AWARDS

Award List

This year we are proud to present awards made by Fire & Light Studio in Arcata, shown above. They are crafted from recycled glass.

BEST OF THE FEST:

DEACON'S MONDAYS
Lowell Frank
awarded by the festival co-directors

PEOPLE'S CHOICE:

PLOVERIZED
Will Goldenberg
awarded by the festival week audience

BEST EXPERIMENTAL:

DIARY OF A USER
Channa Booker
awarded by Ry Russo-Young

HONORABLE MENTION

POMAGRANATA
Alexis Bravos

BEST ANIMATION:

KAMP
Paul Alvarez
awarded by Ry Russo-Young

HONORABLE MENTION

FALL IN LINE
Andy Musser

TEA REVERIE
Yonsu Kim

BEST DOCUMENTARY:

WHAT I SEE WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES
Leslie Hope
awarded by Joaquin Alvarado

HONORABLE MENTION

PLOVERIZED
Will Goldenberg

BEST NARRATIVE:

DEACON'S MONDAYS
Lowell Frank
awarded by Lori Petty

HONORABLE MENTION

HERO THE GREAT
Juan Caceres

THE LEDO MATTEOLI AWARD
FOR BEST IMMIGRANT STORY:

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD ABOUT VUKOVAR?
Paolo Borraccetti
awarded by the festival co-directors

THE ROMANO ROBERTISINI BANANA SLUG AWARD
FOR SURREALISM:

RED LIGHT DISTRICT GRAFFITI
Kasumi Hiraoka
awarded by the festival co-directors

THE JIM DEMULLING AWARD
FOR CELEBRATION OF FILM:

MEDIUM RARE
Stefan Stuckert
awarded by the festival co-directors

LOCAL FILMMAKERS NIGHT
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD:

BY THE BEAUTIFUL SEA
A. lbabel
awarded by the Local Filmmaker's Night audience

HONORABLE MENTION

LOSE YOUR HEAD
Ishan Vernallis

IN THE DARK
Matt & Rick St. Charles

LATEST NEWS:

April 4:
Check out this year's Award Winners!

March 9:
Lori Petty, Ry Russo-Young, & Joaquin Alvarado announced as Guest Judges!

February 5:
Don't miss our final deadline for submissions, February 16!

November 23:
We are now accepting online submissions at withoutabox.com!

November 18:
Early "L.A. Time" deadline extended to December 15! See Submissions.