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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

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