JURY + AWARD WINNERS

ESTEEMED JURY MEMBERS

NARRATIVES

LISA BRUCE, HEAD JUROR
LORI HUCK
ROB RAMSEY

DOCUMENTARIES

CLAUDIA PUIG, HEAD JUROR
ANN WALKER
KIRA WOJACK

SHORTS

JIM GALLAGHER, HEAD JUROR
JON ANDERSON

INTERNATIONAL

RICARDO DEL RIO, HEAD JUROR
SUE-ALLEN VILLALVA

2022 AWARD WINNERS

2022 AUDIENCE AWARDS

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)
Directors: Ålvaro G. Company, Meka Ribera

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT  |  Freedom Swimmer
Director: Olivia Martin-McGuire

BEST LOCAL FILM  |  Sole Trail
Directors: Daniel M. Dyer, Petey Dyer

BEST ANIMATION  |  A Cartoon of a Cat Sleeping
Director: Randall Christopher

BEST HORROR/THRILLER  |  Call Casting
Director:  Kasper Vejlø Kristensen, Dylan Bruno

BEST EMERGING FILMMAKER (TIE)    

Little White Shadows  Director: Ayannah Love

The Pomegranate Tree  Director: Kanika Vora

JURY AWARDS

FEATURE FILM 
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE  |  Dealing with Dad
Director: Tom Huang

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE   |  Song For Hope – The Ryan Anthony Story
Director: Chris Haigh

SHORTS

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM  | Bus Girl
Director: Jessica Henwick

SPECIAL JURY MENTION – NARRATIVE SHORT  |  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

 

ANIMATION AWARDS (*new)  Presented/Underwritten by Gail & Bob Bardin

BEST ANIMATION SHORT  |   Louis I. King of the Sheep (Louis 1er Roi des Moutons)

Director: Markus Wulf

SPECIAL RECOGNITION – ANIMATED SHORT  |   The Night of the Living Dread
Director: Ida Melum

DR. GEORGE M. SANGER STUDENT FILM AWARDS

Presented /Underwritten by Wendy McGuire, Dev Purkayastha and Blossom Sanger

STUDENT GRAND PRIZE AWARD  |   El Carrito
Director: Zahida Pirani

BEST STUDENT DOCUMENTARY SHORT  |   Pete the Pond
Director: Will Clothier

BEST ANIMATED STUDENT SHORT  |   The Most Boring Granny in the World
Director: Damaris Zielke

BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM  |   The Oubliette
Director: Max Hendrickson

HIGH SCHOOL AWARD
Miyeok-Guk
Directors: Yezy Suh, Meia Voss, Alexis Applebaum, Michael Gutierrez 

 

THE DALE ST. DENIS FEMALE FILMMAKER AWARDS

Presented/Underwritten by Doug St. Denis 

FEARLESS FEMALE FILMMAKER AWARD  | Anxious Nation
Directors: Vanessa Roth, Laura Morton

MARY PICKFORD AWARD  |   Bus Girl
Director: Jessica Henwick

FRANCIS MARION AWARD  |   Sandstorm (Mulaqat)
Director: 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 Nothelfe

2021 AWARD WINNERS

2021 AUDIENCE AWARDS

Best Narrative | PIG

Best Documentary | Far East Deep South

Best Narrative Short | Wicks

Best Documentary Short | Zaida

Best Local Film | The Roads Most Traveled

Emerging Filmmaker | AMAL

Original Screenplay | The Andy Baker Tape

Animation | (tie) Last Day of Autumn

Doing the Robot

JURY AWARDS

Best Narrative Feature | 7 Days (USA)

Best Documentary Feature | Bangla Surf Girls (Bangladesh)

Best Short | Documentary – Zaida (USA)

Narrative | Turned (Denmark)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILMS

Best Short | The Bathtub (Barcelona)

Best Feature | ATLAS (Italy)

JURY CASH AWARDS

DR. GEORGE M. SANGER STUDENT FILM AWARDS

Grand Prize | Amal (USA)

Advanced Student Award | Scar (USA)

High School or Younger | In the Weeds (Canada)

THE DALE ST. DENIS FEMALE FILMMAKER AWARDS

Mary Pickford Award | Far East Deep South – Larissa Lam

Fearless Female Filmmaker | Bangla Surf Girls – Lalita Krishna

Fearless Female Filmmaker | RAW – Joanna Koss

EMERALD AWARD

*This year we had a tie for the Emerald Award!

Plant Heist – Chelsi de Cuba

Sounds of the Sidewalk: A Journey Goodbye – Ray Velasquez and Michele Zousme

2020 AWARD WINNERS

2020 AUDIENCE AWARDS

Audience Award | Nomadland (USA)

Documentary Feature | Runner (tie) (USA)

Documentary Feature | Fish & Men (tie) (USA)

Narrative Short | Alina (USA)

Documentary Short | The Other Fab Four (UK)

Comedy Short | Ms. Rossi (Italy)

Dramatic/Horror Short | Over the Edge (Australia)

STUDENT SHORTS

Narrative Short | Brother’s Keeper (USA)

Documentary Short | A Little Patch of Earth (USA)

2020 JURY AWARDS

The Leonard Maltin Tribute Award | Nomadland Director, Chloé Zhao

Best Narrative Feature | Two Ways Home

Best Documentary Feature | The Prison Within

Special Recognition Documentary Feature | Fish & Men

Best Short | Alina

DR. GEORGE M. SANGER STUDENT FILM AWARDS

Grand Prize | My War

JURY CASH AWARD RECIPIENTS

Estranged

Anna & Sloane Go to the Beach

Dia de las Carpas

Special Recognition | The Humanity Test

THE DALE ST. DENIS FEMALE FILMMAKER AWARDS

Mary Pickford Award | Two Ways Home

Fearless Female Filmmaker | Double Exposure

Frances Marion Award| Alina

EMERALD AWARD

Kiss the Ground

THE JURY AWARDS HAVE BEEN GRACIOUSLY UNDERWRITTEN BY

The Emerald Award(s) | Ken Fitzgerald and Ruby Carr

Dr. George M. Sanger Student Film Award(s) | Wendy McGuire & Dev Purkayastha

The Dale St. Denis Female Filmmaker Award(s) | Doug St. Denis

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