19th Annual Festival: SPIFF 2017

January 27 – February 5, 2017. Spokane, Washington, USA

2017 Awards

Audience Awards:

Best Feature

Nise: The Heart of Madness (Roberto Berliner, Brazil)

Best of the NW Short (Presented by STCU)

Lifeline (Adam Harum, USA)

Best Documentary

Kedi (Ceyda Torun, USA/Turkey/Germany)

Best Short (USA and Canada)

Tom, the Knife Salesman (Ryan Brown, USA)

Best Short (World)

Getting Fat in a Healthy Way (Kevork Aslanyan, Bulgaria)

Best Animated Short

Moom (Robert Kondo and Daisuke ‘Dice’ Tsutsumi, Japan)

Thanks to Vaughn Overlie for counting the ballots! 

Juried Awards:

Best Feature

Diani and Devine Meet the Apocalypse (Etta Devine and Gabriel Diani, USA)

Best of the NW Feature (Presented by STCU)

Mixed Match (Jeff Chiba Stearns, Canada)

Best of the NW Short (Presented by STCU)

Gold SpIFFy: Lifeline (Adam Harum, USA)

Silver SpIFFy: The Ethernaut (Travis Lien, USA)

Best Documentary:

Strangers on the Earth (Tristan Cook, Spain/USA)

Best Short Film:

Getting Fat in a Healthy Way (Kevork Aslanyan, Bulgaria)

Best Animated Short:

Blind Vaysha (Theodore Ushev, Canada)

Most Promising Filmmaker:

Adam Gaulke

SpIFF Volunteer of the Year Award (Presented by STCU)

Isaac Joslin

Thanks to those who served on the SpIFF 2017 Jury: Adam Boyd, Isaac Joslin, Chase Ogden, and Kendra Ann Sherrill.

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2017 Films