Congratulations to the winners of four competitions at the 19th annual festival including three special jury awards for artistic vision! Announced in a special ceremony during the festival, winners were selected by a distinguished jury of filmmakers, programmers and documentary industry professionals. Winners in the Best Short and Best Mini-Doc competitions are automatically eligible for Academy Award nomination in the short documentary category. 

Winner - Best Mini-Doc

NICE TO MEET YOU ALL
Guen Murroni // 2021, United Kindgom — 12 minutes, North American Premiere

Winner - Best Short

SHUT UP AND PAINT
Titus Kaphar, Alex Mallis // 2022, USA – 20 minutes, World Premiere

Winner - Big Sky Award

NEWTOK
Andrew Burton, Michael Kirby Smith // 2021, USA – 97 minutes, Northwest Premiere

Winner - Best Feature

ONE ROAD TO QUARTZSITE
Ryan Maxey // 2022, USA – 89 minutes, World Premiere

Artistic Vision - Feature Category

THE BALCONY MOVIE
Paweł Łoziński // 2021, Poland – 100 minutes, North American Premiere

Artistic Vision - Big Sky Award Category

THE TRAILS BEFORE US

Fritz Bitsoie // 2021, USA – 13 minutes, World Premiere

Artistic Vision - Short Category

HERD
Omer Daida // 2021, Israel – 37 minutes, North American Premiere

Click below to learn more about the 2022 competitions and nominees, and read jury statements about the winners at the 19th annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival.