2016 Award Winners

2016 Jurors

Documentary Feature

First Prize – Ever the Land, Sarah Grohnert, New Zealand
Second Prize – Long Story Short, Dir. Natalie Bookchin, USA
Third Prize – 40 Days of Pines, Dir. Atieh Attarzadeh Firozabad, Iran

Narrative Feature

First Prize – Mariam, Dir. Faiza Ambah, France
Second Prize – Embers, Dir. Claire Carré, USA
Third Prize – The Rainbow Kid, Dir. Kire Paputts, Canada

Documentary Short

First Prize – Omnia, Dir. Amena Al Nowais, United Arab Emirates
Second Prize – The Interior, Dir. Jonathan Rattner, USA
Third Prize – We All We Got, Dir. Carlos Javier Ortiz, USA

Narrative Short

First Prize – Allegory of the Jam Jar, Dir. Boris Kuijpers, Belgium
Second Prize – Love Comes Later, Dir. Sonejuhi Sinha, USA
Third Prize – 7 Sheep, Dir. Victoria Szymanska, Mexico

Experimental

First Prize – Jus Soli, Dir. Somebody Nobody, United Kingdom
Second Prize – 6500, Dir. Lisa Truttmann, USA
Third Prize – Night Swells, Dir. Zachary Epcar, USA

Animation

First Prize – The Itching, Dir. Dianne Bellino, USA
Second Prize – Sea Child, Dir. Minha Kim, United Kingdom
Third Prize – Love, Dir. Réka Bucsi, Hungary and France

Special Awards

Black Bear Award – Notes from the Interior, Dir. Ben Balcom, USA

Film House Award – Irradiant Field, Dir. Laura Kraning, USA

Jury’s Recognition for a Film that Provokes Continued Conversation – Accidental Courtesy, Dir. Matt Ornstein, USA