AWARD WINNERS
2023 CORONADO ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL FILMMAKER AWARD WINNERS
BEST NARRATIVE
“Scrap”
Director: Vivian Kerr
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Black Barbie”
Director: Lagueria Davis
SPECIAL ADVOCACY AWARD
“Deep Rising”
Director: Matthieu Rytz
SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL JURY PRIZE
“A Kind Of Kidnapping”
Director: D.G. Clark
SHORT FILM JURY AWARDS
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
“The Rabbit Hole”
Director: Aaron Schoonover
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
“The Last Repair Shop”
Directors: Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
“Broken Gargoyles”
Director: Freddy Carter
SPECIAL ADVOCACY AWARD – INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
“You’re Not Crazy (No Estas Loca)”
Director: Maria Bestar
JURY CASH AWARDS
DR. GEORGE M. SANGER STUDENT FILM AWARDS
Presented /Underwritten by Wendy McGuire, Dev Purkayastha and Blossom SangerSTUDENT GRAND PRIZE AWARD
“The Midwife”
Director: Anne-Sophie Bailly
BEST STUDENT FILM (Advanced)
“City of Lost Souls”
Director: Nikos Mpouyioukas
BEST STUDENT FILM (High School)
“Memories in Blue”
Director: Yezy Suh
DALE ST. DENNIS FEMALE FILMMAKER AWARDS
Presented/Underwritten by Doug St. DenisFearless Female Filmmaker Award
“Breaking Silence”
Directors: Amy Bench and Annie Silverstein
“Black Girls Play”
Directors: Joe Brewster
Mary Pickford Award
“Confessions”
Director: Stephanie Kaznocha
Francis Marion Award
“Heritage Day”
Directors: Liz Blair And Lara Everly
“The Last Butterflies”
Director: Whitney Wegman-Wood
EMERALD AWARD
Presented/Underwritten by Ken Fitzgerald and Ruby Carr“Out There: The National Parks Story”
Director: Brenden Hall
ANIMATION
Presented/Underwritten by Gail & Bob BardinJury Grand Prize Animation
“Spring Roll Dream”
Director: Mai Vu
Jury Special Recognition
“Canary”
Director: Pierre-Hugues Dallaire, Benoit Therriault
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS
Features(Narrative + Documentaries)
Best Narrative Feature
“Taste of Things”
Director: Anh Hung Tran
Best International Feature
“Shayda”
Director:
Noora Niasari
Best Indie Narrative
“Heightened”
Director: Sara Friedman
Best Documentary Feature
“Humanity Stoked”
Director: Michael Ien Cohen
Best Advocacy Documentary
“Common Ground”
Director: Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell
Best Military Feature
“The Gift”
Director: David Kniess
SHORTS
Best Narrative Short
“Subtext”
Director: Erin Brown Thomas
Best Documentary Short
“Humanatee”
Director: Planet Froth
Best Advocacy Documentary Short
“Bumps in the Road”
Director: Alex Halpern, Rachel Kittner
Best Student Short
“Azizam”
Director: Alci Rengifo
Best International Short
“You’re Not Crazy”
Director: María Bestar
Culinary Spotlight
“When You Left Me on the Boulevard”
Director: Kayla Abuda Galang
Cultural Spotlight
“David Se Va”
Director: Joel Caleb Villegas Saldaña
ANIMATION
Best Animated Feature
“Robot Dreams”
Director: Pablo Berger
Best Animated Short
“Boat People”
Director: Thao Lam, Kjell Boersma
LOCAL CATEGORY
Best Local Narrative Feature
“The Secret Art of Human Flight”
Director:
H.P. Mendoza
Best Local Documentary Feature
“The Big Dump”
Director:
Allen Carrasco
Best Local Narrative Short
“Amazing Grace”
Director: Aiden Keltner
Best Local Documentary Short
“Little Tommy”
Director: Ninette Sosa
Best Local Student Narrative
“The Baseball Cap”
Director: Lucas Pierce
Best Local Student Documentary
“Unbreakable”
Director: May Thatun
2022 CORONADO ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL FILMMAKER AWARD WINNERS
BEST NARRATIVE
“Dealing with Dad”
Director: Tom Huang
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Song For Hope - The Ryan Anthony Story”
Director: Chris Haigh
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
“Bus Girl”
Director: Jessica Henwick
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
“Nice To Meet You All”
Director: Guen Murroni
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
“When I Get Grown-Reflections of a Freedom Rider”
Director: Chris Preitauer
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
“Into Dust”
Director: Orlando von Einsiedel
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
“Sandstorm (Mulaqat)”
Director: Seemab Gul
JURY CASH AWARDS
DR. GEORGE M. SANGER STUDENT FILM AWARDS
Presented /Underwritten by Wendy McGuire, Dev Purkayastha and Blossom SangerSTUDENT GRAND PRIZE AWARD
“El Carrito”
Director: Zahida Pirani
BEST STUDENT FILM (Advanced)
“The Oubliette”
Director: Max Hendrickson
BEST STUDENT FILM (High School)
“Miyeok-Guk”
Director: Yezy Suh, Meia Voss, Alexis Applebaum, Michael Gutierrez
BEST STUDENT DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
“Pete the Pond”
Director: Will Clothier
BEST ANIMATED STUDENT SHORT FILM
“The Most Boring Granny in the World”
Director: Damaris Zielke
DALE ST. DENNIS FEMALE FILMMAKER AWARDS
Presented/Underwritten by Doug St. DenisFearless Female Filmmaker Award
“Anxious Nation”
Directors: Vanessa Roth, Laura Morton
Mary Pickford Award
“Bus Girl”
Director: Jessica Henwick
Francis Marion Award
“Sandstorm (Mulaqat)”
Directors: Seemab Gul
EMERALD AWARD
Presented/Underwritten by Ken Fitzgerald and Ruby Carr“Song For Hope - The Ryan Anthony Story”
Director: Chris Haigh
HONORABLE MENTION
“Flying Fur
”
Directors: Alicia Wszelaki, Matthew Nothelfer
ANIMATION
Presented/Underwritten by Gail & Bob BardinJury Grand Prize Animation
“Louis I. King of the Sheep (Louis 1er Roi des Moutons)”
Director: Markus Wulf
Jury Special Recognition
“The Night of the Living Dread”
Director: Ida Melum
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS
Features(Narrative + Documentaries)
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
“She Said”
Director: Maria Schrader
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Immediate Family”
Director: Denny Tedesco
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
“Yellow Wallpaper”
Director: Ricky Rhodes
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“When I Get Grown-Reflections of a Freedom Rider”
Director: Chris Preitauer
BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT
“Table for 3 (Mesa para 3)”
Director: Directors: Ålvaro G. Company, Meka Ribera
BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“Freedom Swimmer
”
Director: Olivia Martin-McGuire
BEST LOCAL FILM
“Sole Trail”
Director: Daniel M. Dyer, Petey Dyer
BEST ANIMATION
“A Cartoon of a Cat Sleeping”
Director: Randall Christopher
BEST EMERGING FILMMAKER
“Little White Shadows”
Directors: Ayannah Love
“The Pomegranate Tree”
Directors: Kanika Vora
2021 CORONADO ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL FILMMAKER AWARD WINNERS
BEST NARRATIVE
“7 Days”
Director: Roshan Sethi
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Bangla Surf Girls”
Director: Elizabeth D Costa
BEST INTERNATIONAL
“Atlas”
Director:
Niccolò Castelli
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
“Turned”
Director: Anders Walter
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Zaida”
Director: Sophie Parens
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
“The Bathtub”
Director: Sergi Marti Maltas
JURY CASH AWARDS
DR. GEORGE M. SANGER STUDENT FILM AWARDS
Presented /Underwritten by Wendy McGuire, Dev Purkayastha and Blossom SangerSTUDENT GRAND PRIZE AWARD
“Amal”
Director: Dilek Ince
BEST STUDENT FILM (Advanced)
“Scar”
Director: Alison Hale
BEST STUDENT FILM (High School)
“In the Weeds”
Director: Nick Milczarczyk
DALE ST. DENNIS FEMALE FILMMAKER AWARDS
Presented/Underwritten by Doug St. DenisFearless Female Filmmaker Award
“Bangla Surf Girls”
Directors: Elizabeth D Costa
Mary Pickford Award
“Far East Deep South”
Director: Larissa Lam
Francis Marion Award
“RAW”
Directors: Joanna Koss
EMERALD AWARD
Presented/Underwritten by Ken Fitzgerald and Ruby Carr“Plant Heist”
Directors: Chelsi de Cuba, Gabriel de Cuba
“Sounds of the Sidewalk: A Journey Goodbye”
Directors: Michele Zousmer, Benjamin Huerta Cristobal
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
“Pig”
Director: Michael Sarnoski
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Far East Deep South”
Director: Larissa Lam
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
“Zaida”
Director: Sophie Parens
Best DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“Wicks”
Director: Vadim Egoul
BEST LOCAL FILM
“The Roads Most Traveled”
Director: Bill Wisneski
EMERGING FILMMAKER
“Amal”
Director: Dilek Ince
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“The Andy Baker Tape”
Director: Bret Lada
ANIMATION
“Last Day of Autumn”
Director: Marjolaine Perreten
“Doing the Robot”
Director: Ravi S
2020 CORONADO ISLAND FILM FESTIVAL FILMMAKER AWARD WINNERS
THE LEONARD MALTIN TRIBUTE AWARD
“Nomadland”
Director: Chloé Zhao
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
“Two Ways Home”
Director: Ron Vignone
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“The Prison Within”
Director: Katherin Hervey
SPECIAL RECOGNITION DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Fish & Men”
Directors: Darby Duffin, Adam Jones
BEST SHORT
“Alina”
Director: Rami Kodeih
JURY CASH AWARDS
DR. GEORGE M. SANGER STUDENT FILM AWARDS
Presented /Underwritten by Wendy McGuire, Dev Purkayastha and Blossom SangerSTUDENT GRAND PRIZE AWARD
“My War”
Director: Jojo Erholtz
JURY CASH AWARD RECIPIENTS
“Estranged”
Director: Aiden Keltner
“Anna & Sloane Go to the Beach”
Director: Willa Rydall
“Dia de las Carpas”
Director: João Dall'Stella
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
“The Humanity Test”
DirectorS: Samuel Mitchell, Lily Kaplan
DALE ST. DENNIS FEMALE FILMMAKER AWARDS
Presented/Underwritten by Doug St. DenisFearless Female Filmmaker Award
“Double Exposure”
Directors: Daryl Getman
Mary Pickford Award
“Two Ways Home”
Director: Ron Vignone
Francis Marion Award
“Alina”
Directors: Rami Kodeih
EMERALD AWARD
Presented/Underwritten by Ken Fitzgerald and Ruby Carr“Kiss the Ground”
Directors: Joshua Tickell, Rebecca Harrell Tickell
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
“Nomadland”
Director: Chloé Zhao
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Runner ”
Director: Hanne Bruun
“Fish & Men”
DirectorS: Darby Duffin, Adam Jones
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“The Other Fab Four”
Director: Peggy DeBeliso
COMEDY SHORT
“Ms. Rossi”
Director: Pat Battistini
DRAMATIC/HORROR SHORT
“Over the Edge”
Director: Enzo Tedeschi
STUDENT NARRATIVE SHORT
“Brother’s Keeper”
Director: Owen Squire Smith
STUDENT DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“A Little Patch of Earth”
Director: Celine Francois