Past Award Winners

SCREENPLAY WINNER

(Winner receives a one-on-one consult with Jonathan Raymond)

Winner-HUNTING, Screenwriter Aaron C. Wong

GRAND JURY AWARD

(Winner receives $1,000 cash prize)

Winner-THE HEART OF TEXAS, Dir. Gregory JM Kasunich

FOUNDERS AWARD - OUTSTANDING FEMALE FILMMAKER

(Winner receives $500 cash prize)

Winner-BUSCANDO ALMA, Writer/Dir. Melissa Fisher

BEST OREGON FILMMAKER

(Winner receives a $2,000 digital camera package courtesy of Koerner Camera)

Winner-CHISPA, Dir. Karina Lomelin Ripper

WILL VINTON AWARD FOR BEST ANIMATION

(Winner receives $300 cash prize)

Winner-LE CHARADE, Dir. Erika Totoro

BEST DRAMA

Winner-AN ORANGE FROM JAFFA, Dir. Mohammed Almughanni

BEST COMEDY

Winner-JANE AUSTEN’S PERIOD DRAMA, Dir. Julia Aks, Steve Pinder

BEST COLLEGE

Winner-NUCLEAR, Dir. Sebastian Ibarra del Castillo

BEST ENVIRONMENTAL

(Winner receives $250 cash prize courtesy of Zero Waste McMinnville)

Winner-LIVING LEGACIES, Dir. Jesse Andrew Clark

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Winner-THEY CALL ME THE TATTOO WITCH, Dir. Lindsay Nyman

BEST EXPERIMENTAL/A BIT STRANGE

Winner-MEOW! Dir. Michal Vojtech, Ariel de la Garza Davidoff

BEST NATIVE AMERICAN

(Shawash Ilili Award courtesy of Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde)

Winner-THINGS YOU KNOW BUT CAN NOT EXPLAIN, Dir. Michelle Hernandez, Chantal Jung

BEST HORROR/SCI FI

Winner-DREAM CREEP, Dir. Carlos A.F. Lopez

BEST LOCALS

(Winner receives $250 cash prize courtesy of Arts Alliance Yamhill County)

Winner-I’M SEEING AN INVISIBLE MAN, Dirs, Matthew Hagen, Ethan Lex

Will Vinton Award for Best Animation:Humo (Smoke), MEXICO DIR Rita Basulto

Best College:Hysteria, DIR Zachary Alturas Spitz, USA

Best Comedy:Catherine & Michael, DIR Kathy Fusco, USA

Best Documentary:Blood of Iran, DIR Alicia Afshar, USA

Best Drama:Nada De Todo Esto, DIR Patricio Martinez, Francisco Canton, ARGENTINA

Best Environmental:School of Fish, DIRS Colin Arisman, Oliver Sutro, USA

Best Experimental/A Bit Strange:Eclipsis, DIR Tania Hernandez Velasco, MEXICO

Founders Award:Unibrow, DIR Nedda Sarshar, CANADA

Grand Jury Award:The Old Young Crow, DIR Liam LoPinto, JAPAN

Best Local:The Diary of Valerie Thompson, DIR John Reddy, USA

shawash-iliʔi Award for Best Native American Film:Tiny, DIRS Ritchie Hemphill, Ryan Hache, CANADA

Best Oregon:Sew Into You, DIR Emma Josephson, USA

Best Horror/Sci-Fi: Now I Hold You Close, DIR Aubrey Rachelle, USA

Will Vinton Award for Best Animation
My Year of Dicks, Sara Gunnarsdóttir

shawash-iliʔi Award for Best Native American Film
Grey Horse, Emil Lozada

Best Suspense / Horror / Sci-fi
Baby Fever, Hannah May Cumming

Best Student Film
Bad Child, Nicole Emiliana Mendez

Best Oregon Film
Father Mary, Sarey Martin

Best LGBTQ+
Rendezvous, Benjamin Howard

Best Experimental / A Bit Strange
Censor of Dreams, Leo Berne & Raphaël Rodriguez

Best Environmental
Blue Room, Merete Mueller

Best Drama
North Star, P.J. Palmer

Best Documentary
Winter Worm Summer Grass, Justin Perkinson

Best Comedy
Carol & Janet, Andrea Rosen

Grand Jury Award
Chorus, Daniel J. Egbert

Founders Award for Best Female Filmmaker
Bienvenidos a Los Angeles, Lisa Cole

Best College Student
Creation In the Mourning, Carly Sweet & Scott Gaede

Best Locals
The Rise of Whore Betsy, Simon King

Will Vinton Award for Best Animated Film
Mila, Cinzia Angelini

Best Documentary
Rat Tail, Chad Sogas

Best Environmental
Willow and Claude, Emma Hakansson

Shawash Ilihi Award for Best Native American Film, Presented by the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
The People’s Newspaper, Eléonore Léo Hamelin

Best Suspense-Horror-SciFi
She. Picked. Me., Jason Wilkinson

Best Experimental / A Bit Strange
Nakusa, Jennifer Kramer

Best Drama
Sër Bi, Moly Kane

Best Comedy
Squish, Xavier Seron

Best First-Time Filmmaker
Jamaica - A Stop Motion Animated Music Video Event, Rett Bowers

Best Oregon Filmmaker
Faith E. Briggs, Camp Yoshi

Grand Jury Award
Feeling Through, Doug Roland

Best Locals
Dulce et Decorum Est, Walter Huassner

Will Vinton Award for Best Animated Film
The Pig on the Hill,Jamy Wheless & John Helms (Narrated by Pierce Brosnan)

Best Documentary
The Chris Mosier Project, Alex Huebsch

Best Environmental
Way to Go!, Katherine Roselli

Shawash Ilihi Award for Best Native American Film, Presented by the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde
Can the Blueback Survive?, Northwest Treaty Tribes

Best Suspense-Horror-SciFi
The Feeding, Isaac Ruth

Best Experimental / A Bit Strange
Casiopea, Fernando Manso

Best Drama
The Interview, Nate Duncan

Best Comedy
Bigger Than a Breadbox, Mitch Yapko

Best First-Time Filmmaker
Two Different Kinds of Love, Alyce Vest

Best Oregon Filmmaker
Trevor Waits, Richard Herstek

Grand Jury Award
Proof of Loss, Katherine Fisher

Best Student Film (Gr 6-12)
Tandem Thoughts, Braeden Olheiser

Best Student Film (College)
Mount Angel Pilgrim, Coleman Weimer

Will Vinton Award for Best Animated Film
Daughter, Daria Kashcheeva

Best Environmental
Women of the Sea (Mujeres del Mar), Bryan Nelson

Best Documentary
The Derby, Remington Smith

Best Genre
We Were There, Saeed Vahidi

Best Experimental / A Bit Strange
The Program, Michael Elliott Dennis

Best First-Time Filmmaker
Beast, Megan Ward Stevens

Best Oregon Filmmaker
Root Shocked, Cecilia Brown

Shawash Ilihi Award
Even In the Silence, Jonathan Elliott

Grand Jury Award
Fast Horse, Alexandra Lazarowich

Will Vinton Award for Best Animated Film
In the House of Paper Flowers, Anita George

Recology Sustainability Award
Paradigm Now: The Albizia Project, Rob Lau

Best Actress
Sharonlee McLean, Go Missing

Best Actor
Ted Rooney, He Calls Them All By Name

Best Actor
Moussa Sylla, La Rage

Best Sound Mixing
He Calls Them All By Name, Noah Woodburn, Sound

Best Music / Score
I Will Not Write Unless I Am Swaddled In Furs, Peter Van Der Fluit, Composer

Best Story
Sac de Merde, Arielle Haller-Silverstone

Best Editing
He Calls Them All By Name, Katie Turinski, Editor

Best Cinematography
He Calls Them All By Name, Greg Schmitt

Best Directing
Sac de Merde, Greg Chwerchak

Grand Jury Award
Sac de Merde, Greg Chwerchak

Best Actor / Actress Award
Radha Mitchell, Actress Whoever Was Using This Bed

Best Music/Score Award
The Black Cat,Advait Nemlekar, Music Director

Best Editing
Feeding Fate, Guy Baker

Best Story
Monday, Dinh Thai

Best Cinematography
Redemption, Samuel Neff

Best Directing
Redemption, Samuel Neff

Sunrise Rotary Award
North & Nowhere, Scott Ballard

Will Vinton Award for Best Animated Film
Ethnophobia, Joan Zhonga

Recology Sustainability Award
The Kenton Lead Blob*, Zach Putnam & Richard Percy

Grand Jury Award
Monday, Dinh Thai

Best Story
Lost, Michael Chen

Best Cinematography
Spectratta, Susan Maughlin Wood

Best Directing
Shanghai Faders, AJ Gordon

Sunrise Rotary Emerging Artist Award
For Dad, Jason Rosenblatt

Will Vinton Award for Best Animated Film
Awesome Beetle's Colors, Janis Zarzeckis

Recology Sustainability Award
Pacifica, Brady Holden

Grand Jury Award
Gorilla, Tibo Pinsard

Best Story Award
The Mobile Stripper, Shirlyn Wong

Best Cinematography
Teal’s Legacy, Guy Baker

Best Cinematography
Awakenings, Bhargav Saikia

Best Directing
This is Not About Sex, Casey McFeron

Sunrise Rotary Emerging Artist Award
Deers, John Summerson

Grand Jury Award
The Plumber, Christian Bergmans

Audience Award
Forward Farming: The Next Generation of American Agriculture, Cassidy Davis

Sunrise Rotary Emerging Artist Award
Wake, Austin Smagalski

Best Documentary
The Titanic of Southampton, Justin Zimmerman

Under 18 Award
Etre et Durer, Cody Freshour

Over 18 Award
Walking Tour, Jerry Eichten