The 33rd Annual Woods Hole Film Festival is proud to announce the winners of our Jury, Audience, Directors Choice and Screenplay Competition Awards.
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Best of the Fest
Porcelain War by Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev
Feature Documentary
Winner: Porcelain War by Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev
Runner Up: Water For Life (Agua es Vida) by Will Parrinello
2nd Runner Up: The Body Politic by Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough
Feature Narrative
Winner: The Compatriots by Spencer Cohen
Runner Up: Hangdog by Matt Cascella
2nd Runner Up: If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing by Sadie Bones
Short Documentary
Winner: Forbidden Pond by Eric Jenkins-Sahlin
Runner Up: Sincero by Robin Stoop, Jolaya Gillams, and Peter Pan
2nd Runner Up: Radio Dadaab by Environmental Justice Foundation
Short Dramatic
Winner: Sally, Get the Potatoes by Danica Waldo
Runner Up: Bienvenidos a Los Angeles by Lisa Cole
2nd Runner Up: Lunchbox by Anne Hu
Short Comedy
Winner: Barely Breathing by Derek Evans
Runner Up: The Innkeeper by Paudie Baggott
Short Animation
Winner: The Queen’s Flowers by Ciara Leina’ala Lacy
Runner Up: Dragon Agent-Wreckers of Boston by Gordon LePage
JURY AWARDS Feature Documentary Winner: The Body Politic by Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough Runner Up: Sugarcane by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie Runner Up: Porcelain War by Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev Special Humanitarian Award: Ultimate Citizens by Francine Strickwerda Feature Narrative – Drama Winner: Riley by Benjamin Howard Runner Up: The Strangers’ Case by Brandt Andersen Feature Narrative – Comedy Winner: Egghead & Twinkie by Sarah Kambe Holland Runner Up: If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing by Sadie Bones Short Documentary Winner: Anyuka by Maya Erdelyi Runner Up: Footprints on Katmai by Max Romey 2nd Runner Up: Radio Dadaab by Environmental Justice Foundation 2nd Runner Up: What Happened To You by Alex Goldberg Short Dramatic Winner: Stalled in Eight Etudes by Kersti Bryan Runner Up: Bienvenidos a Los Angeles by Lisa Cole 2nd Runner Up: Jane’s In The Freezer by Caleb Joye Short Comedy Winner: Dérive by Lianne Walden Runner Up: The Innkeeper by Paudie Baggott Short Animation Winner: Hunky Dory by Steven Vander Meer Runner Up: The Queen’s Flowers by Ciara Leina’ala Lacy Sound Design Award (Dramatic or Comedy Short) Winner: Neo Dome Runner Up: Lunchbox
DIRECTORS CHOICE AWARDS Best Performance (Youth – Short Film) Portia McLaughlin (The Innkeeper) Best Performance (Adult – Short Film) Lauren Noll (The Heart of Texas) Best Performance (Feature Film) Kirby Howell-Baptiste (We Strangers) Best Performance (Ensemble) The cast of “Him” Emerging New England Filmmaker – (Sponsored by Talamas) Winner: Spencer Cohen (The Compatriots) Emerging Filmmaker(s) – (Sponsored by Boris FX) Winners (TIE): Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough (The Body Politic) Bonnie Discepolo (Neo Dome) Fortitude in Filmmaking Winner: Porcelain War by Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev
SCREENPLAY AWARDS Short Drama A Good Day Will Come by Amir Zargara Short Comedy Winner: It All Started In A Parking Lot by Isabel Lieser Feature Drama The Crossing by Clark Childers Feature Comedy Don’t Eat Paper by Julius Galacki
JURY AWARDS Feature Documentary Winner: The Body Politic by Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough Runner Up: Sugarcane by Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie Runner Up: Porcelain War by Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev Special Humanitarian Award: Ultimate Citizens by Francine Strickwerda Feature Narrative – Drama Winner: Riley by Benjamin Howard Runner Up: The Strangers’ Case by Brandt Andersen Feature Narrative – Comedy Winner: Egghead & Twinkie by Sarah Kambe Holland Runner Up: If That Mockingbird Don’t Sing by Sadie Bones Short Documentary Winner: Anyuka by Maya Erdelyi Runner Up: Footprints on Katmai by Max Romey 2nd Runner Up: Radio Dadaab by Environmental Justice Foundation 2nd Runner Up: What Happened To You by Alex Goldberg Short Dramatic Winner: Stalled in Eight Etudes by Kersti Bryan Runner Up: Bienvenidos a Los Angeles by Lisa Cole 2nd Runner Up: Jane’s In The Freezer by Caleb Joye Short Comedy Winner: Dérive by Lianne Walden Runner Up: The Innkeeper by Paudie Baggott Short Animation Winner: Hunky Dory by Steven Vander Meer Runner Up: The Queen’s Flowers by Ciara Leina’ala Lacy Sound Design Award (Dramatic or Comedy Short) Winner: Neo Dome Runner Up: Lunchbox
DIRECTORS CHOICE AWARDS Best Performance (Youth – Short Film) Portia McLaughlin (The Innkeeper) Best Performance (Adult – Short Film) Lauren Noll (The Heart of Texas) Best Performance (Feature Film) Kirby Howell-Baptiste (We Strangers) Best Performance (Ensemble) The cast of “Him” Emerging New England Filmmaker – (Sponsored by Talamas) Winner: Spencer Cohen (The Compatriots) Emerging Filmmaker(s) – (Sponsored by Boris FX) Winners (TIE): Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough (The Body Politic) Bonnie Discepolo (Neo Dome) Fortitude in Filmmaking Winner: Porcelain War by Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev
SCREENPLAY AWARDS Short Drama A Good Day Will Come by Amir Zargara Short Comedy Winner: It All Started In A Parking Lot by Isabel Lieser Feature Drama The Crossing by Clark Childers Feature Comedy Don’t Eat Paper by Julius Galacki
