And the 2022 Festival Award winners are...

Audience Awards

Audience Award
ages 3+

Franzy's Soup Kitchen
Ana Chubinidze

France, Georgia
screened in Shorts for Tots

Audience Award
ages 6+

Cupids
Zoey Martinson

United States
screened in Shorts Films One and Celebrating Black Stories

Audience Award
ages 8+

Mum is Pouring Rain
Hugo de Faucompret

France
screened in Shorts Films Two

Audience Award
ages 10+

The Fall
Desirae Witte

Canada
screened in Heebie Jeebies

Audience Award
ages 12+

It Was Only a Rock That Looked Like Someone
Matisse Gonzalez

Mexico
screened in Shorts Films Three

Audience Award
episodic program

Moominvalley
Nigel Davies, Darren Robbie, & Jay Grace

Finland, United Kingdom
feature program

All Audience Awards are determined by the votes of audience members within specific age categories.

Grown Ups Award
short film

Generation Impact: The Coder
Samantha Knowles

United States
screened in Girls' POV: Science on Screen^® and Celebrating Black Stories

Grown Ups Award
feature film

Charlotte
Tahir Rana & Éric Warin

Belgium, Canada, France

Grown Ups Awards are determined by the votes of audience members ages 18 and older. Science on Screen® is an initiative of the Coolidge Corner Theatre, with major support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Jury Awards

Jury Award
live action short

Burros
Jefferson Stein

United States
screened in ¡Hola NYICFF!

Jury Award
animated short

The Ocean Duck
Huda Razzak

United States
Screened before Charlotte

Jury Award winners are determined by the votes of our esteemed jury members.

Audience Awards, Grand Prize

Grand Prize
short film

She Dreams at Sunrise
Camrus Johnson

United States
screened in Short Films Three

Grand Prize
feature film

To the Bright Side
Xiya Lan, Nianze Li, Yi Zhao, Kun Yu, Gaoxiang Liu, Maoning Liu, & Chen Chen

China

Grand Prize awards are determined by the votes of all audience members, with extra weight on votes of audience members under 18.