The Audience Awards for the 39th Portland International Film Festival

The Academy might be mostly white men, but at the Portland International Film Festival, every audience member gets to vote for their favorites. In the two weeks of PIFF, 38,000 audience members saw 97 features and 62 shorts.

Here are the Audience Awards:

Narrative Features

1. A War / Denmark / Tobias Lindholm – WINNER

2. The Fencer / Finland / Klaus Härö

3. Liza The Fox-fairy / Hungary / Károly Ujj Mészáros

4. Rams / Iceland / Grímur Hákonarson

5. The Judgement / Bulgaria / Stephan Komandorev

Documentary Features

1. Sonita / Iran / Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami (tied with) Landfill Harmonic / United States / Brad Allgood and Graham Townsley – WINNERS

2. A Good American / Austria, US / Friedrich Moser

2. Open Your Eyes / Portland / Irene Taylor Brodsky

4. Robert Bly: A Thousand Years Of Joy / US / Haydn Reiss

5. 50 Feet From Syria / Portland / Skye Fitzgerald

Best New Directors

1. Liza The Fox-fairy / Hungary / Károly Ujj Mészáros – WINNER

2. The Thin Yellow Line / Mexico / Celso García

3. For Grace / US / Kevin Pang and Mark Helenowski

Shorts

1. Sista In The Brotherhood / Portland / Dawn Jones Redstone – WINNER

2. How I Didn't Become A Piano Player / UK / Tommaso Pitta

3. Road Trip / Germany / Xaver Xylophon

Oregon Shorts

1. Sista In The Brotherhood / Portland / Dawn Jones Redstone – WINNER

2. One Week / Portland / Rollyn Stafford

3. Peace In The Valley / Portland / Donal Mosher and Michael Palmieri

Read WW's PIFF reviews: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3

A War

Landfill Harmonic

Sonita

Liza The Fox-fairy

Sista In The Brotherhood

Sista in the Brotherhood, Trailer from Dawn Jones Redstone on Vimeo.

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