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Best Film

Best Film

Meerkat Maantuig
7.2 (105)
Hanneke Schutte(director)
Dries Scholtz(producer)
André Scholtz(producer)
The Film Factory
Bernadette
7.4 (28)
John Psathas

International Narrative Competition

Good Manners
6.7 (4.4K)
Marco Dutra
Juliana Rojas

Best American Independent Feature Film

Winner
Life Hack
7.0 (102)
Sloan Copeland(writer/director)
Self Conscious Entertainment
After Louie
6.0 (463)
Vincent Gagliostro
The Endless
6.5 (52K)
Justin Benson
Aaron Moorhead
Beirut
6.5 (26K)
Brad Anderson
Alaska Is a Drag
6.6 (550)
Shaz Bennett
Blood Fest
5.4 (6.9K)
Owen Egerton
Who We Are Now
6.5 (1.3K)
Matthew Newton
Keep the Change
6.5 (958)
Rachel Israel
Tully
6.9 (64K)
Jason Reitman
The Feels
5.1 (2.3K)
Jenée LaMarque
Humor Me
6.1 (1.5K)
Sam Hoffman
Leave No Trace
7.1 (67K)
Debra Granik
Life and Nothing More
6.7 (593)
Antonio Méndez Esparza
Madeline's Madeline
6.3 (4.2K)
Josephine Decker
Life Hack
7.0 (102)
Sloan Copeland
The Rainbow Experiment
5.5 (200)
Christina Kallas
Quest: The Truth Always Rises
6.7 (138)
Santiago Rizzo
White Rabbit
5.8 (403)
Daryl Wein

Best

The Rainbow Experiment
5.5 (200)
Christina Kallas(Director)

Best Narrative Short Film

Pepper
8.3 (10)
Jayil Pak
Baby Volcano Films

Best Live Action Short Film

Best Short Film

Winner
Sacred Hair
8.2 (6)
Mario Morin(director)

Best Animated Short Film

Best Animated Short

Winner
The Driver Is Red
8.1 (94)
Randall Christopher
Two Balloons
7.3 (202)
Mark C. Smith
Carlotta's Face
7.2 (137)
Valentin Riedl(director)
Frédéric Schuld(director)
Fabian & Fred

Best Documentary Short Film

Best Documentary Short Film

Winner
Period. End of Sentence.
7.4 (6.7K)
Rayka Zehtabchi

Best LGBT Short Film

Winner
Mrs McCutcheon
6.3 (245)
John Sheedy(director)
Andre Lima(producer)
Jenny Vila(producer)
Pepper
8.3 (10)
Jayil Pak
Baby Volcano Films

Best International Short Film

In Competition

Je ne veux pas mourir
8.3 (7)
Einmal Immer
Susanne Boeing(director)
Pepper
8.3 (10)
Jayil Pak
Baby Volcano Films

International

Kill Off
7.8 (19)
Genevieve Clay-Smith
Strange Beasts
7.1 (204)
Magali Barbé(director)

Best Student Short Film

Best Student Short

Ellie the Astronaut
Andrew Arehart
Jack Arehart
Matthew Arehart
Arehart Brothers Pictures

Programmer's Award

Winner
Fauve
7.6 (3.7K)
Jérémy Comte(director)
Midi la Nuit

Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award

Best Film

Winner
The Drummer and the Keeper
6.9 (409)
Nick Kelly

The Spalding and Jackson Award: In Celebration of Joy - Honorable Mention

Winner
Mrs McCutcheon
6.3 (245)
John Sheedy(director)
Andre Lima(producer)
Jenny Vila(producer)

ReelWomenDirect Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman

Direction

Winner
Pick of the Litter
7.6 (1.7K)
Dana Nachman
The Marriage
6.8 (701)
Blerta Zeqiri
Pin Cushion
6.5 (1.2K)
Deborah Haywood
Montparnasse Bienvenüe
6.5 (3K)
Léonor Serraille
Before Summer Ends
6.5 (315)
Maryam Goormaghtigh
I Am Not a Witch
6.9 (4.4K)
Rungano Nyoni
Blue My Mind
6.1 (3.6K)
Lisa Brühlmann
Kissing Candice
5.2 (286)
Aoife McArdle
Dark Money
7.1 (940)
Kimberly Reed
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
6.7 (676)
Sara Driver
Hal
7.2 (700)
Amy Scott
Kusama: Infinity
7.3 (1.3K)
Heather Lenz
Keep the Change
6.5 (958)
Rachel Israel
The Feels
5.1 (2.3K)
Jenée LaMarque
Leave No Trace
7.1 (67K)
Debra Granik
Madeline's Madeline
6.3 (4.2K)
Josephine Decker
The Rainbow Experiment
5.5 (200)
Christina Kallas
Summer 1993
7.1 (8.7K)
Carla Simón
Mademoiselle Paradis
6.6 (816)
Barbara Albert
Summer '03
5.5 (4.1K)
Becca Gleason
The Desert Bride
6.5 (729)
Cecilia Atán
Valeria Pivato
Meerkat Maantuig
7.2 (105)
Hanneke Schutte(director)
The Film Factory
RBG
7.6 (15K)
Julie Cohen
Betsy West
Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story
7.6 (155)
Tiffany Bartok
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
6.2 (1.2K)
Lorna Tucker
Spoor
6.3 (6.2K)
Agnieszka Holland
What Will People Say
7.4 (6.1K)
Iram Haq
A Woman Captured
7.9 (558)
Bernadett Tuza-Ritter
Never Steady, Never Still
6.2 (479)
Kathleen Hepburn
A Murder in Mansfield
6.9 (224)
Barbara Kopple
A Better Man
7.3 (108)
Attiya Khan
The Other Side of Everything
8.0 (1.3K)
Mila Turajlic
I Am Evidence
7.6 (771)
Trish Adlesic
Geeta Gandbhir
Revenge
6.4 (56K)
Coralie Fargeat
The Seen and Unseen
6.7 (409)
Kamila Andini
306 Hollywood
6.8 (327)
Elan Bogarín

The Clover and Maggie Award: In Celebration of Life

Winner

Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Award

Winner
6 Weeks to Mother's Day
8.3 (69)
Marvin Blunte
Bisbee '17
6.8 (717)
Robert Greene
Dark Money
7.1 (940)
Kimberly Reed
The Judge
7.5 (124)
Erika Cohn
Liyana
7.4 (404)
Aaron Kopp
Amanda Kopp
On Her Shoulders
7.3 (521)
Alexandria Bombach
A Woman Captured
7.9 (558)
Bernadett Tuza-Ritter
This Is Home
6.8 (159)
Alexandra Shiva
Risking Light
8.0 (26)
Dawn Mikkelson
ACORN and the Firestorm
6.8 (122)
Reuben Atlas
Sam Pollard
Geek Girls
7.2 (44)
Gina Hara
GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II
8.0 (121)
Lisa Ades
My Enemy, My Brother
6.8 (31)
Ann Shin
Naila and the Uprising
7.7 (119)
Julia Bacha
A Better Man
7.3 (108)
Lawrence Jackman
Attiya Khan
Fail State
7.3 (221)
Alexander Shebanow
Freedom for the Wolf
7.8 (65)
Rupert Russell
This Is Home
6.8 (159)
Stu Pollard

Music Movies Competition

Winner
If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd
7.8 (1.7K)
Stephen Kijak
Winner
Terraform
6.6 (10)
Jorik Dozy
Sil Van Der Woerd
New Frontier Pictures
Bad Reputation
7.3 (1.5K)
Kevin Kerslake
Mademoiselle Paradis
6.6 (816)
Barbara Albert
The Drummer and the Keeper
6.9 (409)
Nick Kelly
Hearts Beat Loud
6.9 (12K)
Brett Haley
The King
6.9 (1.3K)
Eugene Jarecki
Sheikh Jackson
6.9 (3.5K)
Amr Salama

Audience Award

Best After Hours Short

Winner
Pie
8.1 (21)
Adria Tennor
Cindi Knapton

Global Health Competition

Best Film

Winner
Burden of Genius
8.9 (15)
Tjardus Greidanus
Anote's Ark
7.0 (141)
Matthieu Rytz
Ask the Sexpert
7.5 (199)
Vaishali Sinha
Science Fair
7.5 (693)
Cristina Costantini
Darren Foster
Pick of the Litter
7.6 (1.7K)
Don Hardy
Dana Nachman

Nesnady and Schwartz Documentary Competition

Best Documentary

Winner
Love Means Zero
7.1 (512)
Jason Kohn
Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
6.7 (676)
Sara Driver
The Carter Effect
7.1 (2.5K)
Sean Menard
Hal
7.2 (700)
Amy Scott
Chef Flynn
6.7 (307)
Cameron Yates
Kusama: Infinity
7.3 (1.3K)
Heather Lenz
Father's Kingdom
7.2 (27)
Lenny Feinberg
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me
7.6 (263)
Sam Pollard
Maynard
6.8 (44)
Sam Pollard
RBG
7.6 (15K)
Julie Cohen
Betsy West
Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story
7.6 (155)
Tiffany Bartok
Won't You Be My Neighbor?
8.3 (28K)
Morgan Neville
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
6.2 (1.2K)
Lorna Tucker
Filmworker
7.4 (3.6K)
Tony Zierra
Time Trial
6.4 (317)
Finlay Pretsell

FilmSlam Student Choice Award for Best Feature Film

Best Film

Winner
Science Fair
7.5 (693)
Cristina Costantini
Darren Foster

George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Film Competition