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Filmfest DC Awards

Audience Award Winners


2024WinnerThe TeacherFarah NabulsiPalestine
Special MentionThe Teacher Who Promised the SeaPatricia FontSpain
2023FeatureDivertimentoMarie-Castille Mention-SchaarFrance
DocumentaryLowndes County and the Road to Black PowerGeeta Gandbhir, Sam PollandUSA
2022FeatureAmiraMohamed DiabEgypt, Jordan
DocumentaryThe JanesTia Lessin, Emma PildesUSA
2021FeatureBroken KeysJimmy KeyrouzLebanon
2020FeatureA SonMehdi M. BarsaouiTunisia, France
DocumentaryMáximaClaudia SparrowPeru
2019FeatureBalloonMichael HerbigGermany
DocumentaryIt Must Schwing! The Blue Note StoryEric FriedlerGermany
2018FeatureTulipani: Love, Honor, and a BicycleMike van DiemNetherlands, Italy, Canada
DocumentaryGrace Jones: Bloodlight and BamiSophie FiennesUSA
2017FeatureAt the End of the TunnelRodrigo GrandeArgentina, Spain
DocumentaryLast Men in Aleppodirector Feras Fayyad,
co-director Steen Johannessen
Denmark, Syria
2016FeatureThe IdolHany Abu-AssadUK, Palestine
DocumentaryOur Last TangoGerman KralArgentina
2015FeatureMargarita, with a StrawShonali BoseIndia
DocumentaryTap WorldDean HargroveUSA
2014FeatureBelleAmma AsanteUK
DocumentaryGore Vidal: The United States of AmnesiaNicholas WrathallUSA
2013FeatureTouch of the LightChang Jung-ChiTaiwan, Hong Kong
DocumentaryWho Cares?Mara MourãoBrazil
2012FeatureMonsieur LazharPhilippe FalardeauCanada
DocumentaryMarleyKevin MacDonaldUK
2011FeatureThe HedgehogMona AchacheFrance
DocumentaryThe Green WaveAli Samadi AhadiGermany
2010Soundtrack for a RevolutionBill Guttentag, Dan SturmanUSA
2009Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I LoveChai VasarhelyiSenegal, France, Egypt, USA
2008KatynAndrzej WajdaPoland
2007The Cats of MirikitaniLinda HattendorfUSA
2006Music Is My Life, Politics My Mistress: Oscar Brown Jr.donnie l. bettsUSA
2005Innocent VoicesLuis MandokiMexico
2004Paper ClipsJoe Fab, Elliot BerlinUSA
Dance Cuba: Dreams of FlightCynthia Newport, Barbara Kopple, Boris Ivan CrespoUSA
2003TogetherChen KaigeChina, South Korea
2002The Ballad of Bering StraitNina Gilden SeaveyUSA, Japan
The TunnelRoland Suso RichterGermany
2001HimalayaEric ValliFrance, Switzerland, UK
LumumbaRaoul PeckFrance, Belgium, Germany, Haiti
2000Genghis BluesRoko & Adrian BelicUSA
1999Buena Vista Social ClubWim WendersGermany, USA
1998WindhorsePaul WagnerUSA
1997Shall We Dance?Masayuki SuoJapan
1996Celestial ClockworkFina TorresFrance, Venezuela
W.E.B. Du Bois: A Biography in Four VoicesLouis MassiahUSA
1995The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in LoveMaria MaggentiUSA

Circle Award Winners


2024Let Me GoMaxime RappazSwitzerland, France, Belgium
2023XaléMoussa Sène AbsaSenegal, Ivory Coast
2022Once Upon a Time in CalcuttaAditya Vikram SenguptaIndia, France, Norway
2021What You Don't Know About MeRolando CollaSwitzerland, Italy
2020Our Lady of the NileAtiq RahimiFrance, Belgium, Rwanda
Honorable Mention1982Oualid MouanessLebanon
2019ProfileTimur BekmambetovUSA, UK, Russia, Cyprus
2018WajibAnnemarie JacirPalestine, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Colombia, France, Germany, Norway
Special Jury AwardThe GuiltyGustav MöllerDenmark
2017The PreacherMagdy Ahmed AliEgypt
Special Jury AwardA Window to RosáliaCaroline LeoneBrazil, Argentina
2016VivaPaddy BreathnachIreland
Special Jury Award3000 NightsMai MasriPalestine, France, Qatar, Jordan, UAE, Lebanon
2015Margarita, with a StrawShonali BoseIndia
Special Jury AwardGod Loves the FighterDamian MarcanoTrinidad, Tobago
2014The VerdictJan VerheyenBelgium
Special Jury AwardRock the CasbahLaila MarrakchiFrance, Morocco
2013The DeepBaltasar KormákurIceland
Special Jury AwardShun Li and the PoetAndrea SegreItaly
2012Facing MirrorsNegar AzarbayjaniIran
Special Jury AwardFound MemoriesJulia MuratBrazil, Argentina, France
2011A Brand new LifeOunie LecomteSouth Korea, France
2010ZeroPawel BorowskiPoland
Special Jury AwardAutumn AdagioTsuki InoueJapan
2009SnowAida BegicBosnia-Herzegovina, Germany, France, Iran
Special Jury AwardThe Necessities of LifeBenoit PilonCanada
2008Paloma's DelightNadir MoknecheAlgeria, France
Special Jury AwardLa ZonaRodrigo PláSpain, Mexico
2007Red RoadAndrea ArnoldUnited Kingdom, Denmark
2006October 17, 1961Alain TasmaFrance
Special Jury AwardThree TimesHou Hsiao-HsienTaiwan
2005The HeroZeze GamboaAngola

CrossCurrents Foundation Justice Matters Award


2024Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism's Unholy War on DemocracyStephen UjlakiUSA
Honorable MentionRainbow WarriorEdward McGurnUK, France
2023Lakota Nation vs. United StatesJesse Short Bull, Laura TomaselliUSA
2022We Still HereEli Jacobs-FantauzziPuerto Rico
2021Writing with FireRintu Thomas, Sushmit GhoshIndia
2020La LloronaJayro BustamanteGuatemala
Honorable MentionPurezaRenato BarbieriBrazil
2019¡Las Sandinistas!Jenny MurrayNicaragua, USA
2018Naila and the UprisingJulia BachaPalestine
2017150 MilligramsEmmanuelle BercotFrance
Honorable MentionThe Good PostmanTonislav HristovFinland, Bulgaria
2016IxcanulJayro BustamanteFrance, Guatemala
2015Limited PartnershipThomas MillerUSA
2014Al Helm: Martin Luther King in PalestineConnie FieldUSA
2013Fire in the BloodDylan Mohan GrayIndia
2012Granito: How to Nail a DictatorPamela YatesUSA
2011Crime After CrimeYoav PotashUSA
2010The Balibo ConspiracyRobert ConnollyAustralia

Shorts Award


2024Blue HourJ.D. ShieldsUSA
Honorable MentionMake a Wish, Benóný!Katla SólnesIceland
MetroShortsRoom to BreatheDave HaftUSA
Honorable Mentionbuild me through the imagePaula HungUSA
2023You Left me AloneLauren FondrenUSA
Honorable MentionSobre ElasBruna ArcangeloBrazil
MetroShortsA Chocolate LensGabriel VerasUSA
2022Sons of ToledoMonty ColeUSA
MetroShortsSonoraJohnny Holder, Pablo CamachoColombia
2021We TravelEthan Payne, B. Brian FosterUSA
2020A MotherNatasha K. NgaizaUSA
Honorable MentionAcuitzeramoMiguel Ángel CaballeroUSA, Mexico
20194 CornersAndre MuirUSA
2018A Brief Spark Bookended by DarknessBrent GreenUSA
Honorable MentionReturnPang-chuan HuangFrance
2017The Law of AveragesElizabeth RoseCanada, USA
Visions of an IslandSky HopinkaUSA
2016Nkosi CoiffureFederike MigomBelgium
Honorable MentionWifey ReduxRobert MckeonIreland
2015The Secret World of FoleyDaniel JewelUK
2014SeasickEva CvijanovicCanada

Signis Award


2023The Sixth ChildLéopold LegrandFrance
2022The Right to HappinessClaudio Rossi MassimiItaly
2021Broken KeysJimmy KeyrouzLebanon
Special CommendationOne Careful OwnerBernabe RicoSpain
20201982Oualid MouanessLebanon
Special CommendationYalda: A Night For ForgivenessMassoud BakhshiIran
2019One Last DealKlaus HäröFinland
Special CommendationsSupa ModoLikarion WainainaKenya, Germany
2018Outside InLynn SheltonUSA
Special CommendationsA Season in FranceMahamat-Saleh HarounFrance
Special CommendationsTulipani: Love, Honor, and a BicycleMike van DiemNetherlands, Italy, Canada
2017The NetKim Ki-dukSouth Korea
2016Paths of the SoulZhang YangChina
Special CommendationsBehaviorErnesto DarnasCuba
2015Me and Earl and the Dying GirlAlfonso Gomez-RejonUSA
Special CommendationsTodayReza MirkarimiIran
Special CommendationsThe Dark HorseJames Napier RobertsonNew Zealand
2014Rock the CasbahLaila MarrakchiFrance, Morocco
2013The New WorldJaap van HeusdenNetherlands
Special CommendationsParis Under WatchCédric JimenezFrance
Special CommendationsLa Playa DCJuan Andrés ArangoColombia
2012The Snows of KilimanjaroRobert GuediguianFrance
Special CommendationsMonsieur LazharPhilippe FalardeauCanada
2011BardsongsSander FranckenThe Netherlands
2010Saviors in the NightLudi BoekenFrance
2009DeparturesYojiro TakitaJapan
Special CommendationsThe Necessities of LifeBenoit PilonCanada
Special CommendationsKabeiYoji YamadaJapan

First Feature Audience Award


2019Simple WeddingSara ZandiehUSA
DocumentaryFading PortraitsAli ShilandariIran
2018No: A Flamenco TaleJose Luis TiradoSpain
Honorable MentionHotel SalvationShubhashish BhutianiIndia
2017Behind the CloudsCecilia VerheydenBelgium
2016MagallanesSalvador del SolarPeru, Columbia, Argentina, Spain
2015Happy TimesLuis Javier M. HenaineMexico
2014Harmony LessonsEmir BaigazinGermany, France, Kazakhstan
2013Check MateJosé María CabralDominican Republic
2012Abu, Son of AdamSalim AhmedIndia

Festival Trailers


2024 by Khubab Hassan


2024 by Paul Lee


2024 by Aidan Xavier Moriarty


2023 by Alene Boghosian


2023 by Paul Lee


2023 by Aidan Xavier Moriarty


2022 by Alyssa Chandler


2022 by Paul Lee


2022 by Elissa Padula


2021 by Melissa Campbell


2021 by Damien Krzesinski


2020 by Faith McKane


2020 by Nathan Ridings


2019 by Rachel Barnes


2019 by Courtney James


2018 by Sungtaek Lim


2018 by Sayf Turkomani


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