OIFF 2022 WINNERS

Congratulations to the Winners of our 11th Annual Film Festival! The 2022 Oceanside International Film Festival Award Ceremony took place at The Brooks Theatre on Sunday, February 27th. All winners of OIFF 2022 were selected by the festival’s Grand Jury in a private and non-congregational voting process.

Best Art Direction (Short or Feature)

Katelyn Moger for “Never Felt Better” (WINNER)
“Doc: Lowman”
“Immortal Game”
Nicole Souza for “Sense of an Ending”
“We All Die Alone”

Best Original Score (Short or Feature)

Tsuyoshi Torii for “Beyond Tradition”
Seana Thompson for “Rogue: The Western” (WINNER)
Marianthe Bezzerides for “Cherry Lemonade”
Zlatan Pasalic for “Solace”
The Low Volts for “Doc: Lowman”

Best Editing in a Short

“Dandoy”
Naaman Hoffman & Alex Khosid for “Vlada Goes to London”
Alvin Reyes for “Bundini” (WINNER)
Fang Yu-Si for “Believing”
Ryan Miyamoto for “ASCEND: Reframing Disability in the Outdoors”

Best Editing in a Feature

Jay Keuper & Sean Duggan for “Keep It A Secret” (WINNER)
Daniel Kundrat for “The Ugly Truth”
Tim Slade for “Gianni Berengo Gardin’s Tale of Two Cities”
Reuben Guberek & Luc Hollywood for “Sign Man”
Jeremy Pion-Berlin for “Failure to Protect”

Best Screenplay (Short or Feature)

Krisha Ashu Bhati & Eva Habermann for “The Ugly Truth” (WINNER)
Terry Rossio for “Thoughts & Prayers”
Juan Pablo Zamora & Roberto Zamora for “Mar & Cielo”
Aaron Adrian for “Coma”
Mitchell Allan Boyce & Jerico Olivari for “Alternate Games”

 

Best Cinematography in a Short

Ellie Ann Fenton for “We All Die Alone”
Nick Kalisz & Dutch Simpson for “ASCEND: Reframing Disability in the Outdoors”
Gage Dean Hingeley for “Sea to Sculpt”
Amanda Prifti for “Solace”
Johnny Agnew for “Young and the Reckless” (WINNER)

Best Cinematography in a Feature

Karma Gava & Simon Davis for “Gianni Berengo Gardin’s Tale of Two Cities” (WINNER)
Christoph Wieczorek for “The Ugly Truth”
Piotr Benas for “The Whale From Lorino”
Cooper Lichacz for “Human Resources”

Best Supporting Actress

Lilly Liefers as “Hannah” in “The Ugly Truth”
Carla Nell as “Patsy” in “We All Die Alone”
Teresa Huang as “Natalie” in “Mise en Scène”
Suzana Norberg as “Svetlana” in “We All Die Alone” (WINNER)
Sham Shaar as “Amani” in “Earthshine”

Best Supporting Actor

Tom Böttcher as “David” in “The Ugly Truth”
Elliot Branch, Jr as “Jules” in “Pulp Friction”
Anthony Candell as “Gene Knibbs” in “Human Resources” (WINNER)
Brian Patrick Butler as “Riley” in “We All Die Alone”
Brent Roberts as “Crusher” in “We All Die Alone”

Best Actress in a Lead Role

Hazel as “Sign Man” in “Sign Man”
Caroline Hartig as “Alina” in “The Ugly Truth” (WINNER)
Oula Al Khatib as “Nura” in “Earthshine”
Caroline Amiguet as “Ema” in “Immortal Game”
Elinor McKenzie as “Angela” in “The 5th of April”

Best Actor in a Lead Role

Skylan Brooks as “Kurt” in “Cherry Lemonade”
Marcus Grüsser as “Theo” in “The Ugly Truth”
Yan Li as “Jin-Shui Wang” in “Believing”
Juan Pablo Zamora as “Marcelo” in “Mar & Cielo” (WINNER)
Larry Poole as “Thomas” in “Sense of an Ending”

Best Direction in a Short

Faith E. Briggs for “ASCEND: Reframing Disability in the Outdoors”
Yi-Lie Hong for “Believing”
Melissa Kirkendall for “You are Me & I am You” (WINNER)
Scott Fitzloff for “Resurrection Artist”
Shane Acker for “Crusoe”

Best Direction in a Feature

Krishna Ashu Bhati for “The Ugly Truth”
Maciej Cuske for “The Whale From Lorino”
Jeremy Pion-Berlin for “Failure to Protect” (WINNER)
Donna Serbe-Davis for “Gianni Berengo Gardin’s Tale of Two Cities”
Braden Swope for “Human Resources”

Best Student Film (Short or Feature)

“Waiting for Waves”
“Vlada Goes to London” (WINNER)
“Coma”
“Thoughts & Prayers”
“Sense of an Ending”
“Never Felt Better”

Best Animation (Short or Feature)

“About Her”
“Crusoe” (WINNER)

Best Short Documentary

“ASCEND: Reframing Disability in the Outdoors”
“Dandoy”
“Tanagokoro: A Culinary Portrait”
“Love, Dad”
“You are Me & I am You” (WINNER)
“Resurrection Artist”

Best Feature Documentary

“The Dark Hobby”
“Failure to Protect” (WINNER)
“Keep It A Secret”
“The Whale From Lorino”
“Gianni Berengo Gardin’s Tale of Two Cities”

Best Narrative Short

“Mar & Cielo” (WINNER)
“Believing”
“Cherry Lemonade”
“Alternate Games”
“Crusoe”
“We All Die Alone”

Best Narrative Feature

“Human Resources”
“The Ugly Truth” (WINNER)
“Sign Man”

Best Picture of OIFF 2022 (Short or Feature)

“ASCEND: Reframing Disability in the Outdoors”
“Believing”
“Crusoe”
“Dandoy”
“The Whale of Lorino”
“The Ugly Truth” (WINNER)

2022 OCEANSIDE IMPACT AWARDS

 

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