2021 JURY + AWARDS
ESTEEMED JURY MEMBERS
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 AUDIENCE WINNERS
AUDIENCE AWARD | NOMADLAND
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 AWARD-WINNING FILMS
THE LEONARD MALTIN TRIBUTE AWARD
JURY AWARDS
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) Sponsored by Ken Fitzgerald and Ruby Carr
Dr. George M. Sanger Student Film Award(s) – Wendy McGuire AND Dev Purkayastha
The Dale St. Denis Female Filmmaker Award(s) – Doug St. Denis