Throughout the 42nd Portland International Film Festival, attendees were given the opportunity to register their opinions on each of the 90 features and 55 shorts. Earning top audience accolades for Best Narrative Feature is Woman at War (Iceland/France/Ukraine) by director Benedikt Erlingsson. Our Bodies Our Doctors (United States) by director Jan Haaken took the Best Documentary Feature award. Director Lila Avilés is the winner of this year’s Best New Director award for her debut feature, The Chambermaid (Mexico). The Wolf House (Chile/Germany) director Joaquín Cociña & Christóbal León takes home the Audience Award for Best Animated Feature. Fish Out of Water (United States) by director Josh Brine is the recipient of the Best Oregon Short Film Award.
Best Narrative Feature
1. Woman at War / Iceland/France/Ukraine / dir. Benedikt Erlingsson*winner Best Narrative Feature
2. Sir / India/France / dir. Rohena Gera
3. Styx / Germany/Austria / dir. Wolfgang Fischer
Best Documentary Feature
1. Our Bodies Our Doctors / United States / dir. Jan Haaken*winner Best Documentary Feature
2. The Silence of Others / Spain/United States/Canada/France / dir. Robert Bahar
3. Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements / United States / dir. Irene Taylor Brodsky
Best New Director
1. The Chambermaid / Mexico / dir. Lila Avilés*winner Best New Director
2. Blind Spot / Norway / dir. Tuva Novotny
3. An Elephant Sitting Still / China / dir. Hu Bo
Best Animated Feature
1. The Wolf House / Chile/Germany / dir. Joaquín Cociña & Cristóbal León*winner Best Animated Feature
Best Fiction Short Film
How Fernando Pessoa Saved / Portugal/Belgium/France / dir. Eugène Green
Best Animated Short Film
Fire in Cardboard City / New Zealand / dir. Phil Brough
Best Documentary Short Film
Lifeboat / United States / dir. Sky Fitzgerald
Best Oregon Short Film
1. Fish Out of Water / United States / dir. Josh Brine*winner Best Oregon Short
2. Lifeboat / United States / dir. Sky Fitzgerald
3. Burton Before and After / United States / dir. Courtney Hermann
FESTIVAL SECTION WINNERS
Best of Masters
Transit / Germany/France / Christian Petzold
Best of PIFF After Dark
One Cut of the Dead / Japan / dir. Shin’ichiro Ueda
Best of Films for Families
Supa Modo / Kenya/Germany / dir. Likarion Wainaina
Best of Global Panorama
Woman at War / Iceland/France/Ukraine / dir. Benedikt Erlingsson
Best of Ways of Seeing
Diamantino / Portugal/France/Brazil / dir. Gabriel Abrantes & Daniel Schmidt