Out of Control | bellopropello | Founder’s Award | |
| FAMILY FRIENDLY | |||
| Project Title | Directors | Award | |
| The Line Jumper | Rob Underhill, Hugh Oyake Murchison | 1st | |
| The Mentor | Ebony Shontee’ Anderson | 2nd | |
| I’m Sorry Jordan | Ebony Anderson | Founder’s Award | |
| FAITH-BASED | |||
| Project Title | Directors | Award | |
| Gift | Vince Eisenson | 1st | |
| Night Voices | Bradley Hawkins | 2nd | |
| Amphilochios: Saint of Patmos | Thomaida Hudanish, Timothy Patitsas | 3rd | |
| Amphilochios: Saint of Patmos | Thomaida Hudanish, Timothy Patitsas | Founder’s Award | |
| MUSICALS | |||
| Project Title | Directors | Award | |
| Cautionary Tale | Christopher Zawadzki | 1st | |
| Lovesong | Camilla Zaidee Benett | 2nd | |
| Homer: Great Teller of Tales | Amelia Cameron | 3rd | |
| Basement | William S Davis | Founder’s Award | |
| HORROR | |||
| Project Title | Directors | Awards | |
| A Real Life | Quincy Moorer, 19 Pictures | 1st | |
| Cart Return | Matt Webb | 2nd | |
| TOAST | Travis Kane Price | 3rd | |
| The Pencil | Thomas Calvin Schultz | Founder’s Award | |
| Everythingeater | Maximilian Schmidt | Founder’s Award | |
| EXPERIMENTAL | |||
| Project Title | Directors | Awards | |
| I WAS THERE | Chi Jang Yin | 1st | |
| A Man That Once Walked This Earth | Dimitri Hale | 2nd | |
| a rolling stone gathers no moss | Jolinna Li | 3rd | |
| Zero Coordinates | Nima Valibeigi | Founder’s Award | |
| SCIENCE FICTION | |||
| Project Title | Directors | Awards | |
| THE SIGNAL – CASE #CE2-09031996-252 | Raymond Wallace | 1st | |
| FANTASY OR SPECULATIVE | |||
| Project Title | Directors | Awards | |
| Opus One: Pocket Index | Zion Figueroa Feliciano | 1st | |
| DRAMA | |||
| Project Title | Directors | Awards | |
| The Bathtub | Sergi Marti Maltas | 1st | |
| Werner Herzog Saves TAXI DRIVER | John Stevenson | 2nd | |
| A Momentary Stop | Brittany Severance, Amelia McCarthy | co – 3rd | |
| Let It End Here | Michael Helms | co – 3rd | |
| The Lobster Shift | John Caudill | Founder’s Award | |
| Outed | Blake Arthur (David James Senft) | Founder’s Award | |
| GOD’S CHILDREN | Todd Bagley | Founder’s Award | |
| Dear Brother | Darin Barron | Student Pioneer Award | |
| Mozart | Natalie Burchert | Student Pioneer Award | |
| DOCUMENTARY | |||
| Project Title | Directors | Awards | |
| The Playmaker | Hannah Bowmann | 1st | |
| Are We There YET | Marisa L.R. Prince | 2nd | |
| Charro Steed (A Story of Mexican Rodeo) | Matthew Keith Wagner | 3rd | |
| Gimme Shelter | Rob Underhill, Gauri Singh, Beverly Kegley | Sweet Tea Award | |
| The Playmaker | Hannah Bowman | Community Impact Award | |
| The Taking of Harris Neck | Documentary Short | Kevin Mannens | Regional Impact Award | |
| Wilderness Therapy | Nate Wiggins | Founder’s Award | |
| In Her Absence | Clarke Phillips | Founder’s Award | |
| Facing Forward | Abigail Dickinson | Founder’s Award | |
| Save Our Soil | Ayush Tlukder | Student Pioneer Award | |
| UN-APOLOGETIC | |||
| Project Title | Directors | Awards | |
| Led by Compassion | Dave Garcia | 1st | |
| Beyond Skin Deep | Stacey Larkins | 2nd | |