2018 Award Winners Announced
FEATURE FILM AWARDS
Audience Award
UP TO SNUFF
Best Picture
THE IDEA OF MANHOOD
Best Documentary
FOREVER B
Best Director
ZACK WILCOX – HUNTING LANDS
Best Ensemble
RICH KIDS
Best Screenplay
SERGE KUSHNIER - THE IDEA OF MANHOOD
Sidney K. Shapiro Humanitarian Award
BECOMING WHO I WAS
ARIZONA AWARDS
2018 Arizona Filmmaker of the Year
JOSH PROVOST
Best Arizona Feature
COALESCE: A CITY COMPOSED
Best Arizona Short Film
HELSING, INC.

In addition to the Copper Wing Award, the Directors of the Best Arizona Feature and Best Arizona Short Film each win a mattress of their choice from Phoenix Film Festival sponsors, Tuft & Needle.
WORLD CINEMA AWARDS
World Cinema Best Director
PETER LUISI - STREAKER
World Cinema Best Picture
STREAKER
World Cinema Best Documentary
BECOMING WHO I WAS
World Cinema Audience Award Winner
ALL THE WILD HORSES
FOUNDATION AWARDS
2018 Phoenix Film Festival Volunteer Of The Year
LESLIE CRIGER
SHORT FILM AWARDS
Best Animated Short Film
THE DRIVER IS RED
Best Documentary Short Film
MOTT HAVEN
Best College Short Film
NIGHT CALL
Best Live Action Short Film
CONTROL
Best World Cinema Short
STEALING SILVER
Best Latino American Short Film
INSTINCT
Best African American Short Film
BABY STEPS
Best Native American Short Film
FIVE DOLLARS
HORROR FILM AWARDS
Best Horror Feature Film
THE EVIL WITHIN
Best Horror Short Film
FISHER COVE
SCI-FI FILM AWARDS
Best Sci-Fi Feature Film
CHIMERA
Best Sci-Fi Short Film
NORO
2016 Award Winners Announced
On April 10th, the winners of the 2016 Phoenix Film Festival. We congratulate the winners as well as all of the filmmakers that have participated in this year's festival. Below you'll find the list of this year's event....
FEATURE FILM AWARDS
Best Picture
Coming Through the Rye
Cox Audience Award
No Greater Love
Best Documentary
Rwanda and Juliet
Best Screenplay
Coming Through the Rye – James Sadwith
Best Director
Operator – Logan Kibens
Best Acting Ensemble
Welcome to Happiness
Dr Sydney K Shapiro Humanitarian Award
Rwanda and Juliet
Best Arizona Feature
Carry On: Finding Hope in the Canyon
Special Jury Prize for Acting
Stephen Lang – Beyond Glory
WORLD CINEMA AWARDS
World Cinema Short
Violet
World Cinema Director
Cody Campanale, Jackie Boy
World Cinema Best Picture
Home Care
World Cinema Audience Award Winner
Freedom or Death
FOUNDATION AWARDS
Arizona Filmmaker of the Year
Colleen Hartnett
Volunteer of the Year
Aaron Kes
SHORT FILM AWARDS
Best Student Short
The Bench
Best Arizona Short
Dino Park
Best Documentary
Keep it Grand
Best Animated Short
Burnt
Best Live Action Short
A King’s Betrayal
INTERNATIONAL HORROR AND SCI-FI FILM FEST AWARDS
Best Sci-Fi Short
Helio
Best Sci-Fi Feature
Parallel
Best Horror Short
Night of the Slasher
Best Horror Feature
Night of Something Strange