Woods Hole Film Festival

  • Kate Davis and Luchina Fisher’s LOCKED OUT Documentary Follows Black Women Facing Housing Dilemma in Detroit | Trailer

    Locked Out directed by Kate Davis and Luchina Fisher
    Locked Out directed by Kate Davis and Luchina Fisher

    Locked Out, a Detroit-based documentary follows Black women as they battle evictions, predatory lending, and modern-day redlining in what the filmmakers describe as America’s most segregated city.

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  • 2017 Woods Hole Film Festival Awards: ‘Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story’ Wins Best of Fest

    2017 Woods Hole Film Festival Awards The 2017 Woods Hole Film Festival wrapped this month after screening 52 narrative and documentary features and 81 narrative, documentary, and animated shorts. “Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story”, a documentary directed by Phillip Baribeau that chronicles the journey of chef and outdoorsman, Eduardo Garcia and his recovery after being electrocuted by 2400 volts of electricity, was awarded the Best of the Festival prize.

    2017 Woods Hole Film Festival Audience Awards

    Best of the Festival Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story by Phillip Baribeau Best Feature Drama Blur Circle by Christopher J. Hansen 1st Runner Up: The Sounding by Catherine Eaton 2nd Runner Up: Holding Patterns by Jake Goldberger Best Feature Comedy Quaker Oaths by Louisiana Kreutz 1st Runner Up: Quality Problems by Brooke Purdy & Doug Purdy 2nd Runner Up: Diani & Divine Meet The Apocalypse by Gabriel Diani & Etta Devine Best Feature Documentary Dateline-Saigon by Thomas D. Herman 1st Runner Up: California Typewriter by Doug Nichol 2nd Runner Up: City of Joy by Madeleine Gavin Best Short Documentary Blind Sushi by Eric Heimbold 1st Runner-Up: Patagonia Azul: the interconnection of life by Daniel Casado 2nd Runner-Up: Tick Days by Marnie Crawford Samuelson Best Short Animation Stars by Han Zhang 1st Runner-Up: A Little Grey by Simon Hewitt 2nd Runner-Up: Fox and the Whale by Robin Joseph Best Short Drama Game by Jeannie Donohoe 1st Runner-Up: House of Teeth by Susanna Styron 2nd Runner-Up: The 6th Amendment by Elika Portnoy Best Short Comedy The Final Show by Dana Nachman 1st Runner-Up: Shy Guys by Fredric Lehne 2nd Runner-Up: Rhonna & Donna by Daina O. Pusic

    2017 Woods Hole Film Festival Jury Awards

    Best Feature Drama Jagveld (Hunting Emma) by Byron Davis Best Feature Comedy What Children Do by Dean Peterson Best Feature Documentary City of Joy by Madeleine Gavin Best Short Documentary Patagonia Azul: the interconnection of life by Daniel Casado Best Short Animation A Little Grey by Simon Hewitt Best Short Drama Promise by Tian Xie Best Short Comedy Rhonna & Donna by Daina O. Pusic

    2017 Woods Hole Film Festival Directors Awards

    Emerging New England Filmmaker (Sponsored by TALAMAS) Jeannie Donohoe Fortitude in Filmmaking Ryan Killackey – Yasuni Man Best Cinematography Frederic Fasano – Can Hitler Happen Here? (Narrative Feature) Georgia Pantazopoulos – The Crest (Documentary Feature) Ricardo Prates – A Beautiful Mess (Narrative Short) Todd Bell – A Doll’s Eyes (Documentary Short) Best Actor Madeleine Cooke – SEAT 25 (Feature Film) Lance Reddick – Spoken Word (Short Film)

    2017 Woods Hole Film Festival Screenwriting Awards

    COMEDY FEATURE Winner: Go Catch the Devil by Martin Blinder, USA 1st Runner-Up: The Best Version of You by Mark Ward and Shannon Meehan, USA DRAMATIC FEATURE Winner: Don’t Call Me Sir! by Bo Svenson, USA 1st Runner-Up Den of Wolves by Fabian Martin, USA COMEDY SHORT Winner: That Sound by Steve Spremo, USA 1st Runner-Up: In Shadows by Cooper Justus, USA DRAMATIC SHORT Winner: The Street Photographer by Jim Norman, USA 1st Runner-Up: Lunch Lady by Colleen Asbury, USA image via Facebook

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  • Woods Hole Film Festival Announces 2013 Winning Films, LIFE ACCORDING TO SAM Wins Best Film

    LIFE ACCORDING TO SAM by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine LIFE ACCORDING TO SAM by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine

    The 22nd Woods Hole Film Festival in Woods Hole, Cape Cod ran from July 27th to August 3rd, screening over 100 films from around the world. LIFE ACCORDING TO SAM by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine was the coveted GRAND WINNER of the Audience Award for Best Film of the Festival. The documentary feature film is about one family’s courageous fight to save their only son from a rare and fatal disease, progeria.

    2013 Audience and Director’s Choice Awards

    THE AUDIENCE AWARDS

    Audience Award for Best Film of the Festival
    GRAND WINNER
    LIFE ACCORDING TO SAM by Sean Fine & Andrea Nix Fine

    Audience Awards Best Animation or Experimental Short
    WINNER
    PATTERNS by Evan Turk
    2. BIRTH by Jessica Fox
    3. COUPLES IN LOVE by Michele Kennedy

    Audience Award Best Dramatic Short
    WINNER
    UNORTHODOX by Patrick Waismann
    2. CONNECTED by Chris van der Vorm
    3. AKT 2 by Robert Fritz

    Audience Award Best Comedy Short
    WINNER
    CHRONICLES SIMPKINS WILL CUT YOUR ASS by Brendan Hughes
    2. FILMMAKING by Aidan Payne
    3. FRANK by Ben Target & Joe Parham

    Audience Award Best Documentary Short
    WINNER
    SELINA TRIEFF WILL NOT STOP by Marnie Crawford Samuelson
    2. SEE THE DIRT by Erik Mauck & Chelsea Hernandez
    3. RAINY SEASON by Joan Widdifield

    Audience Award Best Comedy Feature
    WINNER
    TIGER LILY ROAD by Michael Medeiros
    2. THE GOLDEN SCALLOP by Joseph Laraja
    3. TOWHEADS by Shannon Plumb

    Audience Award Best Dramatic Feature
    WINNER
    FORGOTTEN KINGDOM by Andrew Mudge
    2. HANK AND ASHA by James E. Duff
    3. VINO VERITAS by Sarah Knight

    Audience Award Personal Documentary Feature
    WINNER
    THE GENIUS OF MARION by Banker White & Anna Fitch
    2. STONE THROWER: THE CHUCK EALEY STORY by Charles Officer
    3. MARRIED AND COUNTING by Allan Piper

    Audience Award Informational or Historical Documentary Feature
    WINNER
    BIRTH OF THE LIVING DEAD by Rob Kuhns
    2. BIG JOY: THE ADVENTURES OF JAMES BROUGHTON by Eric Slade, Stephen Silha, Dawn Logsdon
    3. ANITA by Freida Mock

    THE FESTIVAL DIRECTORS AWARDS
    CAPE COD SECTION

    CAPE COD SHORT
    LAMBING SEASON by Jeannie Donohoe

    CAPE COD FEATURE
    BY WAY OF HOME by Isaak James

    ACTING

    Best Feature Actor
    Robert Harbour for BETWEEN US

    Best Feature Actress
    Virginia Dutton for SATURNALIA

    Best Shorts Actor
    River Alexander for UNORTHODOX

    Best Shorts Actress
    Breeda Wool for LAMBING SEASON

    CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Directors’ Awards Cinematography
    Best Narrative Feature
    Bianca Butti for HANK AND ASHA

    Directors’ Awards Cinematography
    Best Documentary
    Ole Bratt Birkeland for KISS THE WATER

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