The 40th edition of Boston Film Festival announced the award winners for this year’s edition of the festival. Sweetwater won six awards including Best Film, along with Best Story and Best Director for Martin Guigui; Best Actor for Everett Osborne; Best Music for Sweetwater, and Best Ensemble Cast.

Democracy Noir directed by Connie Field won Best Documentary and Mass Impact Award. Audience Favorite Feature went to Any Day Now directed by Eric Aronson.

The Humanitarian Impact of Change Award was presented to Chuck Cooper III for his work through the Chuck Cooper Foundation honoring his father former Boston Celtics player Chuck Cooper II. M.I.T. Head Basketball.

Full List of Awards Winners of 2024 Boston Film Festival:

Best Film – Sweetwater – Martin Guigui, Director

Audience Favorite Feature – Any Day Now – Eric Aronson, Director

Best Director – Martin Guigui – Sweetwater

Best Actor – Everett Osborne – Sweetwater

Best Actress – Virginia Madsen – Sheepdog

Best Supporting Actor – Vondie Curtis-Hall – Sheepdog

Best Supporting Actress – Lindsay Dresbach – Max Dagan

Best Screenplay – Sheepdog – Steven Grayhm, Matt Dallas, Writer

Best Cinematography – Phillip Dutton: Leap of Faith – David Layton, Cinematographer

Best Story – Sweetwater – Martin Guigui, Director

Best Editing – Capturing Kennedy, Peter Deak, Steele Burrow

Best Ensemble Cast – Sweetwater – Everett Osborne, Jeremy Piven, Cary Elwes, Kevin Pollock, Jim Caviezel, Richard Dreyfus

Best Music – Sweetwater, Jeff Cardoni, Martin Guigui

Emerging Filmmaker – Steele Burrow – Capturing Kennedy

Best Documentary – Democracy Noir – Connie Field, Director

Mass Impact Award – Democracy Noir – Connie Field, Director

EcoFilm – The Piping Plovers of Moonlight Bay – Kim Smith, Director

Best Short Film – Just Sally – Kyle Misak, Director

Best Comedy Short – Jane Austen’s Period Drama – Julia Aks, Steve Pinder, Director

Best Animated Short – Common Fly – Ian Alexander Castracane, Director

Best Short Documentary – Nine Lives – Jessie Davidson, Director

Best Actor in a Short – Josh Brener – Caller 102: A Ballad of Cyberspace

Best Actress in a Short – Jesse LaTourette – “RAPT”

Best Student Short – Stay Here – Marley Rankin, Director