Pope Francis – A Man of His Word, written and directed by three-time Academy Award® nominee Wim Wenders won the top prize, the Founders Grand Prize at Michael Moore’s 2018 Traverse City Film Festival. The Audience Awards went to “Streakers” by Peter Luisi for Best Non-Fiction Film, and “The Russian Five” by Joshua Riehl for Best Documentary.
2018 TRAVERSE CITY FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
AUDIENCE AWARDS
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST FICTION FILM
“Streaker” by Peter Luisi
AUDIENCE AWARD FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY
“The Russian Five” by Joshua Riehl
FOUNDERS AWARDS
THE MICHIGAN AWARD
“Arthur Miller: Writer” by Rebecca Miller
NORA EPHRON AWARD
“Amateurs” by Gabriela Pichler
BRUCE SINOFSKY AWARD FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
“One of Us” by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
SPECIAL AWARD FOR DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
“Hillbilly” by Sally Rubin and Ashley York
SPECIAL AWARD FOR EXUBERANCE IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
“Bathtubs Over Broadway” by Dava Whisenant
YOUSSEF CHAHINE AWARD
“The Insult” by Ziad Doueiri
STANLEY KUBRICK AWARD FOR BOLD AND INNOVATIVE FILMMAKING
Fiction: “The Captain” by Robert Schwentke
Non-Fiction: “Our New President” by Maxim Pozdorovkin
ROGER EBERT PRIZE FOR BEST FILM BY A FIRST TIME FILMMAKER
Fiction: “And Breathe Normally” by Ísold Uggadóttir
Non-Fiction: “The Sentence” by Rudy Valdez
BEST US FICTION FILM – TIE
“Hostiles” by Scott Cooper
“Hearts Beat Loud” by Brett Haley
BEST FOREIGN FICTION FILM
“1945” by Ferenc Török
BEST US NONFICTION FILM
“Jane Fonda in Five Acts” by Susan Lacy
BEST FOREIGN NONFICTION FILM
“The Silence of Others” by Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo
FOUNDERS GRAND PRIZE
“Pope Francis: A Man of His Word” by Wim Wenders
SHORT FILM AWARD WINNERS
STUART J. HOLLANDER PRIZE FOR BEST FAMILY FILM
“Sherbert Rosencrantz, You’re Beautiful” by Natalie van den Dungen
SPECIAL MENTION SHORT FILM
“Lifeboat” by Skye Fitzgerald
SPECIAL MENTION SHORT FILM
“Mini Bimaadiziwin” by Shane McSauby
AUDIENCE AWARD BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
“Period. End of Sentence.” by Rayka Zehtabchi
AUDIENCE AWARD BEST FICTION SHORT
“Great Choice” by Robin Comisar
BEST NONFICTION SHORT FILM
“Period. End of Sentence.” by Rayka Zehtabchi
BEST FICTION SHORT FILM
“Emergency” by Carey Williams
WINNERS OF THE TCFF BUMPER CONTEST, SPONSORED BY FIM GROUP
Honorable Mentions
Tami Evans & Brenda Smith – “Pellicula Flickinicus”
Ryan Schmitz, Rich Tran, Sierra Falconer – “Deserted”
Patti Perkette – “What Makes a Movie?”
Brad Geimenhardt – “Right On Time”
John Hobbs – “One More Wish”
Sierra Falconer – “The Last Ticket”
Award Winners
Don Blublaugh – “Game Night”
Maggie Buerkle – “Photobomb”
John Plough – “Lighthouse,” “Dogwalker,” “Popcorner”
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