AWARD WINNERS
2022 Chesapeake Film Festival 15th Annual AWARDS Include:
- Best Environmental Short
Into the Dark
Directed by Michael O. Snyder - Best Environmental Feature
Trashy: A Zero Waste Film
Directed by Heather Gustafson - Best Documentary Short
The Long Shore
Directed by Tyler Ford - Best Documentary Feature
Resisterhood
Directed by Chery Jacobs Crim - ((tied with))
- Best Documentary Feature
The Other Boys of Summer
Directed by Lauren Meyer - Best Narrative Short
Noisy
Directed by Cedric Hill - Best Narrative Feature
Nowhere
Directed by David and Franscisco Salazar - Best Animated Film
Yellowstone 88 – Song of Fire
Directed by Jerry van de Beek and Betsy De Fries - Best Student Short
Stop Pebble Mine
Directed by Mason Mirabile - Best Director
Harold Jackson, III
Last Night - Jury’s Prize
The Automat
Directed by Lisa Hurwi
2021 Chesapeake Film Festival 14th Annual AWARDS Include:
- Best Animated Film
Dumpling Dash
Directed by Lisa Cui - Best Comedy
The Yawndemic
Directed by Jean Pierre - Best Documentary Feature
Sky So Blue
Directed by Michael J. Finnegan, David L. Trapasso Jr. - Best Drama
Mickey Hardaway
Directed by Marcellus Cox - Best Cinematography
Chicago: America’s Hidden War
Directed by Daylight Supreme - Best Emerging Filmmaker
James Sampsel
If I Tell Them - Best Environmental Feature
Laws of the Lizard
Directed by Neil Losin, Nathan Dappen - Best Environmental Short
Hidden Wild
Directed by Neil Losin, Nathan Dappen - Best International Film
The Wound
Directed by Sahar Nourmonavar - Best Made In Maryland Film
Our Story: Lifetime Wells
Directed by Rob Simmons - Best Performance
Actor: Theo Adams IV
Tyndall Typewriters - Best Short Film
Pooch Sitter
Directed by Monda Raquel Webb - Best Sound Editing
Heroes’ Honeymoon
Directed by Rich West - Best Screenplay
Harold Jackson, III
Liam White - Best Editing
The Heat is On
Directed by Kelley Ashford and Irene Magafan - Best Director
The Tower Road Bus
Directed by Michael Streissguth - Best Thriller
Sleep Tight
Directed by Michael Seabolt - Jury’s Prize
RUMBLE: The Indians who Rocked the World
Directed by Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana
2020 Chesapeake Film Festival 13th Annual AWARDS Include:
- Best Animated Film
Les Animaux Domestiques
Willow - Best Comedy
A Piece of Cake - Best Director
Stephan Schwartz
About Us - Best Documentary Feature
You Don’t Know Nothin’ Bout Groove City - Best Drama
Unarmed Man - Best Editing
Fort Bliss - Best Emerging Filmmaker
Mason Mirabile; Micaa Thomas
Never Too Small; Our House is On Fire - Best Environmental Feature
Unbreathable: The Fight for Healthy Air - Best Environmental Short
Seeds of Hope - Best International Film
Imaginarius - Best Made in Maryland Film
Squeegee - Best Performance
Aaron Williamson; Greg Yelich
Police Officer by Danny Gavigan
Unarmed Man - Best Short Film
Wake Up - Best Sound Editing
Balloon Man - Jury’s Prize
Emanuel
2019 Chesapeake Film Festival 12th Annual AWARDS Include:
- Best Environmental Feature
Sharkwater Extinction - Best Environmental Short
Nassawango Legacy - Best Documentary Feature
The Pollinators - Best Short Film
Appy Days - Best Biographical Feature Film
The Spy Behind Home Plate - Best Animated Film
Late Afternoon - Best Emerging Filmmaker
Joshua Ziggy Popkin
Bishop - Best Emerging Performance
Herman J. Johansen
The Land - Best Emerging Director
Light from Light
Paul Harrill - Best Editing
Sea of Shadows - Best Sound Editing
The Bonobo Connection - Jury’s Prize
The Cold Blue
2018 Chesapeake Film Festival 11th Annual AWARDS Include:
- Best Environmental Feature
Saving Sea Turtles: Preventing Extinction - Best Environmental Short Animation
The Elephant’s Song
Lynne Tomlinson - Best Environmental Short
Current Revolution - Best Documentary Feature
Moving Stories - Best Narrative Short
Othello-San - Best Sound Design
The Elephant’s Song - Best Narrative Feature
I, Matter
Llysa Rie & Shayne Pax - Best Animated Short
Shadow
Lei Lei - Best Emerging Filmmaker
Shayla Racquel
Riverment - Best Editing
In the Executioner’s Shadow: A Story of Justice, Injustice and the Death Penalty - Best Actress
Llysa Rie
I, Matter - Best Actor
Timothy Troy
Hold My Horse - Best Director
Llysa Rie & Shayne Pax
I, Matter