Congratulations to our 2024 Festival Winners!
2024 Jury Awards
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For When You Get Lost
directed by Michelle Steffes
Best Narrative Feature
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End of the Rope
directed by Charlie Griak
Honorable Mention Narrative Feature
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Brian Silverman
Two Lives in Pittsburgh
Best Performance Narrative Feature
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LOVELY JACKSON
directed by Matt Waldeck
Best Documentary Feature
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Earthbound: Nzambi Matee
directed by Farhoud Meybodi
Best Documentary Short
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Still Alive
directed by Santino Martirano
Best Adventure Film
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Keepers of the Land (Cxlax kinua qnts waxvwisiqv / Balbaalm áa laxyuup)
directed by Deirdre Leowinata & Douglas Neasloss
Best Native Cinema Film
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Blue Hour
directed by J.D. Shields
Best Live Action Narrative Short
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Aikane
directed by Daniel Sousa, Dean Hamer, & Joe Wilson
Best Animated Short
2024 Audience Awards
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For When You Get Lost
directed by Michelle Steffes
Audience Award Best Narrative Feature
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LOVELY JACKSON
directed by Matt Waldeck
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature
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Earthbound: Nzambi Matee
directed by Farhoud Meybodi
Audience Award Best Documentary Short
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Barney & Herb
directed by Tommy O’Rourke
Audience Award Best Narrative Short
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Dreama Team
directed by Chad Weber & Steve Vanderheide
Audience Award Best Adventure Film
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Bones of Crows
directed by Marie Clements
Audience Award Best Native Cinema Film
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SWING TO THE MOON
directed by Marie Bordessoule, Adriana Bouissie, & Nadine De Boer
Audience Award Best Family Film
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Why Not Us
directed by Misha Schwarz & Jean Zamora
Audience Award Best Reel Learning Film
2023 Jury Awards
Best Narrative Feature: Ibiza Blue directed by Jesus Lloveras
Honorable Mention Narrative Feature: Gringa directed by EJ Foerster and Marny Eng
Best Performance Male Actor Narrative Feature: Mark Elias, Boy Makes Girl
Best Performance Female Actor Narrative Feature: Anne Ratte Polle, EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE LOVED
Best Documentary Feature: Of Medicine and Miracles directed by Ross Kauffman
Best Documentary Short: American Scar directed by Daniel Lombroso
Best Adventure Film: Between Giants directed by Maxwell Frost
Best Native Cinema Film: OLDER THAN THE CROWN directed by Derrick LaMere
Best Live Action Narrative Short: 17 Minutes with Nora directed by Imanol Ruiz de Lara
Best Animated Short: WHERE THE WINDS DIE directed by Pejman Alipour
2023 Audience Awards
Best Narrative Feature: Gringa directed by EJ Foerster and Marny Eng
Best Documentary: If These Walls Could Sing directed by Mary McCartney
Best Documentary Short: Pony Boys directed by Eric Stange
Best Narrative Short: The Stupid Boy directed by Phil Dunn
Best Native Cinema Film: Remember the Children directed by Arlo Iron Cloud
Best Adventure Film: Between Giants directed by Maxwell Frost
Best Family Film: The Blake directed by Courtney Sposato
Best REEL Learning Film: The Drive directed by Dan Karlok
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