"Wasted Talent," "Buona Notte," and "The Wild Side" among honorees
The following films were also honored by the festival:
Best Dramatic Short - “Wasted Talent,” directed by Derrick Benton (Oswego / Brooklyn, NY)
Best Comedic Short- “Buona Notte,” directed by Victor Bindefeld Gregoire Bensimon (France)
Best Animated Short - “The Statue,” directed by Mohsen Salehi Fard (Iran)
Best Foreign Language Short - “Deaf,” directed by Nuria Muños-Ortín & Eva Libertad (Spain)
Best Documentary Short - “Wild Side,” directed by Brian Hansen (Milwaukee, WI)
Winter Through Film Award - “It’s Cold,” directed by Danil Ivanov (Russia)
North Country Filmmaker Award - “Murray Triumphs!” directed by Megan MacDonald (Watertown, NY)
North Country Filmmaker Award - “The Birthday Hunt,” directed by Wayne Landreth Jr. (Black River, NY)
North Country Filmmaker Award - “The White Throated Sparrow Project,” directed by Tiffany Deater (Clinton, NY)
North Country Filmmaker Award - “Yancey’s Sugarbush: First Crop of the Year,” directed by Xiuke Wei (Canton, NY)
Official Selection - “Shred of Decency,” directed by Dan Fowlks
Official Selection - “Jack Wyatt and the Gun From Hell,” directed by Clay Dumaw
Official Selection - “Roman Candle,” directed by Joe Blank
Official Selection - “The Town That Moved a Mountain (and then forgot they did it),” directed by Rick Groleau
NNY Screenplay Award - “2001,” written by Jagger Walters (Los Angeles, CA)
The “Write Here” Award for North Country Screenwriters - “Keep Digging,” written by Derek and Daniel Morrow (Alexandria Bay, NY)
