47th Cleveland International Film Festival Award Winners

47th Cleveland International Film Festival Award Winners

The 47th Cleveland International Film Festival held its closing awards ceremony on Saturday, April 1, at KeyBank State Theatre. Here’s a list of this year’s award winners. Want to check out these winners? CIFF47 Streams takes place now through April 9, 2023 online.  Hundreds of films will be available on demand. Tickets and passes are now on sale atclevelandfilm.org.

FEATURE FILM AWARD WINNERS

 

Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award for Best Film

Sponsored by the Callahan Foundation

1946: THE MISTRANSLATION THAT SHIFTED CULTURE,

directed by Sharon “Rocky” Roggio (USA

$15,000 cash prize

 

Reel Women Direct Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman

Presented with generous support from Deborah Bachman Ratner

Christine Yoo (for 26.2 TO LIFE; USA)

$10,000 cash prize

 

George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Competition

Endowed by The George Gund Foundation

PAMFIR, directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (Ukraine, France, Poland, Chile)

$10,000 cash prize

 

Nesnadny + Schwartz Portrait Documentary Competition

MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU Director’s Award

Presented with generous support from Nesnadny + Schwartz

JOONAM, directed by Sierra Urich (USA)

$10,000 cash prize

 

New Direction Competition
JOYLAND, directed by Saim Sadiq (Pakistan, USA)

$10,000 cash prize

Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Competition

Endowed by The George Gund Foundation

20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL, directed by Mstyslav Chernov (Ukraine)

$10,000 cash prize

 

Global Health Competition

Presented with generous support from Mark Smith and Janet Rosel Smith

NURSE UNSEEN, directed by Michele Josue (USA)

$7,500 cash prize

 

American Independents Competition

Presented with generous support from Mike and Nicki Cancelliere

PLAYING THROUGH, directed by Balbinka Korzeniowska (USA)

$7,500 cash prize

 

Local Heroes Competition

Presented with generous support from Lauren Rich Fine and Gries Financial Partners

WE ARE THE TROOPERS, directed by Jonathon Kimble (USA)

$7,500 cash prize

 

Ad Hoc Docs Competition

Presented with generous support from Tom and Anita Cook

CHOP & STEELE, directed by Ben Steinbauer and Berndt Mader (USA)

$7,500 cash prize

 

International Narrative Competition

Presented with generous support from Tom Piraino and Barbara McWilliams

MY SAILOR, MY LOVE, directed by Klaus Härö (Finland, Ireland)

$7,500 cash prize

 

FilmSlam Student Choice Award for Best Feature Film

Presented with generous support from Overdrive

JUNETEENTH: FAITH & FREEDOM, directed by Ya’Ke Smith (USA)

$2,000 Cash Prize

 

SHORT FILM AWARD WINNERS

Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film Overall

Sponsored by Char and Chuck Fowler

One Small Visit, directed by Jo Chim (Canada)

$1,000 Cash Prize

 

Best Animated Short Award*

Sponsored by MP Star Financial

It’s a Gray, Gray, World, directed by Seyed Mohsen Pourmohseni Shakib (Iran)

$1,000 cash prize

 

Best Documentary Short Award*
Sponsored by Jules and Fran Belkin

A Chocolate Lens, directed by Gabriel Veras (USA)

$1,000 cash prize

 

Best Live Action Short Award*

Sponsored by Jules and Fran Belkin

Girl No. 60427, directed by Shulamit Lifshitz (Israel)

$1,000 cash prize

 

FilmSlam Student Choice Award for Best Short Film

Sponsored by Overdrive

Foreign Uncle Directed by Sining Xiang (China, USA)

$1,000 Cash Prize

 

In addition, CIFF47 presented its fifth DReam Maker Award to award-winning filmmaker, director, and co-producer of the CIFF47 film 1946: THE MISTRANSLATION THAT SHIFTED CULTURE: Sharon “Rocky” Roggio.

The Festival also celebrated the third year of its Groundbreaker Award. CIFF47  recognized two pioneering filmmakers whose work has proven to lift up marginalized voices. This recognition comes with a $5,000 cash award to support the filmmakers’ future work. The Festival presented its Groundbreaker Award to Vivek Bald and Alaudin Ullah, co-directors of the CIFF47 film IN SEARCH OF BENGALI HARLEM

 

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