OIFF 2014 Jury Awards:
BEST STUDENT FILM – K THRU MIDDLE SCHOOL: Mr. McBob (Pierre Schantz, Irvine, CA)
BEST STUDENT FILM – HIGH SCHOOL: Water (Kendall Goldberg, Chicago, IL)
BEST STUDENT FILM – COLLEGE: Into The Silent Sea (Andrej Landin, Arsta, Sweden)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY: Baykeepers (Michael J Lutman, Melbourne, Australia)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: Art As a Weapon (Jeff Durkin, San Marcos, CA)
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM: Bis Gleich / Till Then (Benjamin Wolff, Dusseldorf, Germany)
BEST PICTURE: Into The Silent Sea (Andrej Landin, Arsta, Sweden)
OIFF 2014 Audience Choice Awards:
BEST STUDENT FILM – K THRU MIDDLE SCHOOL: Enigma – Episode 1 – “Blackouts” (Jarrod Bainbridge, Poway, CA)
BEST STUDENT FILM – HIGH SCHOOL: Water (Kendall Goldberg, Chicago, IL)
BEST STUDENT FILM – COLLEGE: Flux: Redefining Women’s Surfing (Chad King/Mia Montanile, Orange, CA)
BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY: LA Miner (Thomas Wood, San Francisco/Los Angeles, CA)
BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY: Out In The Line-Up (Ian W Thomson, Bronte, Australia)
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM: West (Jesse Weseloh, Oceanside, CA)
BEST PICTURE: West (Jesse Weseloh, Oceanside, CA)
- OIFF 2014 “OCEANSIDE SPOTLIGHT” FILM CONTEST WINNER: Ode To Poltz (Jimmie Lunsford, San Marcos, CA)
- OIFF-2014’S Lifetime Achievement Award: Saginaw Grant (Contribution to Film and Television Industry)
- Special Guest of Honor: Charles Kaufman (Troma Entertainment/Bread & Cie Bakery) – On Sunday, August 10th 2014, Charles Kaufman of Troma Entertainment fame attended OIFF’s closing ceremony & bestowed upon the festival a nearly endless array of onion bagels from his world renowned – and San Diego based – bakery, Bread & Cie. Though most know him as director of Troma classics Mother’s Day & When Nature Calls(as well as being brother to Troma co-founder Lloyd Kaufman), Charles had since left the film industry to materialize his new found venture in that of gourmet cuisine!
OIFF 2014 Took Place August 3 – 10, 2014 in Downtown Oceanside, CA
