2020 Award Winners

2020 Film Festival Winners

David Ponce Best of the Fest Award:
Kusasa
Directed by Shane Vermooten

Emerging Filmmaker Award:
Girl Who Wore Freedom
Directed by Christian Taylor

Best International Documentary:
Sockeye Salmon. Red Fish
Directed by Dmitriy Shpilenok and Vladislav Grishin

Human Spirit Documentary:
Liberation Heroes: The Last Eyewitnesses
Directed by Vanessa Roth

Best Local Documentary:
Alive Day
Directed by Lindsay O'Keefe

Best Short Documentary:
A Head Shorter
Directed by Sasha Sivan Bortnik

Best Student Documentary:
Your Friend, Ranger Doug
Directed by Claire Jantzen and Sara Nell

Rotary of the Chagrin Valley Service Above Self Award:
In Case of Emergency
Directed by Carolyn Jones