Best Feature Film – Collision<\/a> Best Actress in a Lead Role – Camille Calvin, Desire Lines<\/a> Audience Award, Feature Film – DOUG<\/a>; \u00a0\u00a0Lupe<\/a> Outstanding Short Film – Drama – Kama\u2019\u0101ina (Child of the Land)<\/a> Exceptional Films: Fantasmas (Ghosts)<\/a>, First States<\/a>, Micky<\/a><\/p>\n Grand Jury Prizes<\/strong> – determined by the festival\u2019s official selection committee. Source: FILA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Grand Jury Prize Winners Best Feature Film – Collision Best Short Film – Drama – The Bus to Birra Birra Best Short Film – Comedy – Sofa Queen Best Short Film – Horror – Stew Best Short Film – Experimental\/Arthouse – Kiko’s Saints Best Documentary Feature Film – Comfort Farms Best Documentary Short Film – … <\/p>\n
\nBest Short Film – Drama – The Bus to Birra Birra<\/a>
\nBest Short Film – Comedy – Sofa Queen<\/a>
\nBest Short Film – Horror – Stew<\/a>
\nBest Short Film – Experimental\/Arthouse – Kiko’s Saints<\/a>
\nBest Documentary Feature Film – Comfort Farms<\/a>
\nBest Documentary Short Film – Jessyca<\/a>
\nMusic Video – Nice Shoes<\/a>
\nBest Director, Feature Film – Mehdi Avaz, Collision<\/a>
\nBest Director, Short Film – TJ Power, The Bus to Birra Birra<\/a><\/p>\n
\nBest Actor in a Lead Role – Doug Burch, DOUG<\/a>
\nBest Actress in a Supporting Role – Cecilie Stenspil, Collision<\/a>
\nBest Actor in a Supporting Role – Nigel Lysaght, Desire Lines<\/a>
\nBest Performance by an Ensemble Cast – Life\u2019s A Bitch And Then One Kills You<\/a>
\nBest Screenplay – Patrick Connolly & Nigel Lysaght, Desire Lines<\/a>
\nBest Cinematography, Feature Film – Jonathan Latona, DOUG<\/a>
\nBest Art Direction\/Production Design – Ga\u00eblle Usandivaras, Kiko’s Saints<\/a>
\nBest Screenplay (Unproduced) – The Loser’s Club<\/em> by Jonathan Turner<\/p>\nAudience Award Winners<\/h3>\n
\nAudience Award, Short Film – The Squirrels in the Attic<\/a>
\nAudience Award, Documentary Film – Starting at Zero: Reimagining Education in America<\/a><\/p>\nFilmmakers Award Winners<\/h3>\n
\nOutstanding Short Film – Comedy – Grief Vigilantes<\/a>
\nOutstanding Short Film – Horror – Far Gone<\/a>
\nOutstanding Short Film – Experimental\/Arthouse – His Mother<\/a>
\nOutstanding Directors – Kimi Howl Lee, Kama\u2019\u0101ina (Child of the Land)<\/a>; Paul Maziere, Joseph Turns 42 (Or the Inconsistency of Wonders)<\/a>; Samu\u00ebl L. Jodry, Bengal (or before happiness strikes)<\/a>
\nOutstanding Screenplay – TJ Power, The Bus to Birra Birra<\/a>
\nOutstanding Acting, Cast – Grief Vigilantes<\/a>, Sofa Queen<\/a>
\nOutstanding Acting, Individual – Elizabeth Blackmore, The Bus to Birra Birra<\/a>; Malia Kamalani Soon, Kama\u2019\u0101ina (Child of the Land)<\/a>; Nikki James, Sofa Queen<\/a>
\nOutstanding Cinematography – Caroline Le Hello, Kiko’s Saints<\/a><\/p>\nProgrammer’s Award Winners<\/h3>\n
Prize Definitions\/Explanations<\/h3>\n
\nAudience Awards<\/strong> – determined by highly scientific instruments placed throughout the theater to determine audience satisfaction.
\nFilmmakers Awards<\/strong> – given only to short films, these are determined by a panel of fifteen filmmakers whose films have been Official Selections previous years.
\nProgrammer’s Prize<\/strong> – given to film(s) that festival programmer Jeff Howard cannot bear to see go without an award.\u00a0These are generally films that were runners-up in a bunch of categories and their general greatness deserves an award.<\/p>\n