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Award Winners
The Chagrin Documentary Film Festival is honored to announce the Festival Award winners presented on October 10, 2015 at the Film Festival Awards ceremony.
Best Short Film
Alzheimer’s: A Love Story
Directed by Amanda Le, Monica Petruzzelli, Gabe Schimmel, Riani Singgih
Best Cinematography
Music of Survival: The Story of the Ukrainian Bandurist Chorus
Directed by Orest Syshko
Emerging Filmmaker Award
Mother Kuskokwim
Directed by Tim Guthrie
Best Feature Film
Hip Hop-eration
Directed by Bryn Evans
Best International Film
Landfill Harmonic
Directed by Juliana Penaranda-Loftus, Grad Allgood and Graham Townsley
Best Social Awareness Film
Two Barns
Directed by Haim Hect
Best Local Film
Move On
Directed by Ted Sikora
Best Human Spirit Film
Queen Mimi
Directed by Yaniv Rokah
Audience Choice Award
I Want to be a King
Directed by Mehdi Ganji
Rotary of the Chagrin Valley Service Above Self Award
Angel of Nanjing
Directed by Frank Fernando and Jordan Horowitz
and the David Ponce Award for Best of the Festival…
Among the Believers
Directed by Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Ali Naqvi; Produced by Jonathan Goodman Levitt and Hemal Trivedi; Written by Jonathan Goodman Levitt.
Award Winners
2017
The Chagrin Documentary Film Festival is honored to announce the Festival Award winners presented on October 8, 2017 at the Film Festival Awards ceremony.
Best Short Documentary Award
The Illumination
Directed by Tom Scott and Daniel Honan
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Emerging Filmmaker Award
When I Stutter
Directed by John Gomez
Best Feature Documentary Award
Deej
Directed by Robert Rooy
Best International Documentary Award
Tales by Light: Life and Death
Directed by Abraham Joffe
Best Social Awareness Documentary Award
When the Dust Settles
Directed by Glenn Sweitzer and Dave Molesworth
Best Local Documentary Award
Knife Skills
Directed by Thomas Lennon
Mary Lerner Human Spirit Award
Nana
Directed by Serena Dykman
Audience Choice Award
Grove Hill: A True Story
Directed by Molly Gebler/Produced by R43 Ltd.
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Best Student Documentary Award
Code Yellow
Directed by Erica Jacques
Rotary of the Chagrin Valley Service Above Self Award
The Peacemaker
Directed by James Demo
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One Minute Documentary Contest Winner
Alexander Reid
David Ponce Best of the Fest Award
The Unimaginable Journey of Peter Ertel
Directed Joseph Cahn
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