2021 JURY + AWARDS

DALE ST. DENIS FEMALE FILMMAKER AWARD

TERRY CURTIN, HEAD JUROR
KRISTIE KERSHAW

A $5000.00 Award Donated in memory of Dale St. Denis, Coronado architect, artist, and staunch supporter of the women who brought CIFF to life, by his wife Doug St. Denis.

Three cash prizes will be awarded for excellent achievement by one or more female filmmakers in any category:

$2,000 – The Mary Pickford Award for outstanding achievement in filmmaking. Named for the industry pioneer whose vision, persistence and independent spirit took her from ingénue to major celebrity to producer of her own films, to co-founding United Artists studio.

$2,000 – The Fearless Female Filmmaker Award for outstanding achievement by a female filmmaker who started with an idea, ran with it, and brought it to the screen for the rest of us to discuss, debate, and perhaps even shift our perception.

$1,000 – The Frances Marion Award for outstanding achievement in screenwriting by a female. Named in honor of the legendary artist, director, and two-time Academy-Award winning screenwriter during Hollywood’s Golden Age.

THE DR. GEORGE M. SANGER STUDENT FILM AWARD

MITCHELL BLOCK, HEAD JUROR
PATRICIA RIGGEN
KIM MAGNUSSON
VANESSA BLOCK

A $5000.00 Established in memory of the beloved Coronado physician who “always loved encouraging young people,” by his wife Blossom, and underwritten by daughter Wendy McGuire, and son in law Dev Purkayastha

We are honored to present this award on behalf of the Sanger family. The jury will select one grand prize film that will be awarded $2,000 and the remainder of the prize funds will be divided at the discretion of our jury members regardless of category, representing the best of young, fresh, emerging film talent.

In the event of more than one grand prize winner (jury tie), the cash prize will be distributed among the winners in an amount determined by the jury.