The Coronado Island Film Festival wrapped its ninth season over Veterans Day weekend and has announced the 2024 winners.
Notable winners this year include Sean McNamara’s “Bau: Artist at War” taking the Jury Prize for Best Narrative Film and Lisa Lander’s “Giants Rising” winning the Jury Prize for Best Documentary.
The film festival’s coveted Emerald Award went to David Allen’s “Wilding” from HHMI/Tangled Bank Studios.
Jury Prize winners in the short film categories were led by Eduardo Escribano-Solera’s “The Masterpiece” for Best Narrative Short Film. The Jury Prize for Best Short Documentary went to Jacob Krupnick’s “Then Comes the Body.”
The Audience Awards include “A Real Pain” (Searchlight Pictures) for Best Narrative Feature, “Sugarcane” (Nat Geo) for Best Documentary Feature, “Robert Shields: My Life as a Robot” (My Monkey House) and “I Need You: 53 Years of the Band America” for Best Indie Documentary Feature.
Best Narrative Short went to “Belief” and Best Documentary Short went to “The Final Copy of Ilon Specht” (Breakwater Studios).
In the local category, Best Local Documentary Short went to “You Will Not Replace Us” and “Bootstrap Cafe” took Best Local Narrative Short.
See full list of winners below:
FEATURE FILM JURY AWARDS
Best Narrative:
BAU: THE ARTIST AT WAR
Director: Sean McNamara
Best Documentary:
GIANTS RISING
Director: Lisa Lander
Best International Feature:
THE STRANGER’S CASE
Directors: Brandt Anderson + Ryan Busse
SHORT FILM JURY AWARDS
Best Narrative Short Film:
THE MASTERPIECE
Director: Eduardo Escribano-Solera
Best Short Documentary:
THEN COMES THE BODY
Directors: Jacob Krupnick
Best International Short Film:
DIE LAUGHING
Director: JL Pomeroy, Tom Broecker
DR. GEORGE M. SANGER STUDENT FILM AWARDS
Student Grand Prize Award:
BLACK SHEEP
Directors: James A. Heim and Natalie Howard
Best Student Film (Advanced):
WINDOWS
Director: Jorge Parra
Best Student Film (High School):
SAVTA
Director: James Patneaude and Natalie Schoen
DALE ST. DENNIS FEMALE FILMMAKER AWARDS
Fearless Female Filmmaker Awards:
SLEEP TRAINING
Director: Sunita Prasad
NEVER GETTING RID OF ME, BITCH
Director: Isabella Cohen
Mary Pickford Awards:
PORTRAIT
Director: Grace Louey
LE CHARADE
Director: Erika Totoro
Francis Marion Award:
ESSEX GIRLS
Director: Yero Timi-Biu
EMERALD AWARD
WILDING
Director: David Allen
ANIMATION
Jury Grand Prize:
LUKI AND THE LIGHTS
Jury Special Recognition:
WANDER TO WONDER
SCREENWRITING JURY AWARDS LIMITED SERIES
Jury Grand Prize Winner:
THE YOUNG GODS CLUB
Top Finalist:
EYES OF FATE
NARRATIVE FEATURE
Jury Grand Prize Winner:
AMEN AND AMEEN
Top Finalist:
ANGEL IN RETROGRADE
2024 AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS
FEATURES (Narrative + Documentaries)
Best Narrative Feature:
A REAL PAIN
Best Documentary Feature:
SUGARCANE
Best Indie Documentary Feature:
ROBERT SHIELDS: MY LIFE AS A ROBOT
I NEED YOU: 53 YEARS OF THE BAND AMERICA
Documentary Special Recognition:
UNFURLING THE WORLD: THE VOYAGE OF IRVING AND ELECTRA JOHNSON
Best Indie Narrative Feature:
HELLBENT ON BOOGIE
Best International Feature:
SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Best Animated Feature:
FLOW
Best Military Feature:
THE ATOMIC ROCKETEER
Best Culinary Feature:
MARCELLA
SHORTS
Best Narrative Short:
BELIEF
Best Comedy Short:
DEAD CAT
Best Dramatic Short:
DEEP IN MY HEART IS A SONG
Best Documentary Short:
THE FINAL COPY OF ILON SPECHT
Best Sci-Fi/AI Short:
BEST FRIEND AI
Best Local Documentary Short:
YOU WILL NOT REPLACE US
Best Local Narrative Short:
BOOTSTRAP CAFE
Best Emerging Filmmaker Advanced:
XANDER
Best Emerging Filmmaker High School:
LOW TECH FRIEND
Best Emerging Female Filmmaker:
CRAZY FOR YOU
