Award Winners
2012
The Chagrin Documentary Film Festival is honored to announce the Award winning films presented at the 2012 Festival Awards Ceremony.
David Ponce Award for Best of the Festival
Fame High
Directed by Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Best Short Documentary
Future Learning
Directed by Eli Akira Kaufman
Best Student Documentary
Sebastian
Directed by Katie Valovcin and Dan Duran
Best Environmental Documentary
Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives – The Environmental Impact of War
Directed by Alice Day and Lincoln Day
Best Feature Documentary
Fast Talk
Directed by Debra Tolchinsky
Best Human Spirit Documentary
Fambul Tok
Directed by Sara Terry
Best International Documentary
Ameer Got His Gun
Directed by Naomi Levari
Best Ohio Documentary
The Restorers – They Were All Volunteers
Directed by Adam White
Best Cinematography
The Lost Bird Project
Directed by Deborah Dickson
Best Social Awareness Documentary
Beating Justice – The Martin Lee Anderson Story
Directed by Andy Opel
Emerging Filmmaker
Love and Other Anxieties
Directed by Lyda Kuth
Honorable Mention awards were also presented to the following films:
Social Awareness
Domenici
Directed by Chris Schueler
Human Spirit
Rise and Dream
Directed by Judy-Anne Goldman
Ohio Documentary
The Lower 9: A Story of Home
Directed by Matthew Hashiguchi and Elaine McMillion
Short Documentary
The Missing Note
Directed by Wes Carrasquillo
Feature Documentary
Service: When Women Come Marching Home
Directed by Marcia Rock and Patricia Stotter
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