NFFTY Awards Archive

NFFTY 2023 Awards

JURY AWARDS: 

  • BEST NARRATIVE: To The Lights - Emily Kim

  • BEST NARRATIVE (STUDENT): Chicken - Josh Leong

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY: And Still, We Thrive - Joy Xing

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY (STUDENT): Beyond The Void - Rafaël Beauchamp

  • BEST ANIMATION: Unlucky Charms - Kris Theorin

  • BEST ANIMATION (STUDENT): Mileage - Jennifer Wu, Kym Santiana, Ruyee Lu,
    Christopher Hsueh, Nicole Taylor-Topacio, Joy Zhou, Ruby Saysanasy, Miranda Li, Saul Benavides

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL: The River - Janay Kelley

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL (STUDENT): I Remember It From Up Close - Jaclyn Goldstein

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO: Rodney Chrome - To The Money - Zac Dov Wiesel

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO (STUDENT): Death of A Hero - RJ Solomon

  • BEST EPISODIC: Carly Dolls - Maudie Schmidt & Jaxson Power-Thornton

NEW TALENT:

  • AGES 14 & UNDER: Emilia Diaz Delgado - Acorn

  • AGE 15 - 18: Julian Barahona - A Trip to the Moon

  • AGE 19 - 24: Daisy Friedman - As You Are

48 HOUR FILM OFF:

  • GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Limited Time Only - Anacortes High School

  • RUNNER-UP: Inherently Awful - Mount Si High School

SPECIAL AWARDS:

  • KATHY REICHGERDT INSPIRATION AWARD: Brittany Young

  • BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM AWARDS, presented by Hussian College

    • NARRATIVE WINNER: Undaunted - Ella Arlene

    • DOCUMENTARY WINNER: Bee The Solution - Charlotte Quintanar

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:

  • BEST VFX: Wish U Were Here

  • BEST EDITING: I Probably Shouldn’t Be Telling You This

  • BEST DIRECTING: Half-Light

  • BEST ACTING: Puck

  • BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Sammy, Without Strings

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY presented by RED Digital Cinema: Birdsong

STORY STARTS HERE: SCREENPLAY COMPETITION:

  • BEST PILOT SCRIPT: Gyopo - Stevie Yun

  • BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY: Open Casket - Claire Gostin

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

  • OPENING NIGHT, presented by MoPop: Noodles Forever - McKinley Carlin

  • REEL IMPACT, presented by Team Soapbox: El Soñador - Duncan Heger

  • EPISODIC SHOWCASE: Humanized - Colin Sevely-Ortiz

  • GROWTH SPURTS: The External-Internal Monologue Of An Interdependent Insomniac - Julian Felix Aaronson

  • MUSICAL MEDLEY: Broke Mine Too - Eliot Lee

  • COPING FOR THE BEST: Still Here - Mariah Barrera

  • DIRE STRAITS: Idle Speed - Yoni Azulay

  • HAPPY HOUR SHORTS: Please Hold - Ryan Robinson, Zach Shenouda & Teddy Nissen

  • EXPERIMENTAL VISIONS: The River - Janay Kelley

  • FRIDAY NIGHT SHORTS, presented by AFI Conservatory: Kook Street - Jeremy Kemp

  • BRING THE KIDS, presented by Vancouver Film School: Homeseek - Thi Chu

  • PALPABLE PERFORMANCES, presented by Chapman University: Jungle Rhythms - Adrian Kader

  • BREAKING THE MOLD: Nothing, Except Everything. - Wesley Wang

  • EXPRESS YOURSELF, presented by FILMSUPPLY & MUSICBED: Adam’s Song - Nathan Xia

  • IMMENSE IMMERSIONS, presented by MoPop: Float - Jaden Heller

  • FAMILY TIES: Dún Laoghaire - William Lancaster

  • OUT OF SYNC: A Reason To - Sari Arambulo

  • CENTERPIECE: I Probably Shouldn’t Be Telling You This - Emma Weinswig

  • THRILLS AND CHILLS, presented by Hussian College in Studio: Things Could Be Better - Carter Kratkiewicz

  • EVERGREEN SCREEN: Grief Is Quiet - Hailey McGill

  • LIVELY LOCALES, presented by Filmic Pro: Mango City - Dana Depirri & Emma Cuba

  • FRESH EYES: Sunflower Field - Polina Buchak

  • UNEASY STREET: Cabbage - Destinee McCaster

  • DAILY GRIND: Animal Behavior - Adrian Delcan

  • CLOSING NIGHT: Obtusion - Nathan Cowles

2022 Awards

JURY AWARDS:

  • BEST NARRATIVE – Busan, 1999 - Thomas Kim, Da Eun Kim, Soojin Jeong

  • BEST NARRATIVE - HONORABLE MENTION – Plum Town - Kelly Yu

  • BEST NARRATIVE (STUDENT) – Winter of ‘79 - Julia Elihu, Leslie Susman, Gabe Knows-Newton, Alex Joyce

  • BEST NARRATIVE (STUDENT) - HONORABLE MENTION – Beneath the Grass - William Bermudez, Sam Friedman, Nathan Ginter, Caden Ghen

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY – Dial Home - César Martínez Barba, Yadira Rodríguez

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY - HONORABLE MENTION – Team Meryland - Gabriel Gaurano, Julia Elihu, Jason Phillips

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY (STUDENT) – Mawhialeo Ote Alowha (Our Love) - Valeriya Golovina, Niamh Swannack, Morgan Hopkins, Cameron Cook

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY (STUDENT) - HONORABLE MENTION – In Good Faith - Andrea Yu-Chieh Chung

  • BEST ANIMATION – Divination Dave - Georgia Madden

  • BEST ANIMATION - HONORABLE MENTION – This is Why Girls Go to the Bathroom Together - Lydia Reid

  • BEST ANIMATION (STUDENT) – Goodbye Jerome! - Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL – Winter Insect, Summer Flower - Tee Jaehyung Park, Gbenga Komolafe

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL (STUDENT) – How to Raise a Black Boy - Justice Jamal Jones

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO – Brumatti - "In Shape For Summer" - Kaylinn Clotfelter, Andrew Trice, Isaiah Satterfield, Logan Triplett

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO - HONORABLE MENTION – I Like the Look of Today - Brian Niles, Will Noyce, Shane Bagwell

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO (STUDENT) – Mia Gladstone - "Food" - Zac Dov Wiesel, Sophia Loren Heriveaux, Shane Bagwell

  • BEST EPISODIC – Hetero - KJ Kieras, Bentley Eldridge

  • BEST EPISODIC - HONORABLE MENTION – Parked in America - Kayla Yumi Lewis, Luke Salin, Ann Swenson

NEW TALENT:

  • AGE 14 AND UNDER – Ella Janes - The First 280 Honest Words of My Life

  • AGE 15-18 – Isabella Chiappini - Counter Conformity

  • AGE 20-24 – Kelly Yu - Plum Town

JURY/AUDIENCE AWARDS (50/50 WEIGHTING):

48 HOUR FILM OFF:

  • 1ST PLACE - Mount Si High School

  • 2ND PLACE - Chaminade College Preparatory

  • 3RD PLACE - Anacortes High School

SPECIAL AWARDS:

KATHY REICHGERDT INSPIRATION AWARD

WINNER: Gabriel Gaurano - Team Meryland

MATT LAWRENCE FILM TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD

WINNER: Joe Dockery - Mount Si High School

BEST LGBTQIA+ FILM AWARD (presented by Seattle Pride)

WINNER: Searching for the Wave - Chelsea Muscat

NEXTFILMFESTIVAL AWARD

WINNER: Barb Hoffman - Rainy Days and Crooked Sheets

JDOGG SCHOLAR AWARD

WINNER: Alaya Knowlton - Adrift

BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM AWARDS (presented by Hussian College)

NARRATIVE WINNER: Ilea - Samuel Correa
DOCUMENTARY WINNER: Schadenfreude - Celeste Yeany

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:

  • BEST VFX (presented by Red Giant) – Darkside - Spencer Zimmerman, Braiden Van Grootel, Liam Meredith, Raine LeMay

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – ASKA - Claro Milo

  • BEST EDITING – @scroll_alice - Céline Ufenast

  • BEST DIRECTING – Hilum - Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, Hannah Schierbeek

  • BEST ACTING – Neither Seen Nor Heard - Florence Kosky

  • BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – Geena Marie Hernandez, Chayse Banks, Chris Violette, Sky Theis

  • BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM – MELT - Wylder Voegele

STORY STARTS HERE: SCREENPLAY COMPETITION:

BEST PILOT SCRIPT: The Winters - Claire Giegerich
BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY: The Third Ear - Nathan Ginter

FINALISTS:

  • Gutterball (Pilot) - Emily Kane

  • Dependo (Pilot) - Jamie Kolbrenner

  • Boxes (Short Screenplay) - Daniela Morales

  • Spooky Sunday (Short Screenplay) - Liv Sanders

RUNNERS UP:

  • Arcadi (Short Screenplay) - Atlas Faye

  • Transit 3 or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Road (Short Screenplay) - Elias Rivera 

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

  • OPENING NIGHT – Plum Town - Kelly Yu
    FAMILY TIES – Immutable Uncertainties - Lucy Blumenfield, Arielle Friedman, Camila Grimaldi

  • GROWTH SPURTS – Fuckboy - Emma Weinswig, Noa Beckham-Chasnoff, Anika Ramlo, Malik Dowdy

  • VIBRANT VIGNETTES – You Don't Dance on Tables - Isabella Cuevas Pierson

  • EMOTE CONTROL – Split Ends - Pema Baldwin, Maya Rajan, Danielle Payne

  • DISBELIEF SUSPENDED – Thumbtale - Justin Fargiano

  • REEL NAIL BITERS – Poachers - Tiffany Lin, Elias Ginsberg, Samantha Sadoff

  • HAPPY HOUR SHORTS (presented by LaCie) – TWO BEERS - Zach Robinson, Ashley Moore, Ben Tjaden, Matthew Bullerdick

  • FROM THE HEART (presented by Seattle Pride) – Bolognese - Annika Chavez, Sara Linden, Sophie Thomason, Jackie Lee

  • FRIDAY NIGHT SHORTS – Busan, 1999 - Thomas Percy Kim, Da Eun Kim, Soojin Jeong

  • BREAKING THE MOLD – Buzzbrews - Jaclyn Goldstein

  • AFTER HOURS ABSURDITY – Wolf in Dude’s Clothing - Solmund MacPherson

  • SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS – Black Metal - Riley Street, Janice Wu, Danielle Mullins, Even O’Brien

  • GET YOUR HANDS ARTY – Stitching a Life: The Story of Trudie Strobel - Ian Kim, Miranda Lewis, Lila Dworsky-Hickey, Hank Schoen, Fernanda Zaragoza, Jocelyn Vega, Natasha Clement, Coleman Weintraub, Spirit Avedon, Jaaziah McZeal, Alexander McDaniel

  • COST OF LIVING – Wuhan Driver - Tiger Ji, Stefan Nachmann

  • EPISODIC SHOWCASE – The Starrs - Big Red Button - Christian Hurley, Emily Cyrier, Will Ammann, Bryan Taira

  • PEDAL TO THE METTLE – The Pomegranate Tree - Sara Nell, Erica Kennedy, Lindsey Ellis, Kanika Vora

  • SLICE OF LIFE – Portraits - Chelsea Eisen, Langston Siebens, Will Noyce, Miles Elliot

  • CENTERPIECE (co-presented by Filmsupply/Musicbed) – One Day You’ll Go Blind - Leo Pfeifer

  • EXPERIMENTAL VISIONS – Riḍā - Raza Tariq

  • THRILLS & CHILLS (presented by Hussian College in Studio) – Talisman - Reangsei Phos

  • THE EVERGREEN SCREEN – Ode 2 Embarrassment - Hailey McGill

  • COPING FOR THE BEST – Last Seen - Nathan Ginter, Shane Bagwell, Brian Niles

  • FINE LINES (presented by Vancouver Film School) – Afro Algorithms - Anatola Araba

  • NEXT LEVEL (presented by AFI Conservatory) – Everything is As It Should Be - Kylie Murphy

  • AGAINST ALL ODDS – Fallen Prince - Lukas Dong

  • PHANTASMIC FUTURES (presented by MoPOP) – Darkside - Spencer Zimmerman, Braiden Van Grootel, Liam Meredith, Raine LeMay

  • SEISMIC SOUNDTRACKS – Cellar - Roxy Sophie Sorkin, Brian Niles, Shane Bagwel, Langston Griffith-Siebens

  • DYNAMIC DUOS – Alfie - Emily Ryder, Sabrina Soto

  • CLOSING NIGHT – Winter of ‘79 - Julia Elihu, Leslie Susman, Gabe Knows-Newton, Alex Joyce

2020 Awards 

JURY AWARDS:

  • BEST NARRATIVE – Babydyke - Tone Ottilie

  • BEST NARRATIVE (STUDENT) – Downs of the Dead - Even Husby Grødahl, Jesper Breen Frilseth, August Jordfald, Petter Brenni Gulbrandsen

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY – Mizuko - Kira Dane, Katelyn Rebelo

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY (STUDENT) - HONORABLE MENTION – Joychild - Aurora Brachman

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY (STUDENT) – No Crying at the Dinner Table - Carol Nguyen

  • BEST ANIMATION - HONORABLE MENTION – Only the Moon - Maya Cueva

  • BEST ANIMATION – Perfect. - Daniel Epega

  • BEST ANIMATION (STUDENT) – In Passing - Esther Cheung

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL – Flores Dentro - Catalina Loret, Gabriela Ortega, Vicente Manzano, Morning Wu

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL (STUDENT) - HONORABLE MENTION – To the Girl that Looks Like Me - Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah, Farah Jabir, Adrian Sobrado

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL (STUDENT) – There Were Four of Us - Cassie Shao

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO – Claud “Just to Forget” - Christina Xing, Shane Bagwell, Harrison Allen

NEW TALENT:

  • AGE 14 AND UNDER (presented by Red Giant) – Eva Ulreich - Anxiety

  • AGE 15-19 (presented by Red Giant) – Tee Jaehyung Park - The Pupal Stage

  • AGE 20-24 (presented by Red Giant) – Mickey Lai - The Cloud is Still There

JURY/AUDIENCE AWARDS (50/50 WEIGHTING):

STOCK FOOTAGE CHALLENGE:

  • 1ST PLACE - Wicomico High School - Casey Mull, Gregory Zimmerman

  • 2ND PLACE - The Stony Brook School - Angela Kwak, Lemmy Greaves, Rukevwe Alade

  • 3RD PLACE - St. Margaret’s Episcopal School - Charlotte Quintanar, Ryan Krall 

SPECIAL AWARDS:

KATHY REICHGERDT INSPIRATION AWARD

WINNER: Ciani Rey Walker - Misfits

INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS AWARD

GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Ella Fields - Bloom
RUNNER UP WINNER: Eva Ulreich - Anxiety

NEXTFILMFESTIVAL AWARD

WINNER: Kai Tomizawa - No Fan of Andy

BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM AWARDS (presented by Hussian College)

NARRATIVE WINNER: Kai Tomizawa - No Fan of Andy
DOCUMENTARY WINNER: Raza Tariq - Gifted Handz


SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:

  • BEST VFX - HONORABLE MENTION (presented by Red Giant) – INTI - Mariel Sosa

  • BEST VFX (presented by Red Giant) – The Painted - Sasha Sibley, Thomas George, Donovan Sierra

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – SOFT - Daniel Antebi, Matthew Ballard, Reid Hannaford

  • BEST EDITING – No Crying at the Dinner Table - Carol Nguyen

  • BEST DIRECTING – The Mood in the United States Today - Ward Kamel, Adrian Lausell, Aditya Mayya

  • BEST ACTING – Virginia - Francesco Puppini, Kayleigh Platt, Jack Armour, Joel Renberg-Fawcett


STORY STARTS HERE: SCREENPLAY COMPETITION:

BEST PILOT (presented by Point Park University): Lucy the Nonbeliever - Liv Coron, Emmy St. Pierre
BEST SCREENPLAY (SHORT FILM) (presented by Point Park ): Out the Pot - Nifemi Madarikan

FINALISTS:

  • The Narnle (Pilot) - Georgina Cahill

  • Sunshine Room (Pilot) - Tiffany Lin 

  • Sweetie (Screenplay, Short Film) - Christl Stringer

  • Some Other Place (Screenplay, Short Film) - Solstice Harris

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

  • OPENING NIGHT – Practice - Moira Fett, Kerry Levielle, Lucy Adams

  • FAMILY PORTRAITS – In Vitro - Mackenzie Thomson, Dylan Freeman, Eimear Doherty, Liam Lyall

  • CALL YOUR MOTHER – Breastmilk - Roxy Sorkin, Christina Xing, Sophia Heriveaux, Eve Robitshek, Brian Niles

  • GROWING PAINS – Athol Park - Clark Burnett, a.k. payne, Lelai Givens

  • SALIENT SIMULATIONS (presented by MoPOP) – Sunshine Room - Nick Lopez, Tiffany Lin, Nate Cohen, Liam Walsh

  • ALL HOURS ABSURDITY – Number 2 - Cal J.T. Moreno, Francisco Serna

  • SATURDAY NIGHT SHORTS – Ciervo - Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma

  • HAPPY HOUR SHORTS – Post Love - Max Barry, Erik Scarsella, Tiernan O'Rourke, Evelyn Hassett

  • THRILLS & CHILLS (presented by Hussian College) – Downs of the Dead - Even Husby Grødahl, Jesper Breen Frilseth, August Jordfald, Petter Brenni Gulbrandsen

  • RECLAIMING ME (presented by FiLMiC Pro) – Name Me - Sia Peng

  • POWERFUL GRIT – Eyes of Eidolon - Davi Pena, Addison Toney, Kai Dickson, Devon Solwold

  • THROUGH MY EYES – Mr. Wild - Caleb Wild

  • THE CARDS YOU'RE DEALT – Toomsboro - Liam Tangum, Paolo Wolfsdorf, Jake Coury, Noelle DeAngelis

  • FAMILY STREAM-ALONG – Le Prince Oublié - Chloe Aguirre, Hailey Burns, Emmeline Shafer, Alex Fowler

  • ART IN MOTION – Mizuko - Kira Dane, Katelyn Rebelo

  • CENTERPIECE – To The Girl Who Looks Like Me - Ewurakua Dawson-Amoah, Farah Jabir, Adrian Sobrado

  • RADICAL EXPERIMENTS – Metamorphism - Kate Saltel

  • BREAKING THE MOLD – Facades - Gregory Alexander Foltynowicz, Alexander Baker

  • PACIFIC NORTHBEST (presented by Koerner Camera) – Some Bunny to Love - Ben Nakhuda, Ethan Seneker, Tatiana Elliott, Abhi Goyal

  • ANIMATION SENSATIONS (presented by Vancouver Film School) – The Kitchlets - Clarisse Chua

  • ANIMATION CELEBRATION (presented by Vancouver Film School) – The Peach Scarf - Del Sego

  • I MADE YOU A MIXTAPE (SIDE A) – Rodney Chrome “Pulpit” - Zachary Dov Wiesel, Shane Bagwell, Shuni Chopra Dhar, Lauren Nicola

  • I MADE YOU A MIXTAPE (SIDE B) – Lokl Yokl “Down the Line” - Ryan Rosenblum, Devon Young, Eli DiFiore, Stephen Boyer

  • DYNAMIC DUOS – Bittersweet - Max Mir, Lorenzo Fedon, John Otteson, Sam Lowsley-Williams

  • IMMERSE YOURSELF! – Swipe Right for Murder - Raine Bracken, Natalie O'Neill, Savina Monopoli, Caitlin Bevington

  • SLICE OF LIFE – In Passing - Esther Cheung

  • PALPABLE PERFORMANCES – For Kate - Claire Imler, Jessica Stossel

  • CONNECTED BY MORE (presented by AFI Conservatory) – What We See in the Clouds - Barb Hoffman

  • COME AS YOU ARE (presented by Seattle Pride) – Joychild - Aurora Brachman

  • CLOSING NIGHT: WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR? – Your Friend, Ranger Doug - Claire Jantzen, Sara Nell, Kayla Borkovec, Celine Francois

2019 Awards

JURY AWARDS:

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM (STUDENT), HONORABLE MENTION (presented by LaCie) – Your Security - Elias ZX

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM (STUDENT) – (presented by LaCie) - Umbilical Cord to Heaven - Don Josephus Raphael Eblahan, Hannah Schierbeek, Keaton McQuarrie, John Eblahan

  • BEST ANIMATION, HONORABLE MENTION (presented by LaCie) – Hold the Sun in Your Hands - Xenia Bernal, Ian Kim, Hank Schoen, India Spencer, Talia Abel, Alejandro Moses de la Vega, Eva Suissa, Michael Zambrano

  • BEST ANIMATION (presented by LaCie) – Grab My Hand - Camrus Johnson

  • BEST ANIMATION (STUDENT) (presented by LaCie) – The Emergency Brake - Maci How, Ari Reuven

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY (STUDENT) (presented by LaCie) – Seeds of Deceit - Miriam Guttman

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY (STUDENT), HONORABLE MENTION (presented by LaCie) – Scaling Iceland - Adam Hersko-RonaTas

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY (presented by LaCie) – The Gospel of Combat - David Hutchinson

  • BEST NARRATIVE SHORT, HONORABLE MENTION (presented by LaCie) – Lavender - Matthew Puccini

  • BEST NARRATIVE SHORT (presented by LaCie) – My Time - Giulia Gandini

  • BEST NARRATIVE SHORT (STUDENT) (presented by LaCie) – Tree #3 - Omer Ben-Shachar

NEW TALENT:

  • AGE 14 AND UNDER – Billy Quinn - Love is the Most Important Thing

  • AGE 15-19 – Allee Stone - after.

  • AGE 20-24 – Sidi Wang - Lucky Girl

JURY/AUDIENCE AWARDS (50/50 WEIGHTING):

48 HOUR FILM OFF:

  • 1ST PLACE - St. Margaret’s Episcopal School

  • 2ND PLACE - Mount Si High School

  • 3RD PLACE - Vancouver School of the Arts and Academies

SPECIAL AWARDS:

KATHY REICHGERDT INSPIRATION AWARD

WINNER: Catherine McCord - You’re Gonna Be Okay

INTERLOCHEN ARTS ACADEMY AWARD

WINNER: Dancing on Black and White - John Li

GIVE VOLUNTEERS AWARD

WINNER: 106 Days - Claire Imler

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS:

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO – Claud - “I Wish You Were Gay” - Christina Xing, Shane Bagwell

  • BEST VFX (presented by Red Giant) – Iglooghost - “Amu’s Hoop” - Luke Gibson, Seamus Malluagh, Christopher Casey Denton

  • BEST VFX, HONORABLE MENTION (presented by Red Giant) – Moth - Shu Zhu, Shincy Lu, Ayinde Anderson, G. Wilson

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Scaling Iceland - Adam Hersko-RonaTas

  • BEST EDITING – How We're Gonna Make it Through Till The Morning Sun - Mackie Mallison

  • BEST DIRECTING – Open - Sarah Nocquet

  • BEST ACTING – Tabitha in Love - Christian Flashman

STORY STARTS HERE: SCREENPLAY COMPETITION:

BEST PILOT (presented by Vancouver Film School): Hire Up - Rebekah Covington
BEST SCREENPLAY (SHORT) (presented by Vancouver Film School): A Crown for Queenie - Tiffany Lin

FINALISTS:

  • One Man Show (Screenplay, Short) - Ben Kadie

  • Spit Head (Pilot) - Theo Taplitz

  • Sorry (Pilot) - Emily Adams 

  • Perfect Match (Screenplay, Short) - Molly Smith

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

  • OPENING NIGHT: BOLD & BEAUTIFUL – Tree #3 - Omer Ben-Shachar

  • MORNING ECLECTIC (presented by Biola University) – Bubblehead - Vigga Wagner

  • FAMILY TIES – Mormor - Matthew MacDonald

  • A.L.: ARTIFICIAL LIFE (presented by MoPOP) – Midnight Marathon - Jonah Haber, Stefan Vucic, Michael Hua 

  • RECLAIMING ME – Melons - Hailey McGill

  • GLOBAL CURRENTS (presented by GIVE Volunteers) – Rainbow Mothers - Elle Luan, Guoxiu Jiang, John Baxter 

  • PALPABLE PERFORMANCES (presented by SHIFT) – Chronie - Derek Mari, Halley Albert, Cullum Andrews

  • HAPPY HOUR SHORTS – Freak Beast - Kyle Blaich, Honor Kidd, Jake Dugger, Roman Richard

  • POWERFUL GRIT – What Daphne Saw - Lizz Marshall

  • THE LONG & SHORT OF IT – Asri (Distant) - Ecegül Bayram, Crystal Zhang, Konstantin Lyubimov

  • A SCREENING DARKLY – Bubble - Vicente Manzano, Alfonso Torres

  • AFTER HOURS ABSURDITY – A Slight Inconvenience - Alan Moutal, Christian Hyatt, Eli Bessudo, Enrique De la Garza

  • BRING THE KIDS (presented by Southern Oregon University) – The Last Straw - Emma Craft

  • ART IN MOTION – Black Girl Poem - Daryl Paris Bright, Ariel Zucker, Kaytie Nielsen, Anatola Pabst

  • HUMAN IDENTITIES (presented by Ithaca College Park School of Communications) – Queen of the Dinosaurs - Addison Dlott, Unagh Frank, Jacob Markwardt, Audrey Warner, Steven Stewart

  • OUR CHANGING EARTH (presented by NowThis) – Of the Sea - Jordyn Romero

  • LEVEL UP! – The Lightning Man - Jonathan Goetzman, Bella Wadhwani, Alexa Cha, Hannah Freeman

  • IMMERSE YOURSELF – Harry, This is Nora - Isaiah Berra

  • CENTERPIECE (co-presented by LaCie) – Wild Love - Paul Autric, Quentin Camus, Lea Gorgés, Maryka Laudet, Zoé Sottiaux, Corentin Yvergniaux, Julien Deparis

  • RADICAL EXPERIMENTS – Someday My Daughter Will Make Art About When I Was Young - Tessa Hill

  • NIGHT TERRORS (presented by Studio School) – Polaroid - Ben Schwartz

  • CINEMATIC JOURNEY – The Gospel of Combat - David Hutchinson, Marli Tague, John Lowell Anderson, Jared Chance

  • FACING THE FRONTIER (presented by Capilano University) – Lucky Girl - Sidi Wang, Sonia Li, Mariana Gonzalez

  • COME AS YOU ARE (presented by Seattle Pride) – Seahorse - Drew Praskovich, Kaitlin Nash, Ashley Stokes, Alia Ssemakula

  • LOCALS ONLY (presented by Seattle Film Institute) – Living with Ana - Saia Dugan, Marley Rankin, Violet Collins, Olivia Flego-Wirth

  • EXISTENTIAL EPICS – Wavering - Jordan Gustafson, Matthew Planer, Lauren Cabanas, Layla Kornota

  • ANIMATION SENSATIONS (presented by Point Park University) – Mending - Lilly Parker, Sarah Wimbish, Meera Gandhi, Natalie Piszcz

  • SLAPS, BOPS, & BANGERS – Starbuck - “Words” - Dawson Taylor

  • LIGHTEN UP! – The Magic Words - Matthew Marucci, Domenic Porcari, Megan Dumke, Aquia Williams

  • CLOSING NIGHT: GENERATION NOW – Virgencita - Giselle Bonilla

2018 Awards

JURY AWARDS:

  • BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - Silvia In The Waves - Giovana Olmos

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY – Phú - Omeed Farsoni, Troy Charbonnet

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM – Birth Control Your Own Adventure - Sindha Agha

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO presented by Foreign Family Collective – Dragon Inn 3 - Backstabber - Josh Pfaff

  • BEST ANIMATION – Lady Strips - Adrienne Mountain

  • OCULUS ODYSSEY AWARD presented by Oculus - Plomo: Journey of a Bullet - Giulia Jimenez

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Stevie’s Aliens - Austin S. Harris

  • HONORABLE MENTION VFX presented by Red Giant - A Doll Distorted - Niall Shukla

  • BEST VFX presented by Red Giant - Cupid’s Paradise - Ivy Liao

  • JANE AWARD FOR BEST FEMALE-IDENTIFYING PHENOM presented by Jane and the Shoe - Daisy Cornejo - Part of a Generation

NEW TALENT:

  • AGE 14 AND UNDER presented by Red Giant – The Mom Plan - Ella McKeon

  • AGE 15-19 presented by Red Giant – Trejur - Thomas Kim

  • AGE 20-24 presented by Red Giant – Maggie Rogers - Back In My Body - Brendan Hall

JURY/AUDIENCE AWARDS (50/50 WEIGHTING):

48 HOUR FILM OFF:

  • 1ST PLACE - Anacortes High School

  • 2ND PLACE - Roosevelt High School

  • 3RD PLACE - Ballard High School

NFFTYx AWARDS:

  • BEST 360° FILM - I Can’t, I Have Rehearsal - Fermin Gonzalez, Thomas Glicco, Reina Quezada, Ben Wagner

  • BEST VR - Avaloki - Priyam Parikh

SPECIAL AWARDS:

KATHY REICHGERDT INSPIRATION AWARD

WINNER: An Open Letter to Mimi Walters - Jessica Stossel

BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILMMAKER AWARD

WINNER: Catherine McCord - Fear No Evil, Come Back to Me

STORY STARTS HERE: SCREENPLAY COMPETITION:

WINNER: The Adventures of Star Girl and the Marble Roller - Kathryn Orwig

FINALISTS:

  • We Be The Land - Frazier Bostic

  • Sold - Logan Palmer

  • Oh Possum, My Possum - Griffin Kelly

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

  • OPENING NIGHT - Period. End Of Sentence. - Rayka Zehtabchi

  • MORNING ECLECTIC - Bingo - Annie Jaynes, August Ortega, Brendan Boyle, Jeremy Zeilik

  • A GUIDE TO GROWING UP - Grey Heart - Theo Taplitz

  • FEMINIST FILM NOW presented by Jane and the Shoe - Distress - Lane Lyle

  • A GLOBE LESS TRAVELED - Younger Finland - Hannah Rose Snyder, Luke Keibler, Andrew Holman, Austin Orth

  • POWERFUL GRIT - Wild - Morgana McKenzie

  • HUMAN CONDITION - Soaring Soldiers - Cecilie Elmholt Skou

  • HAPPY HOUR SHORTS - Mad Lib Pixie Dream Girl - Kylie Murphy

  • FRIDAY NIGHT SHORTS - Onye Nmefie (The Trespasser) - William Alexander Boyd III

  • THE LAST LAUGH - To College - Quinn Halleck, Sam Gershik, Cameron Silzle, Jonathan Galliano

  • BRING THE KIDS - Gray - Liv Coron

  • ART IN MOTION - E T A - Talia Shea Levin

  • CINEMATIC JOURNEY - Jörmundur - Jack Bushell

  • EXPERIMENTAL VISIONS - Sweetie - Miaosi Li

  • THROWBACKS - Baby I’m Yours - Hadley Hillel

  • VITAL VOICES - The “In” Word - Ayannah Settle, Gillian McFerren

  • NEXT LEVEL - Nevada - Emily Ann Hoffman

  • CENTERPIECE - Esperanza Y Futuro - Clare Imler

  • EDGE OF YOUR SEAT - The Last Seance - Laura Kulik, Anthony Coyne, David Fortune, Logan Fulton

  • LIGHTEN UP! - White Lilies - Lucy Gale

  • VARIETY HOUR - A Nighttime in Frogtown - Teddy Nissen

  • #UpperLeftUSA - The Mountain Man - Ben Riley, Lars Purdy, Trevor Dunnigan

  • COME AS YOU ARE - Ladies Day - Abena Taylor-Smith

  • REEL ANIMATION - Harls - Kenzie Sutton

  • STORIES OF US - Passionfruit - Ashley Martinez, Caleb Garrett

  • MUSICAL MASTERPIECE presented by Foreign Family Collective - Too Many Zooz - Warriors - Jeffrey Prosser, Andrew Schundler, Inder Mann, Ryan Dayhoff

  • OUTTA THIS WORLD - Waxwing - Karl Jungquist

  • CLOSING NIGHT - NEW AMERICAN DREAMS - 3000 Miles - Sean Wang

2017 Awards

JURY AWARDS:

  • BEST NARRATIVE SHORT – Buckets - Julia Jones

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY – I’m Free - Edvard Karijord

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM – Ok, Call Me Back - Emily Ann Hoffman

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO – Atlas World - Morgana McKenzie

  • BEST ANIMATION – Reflections - Morgan Gruer

  • BEST 360° FILM Presented by Oculus – Parched - Adam Hersko

  • BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Princess Yun - Tiger Tse

  • BEST EMERGING FEMALE FILMMAKER – Emma Penaz Eisner - There’s More Than One Way To Skin A Man

NEW TALENT:

  • AGE 14 AND UNDER presented by Relativity School – Alina Foley - Denial

  • AGE 15-19 – Chelsea Eisen - Daisy Head Mayzie

  • AGE 20-24 – Justin Leyba – The Alien, Nate

48 HOUR FILM OFF:

  • 1ST PLACE – Roosevelt High School

  • Honorable Mention – Tahoma Senior High

THE DOROTHY AWARD

Annabelle Attanasio - Frankie Keeps Talking

THENEXTFILMFESTIVAL AWARD

Isabella Pierson

STORY STARTS HERE: SCREENPLAY COMPETITION WINNER

WINNER: Emily Yue - Love Bruises

FINALISTS:

  • River Fork - Vuk Lungulov-Klotz

  • Gray - Liv Coron

  • Hello, Goodbye - AJ Lodge

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

  • OPENING NIGHT – Frankie Keeps Talking - Annabelle Attanasio

  • AFTERNOON ECLECTIC – Warm Springs - Sean Wang, Nic De Bellis, Sam Davis, Rayka Zehtabchi

  • A GUIDE TO GROWING UP – Damn Graduation - Emliie Beck, Jon-Andre Hakvog

  • CINEMATIC JOURNEY – The Tale of The Glass Dome - Mauritz Solberg

  • FEMME FRIDAY – A Horse Named Allan - Tanne Sommer

  • HAPPY FRIDAY SHORTS – Hi-Glow Retro - Alex Morsanutto

  • DOUBLE DISCOVERY – The Light Ground - Lukas Väth

  • FRIDAY NIGHT SHORTS – The Alternative - Sachin Dharwadker

  • POWERFUL GRIT – Satisfaction Guaranteed - Yue Ma

  • THE LAST LAUGH – Chainsaw Charlie - Dan Lesser

  • BRING THE KIDS – Brave Boy - Alejandro Lombard

  • THE HUMAN RACE – The New Europeans - Johannes Skov Andersen, Aske Petersen, Peter Kappel

  • ART IN MOTION – Fish Hook and Eye - Chloe Atkas, Kevin Rios, Lucy Ross, Andrew Hebert

  • COME AS YOU ARE – Transformative - Krystelle Kurz, Claire Elliott, Sorcha Marron

  • MUSICAL MASTERPIECE – Vulfpeck - Back Pocket - Tim Hendrix

  • A GLOBE LESS TRAVELED – Lau & Laudrup - Charlotte Brodthagen

  • CENTERPIECE – Ampersand - Charlotte Dewulf

  • EXPERIMENTAL VISIONS – Continue? - Tony Weaver, Jr.

  • EDGE OF YOUR SEAT – Lamia - Arturo Alanis, Remington Long, Sam Wolff, David Britton

  • LIGHTEN UP! – Northern Belles - Lael Rogers, Christian Leonard, Maddie Downes, Isabela de Compos

  • #UpperLeftUSA – Baby - Ryan Zemke

  • REEL ANIMATION – ei: emotional intelligence - Dennis Sungmin Kim, Adam Parham, Nicholas Escobar

  • OUTTA THIS WORLD – Beside Myself - Jack McCafferty, Madison McMahon, Anthony Marotta

  • STORIES OF US – Gardeners of The Forest - Ceylan Carhoglu, Nicole Jordan Webber

  • VARIETY HOUR – Paint By Number Person - Peyton Miller

  • CLOSING NIGHT: AMERICAN DREAMS – Hell You Talmbout - Tyler Rabinowitz, Denzel Boyd

2016 Awards

JURY AWARDS:

  • BEST EMERGING FEMALE FILMMAKER – Kayla Briet - Smoke That Travels

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY – Bunee: The Boy From Constanta - Bunee Tomlinson

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM – Will I Scatter Away? - Emma Penaz Eisner

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO – Music Box – Amy West

  • BEST ANIMATION – Metanoia - Anupama Hiregoudar, Joel Singh Negi, Robin Chakraborty, Punit Gor, Shakti Soni,Sonal Jadhav

  • BEST NARRATIVE SHORT – Some Monsters - Katelyn Walker, Jordan Durham, Kevin Galloway, Julia Pamies

NEW TALENT AWARDS:

  • AGE 14 AND UNDER presented by Relativity School – Ella Fields - Unwritten

  • AGE 15-19 – Carol Nguyen - This Home is Not Empty

  • AGE 20-24 – Rayka Zehtabchi – Madaran

48 HOUR FILM OFF:

  • 1ST PLACE – University Prep

  • 2ND PLACE – Meadowdale

  • 3rd PLACE – The Center School

THE DOROTHY AWARD

WINNER: Claire Imler and Dan Lesser - For You

THENEXTFILMFESTIVAL AWARD

WINNER: Hadlel Hillel

STORY STARTS HERE: SCREENPLAY COMPETITION WINNER

WINNER: Judy Suh

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

  • OPENING NIGHT – Looking Down - Joe Staehly

  • AFTERNOON ECLECTIC – The Gold of The Tigers - Rodolfo Lissia, Guglielmo Trautvetter

  • A GUIDE TO GROWING UP – In The Path of My Father - RaSeph Wright, Paulina Suira, Sia Li Wright, Abubakr Uqdah

  • FEMME FRIDAY – Wanderlust - Christine Stronegger

  • TURN BACK THE CLOCK – Daggers and Dagguerotypes - Natalia Ferrara

  • HAPPY HOUR SHORTS – I Am Virgin - Joy Hanson, Cody Mathieson Packer, Korey VanHuis, Michelle Lynn Fogle

  • CINEMATIC JOURNEY – Ernie - Hadley Hillel

  • FRIDAY NIGHT SHORTS – (censored) - Isaiah Corey

  • POWERFUL GRIT -–Salva Nos - Adriana Comsa, King Louie Palomo, Zack Zhao, Adan Ruiz

  • THE LAST LAUGH – Bubble Bath - Kevin Saxby, Alex Axworthy

  • BRING THE KIDS – Sometimes, Maybe - Cole Bacani

  • ART IN MOTION – Grey Space - Jordan Rosenbloom

  • CLIFHANGERS – From The Golden Gate to the Farallones - Jack Bushell, Alex Herz

  • MUSICAL MASTERPIECE – Armen Paul - To The Moon and Back - Michael Ayjian, Stephen Skeel

  • THE HUMAN RACE – Crossing Brooks County - Kaley Belval, Nina Lindberg, Eric Cotton

  • CENTERPIECE – Samantha Moonley’s Greatest Feeling - Garrett Kennell, David Light, Janelle DeChancie, Christina Gonzalez

  • EXPERIMENTAL VISIONS – The Yellow Wallpaper - Sunny Mohajer

  • EDGE OF YOUR SEAT – The Fawn Response - Wynter Rhys

  • LIGHTEN UP – The Road to Jericho - Phillip G. Carroll Jr.

  • NORTHWEST IS BEST – Ben - Allyson Fournier, J. Edward Davis, CJ McGillivray, Paul Human

  • REEL ANIMATION – Elliot - Dennis Kim, Lukas Dong, Luke Ciancarelli 

  • VARIETY HOUR – Albatross - Sverre Kvamme

  • COME AS YOU ARE – Revenge of the Flower Gang- Amanda Kang

  • CLOSING NIGHT: AROUND THE WORLD IN TEN FILMS – Smoke That Travels - Kayla Briet

2015 Awards

JURY AWARDS:

  • BEST EMERGING NORTHWEST FILMMAKER – Barry Briggs - El Doggo

  • BEST EMERGING FEMALE FILMMAKER – Kira Bursky - Demons in Disguise, We're Okay

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY – The Provider - Leah Galant, Maya Cueva, Peter Quandat

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM – Guilt - Niall Shukla

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO – Valentino Khan - “Make Some Noise” - Tim Hendrix

  • BEST ANIMATION – Magarwasi - Varun Nair

  • BEST SHORT (presented by Relativity School) – Small - Charles Frank

NEW TALENT AWARDS:

  • AGES 14 AND UNDER – Theo Taplitz - F is For Freedom, Cereal Killer

  • AGES 15-19 – Ruby Drake - Two By Two

  • AGES 20-24 – Henry Chaisson - Open 24 Hours, The Anniversary, Theodora

48 HOUR FILM OFF:

  • 1ST PLACE – Ballard High School

  • 2ND PLACE – Mt. Si High School

  • 3RD PLACE – Cascade High School

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

  • OPENING NIGHT – Two And a Quarter Minutes- Josh Ovalle

  • AFTERNOON ECLECTIC – Toys - Teddy Nissen

  • A GUIDE TO GROWING UP – Pass Me By - Jared Passante

  • TURN BACK THE CLOCK – Nobody - William Bryan

  • HAPPY HOUR SHORTS – For The Sake of Health and Well-being - Justin Kroma

  • CINEMATIC JOURNEY – Dorian - Jon Sams

  • FRIDAY NIGHT SHORTS – Florence and The Fish - Kristina Mileska

  • POWERFUL GRIT – The Bystander Effect - Matthias Neumayer

  • THE LAST LAUGH – Anchovies - Annabelle Attanasio

  • BRING THE KIDS – Session One - Isabella Cuevas Pierson, Sofia Cuevas Pierson, Lola Cuevas Pierson, John Albert

  • #kindawesome – SPAM: Student Protection Agency - Millikan - Zoe Calamar, Dexter Gardner

  • REAL WORLD: DOCUMENTARIES – Diamonds In The Rough - Dominique Carino

  • REEL ANIMATION – Pip The Cup - Adam Mcarthur

  • CENTERPIECE – Milkman - Garrett Kennell

  • POETRY IN MOTION – Now I Come as Your Son - Nico Page

  • EDGE OF YOUR SEAT – Shattered Memories - Nick Merola

  • LIGHTEN UP! – Blind Ambitions - Ryan Town, Collette Mendoza, Louis Genry, Noah Hosaka

  • NORTHWEST LIFE – Out of Print - Daniel Schiff

  • EXPERIMENTAL VISIONS – Inside Out - Audrey Thomas, Evie Bellew, Francesca Rosati

  • THE WAY WE LIVE – Until The Southern Border is Secure - Mauricio Casillas, Carolina Marquez, Cammeron Neely

  • MUSICAL MASTERPIECE – Rolled Up Sleeves - Robin Lodge, Juliana Chahayed, AJ Lodge

  • VARIETY HOUR – The Routine - Emilie K. Beck

  • COME AS YOU ARE – Clipped Wings - Leo Pfeifer, Coleman Anderson, Duncan Gowdy

  • FEMME FINALE – How do you like my hair? - Emilie Blichfeldt

2014 Awards

JURY AWARDS:

  • BEST SHORT – Dave’s Wild Life - Samuel de Ceccatty

  • BEST ANIMATION – Yamashita - Hayley Foster

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO – Renminbi Tips - Cole Jackson & Tommy Lee

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM – Alchemy - Pranay Patwardhan

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY – Paper State: Undocumented, Unafraid, Undeterred - Elena Gaby

  • BEST EMERGING FEMALE FILMMAKER – Morgana McKenzie - Gifts

NEW TALENT AWARDS:

  • AGE 12 AND UNDER – Makenna Cannon - Shame

  • AGE 13-17 – Rachel Lin - Iceburg

  • AGE 18-22 – Willem van den Heever - Coffee

48 HOUR FILM OFF (presented by Seafair):

  • 1ST PLACE – Seattle Academy

  • 2ND PLACE – Ballard High School

  • 3RD PLACE – Mt. Si High School

SPECIAL AWARDS:

HUSTLE (presented by vitaminwater®) – The Runner – Phillip Schoen

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

  • OPENING NIGHT – MUM - Alex Bohs

  • AFTERNOON ECLECTIC – How to Walk Through A Door - Justinian

  • A GUIDE TO GROWING UP – The Most Beautiful Thing –-Cameron Covell

  • HAPPY HOUR SHORTS – The Paper Actor - William Hoinoski

  • CINEMATIC JOURNEY – Luftschloss - Benedikt Grob

  • FRIDAY NIGHT SHORTS – Brush – Manatee Commune - Tyler Michael James

  • IDENTIFY YOURSELF – Tides - Amelia Burnatowski

  • THE LAST LAUGH – Applesauce - Nathan Hansen, Cory Soukup, Drake Tucker

  • BRING THE KIDS – A Sock’s Life - Xander Lawson, Tom Gaberman, Riley Siegler

  • DOUBLE EXPOSURE – The Divine Right of Malcolm Quinn - Strack Azar

  • REEL ANIMATION – Fade - Josh Lopata

  • REAL WORLD: DOCUMENTARIES – Ditching School to Whistle - Ien Chi

  • CENTERPIECE – The Advocate - Nathan Pfaff, Kyla Martin

  • LIGHTEN UP! – Cootie Contagion - Joshua Smooha

  • EDGE OF YOUR SEAT – Dia De Los Muertos - Gigi Saul Guerrero

  • NORTHWEST LIFE – Huckleberry Delight - Ethan Seneker

  • EXPERIMENTAL VISIONS – The Hand Poem - Liza Unger, Faith Christensen

  • IN FOCUS: DRAMATIC DOCS – Once Upon a Childhood - Sarah MacAllister, Marcella Park

  • MUSICAL MASTERPIECE – Song For Anna - Lucinda Harstrick, Isaiah Hoban-Halverson, Josh Vredevoogd, Kiana Wild

  • POWERFUL GRIT – Big Silver Nights - Ben Kadie

  • #kindawesome (presented by KIND Healthy Snacks) – For You, I Dance - Charmaine Yap

2013 Awards

JURY AWARDS:

  • BEST SHORT – Finding Franklin - Alex Bohs

  • BEST ANIMATION – Kachho Gadulo - Pranay Patwardhan

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO – 80’s Fitness - Tim Hendrix

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM – Sneer - Sarah Rivka, Tomas Mickiewicz Seidita

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY – Raising the Titanic - Alexander Mitchell

  • BEST SPORTS FILM – Cycle[s] - Mathew Clark Mulligan

  • BEST ENVIRONMENTAL FILM (presented by Chipotle) – Shadows - Ethan Stupp

NEW TALENT AWARDS:

  • AGE 12 AND UNDER – Kyle Jensen

  • AGE 13-17 – Chase Crittenden

  • AGE 18-22 – Andrea Sand Gustavson

48 HOUR FILM OFF:

WINNER: Cascade High School

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

  • OPENING NIGHT – Tina For President - Carmen Emmi

  • AFTERNOON ECLECTIC – Palled In Elm - Aaron Seller, Celeste Barbosa, Shelly Badal

  • HAPPY HOUR SHORTS – Ladies Knight - Joseph Rothenberg

  • KEEP IT CINEMATIC – Head West - Aaron Keeling, Austin Keeling, Chase Horseman

  • FRIDAY NIGHT SHORTS – Nostalgia - Dylan McGale, Aidan Walters

  • A GUIDE TO GROWING UP – Match. - Rebecca Hawkins, Chad Corhan, Kyle Brawley

  • LATE NIGHT COMEDY – Surveillance Team - Chris Aitken, Liam Ingraham, Denis Ogrinc

  • LATE NIGHT COMEDY (SPECIAL MENTION) – Cher - Eno Friedman Brodman, Joey Depasquale, Matthew Morgan

  • BRING THE KIDS – Broken Wing - Amos Sussigan, Nikitha Manam

  • LIFE ON EARTH – The Summer of ’81 - Preston Randolph

  • FOR THE LOVE OF THE SPORT – Shred It - Lane McCall

  • JUST FOR LAUGHS – Bruce 2: Senior Year - Michael Lubin, Steven Santos

  • POWERFUL GRIT – Manhood - Jonathan Gelvan, Astrid Hodder, Emma Nymann

  • CENTERPIECE – Free Pie - Caleb Slain

  • EDGE OF YOUR SEAT – The Wanderer - Shaun James

  • BE YOURSELF – The Painted Girl - Ben Kadie

  • NORTHWEST SCENE – TV For Two - Adam McArthur, Joe Nissell

  • A DAY IN THE LIFE – In Plain Sight - Max Retik, Tyler Corsello

  • #KINDAWESOME INSPIRATION – Juggle & Cut - Caleb Slain

  • ANIMATE YOUR WORLD – The Call of Farqunglu - Kris Theorin, Kurtis Theorin

  • MUSICAL MASTERPIECE – Reflection - Thomas Molina Jr.

  • EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS – Indifferent City - Rui Cui

  • CLOSING NIGHT – Ellie Heart - Dom Fera

2012 Awards

JURY AWARDS:

  • BEST SHORT – The End - Dom Fera

  • BEST ANIMATION – Safe - Ginevra Bovi

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO – L.A. - Tim Hendrix

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM – Save Silence - Gabe Conroy

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY – It Ain’t Over - Caleb Slain

  • BEST ACTION SPORT FILM – The Grand Scale - Nigel Edwards

  • FEATURE FILM – Night Sights - Matt Thompson

NEW TALENT AWARDS:

  • AGE 12 AND UNDER – A Mermaid Story - Zhenna Watkins

  • AGE 13-17 – Julie-0 - Jake Oleson, Will Polltan

  • AGE 18-22 – Anything is Possible - Pat Meyer

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

  • OPENING NIGHT – Shuffleboard Kings - Chris Aitken

  • HAPPY HOUR – Cop Story - Nick Nielsen

  • FRIDAY NIGHT SHORTS – Wind Up - Hadley Hillel

  • KEEP IT CINEMATIC – Late Pass - Matt Morgan

  • SEX, LIES & ANGST – Bookstore - Alexander Haney

  • LATE NIGHT COMEDY – Inventors Day - Nick Nielsen

  • LATE NIGHT HORROR SHOW – Slice - Ethan Seneker

  • BRING THE KIDS – Brownie Bitz - Gabby Brooks

  • NW SCENE – Four Students - Tommy Yacoe, Andrew Mitrak

  • REAL LIFE: DOCUMENTARIES – Look Who’s Driving - Airokhsh Faiz Qaisary

  • MUSIC AND DANCE: STORIES IN MOTION – Rock Stars: The Peter Weaver Experience - Laura Holliday

  • MUSIC VIDEO MIXTAPE – Beautiful People - Arthur Johnson

  • ACROSS THE GLOBE: INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE – The Other Side - Danish Qasim

  • EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA – Mirrors Talk - Sydney Levin

  • MODERN GRIT – Wrecks & Violins - Kevin Lin

  • CENTERPIECE GALA – The End - Dom Fera

  • ACTION SPORTS – The Love of Adventure - Tyler Thompson; Luke Holtgeerts; Alex Miller

  • LATE NIGHT ADRENALINE – The Incorporation - Hannah Levy, Aly Migliori, Spenser Gabin, Jonathan Gaynes

  • NFFTY EARTH – El Kenisha: The Church - Omar Rashed

  • ANIMATION! – Sintel - Colin Levy

  • MADE TO INSPIRE – Human of the year - Aaron Keeling

  • AFTERNOON ECLECTIC – Fields of Plenty - Benito Sanchez

  • THE HUMAN CONDITION – Valediction - Dustin Kahia

  • RANDOM ACTS – A Strange Day in July - Shantal Reich, Andy Freedman

  • THROUGH MY EYES – Sketch - Cody Carlson

  • CLOSING NIGHT – The Bard - Matthew Clegg, Adam Carboni

2011 Awards

JURY AWARDS:

  • BEST SHORT – Lost and Found Shop - Caleb Slain

  • BEST ANIMATION – Stop, Rewind - Harrison Heller

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO – Board Game

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM – Facing You - Safar Shakeyev

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY – From the Eyes of Hope - Joe Miller

  • BEST ACTION SPORT FILM – Mt Burlington - Nic Weinfeld

  • BEST FEATURE FILM – Moves - Jørgen Klüver, Snorre Danielsen

NEW TALENT AWARDS:

  • AGE 12 AND UNDER – Samantha Bell - Owl and Friends

  • AGE 13-17 – Jolisa Brinson - Heirloom

  • AGE 18-22 – William McGregor - Who’s Afraid of the Water Sprite

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

  • OPENING NIGHT – Lost and Found Shop - Caleb Slain

  • HAPPY HOUR – Deck’d 2 - Dom Fera

  • FRIDAY NIGHT SHORTS – SAE - Christopher Aroza

  • LATE NIGHT COMEDY – Shevil - Joel McCarthy

  • LATE NIGHT ADRENALINE – Alone. - Ethan Seneker

  • BRING THE KIDS – Owl and Friends - Samantha Bell

  • THE HUMAN CONDITION – Followed - James Kicklighter

  • THROUGH MY EYES – The Sickness of Wishes - Maddy Berkman

  • ANIMATION! – The Enforcer - Clark Weldon

  • MP3’d – Miss You - Shick Soto

  • AFTERNOON ECLECTIC – Highway 9 - Bunee Tomlinson, Parke Metzer, Kristella Sallee, Dane Schoelen

  • EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA – Tonal - Champ Ensminger

  • ACROSS THE GLOBE: INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE – Doina - Nikolas Grasso

  • CENTERPIECE SHORTS – Untermensch - Michael Aloyan

  • ACTION SPORTS – A Silver Star Season - Evan Berg

  • ON THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT – Guilty Shoes - Ryan Clausen

  • LOVE & COFFEE – Prom Date - Jessica Schoen

  • REAL LIFE: DOCUMENTARIES – The Black Door Gallery - Brian Mott, Malcolm Gabbard, Nate Brewer

  • RANDOM ACTS – Rx - Alexandria “Ally” VanRoosendaal, Colton Bybee, Mars Olivia, Breanne Tidwell

  • NFFTY EARTH – Without Our Cars - Sydney Jarol, Dylan Miller, Ryan Zemke

  • DOUBLE FEATURE: SIGHT & RHYTHM – Moves - Jørgen Klüver, Snorre Danielsen

  • MADE TO INSPIRE – One More Day - David Over

  • LIFE AS WE KNOW IT

  • CLOSING NIGHT: NORTHWEST SCENE

2010 Awards

JURY AWARDS:

  • BEST SHORT – Jane in the Factory - Brett Smith

  • BEST ANIMATION – Popped - Bianca Assad

  • BEST MUSIC VIDEO – It’s Easy to Be Alone - Andrew Quinn

  • BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM – Arrhythmia - Darcie Wilder

  • BEST DOCUMENTARY – Benny the Stonedancer - Ryen Bartlett

  • BEST ACTION SPORT FILM – Rainy Saturday - Jakub Klawikowski

  • BEST FEATURE FILM – Somewhere in Tapachula - Stefan Hunt

NEW TALENT AWARDS:

  • AGE 11 AND UNDER – Kao Vue - I am a Bird

  • AGE 12-17 – Janessa Starkey - Behind the Door of a Secret Girl

  • AGE 18-22 – Yuri Butler - Thomas

AUDIENCE AWARDS:

  • OPENING NIGHT – Warren Budd & His Propeller Plane - Jackson Adams

  • HAPPY HOUR – The Cyclist - Andras Ostrom

  • FRIDAY NIGHT SHORTS – Benny the Stonedancer - Ryen Bartlett

  • INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE – Draw - Lin Alluna

  • LATE NIGHT ADRENALINE – Limmikin Ranch - Corbin Billings

  • REAL LIFE – Awaken the Dragon - Laura Zdan

  • FAMILY CINEMA – Blackout - Nicholas Kane

  • ANIMATION – When Life Gives You Lemons – Michael Masterson

  • TWISTS OF FATE – Deck’d – Dom Fera

  • WE’VE GOT MUSIC! – All I Want to Do - Justin Bare

  • ON THE EDGE – The Rise and Fall of Phyllis the Human Duck - Steve Girard

  • CENTERPIECE SHORTS – Chinese Antique - Ryo Shiina / Bassem Wahbi

  • ACTION SPORTS – Sound & Light – Kevin Steen

  • LOVE & COFFEE – Color of Deceit - Grant Keller

  • JUSTICE OR INJUSTICE? – The Complex - Alex Fjellberg Swerdlowe

  • MODERN GRIT – The Silk Street Gang - Colin Kornfeind

  • NFFTY EARTH – Clouds Fly West - Veselin Cholakov

  • MADE TO INSPIRE – The Car Wash - James Kicklighter

  • THE SCIENCE OF GROWING UP – Rye - Hunter Ries

  • WASHINGTON SCENE – 6:18 PM – Seth Wessel-Estes