Jacques Bonnavent’s “The Gold Mine,” the story of a spinster who meets her dream man online, scored jury three awards, including the best of the festival prize, at the Palm Springs International ShortFest & Short Film Festival.
The fest, which announced winners Sunday at the Camelot Theatre in Palm Springs, handed its future filmmaker award to Pierre Ferriere for “The Story of My Life.”
The Panavision Grand Jury Award went to Jonathan van Tulleken’s “Off Season.” The festival, which concludes today, screened 314 short films.
Award winners that received a first-place prize in four categories are eligible for Oscar consideration.
A complete list of winners follows.
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JURY AWARDS
BEST OF FESTIVAL AWARD
The Gold Mine (La Mina de Oro) (Mexico), Jacques Bonnavent
FUTURE FILMMAKER AWARD
Pierre Ferriere, The Story of My Life (Toute ma Vie) (France)
PANAVISION GRAND JURY AWARD
Off Season (Canada/USA), Jonathan van Tulleken
JURY SPECIAL CITATION
Flawed (Canada), Andrea Dorfman
JURY CATEGORY AWARDS
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT 15 MINUTES AND UNDER
First Place, The Gold Mine (La Mina de Oro) (Mexico), Jacques Bonnavent
Second Place, Pretty Little Doggie (USA), E. Ivan Infante
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT OVER 15 MINUTES
First Place, Hermann (Germany/UK), Hana Geissendorfer
Second Place, Aquarium (Norway), Brad Rossevold
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
First Place, Angry Man (Sinna Mann) (Norway), Anita Killi
Second Place, The Lost Thing (Australia/UK), Andrew Ruhemann & Shaun Tan
BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
First Place, The Shutdown (Scotland), Adam Stafford
Second Place, Cohen on the Bridge: Rescue at Entebbe (Israel/UK), Andrew Wainrib
Jury Special Citation, The Lucky Ones (Szczesciarze) (Poland), Tomasz Wolski
STUDENT CATEGORIES
BEST STUDENT LIVE ACTION SHORT 15 MINUTES AND UNDER
First Place, Daughters (China/USA), Chloe Zhao
Second Place, Side by Side (Nebeneinander) (Germany), Christoph Englert
BEST STUDENT LIVE ACTION SHORT OVER 15 MINUTES
First Place, The Road Home (India/USA), Rahul Gandotra
Second Place, God of Love (USA), Luke Matheny
BEST STUDENT ANIMATED SHORT
First Place, Prayers for Peace (USA), Dustin Grella
Second Place, Urs (Germany), Moritz Mayerhofer
BEST STUDENT DOCUMENTARY SHORT
First Place, The Little Snow Animal (Lumikko) (Finland), Miia Tervo
Second Place, A Moth in Spring (Canada/USA), Yu Gu
KODAK AWARD FOR BEST STUDENT CINEMATOGRAPHY
First Place, Jaron Henrie-McCrea (cinematographer), Sinkhole (USA)
Second Place, Ilyeon Kim (cinematographer), A Scene at the Sea (Gu Yeo-Rum-Eui Ba-da) (South Korea/USA)
THE ALEXIS AWARD FOR BEST EMERGING STUDENT FILMMAKER
Some Boys Don’t Leave (USA), Maggie Kiley
THE CINEMA WITHOUT BORDERS BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM AWARD
War (Uerra) (Italy), Paolo Sassanelli
AUDIENCE AWARDS
LIVE ACTION
Wish 143 (UK), Ian Barnes
ANIMATION
Ormie (Canada), Rob Silvestri
DOCUMENTARY
Born Sweet (Cambodia), Cynthia Wade
