Cinequest Film Festival wrapped Sunday with 720 world leading artists and innovators presenting 129 World and U.S. premieres and cutting-edge media technologies to record audiences topping 105,000 (in San Jose / Silicon Valley). Cinequest Film Festival 2017 will occur February 28 - March 12. This year's Cinequest Award Winners are:
MAVERICK SPIRIT AWARD RECIPIENTS
Please watch Cinequest's Maverick Spirit Award video.
MEDIA LEGACY AWARD RECIPIENT
- Owen Gleiberman
Please watch Cinequest's Media Legacy video.
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS
AUDIENCE AWARD, FIRST FILM: NILA
- Director: Selvamani Selvaraj
- Producer(s): Vaishno Rajesh
AUDIENCE AWARD, DOCUMENTARY: UNTIL 20
- Director: Jamila Paksima, Geraldine Moriba Meadows
- Producer(s): Jamila Paksima, Geraldine Moriba Meadows
AUDIENCE AWARD, DRAMA (Tie): HEARTLAND
- Director: Maura Anderson
- Producer(s): Jennifer Wood, Velinda Godfrey, Maura Anderson
AUDIENCE AWARD, DRAMA (Tie): MY FERAL HEART
- Director: Jane Gull
- Producer(s): James Rumsey, Duncan Paveling, Jane Gull
AUDIENCE AWARD, COMEDY (Tie): DEPENDENT'S DAY
- Director: Michael David Lynch
- Producer(s): Michael David Lynch , Oliver Defilippo
AUDIENCE AWARD, COMEDY (Tie): REMEMBER ME
- Director: Steve Goldbloom
- Producer(s): Heather Haggarty, Nanou Matteson
JURY AWARD WINNERS, FEATURES
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM, DRAMA: FEVER AT DAWN
- Director: Péter Gárdos
- Producer(s): Dénes Szekeres
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM, COMEDY: CREEDMORIA
- Director: Alicia Slimmer
- Producer(s): Alicia Slimmer
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM: THE PROMISED BAND
- Director: Jen Heck
- Producer(s): Maria De La O
GLOBAL VISION AWARD: MAGALLANES
- Director: Salvador del Solar
- Producer(s): Amador del Solar, Salvador del Solar
NEW VISION AWARD (Tied): LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED?
- Director: K. Rocco Shields
- Producer(s): Giovanni Corvino, Michael J. Zampino, K. Rocco Shields
NEW VISION AWARD (Tied): I LOVE YOU BOTH
- Director: Doug Archibald
- Producer(s): Doug Archibald , Ryan Finnerty, Paul Holman
JURY AWARD WINNERS, SHORTS
BEST HIGH SCHOOL SHORT FILM: Dreams Without Borders
- Director: Muna Al Hariri
- Producer(s): Laura Doggett
BEST COLLEGE SHORT FILM: Prism
- Director: Jackson Miller
- Producer(s): Matthew Rebong
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM: Home is a Hotel
- Directors: Kevin D. Wong and Todd Sills
- Producer(s): Rowan Brooks, Sasha Hauswauld
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM: Chasing Daycare
- Director: Satu Siegemund
- Producer(s): Thilo Kleine, Carolin von Fritsch
BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM: The Box
- Director: Michael I Schiller
- Producer(s): Michael I Schiller
"Cinequest is definitely the first time I've ever come to a festival where my immediate reaction is, 'What do I have to do to be invited back?' It's a perfect film festival in a glorious place." - Neil Gaiman, Maverick Spirit Award Winner
For more on Cinequest's story, please watch This Is Cinequest video.
Cinequest Film Festival 2017 will occur February 28 - March 12.
About Cinequest
A vanguard organization set in the Silicon Valley, Cinequest's uniqueness and impact result from being ahead of the curve in the powerful integration of creativity and technology. Cinequest fuses the world of the filmed arts with that of Silicon Valley's innovation to empower youth, artists, and innovators to create and connect - driving transformations and a better tomorrow. Cinequest does this through Cinequest Film Festival, Picture The Possibilities, and its sister company Cinequest Mavericks Studio. (Voted Best Film Festival by USA Today Readers.)
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