After screening screened over 300 films from 63 countries, the 28th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF), concluded with the closing-night awards presentation. “We Believe in Dinosaurs” directed by Clayton Brown & Monica Long Ross won the award for Best Documentary Feature and “Sorry We Missed You” directed by Ken Loach won the award for Best Narrative Feature. “Just Mercy” directed by Destin Daniel Cretton was voted Best Film by the audience.
The festival honored a trio of significant film figures with our annual awards. St. Louis natives Josh Aronson, an Oscar-nominated documentary director for “Sound and Fury,” and Brad Schiff, the animation supervisor for LAIKA Studios and Oscar nominee for “Kubo and the Two Strings,” each received our Charles Guggenheim Cinema St. Louis Award, and Oscar-nominated director/producer Lisa Cortés (“Precious,” “The Remix,” “The Apollo”) received our Women in Film Award. SLIFF also presented longtime donor and SLIFF supporter Marcia K. Harris with a Lifetime Achievement Award.
28th St. Louis International Film Festival Award Winners
Shorts Awards
Best Documentary Short: “Charon” directed by Cullen Parr
Best Local Short: “St. Louis Superman” directed by Sami Khan & Smriti Mundhra
Best Short Short: “Grab My Hand: A Letter to My Dad” directed by Camrus Johnson & Pedro Piccinini
Best International Short: “Winter in the Rainforest” directed by Anu-Laura Tuttelberg
Best Animated Short: “Two” directed by Emre Okten
Best Live-Action Short: “Miller & Son” directed by Asher Jelinsky
Best of Fest: “The Neighbor’s Window” directed by Marshall Curry
Interfaith Awards
Best Documentary Feature: “Objector” directed by Molly Stuart
Best Narrative Feature: “Cold November” directed by Ismet Sijarina
St. Louis Film Critics Association Joe Pollack and Joe Williams Awards
Best Documentary Feature: “We Believe in Dinosaurs” directed by Clayton Brown & Monica Long Ross
Best Narrative Feature: “Sorry We Missed You” directed by Ken Loach
New Filmmakers Forum Emerging Director Award (The Bobbie)
“Princess of the Row” directed by Van Maximilian Carlson
Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Award
“My Name Is Pedro” directed by Lillian LaSalle
Best of Fest Audience Choice Awards
Leon Award for Best Documentary Film: “Objector” directed by Molly Stuart
TV5MONDE Award for Best International Film: “Balloon” directed by Michael Herbig
Best Film: “Just Mercy” directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
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