20th Annual Festival: SPIFF 2018
February 2 - 9, 2018. Spokane, Washington, USA
Audience Awards:
Best Feature
The Fencer (Klaus Härö, Estonia)
Best of the NW Feature
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey (David O’ Leske, USA)
Best of the NW Short
Iron (L. Gabriel Gonda, USA)
Best Documentary
Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey (David O’ Leske, USA)
Best Short (USA and Canada)
This Place Called Nuka: Courting Adventure in Wild Alaska (Dave Weich, USA)
Best Short (World)
Aaba (Amar Kaushik, India)
Best Animated Short
Hedgehog’s Home (Eva Cvijanović, Croatia / Canada )
Thanks to Vaughn Overlie for counting the ballots!
Juried Awards:
Best Feature
Gold SpIFFy: Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey (David O’ Leske, USA)
Silver SpIFFy: All Our Father’s Relations (Alejandro Yoshizawa, Canada)
Best of the NW Feature
Gold SpIFFy: Expedition Alaska (Brian J. Lenten, USA)
Silver SpIFFy: All Our Father’s Relations (Alejandro Yoshizawa, USA)
Best of the NW Short
Gold SpIFFy: The Manual (Wil Magness, USA)
Silver SpIFFy: Iron (L. Gabriel Gonda, USA)
Best Documentary
Gold SpIFFy: Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey (David O’ Leske, USA)
Silver SpIFFy: Expedition Alaska (Brian J. Lenten, USA)
Best Short Film
Gold SpIFFy: The Manual (Wil Magness, USA)
Silver SpIFFy: The Curtain (Crystal Lowe, Canada)
Best Animated Short
Gold SpIFFy: The Talk: True Stories about the Birds & the Bees (Alain Delannoy, Canada)
Silver SpIFFy: Catherine (Britt Raes, Belgium)
Most Promising Filmmaker
Wil Magness "The Manual"
Thanks to those who served on the SpIFF 2018 Jury: List Names here.
