2016 Bend Film Festival
13TH ANNUAL BEND FILM FESTIVAL
Short and Feature Film Awards
Best In Show
To Keep the Light
Directed by Erica Fae
Inspired by true stories, a lighthouse keeper’s wife struggles with her work and her sanity as she cares for her sick husband in 19th century Maine.
Best Directing
Night School
Directed by Andrew Cohn
Best Narrative Feature
First Girl I Loved
Directed by Kerem Sanga
Best Documentary Feature
Growing Up Coy
Directed by Eric Juhola
Best Narrative Short
A Beautiful Mess
Directed by Shahir Zag
Best Documentary Short
Pickle
Directed by Amy Nicholson
Best Student Short
Spilt Milk
Directed by James Dunstan
Best Animated Short
Trial and Error
Directed by Antje Heyn
Best Cinematography
If There’s a Hell Below
Directed by Nathan Williams
Best of the Northwest
The Child and the Dead
Directed by Marc Ripper & Karina Ripper
Katie Merritt Audience Award
Finding Oscar
Directed by Ryan Suffern
Special Jury Award Best Actor
Tomas Pais
HUNKY DORY Directed Michael Curtis Johnson
Special Jury Award Best Actor
Jane Ackermann
NEPTUNE Directed Derek Kimball
Special Award for Visual Effects
ICARUS
Directed by Tom Teller
Special Award for Originality of Vision
THE LETTER E
Directed by Mira K. Lippold-Johnson
Special Award for Animation
FULFILAMANET
Directed by Rhiannon Evans