AWARD WINNERS

2024 Chesapeake Film Festival 17th Annual AWARDS Include:

Women of Impact Award
Leslie Shampaine
Call Me Dancer
Best Environmental Feature
The Diary of an Elephant Orphan
Directed by Hermien Roelvert-Van Gils
Jury Prize
Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye
Directed by Glenn Holsten
Best International Feature
Imaginarius
Directed by Juan Ignacio Bello
Best Documentary Short
Dear Josephine
Directed by Amber Monet
Best Narrative Short
Superman Doesn’t Steal
Directed by Tamika Lamison
(tied with)
Spotlight on Maryland “The Last Epic Ride”
Directed by Rick Kain
Student Filmmakers & Award Showcase Recipients
– Sponsored by Harley Gates and Choptank Electric TrustMissing Figure
Directed by Jeremiah Battle

For the Love of the Game
Directed by Ollie Killip

Dance Party
Directed by Lucy Saper

Things I Wish I’d Said
Directed by Riley Frutiger

Monarchs in Motion
Directed by Mason Mirabile

Beauty
Directed by Carly Dernetz

Amathus
Directed by Lydia Mastrangelo

Portrait Day
Directed by Romina Melissa Nunez

Mary Through the Glass
Directed by Wyatt Cooper Carson

2023 Chesapeake Film Festival 16th Annual AWARDS Include:

Women of Impact Award Judith Dwan Hallet
The Life and Legend of Jane Goodall
Student Filmmakers & Award Scholarships Showcase Recipients
A River Called Home
Directed by Jess Wiegandt
Documentary
Winner of Student Film Award 2023

Shifting Tides
Directed by James Mertz
Documentary
Winner of Student Film Award 2023

A Letter with my Sword
Directed by Emma Barany
Animation/Virtual

An Elliptic Expedition
Directed by Kristian Panashe Chitate
Animation

A Reason for Hope
Directed by Mason Mirabile
Documentary

Bug Box
Directed by Kat Navarro
Animation

East of the River
Directed by Amin El Siwi and Phil Bouknight
Documentary

Lorraine
Directed by Jeremiah Battle
Documentary

Mary
Directed by Wyatt Carson
Animation

Something Fishy
Directed by Christina Woo
Animation

The Lunatics
Directed by Jim Doran
Animation

Trashman
Directed by Lawrence Green
Documentary/Virtual

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:

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

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