CDFF 2019 Award Winners and Selected Films

  • A Wolf Comes at Night - Dir. Nathan Marquez (Best New Voice)

  • Alia - Dir. Sreehari Purimetla, Aditya Joshi

  • Ally 3000 - Dir. Giovannie Espiritu (Best Screenplay)

  • Amanogawa: The One I've Longed - Dir. Shun Konii (Best International Film, Best Cinematography)

  • Arapaho Truths - Dir. George Gigilo (Best Inspirational Film)

  • Better Off - Dir. Spaceship

  • Black Ariel - Dir. Stephen Earley Jordan II (Best Experimental Film)

  • Centerpiece - Dir. Elisa Richards (Ink Tip Prize)

  • Corações em Fogo - Dir. Andrew Kadikian (Best Comedy, Best Actress - Ruby Marez, Audience Choice Award)

  • Counter//Balance - Dir. Anuradha Rana (Best Editing)

  • Cuban Queens - Dir. Warren Bass

  • Durian - Dir. Caitlyn Phu (Best Young Filmmaker)

  • Failure: Fabiola - Dir. Gilles de Voghel

  • Hola, Flamenco - Dir Colin Mulligan

  • I Created You - Dir. Noel McIntyre (Best First Time Filmmaker, Best Sound Design)

  • Intercessors - Dir. Marlon Jones (Best Faith Based Film)

  • Ladie's Room, The - Dir. Adam Tomei (Best Ensemble)

  • Let's Share the Moon - Dir. Mayank Bokolia (Best Original Score)

  • Microagression - Dir. Jiwon Lee (Best Student Film)

  • More Than a Mountain - Dir. Heather McKay (Best Music Video)

  • Passion - Dir. Neil P. George (Best Short Film)

  • Pride of DC: the Hyde Rugby Odyssey - Dir. Jonni Masella (Best Documentary)

  • Reckoning, The - Dir. Christopher Malcolm Reese (Best Thriller)

  • Renovation - Dir. Bjarke de Koning (Best Drama)

  • Shaholly - Dir. Wojciech Lorenc (Best Short Short)

  • Stray Cat Ah Q - Dir. Mulan Fu (Best Animation)

  • Sweet Slavic Secret - Dir. B. R. Tatalovic

  • Tin Can - Dir. Pat Battistini (Best Soundtrack, Best Actor - Carlos Ragas)

  • Tsi Teyoto:te (Even in the Silence) - Dir. Johathan Elliott (Best Socially Conscious Film)

  • Unlikely Story of the Lesbians of First Friday, The - Dir. Kathryn L Beranich (Best Producer)

  • Ups and Downs - Dir. Eoin Cleland (Best Director)

  • Waiting Room - Dir. James Werbe (Ink Tip Prize)

Festival Host Nikki Beverly Bohm

Nikki is a Croatian-born actor and director based in Los Angeles, CA. She began her career as a dancer and actor at ZKM Theater in Croatia, and holds a degree from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. She has appeared in numerous television shows and independent films, and as a director her films have screened in festivals around the world. Nikki will host all filmmaker interviews and Q&A sessions at Raleigh Studios.