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Denver Film Festival

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    Krzysztof Kieslowski Award

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    Best Feature Film

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      Winner

        Sirat

      7.0 (37K)
      Oliver Laxe
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        Left-Handed Girl

      7.3 (9.9K)
      Shih-Ching Tsou
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        My Father's Shadow

      7.3 (2.6K)
      Akinola Davies
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        The Love That Remains

      6.8 (2.4K)
      Hlynur Pálmason
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        The President's Cake

      7.5 (4.7K)
      Hasan Hadi
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        Sound of Falling

      7.0 (6.6K)
      Mascha Schilinski

    Maysles Brothers Award

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    Best Documentary

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        Cover-Up

      7.4 (4.1K)
      Mark Obenhaus
      Laura Poitras
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        The Eyes of Ghana

      6.9 (81)
      Ben Proudfoot
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        Hair, Paper, Water...

      6.7 (84)
      Minh Quy Truong
      Nicolas Graux
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        A Simple Soldier

      8.1 (58)
      Artem Ryzhykov
      Juan Camilo Cruz
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        Seeds

      7.2 (158)
      Brittany Shyne
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        Shifting Baselines

      7.5 (35)
      Julien Elie

    Honorable Mention

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        Seeds

      7.2 (158)
      Brittany Shyne

    Rising Star Award

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    • [object Object]
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        Nouvelle Vague

      7.3 (12K)
      Zoey Deutch

    Stan Brakhage Vision Award

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    • Winner
      • Peggy Ahwesh

    John Cassavetes Award

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        Rosemead

      6.5 (1.2K)
      Lucy Liu

    Liberty Global Student Filmmaker Award

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    Best Student Live Action Short

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        Nervous Energy

      6.7 (67)
      Eve Liu

    American Independent Award

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    Best Feature Film

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        Mad Bills to Pay: (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)

      6.8 (351)
      Joel Alfonso Vargas
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        Fucktoys

      7.1 (447)
      Annapurna Sriram
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        Charliebird

      7.2 (128)
      Libby Ewing
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        Rosemead

      6.5 (1.2K)
      Eric Lin
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        Lucky Lu

      6.8 (348)
      Lloyd Lee Choi

    Excellence in Acting Award

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        The Chronology of Water

      6.3 (4.3K)
      Imogen Poots

    Rare Pearl Award

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        Hamnet

      7.8 (134K)
      Chloé Zhao

    Career Achievement Award

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        Sinners

      7.5 (524K)
      Delroy Lindo

    Best Short Film

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        The Singers

      7.2 (8.3K)
      Sam A. Davis
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        Tiger

      7.1 (59)
      Loren Waters
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        View from the Floor

      7.0 (29)
      Megan Griffiths
      Mindie Lind
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        Your Opinion, Please

      7.6 (13)
      Marshall Granger
      • Teddy

      Lauren Santucci
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        Como si la tierra se las hubiera tragado

      8.0 (99)
      Natalia León
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        Rise

      8.9 (30)
      Jessica J. Rowlands
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        Tessitura

      Lydia Cornett
      Brit Fryer
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        She Raised Me

      7.5 (14)
      Ben Lewis
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        Unholy

      6.9 (56)
      Daisy Friedman

    CinemaQ LaBahn Ikon Film Award

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    • Niecy Nash at an event for Monster (2022)
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      • Niecy Nash

    Audience Award

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    Best Documentary Feature

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        Comparsa

      8.1 (29)
      Doug Anderson
      Vickie Curtis

    Best Narrative Feature

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        Calle Málaga

      7.1 (2.3K)
      Maryam Touzani

    Best Short Film

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      Winner

        The Singers

      7.2 (8.3K)
      Sam A. Davis

    Breakthrough Director Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

        The Plague

      6.4 (7.5K)
      Charlie Polinger

    Excellence in Directing Award

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    • [object Object]
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        Dead Man's Wire

      6.4 (14K)
      Gus Van Sant

    Outlaw Award

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    • [object Object]
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        Christy

      6.6 (19K)
      Ben Foster

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    • Denver International Film Festival

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    Denver, Colorado, USA

    Event links

    • http://www.denverfilm.org/

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