Congratulations to our 2023 Festival Winners!
2023 Jury Awards
Ibiza Blue
directed by Jesus Lloveras
Best Narrative Feature
GRINGA
directed by EJ Foerster & Marny Eng
Honorable Mention Narrative Feature
Mark Elias
Boy Makes Girl
Best Performance Male Actor Narrative Feature
Anne Ratte Polle
EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE LOVED
Best Performance Female Actor Narrative Feature
Of Medicine and Miracles
directed by Ross Kauffman
Best Documentary Feature
American Scar
directed by Daniel Lombroso
Best Documentary Short
Between Giants
directed by Maxwell Frost
Best Adventure Film
OLDER THAN THE CROWN
directed by Derrick LaMere
Best Native Cinema Film
17 Minutes with Nora
directed by Imanol Ruiz de Lara
Best Live Action Narrative Short
WHERE THE WINDS DIE
directed by Pejman Alipour
Best Animated Short
2023 Audience Awards
GRINGA
directed by EJ Foerster & Marny Eng
Audience Award Best Narrative Feature
If These Walls Could Sing
directed by Mary McCartney
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature
Pony Boys
directed by Eric Stange
Audience Award Best Documentary Short
The Stupid Boy
directed by Phil Dunn
Audience Award Best Narrative Short
Remember the Children
directed by Arlo Iron Cloud
Audience Award Best Native Cinema Film
Between Giants
directed by Maxwell Frost
Audience Award Best Adventure Film
The Blake
directed by Courtney Sposato
Audience Award Best Family Film
The Drive
directed by Dan Karlok
Audience Award Best REEL Learning Film
2022 Jury Awards
Best Narrative Feature: Ferryman directed by Darren Bender
Best Actor: Peter Callahan, Out and About
Best Actress: Carli Fish, Ferryman
Best Documentary Feature: To Which We Belong directed by Pamela Boll and Lindsay Richardson
Honorable Mention Documentary Feature: Being Thunder directed by Stephanie Lamorre
Best Documentary Short: Between the Lines: Photojournalism in the Crossfire directed by Jan Sonnenmair
Best Adventure Film: A River Out of Time directed by Benjamin Kraushaar and Cody Perry
Best Live Action Narrative Short: OPERATION: CAVITY directed by Alex Morsanutto
Honorable Mention Live Action Narrative Short: ALA KACHUU – Take and Run directed by Maria Brendle
Best Animated Short: ON/OFF directed by Nicolas Villarreal
2022 Audience Awards
Best Narrative Feature: Marvelous and the Black Hole directed by Kate Tsang
Best Documentary: To Which We Belong directed by Pamela Boll and Lindsay Richardson
Best Short: ALA KACHUU – Take and Run directed by Maria Brendle
Best Native Cinema: Our Story – The Indigenous Led Fight to Protect Greater Chaco directed by Michael Ramsey and Daniel Tso
Best Adventure: A River Out of Time directed by Benjamin Kraushaar and Cody Perry
Best Family Film: Rocks 4 Sale! directed by David Dibble
Best REEL Learning: Under the Lights directed by Miles Levin
2021 Jury Awards
Best Narrative Feature: Omar and Us directed by Maryna Er Gorbach and Mehmet Bahadir Er
Honorable Mention Narrative Feature: Take Out Girl directed by Hisonni Mustafa
Best Documentary Feature: The Walrus and the Whistleblower directed by Nathalie Bibeau
Honorable Mention Documentary Feature: Cholitas directed by Jaime Murciego and Pablo Iraburu
Best Documentary Short: Welcome Strangers directed by Dia Sokol Savage
Honorable Mention Documentary Short: USA v SCOTT directed by Ora DeKornfeld and Isabel Castro
Best Live Action Short: Rent Due directed by Gavin Michael Booth
Honorable Mention Live Action Short: Groom. Bride. Herring. directed by Dmitriy Endaltsev
Best Animated Short: Malakout directed by Farnoosh Abedi
Honorable Mention Animated Short: Kapaemahu directed by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Joe Wilson, and Dean Hamer
2021 Audience Awards
Best Narrative Feature: Elephant in the Room (L’Elefante nella stanza) directed by Kartik Singh
Best Documentary Feature: Picture Of His Life directed by Yonatan Nir and Dani Menkin
Best Documentary Short: USA v SCOTT directed by Ora DeKornfeld and Isabel Castro
Best Adventure Film: Cholitas directed by Jaime Murciego and Pablo Iraburu
Best Family Film: Dani Burt directed by Brian Olliver
Best Native Cinema Film: One Word Sawalmem directed by Natasha Deganello Giraudie and Michael “Pom” Preston
Best Short Film: Alina directed by Rami Kodeih
Best REEL Learning Film: BECOLORED directed by Maurizio Forestieri
2020 Jury Awards
Best Narrative Feature: Last Call directed by Gavin Michael Booth
Honorable Mention Narrative Feature: Lupe directed by Andre Phillips and Charles Vuolo
Best Documentary Feature: Breaking Their Silence: Women on the Frontline of the Poaching War directed by Kerry David
Best Documentary Short: Ashes to Ashes directed by Taylor Rees and Renan Ozturk
Best Live Action Short: To The Muse directed by Jacob Brooks
Best Animated Short: Two Balloons directed by Mark Smith
2020 Audience Awards
Best Narrative Feature: Last Call directed by Gavin Michael Booth
Best Documentary: Breaking Their Silence: Women on the Frontline of the Poaching War directed by Kerry David
Best Adventure Film: The Weight of Water directed by Michael Brown
Best Family Film: Superpower Dogs directed by Daniel Ferguson
Best Native Cinema Film: Common Ground: The Story of Bears Ears directed by Paige Sparks
Best Short Film: The Neighbors’ Window directed by Marshall Curry
Best REEL Learning Film: Osama & Ayman directed by Sam Price-Waldman, Chris Cresci, & Ben Mullinkosson
2019 Jury Awards
Best Narrative Feature: I May Regret directed by Graham Streeter
Honorable Mention Narrative Feature: For Izzy directed by Alex Chu
Best Documentary Feature: Letter from Masanjia directed by Leon Lee
Honorable Mention Documentary Feature: This is Home directed by Alexandra Shiva
Best Documentary Short: Unforgiveable/
Imperdonabile directed by Giosue Petrone
Honorable Mention Documentary Short: Glen Canyon Rediscovered directed by Taylor Graham
Best Narrative Short: Swagger Back directed by George Kenyon
Honorable Mention Narrative Shorts: Masquerade directed by Andrew Hawkins and Raceland by Scott Bloom
Best Animated Short: The Fruits of Clouds directed by Katerina Karhankova
Imperdonabile directed by Giosue Petrone
