2017 Audience Awards

Best of the Festival

Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story by Phillip Baribeau

Best Feature Drama

Blur Circle by Christopher J. Hansen

1^st Runner Up: The Sounding by Catherine Eaton
2^nd Runner Up: Holding Patterns by Jake Goldberger

Best Feature Comedy

Quaker Oaths by Louisiana Kreutz

1^st Runner Up: Quality Problems by Brooke Purdy & Doug Purdy
2^nd Runner Up: Diani & Divine Meet The Apocalypse by Gabriel Diani & Etta Devine

Best Feature Documentary

Dateline-Saigon by Thomas D. Herman

1^st Runner Up: California Typewriter by Doug Nichol
2^nd Runner Up: City of Joy by Madeleine Gavin

Best Short Documentary

Blind Sushi by Eric Heimbold

1^st Runner-Up: Patagonia Azul: the interconnection of life by Daniel Casado
2^nd Runner-Up: Tick Days by Marnie Crawford Samuelson

Best Short Animation

Stars by Han Zhang

1^st Runner-Up: A Little Grey by Simon Hewitt
2^nd Runner-Up: Fox and the Whale by Robin Joseph

Best Short Drama

Game by Jeannie Donohoe

1^st Runner-Up: House of Teeth by Susanna Styron
2^nd Runner-Up: The 6th Amendment by Elika Portnoy

Best Short Comedy

The Final Show by Dana Nachman

1^st Runner-Up: Shy Guys by Fredric Lehne
2^nd Runner-Up: Rhonna & Donna by Daina O. Pusic