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Sarasota Film Festival

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    Audience Award

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    Best Narrative Feature

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      Winner

      The End of the Tour

      7.2 (34K)
      James Ponsoldt

    Best Short FIlm

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      Winner

      Pony

      7.9 (58)
      Xander Berkeley(executive producer)
      Samuel Bayer(executive producer)
      MaryAnn Tanedo(producer)

    Best Short Film

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      Winner

      Pony

      7.9 (58)
      Candice Carella(director)

    Best in World Cinema

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      Winner

      The Connection

      7.1 (13K)
      Cédric Jimenez

    Documentary

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      The Surgery Ship

      8.7 (41)
      Madeleine Hetherton-Miau(director)
      Rebecca Barry(producer)
      Media Stockade

    Best Documentary

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      Welcome to Leith

      6.9 (4.6K)
      Michael Beach Nichols
      Christopher K. Walker

    Best Narrative Feature Film

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      Bloodsucking Bastards

      5.7 (7.4K)
      Brett Forbes
      Brandon Evans
      Fortress Features
      MTY Productions

    Jury Prize

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    "Complex Hands-on Storytelling"

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      Winner

      Almost There

      7.8 (101)
      Dan Rybicky(director)
      Aaron Wickenden(director)

    Best Documentary Feature

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      Winner

      Walking Under Water

      7.1 (57)
      Eliza Kubarska
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      Almost There

      7.8 (101)
      Dan Rybicky
      Aaron Wickenden
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      Beneath the Olive Tree

      8.7 (24)
      Stavroula Toska
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      Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

      8.6 (53)
      Scott Teems
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      The Last Man on the Moon

      7.4 (3.6K)
      Mark Craig
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      Selected

      7.6 (13)
      Kayla Cormick
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      Stray Dog

      6.5 (283)
      Debra Granik
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      Tyke: Elephant Outlaw

      7.4 (693)
      Susan Lambert
      Stefan Moore
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      Zemene

      9.2 (26)
      Melissa R. Donovan
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      Queen Mimi

      7.2 (627)
      Yaniv Rokah(director)
      Elliot V. Kotek(producer)
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      Welcome to Leith

      6.9 (4.6K)
      Michael Beach Nichols
      Christopher K. Walker

    Narrative Feature Film Competition

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      Winner

      White God

      6.8 (18K)
      Kornél Mundruczó
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      Divine Access

      5.6 (395)
      Steven Chester Prince
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      Entertainment

      5.7 (3.4K)
      Rick Alverson
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      Obra

      6.1 (218)
      Gregorio Graziosi
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      Phantom Halo

      5.1 (1K)
      Antonia Bogdanovich
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      Radiator

      6.8 (245)
      Tom Fisher
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      Slow West

      6.9 (49K)
      John Maclean
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      Yosemite

      4.7 (996)
      Gabrielle Demeestere

    Shorts Animation Competition

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      Winner

      World of Tomorrow

      8.1 (11K)
      Don Hertzfeldt
      For production design.

    Shorts Documentary Competition

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      Winner

      Boxeadora

      6.5 (14)
      Meg Smaker
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      Object

      6.9 (57)
      Paulina Skibinska

    Shorts Narrative Competition

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      Winner

      Charlotte

      7.0 (11)
      Angel Kristi Williams
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      The Loyalist

      7.1 (65)
      Minji Kang
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      Sweep

      6.6 (40)
      Spencer Gillis
      2.35
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      The Bravest, the Boldest

      7.8 (120)
      Moon Molson
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      O Jogo

      7.9 (17)
      Pedro Coutinho(director)

    Special Jury Prize

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    Artistic Portraiture

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      Winner

      Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey

      8.6 (53)
      Scott Teems(director)

    Best Cinematography

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      Winner

      Tired Moonlight

      6.2 (72)
      Adam Ginsberg

    Best Ensemble Cast

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      Winner

      Uncertain Terms

      5.9 (403)
      Nathan Silver

    Narrative Feature

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      Winner

      Radiator

      6.8 (245)
      Gemma Jones
      For acting.

    Independent Visions Award

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    Best Film

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      Winner

      Lamb

      6.3 (2.4K)
      Ross Partridge
      Mel Eslyn
      Taylor Williams
      Jennifer Lafleur
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      Backgammon

      3.2 (286)
      Francisco Orvañanos
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      Devil Town

      4.7 (43)
      Sophia Takal
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      Eel

      7.3 (9)
      James Kaelan
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      Lake Los Angeles

      6.6 (168)
      Mike Ott
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      Runoff

      5.6 (377)
      Kimberly Levin
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      Tired Moonlight

      6.2 (72)
      Britni West
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      Uncertain Terms

      5.9 (403)
      Nathan Silver

    Excellence in Student Filmmaking

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      Full-Windsor

      6.5 (16)
      Faraday Okoro

    Achievement in Acting

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      Winner

      Bereave

      5.6 (217)
      Jane Seymour
      Vago Productions

    Short Documentary Award

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    Best Short

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      Expedition Florida: Moods of the Miakka

      Brian Stork
      Leslie M. Gaines
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      Flor de la Mar

      8.1 (15)
      Jorge Thielen Armand

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    Sarasota, Florida, USA

    Event links

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