2016 Arizona International Film Festival
Best of Category
Festival Grand Prize
KANDAHAR JOURNALS
Louie Palu & Devin Gallagher, Canada, 2015
Best Dramatic Feature
CAFÉ AMARGO
Rigoberto Jiménez, Cuba, 2015
Best Foreign Feature
CHALET
So-jin Park, South Korea, 2016
Best Documentary
THE ANTHROPOLOGIST
Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller & Jeremy Newberger, USA, 2015
Best Foreign Documentary
THE REGION
Felipe Palma, Chile, 2015
Best Documentary Short
FERGUSON 365
Christopher Phillips, USA, 2015
Best Dramatic Short
FLYSPY
Daniel M. Smith, United Kingdom, 2016
Best Global Short
DON’T MESS WITH THE SHARKIES
Richard Rabelbauer, Switzerland, 2015
Best Comedy Short
BEAT AROUND THE BUSH
Brianne Nord-Stewart, Canada, 2016
Best Animated Short
DÄWIT
David Jansen, Germany, 2015
Best Experimental Short
2.57K
Eva Colmers, Canada, 2015
Best of Arizona
MANNA
Daniel Edward Hyde, USA, 2015
Best of IndieYouth
ONE DAY ON CARVER ST.
Azure Allen, USA, 2015
SPECIAL JURY AWARDS
Special Jury Award for Bridging Cultures
MANGO DREAMS
John Upchurch & Faraz Ahsan, India, 2016
Special Jury Award for Community Filmmaking
SOUTH BUREAU HOMICIDE
Mike Cooley & Mark Earl Burman, USA, 2015
Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking
INDIVISIBLE
Hilary Linder, USA, 2016
Special Jury Award for Visual Storytelling
MONTY AND THE RUNAWAY FURNACE
Joe Taranto, USA, 2016
Special Jury Award for Innovative Animation
REVOLTOSO
Arturo & Roy Ambriz, Mexico, 2016
Special Jury Awards for Outstanding Cinematography
OTHER MADNESSES (USA, 2015)
Dramatic Feature
THE CARAVAN FILM (USA, 2015)
Documentary Feature
WEST EMPIRE (France, 2015)
Documentary Short
JURY AWARDS
for Creative Achievement
IN THE WAVES (USA, 2015)
Animation
MAD PETER (USA, 2015)
IndieYouth
RIDING THE HIGHLINE (USA, 2015)
Documentary
THE APOLOGY (Japan, 2015)
Dramatic