The Young Filmmakers Program

Competition Grand Prize

Special Is Just a Word
Abby Thompson

Narrative Student Short

Luke
Conor Hamill

Documentary Short

The Next Part
Erin Sanger

Animated Short

Between Times
Ru Kuwahata & Max Porter

Narrative Short

Skunk
Annie Silverstein

Documentary Feature

Once Upon a Crime: The Borrelli-Davis Conspiracy
Sheldon Wilson

Inaugural Comedy

Vanguard Feature

Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
Amir Ohebsion & Maz Jobrani

Dark Matters Feature

One Eyed Girl
Nick Matthews & Craig Behenna

Narrative Feature

Honorable Mention

Skin Deep
Monica Zanetti

Narrative Feature

The Kings Surrender
Philipp Leinemann

Marquee Feature

Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me
Director: James Keach

Narrative Feature

Terrible Love
Writers: Luke Helmer and Christopher Thomas
Director: Christopher Thomas

Documentary Feature

The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young

Directors: Annika Iltis and Timothy Kane

Comedy Vanguard

Jimmy Vestvood: Amerikan Hero
Writers: Maz Jobrani and Amir Ohebsion
Director: Jonathan Kesselman

Dark Matters

The Suicide Theory
Writer: Michael J. Kospiah
Director: Dru Brown

Texas Independents

Flutter
Writer/Director: Eric Hueber

Narrative Short

Mimi & Me
Writer/Director: Marly Reed

Student Short

Luke
Writer/Director: Conor Hamill

Animated Short

(tie)
(TIE)The Dam Keeper
Writers/Directors: Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi

Animated Short

(tie)
(TIE)The Last Resort

Writer: Gillian Park
Director: Stephanie Blakey

Documentary Short

Albert
Director: Daniel Jaffe

Heart of Film

Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West
Writers: Mike Thompson, Jerry Thompson, and Gregory Popovich
Directors: Mike Thompson and Jerry Thompson

Stories From Abroad

Taking It Back
Writer/Director: Andreas Schmied