2023 Awards
Audience Awards:
Feature
Circus of the Scars (Chicory Wees, USA)
Virtual Feature
Humanity Stoked (Michael Ien Cohen, Cuba/USA)
Mid-lengths
KUMARI: A Father's Dream (Sean O'Connor, USA/Nepal)
World Shorts
Archibald's Syndrome (Daniel Perez, France)
Best of the NW
Uncradled (Kyle Beckwith, USA)
US and Canada Shorts
In The Event Of My Death (Brian Scott Steele, USA)
Animation
Varken (Pig) (Netherlands)
NW Docs (Virtual)
Diaspora Recipes (Frances Grace Mortel, USA)
English Language Shorts (Virtual)
Before Dawn, Kabul Time (Tara Motamedi, USA)
Juried Awards:
Best Animated Short
Flowing Home (Sandra Desmazières, Canada)
Best Northwest Short
KUMARI: A Father's Dream (Sean O'Connor, USA/Nepal)
Best Documentary Feature
Sam Now (Reed Harkness, USA)
Best Narrative Feature
No No Girl (Paul Daisuke Goodman, USA)
Best Northwest Feature
Mountainside (Mikiech Nichols, USA)
Best Short
Before Dawn, Kabul Time (Tara Motamedi, USA)
Most Promising Filmmaker
Abel Bos “Bug”
Thanks to those who served on the SpIFF 2023 Jury:
- Rebecca Cook
- Olivia Evans
- Peter Green
- Juan Mas
- Matt McCormick
- Dan Nailen
- Yasi Naraghi
- Malcolm Pelles
- Karl Schaefer
- Dan Webster
