KC FilmFest International Awards 2017

Honorable Mention for Heartland Student Short 
STAGED, directed by Aaron Berger

Best Heartland Student Short 
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR, directed by Robert Brogden

Best Heartland Narrative Short
THE STYLIST, directed by Jill Gevargizian

Best Narrative AUGUST, directed by Caitlyn Greene

Fred G. Andrews Emerging Filmmaker Award
Robert Brogden, director of OTHER PARTS OF SELF and LOVE THY NEIGHBOR

Best Documentary Short
THE BUS TRIP, directed by Sarah Gampel

Best Heartland Documentary Feature
BIG SONIA, directed by Leah Warshawski & Todd Soliday

Beat Documentary Feature 
WOMAN ON FIRE, directed by Julie Sokolow

Best Heartland Feature
DIFFERENT FLOWERS, directed by Morgan Dameron

Best Narrative Feature
THE SCENT OF RAIN AND LIGHTENING, directed by Blake Robbins

 

KC FilmFest International Awards 2016

Best Heartland Student Short
POLITICALLY CORRECT directed by Sav Rodgers

Best Heartland Narrative Short
I WAS A TEENAGE GIRL, APPARENTLY, directed by Lynn Elliot
&
THE PERFECT NOTE directed by Michelle Davidson

Best Narrative Short 
WIFEY REDUX, directed by Robert Mckeon

Fred G. Andrews Emerging Filmmaker Award
Sav Rogers, director of POLITICALLY CORRECT and SKETCHES

Best Documentary Short
RODEO DREAM, directed by Sean Webley 

Beat Documentary Feature
GORDON PARKS ELEMENTARY directed by Kevin Willmott

Best Narrative Feature
KEEP IN TOUCH, directed by Sam Kretchmar

KC FilmFest International Awards 2015

Reel Spirit Exceptional Cinematic Achievement Award
EMERGING, directed by Jaci Herron.

Best Feature Narrative
THE QUIET HOUR, directed by Stéphanie Joalland

Best Feature Documentary
THE BARKLEY MARATHONS: THE RACE THAT EATS ITS YOUNG, directed by Annika Iltis, Timothy Kane

Best Short Narrative Honorable Mention
MOJAVE JUNCTION, directed by Christian Jean.

Best Short Narrative
BETUCHINI, directed by, Ivan Marcos

Best Short Documentary
THE LAST BARN DANCE, directed by Jason Arthurs

Best Heartland Short Narrative
THE SOCIAL WORKER, directed by J.L. Ivory

Best Heartland Student Short Honorable Mention
WHERE THE BUFFALOED ROAM: AN ODE TO THE KANSAS STATE BUDGET, directed by Carson Tappan

Best Heartland Student Short Narrative: DAVE,  directed by Elliot Swope

 

KC FilmFest International Awards 2014

Karen McCarthy Outstanding Service to the KC Film Community Award
John Shipp

Best Heartland Narrative Short
POP TARTS,  directed by Kendal Sinn

Best US/International Narrative Short
CARE, directed by Brett D. Wagner

Best Heartland Documentary
HALF SOUR, directed by Marry Anne Rotheberg, Sean McGing

Best US/International Documentary short
PAINTING ASSOCIATION,  directed by Joe Griffin

Best Heartland Student Filmmaker
TEARS AT DAWN, directed by Jordan Kerfeld

Kansas City Stories Award
THE SECRET STORY OF TOYS, directed by Anthony Ladesich

Best Heartland Web Series
WITHERED WORLD,  directed by Bryce Young

Fred G. Andrews Emerging Filmmaker Award
Chris Bylsma

INDIE PIONEER AWARD
Bill Plympton

Best US/International Animation Short
CUERDAS (Strings) by Pedro Solís García

Heartland Feature Documentary
RICH HILL, directed by Andrew Droz Palermo, Tracy Droz Tragos

Best US/International Feature Documentary
A WILL FOR THE WOODS, directed by Amy Browne, Jeremy Kaplan, Tony Hale, Brian Wilson

Best Heartland Feature Narrative
THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL, directed by Blake Robbins

US/International Feature Narrative
Frequencies(OXV: The Manual), directed by Darren Paul Fisher

 

 

KC FilmFest International Awards 2013

Karen McCarthy Outstanding Service to the KC Film Community Award
Fred Andrews

Best Heartland Feature Documentary Award
BATTLE : CHANGE FROM WITHIN, directed by Juanamaria Cordones Cook, Michael Hicks, Julie Middleton, Barbara Williamson

Best Heartland Documentary Short Award
X-RAY MAN, directed by Kerri Yost

Best Heartland Narrative Short Award
SEA PIG, directed by Andrew Gilchrist

Best Heartland Student Short Award
THE EARTHQUAKE, directed byDanielle Lessovitz

Best Heartland Narrative Feature Award
THE JOGGER, directed by Casey Twenter, Jeff Robison

CinemaJazz Tribute to Mike Campbell

 Best CinemaJazz Award
CHARLES LLOYD: ARROWS INTO INFINTY, directed by Dorothy Darr, Jeffery Morse

Best US/International Experimental Short Award
TOKYO=FUKUSHIMdirected by A,  Jordan Baseman

Best US/International Animation Short Award
GREEN ACRES, directed by James Beck

Best US/International Documenatary Short Award
THE ONE WHO BUILDS, directed by Hillary Pierce, Nick Gooler, Peter Carolla

Best US/International Narrative Short Award
THUMB, directed by Sarah Gurfield

Best US/International Narrative Feature Award
THE DISCOVERERS, directed by Justin Schwarz

Fred G. Andrews Emerging Filmmaker Award
HEARTLAND: A PORTRAIT OF SURVIVAL, directed by Erica Tremblay
&
WE ARE SUPERMAN, directed by Kevin Bryce