Award winners for the 16th annual Tacoma Film Festival have just been announced! Congratulations to everyone who snagged a trophy this year, and a big shout out to all the filmmakers who submitted their work and helped make this year’s event so special. It’s just good to see you all in person again, let alone getting to enjoy everyone’s creativity. That's juror Lynne Siefert in the photo, and here are this year’s winners:
Best Music Video: KREIS by Kilian Immervoll & Anna Sophia Rußmann
Best Late-Night Film: THE FOLLOWING YEAR by Miguel Campana
Best Animation: OUR BED IS GREEN by Maggie Brennan
Best Screenplay, Narrative Short: THE UNSEEN RIVER by Phạm Ngọc Lân
Best Performance, Narrative Short: Nadir Saribacak for LEYLAK
Best Cinematography, Narrative Short: Giorgos Valsamis for I AM AFRAID TO FORGET YOUR FACE
Best Direction, Narrative Short: Affonso Uchôa, SEVEN YEARS IN MAY
Best Narrative Short: THE UNSEEN RIVER by Phạm Ngọc Lân
Best Documentary Short Film, Honorable Mention: ORBITA by Udval Altangerel
Best Documentary Short Film, Honorable Mention: LUCES DEL DESIERTO by Felix Blume
Best Cinematography, Documentary Short Film: THE WHELMING SEA by Sean Hanley
Best Direction, Documentary Short Film: Adam Khalil and Adam Piron, HALPATE
Best Documentary Short Film: SURVIVING YOU, ALWAYS by Morgan Quaintance
Best Cinematography, Documentary Feature: Goga Devdariani, Salomé Jashi for TAMING THE GARDEN
Best Direction, Documentary Feature: Jessica Kingdon for ASCENSION 登楼叹
Best Documentary Feature: ACTS OF LOVE by Isidore Bethel and Francis Leplay
Best Pacific Northwest short: SEE ME by Dawn Jones Redstone
Best Pacific Northwest feature: A BLACK RIFT BEGINS TO YAWN by Matthew Wade
Best Screenplay, Narrative Feature: FIRSTNESS by Brielle Brilliant
Best Performance, Narrative Feature: Nikohl Boosheri, ALIA’S BIRTH
Best Cinematography, Narrative Feature: Alex Grigoras, WOOD AND WATER
Best Direction, Narrative Feature: Charles Mudede, THIN SKIN
Best Narrative Feature: POTATO DREAMS OF AMERICA by Wes Hurley