Charleston IFF WINNERS

Best Film

• “Pardon the Intrusion” – Produced by Xavier Santiago

Jury Awards

• Best Feature: “Keep in Touch” – Directed by Samuel Kretchmar

• Best Short: “The Parker Tribe“ – Written and directed by Jane Baker

• Best Documentary: “Omo Child: The River and the Bush” – Produced by John & Tyler Rowe

Audience Choice Awards

• Best Documentary: “Omo Child: The River and the Bush” – Produced by John & Tyler Rowe

• Best Feature: “Girl on the Edge” – Directed by Jay Silverman

• Best Short: “If I Could Talk” – Directed by Shawn Welling

• Best Foreign Film: “El Alpinista” – Written, directed and produced by Adrian Ramos and Oriol Segarra

• Best Animation: “Claire & The Keys” – Written and directed by John Ludwick

Screenplay Awards

• Screenplay Competition Winner: Jeff Affrunti for “Survival of the Fittest”

• First Runner-Up: Lorraine Portman for “eDisharmony”

• Second Runner-Up: Sheila and Tony Watson for “Turning August”

Special Honors

• Best Actress: Sterling Jerins in “Before the Bomb”

• Best Actor: Ben Condron in “Hunter’s Fall”

Outstanding Supporter of the Arts

• Mayor Joseph P. Riley