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.