Ice Mother (Czech Republic) directed by Bohdan Sláma and Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster’s Science Fair (United States) snagged the top audience accolades at the 41st Portland International Film Festival. Ice Mother won the award for Best Narrative Feature and Science Fair took the Best Documentary Feature award.
Director Ryôta Nakano is the winner of this year’s Best New Director award for his debut feature, Her Love Boils Bathwater (Japan). Tehran Taboo (Austria/Germany) director Ali Soozandeh takes home the Audience Award for Best Animated Feature. This year’s Best International Short Film Award goes to director Britt Raes for her film Catherine (Belgium). Portland-based director Dawn Jones Redstone’s film We Have Our Ways is the recipient of the Best Oregon Short Film Award.
Best Narrative Feature
1. Ice Mother / Czech Republic/France/Slovakia / dir. Bohdan Sláma *winner Best Narrative Feature
2. A Taxi Driver / South Korea / dir. Hun Jang
3. Foxtrot / Israel/Switzerland/Germany/France / dir. Samuel Maoz
Best Documentary Feature
1. Science Fair / United States / dir. Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster *winner Best Documentary Feature
2. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? / United States / dir. Morgan Neville
3. Soufra / Lebanon/United States/Singapore / dir. Thomas A. Morgan
Best New Director
1. Her Love Boils Bathwater / Japan / dir. Ryôta Nakano *winner Best New Director
2. Bad Genius / Thailand / dir. Nattawut Poonpiriya
3. The Rider / United States / dir. Chloé Zhao
Best Animated Feature
1. Tehran Taboo / Austria/Germany / dir. Ali Soozandeh *winner Best Animated Feature
2. The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales / France / dir. Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert
3. Big Fish & Begonia / China / dir. Xuan Liang, Chun Zhan
Best International Short Film
1. Catherine / Belgium / dir. Britt Raes *winner Best International Short Film
2. World of Tomorrow Episode Two / United States / dir. Don Hertzfeldt
3. Edith & Eddie / United States / dir. Laura Checkoway
Best Oregon Short Film
1. We Have Our Ways / Portland, OR / dir. Dawn Jones Redstone *winner Best Oregon Short Film
2. Lovely Legs / Portland, OR / dir. Abby Thompson
3. Two Balloons / Portland, OR / dir. Mark Smith
Best of Masters sidebar
On Body and Soul / Hungary / dir. Ildikó Enyedi
Best of PIFF After Dark sidebar
Bodied / United States / dir. Joseph Kahn
Best of Ways of Seeing sidebar
The Nothing Factory / Portugal / dir. Pedro Pinho
Best of Films for Families sidebar
Science Fair / United States / dir. Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster
Best of Global Panorama sidebar
A Taxi Driver / South Korea / dir. Hun Jang