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Narrative Feature:
HARD MILES
Director: R.J. Daniel Hanna
Country: USA

Documentary Feature:
THE SPACE RACE
Directors: Diego Hurtado de Mendoza and Lisa Cortés
Country: USA

Short Film:
PORTRAIT OF A COWBOY
Director: Devon Wycoff
Country: USA

Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Best Feature Film

Best Feature Film: TÓTEM
Director: Lila Avilés, Country: Mexico, Denmark, France
 
Best Feature Film Jury Statement: “The jury presents the Krzysztof Kieslowski Award to a film about the simple pleasures and mighty heartbreaks of family that is as lively and appealing as it is profoundly sad. TÓTEM stages a final celebration of life, a prelude to mourning, with deep compassion and dazzling artistry."
 
Special Mention Feature Film: BANEL & ADAMA
Director: Ramata-Toulaye Sy, Country: France, Senegal, Mali
 
Special Mention Feature Jury Statement: “BANEL & ADAMA is a beautiful first feature outing for Director Ramata-Toulaye Sy and lead actors Khady Mane and Mamadou Diallo. The level of emotion and care put into this complicated love story leaps off the screen and captures the movie lover in you. We look forward to seeing what Ramata-Toulaye Sy does next.”
 
Jurors: 
Richard Lawson, Chief Critic, Vanity Fair
Valerie Complex, Associate Editor, Deadline
Lisa Dreyer, Director/Fantastic Fest, Alamo Drafthouse
 

Maysles Brothers Award for Best Documentary

Best Documentary: FOUR DAUGHTERS / LES FILLES D'OLFA
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania, Country: France, Tunisia, Germany, Saudi Arabia
 
Best documentary jury statement: “The jury selects FOUR DAUGHTERS for its inventiveness in form, courage of subject matter, and its ability to stay with us long after the last frame ends.”
 
Jurors: 
Brooke Marine, Deputy Culture Editor, The Cut
Larry Wilmore, Emmy-Award winning Producer, Writer, and Host

American Independent Award

American Independent Award Winner: SMOKING TIGERS
Director: So Young Shelly Yo, Country: USA
 
American Independent Award Jury Statement: “We were mesmerized and moved by So Young Shelly Yo’s beautiful coming-of-age story. Anchored by Ji-Young Yoo’s tender performance as Hayoung, this film is the debut of a fresh and dynamic new voice in American Independent cinema.”
 
American Independent Award Special Mention: PARACHUTE 
Director: Brittany Snow, Country: USA
 
American Independent Award Special Mention Jury Statement: “PARACHUTE marks an exciting new career trajectory for Brittany Snow.”
 
Jurors: 
Maxwell Whittington-Cooper, Actor
Tawny Cypress, Actor
Bronte Payne, Vice President (Film), LuckyChap Productions

Grand Jury Award: INGLORIOUS LIAISONS
Director: Chloé Alliez, Violette Delvoye
Country: France

Jury Statement: "A delightful animated short that captures the fear and excitement of your first unsupervised party -- told with clickers as characters."

Special Mention: HOW WE GET FREE
Jury Statement: "A powerful portrait of Colorado Legislator Elisabeth Epps and her personal quest to end cash bail in the state and beyond."
 

Liberty Global Best Student Domestic Short: WE WERE MEANT TO
Director: Tari Wariebi
Country: USA
 
Special Mention: SULAM
Director: Noam Argov
Country: USA
 

Liberty Global Best Student International Short: GRAVEYARD OF HORSES
Director: Xiaoxuan Jiang
Country: China
 

Marilyn Marsh Saint-Veltri Award for Best Student Animation Short: SPRING ROLL DREAM
Director: Mai Vu
Country: United Kingdom
 
Special Mention: ELECTRA
Director: Daria Kashcheeva
Country: Czech Republic, France, Slovakia

This year we're excited to announce that we have two recipients!

MAESTRA
Produced and directed by Maggie Contreras - in her directorial debut – MAESTRA follows five incredible women from around the world who are boldly breaking glass ceilings take center stage in the male-dominated world of orchestral conducting. 
 
I WAS BORN THIS WAY
An innovative documentary by the Oscar and Emmy-winning team of directors Daniel Junge and Sam Pollard, telling the incredible story of Archbishop Carl Bean through interviews, archival footage, and animation. 

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