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