2022/2023
Best Feature. Off the Beaten Path: Aaron’s Story. Steve Date.
Audience Favorite Award. Off the Beaten Path: Aaron’s Story. Steve Date.
Best Documentary. Imalirijit. Vincent L’Herault and Tim Anaviapik Soucie.
Best Short: A Fable for Four Voices. Deb Ethier.
Best Short-Short. Ghost’s Best Friend. Michael James Leffler.
Loren Savitsky Young Filmmaker Award. Beavers About Town. Yaz Ellis and Jack Mifflin.
Honorable Mention. Musher. Anuradha Rana and Laurie Little.
2021/2022
Best Feature. Skate or Die. Ryan Ferguson.
Audience Favorite Award. Better Than Neil Armstrong. Alireza Ghasemi.
Best Documentary. Say His Name – Five Days for George Floyd. Cy Dodson.
Best Short. Cold Storage. Thomas Freundlich.
Best Short-Short. Amanzi Olwandle. Timothy Hay.
2019
Best Feature. Love Them First. Lindsey Seavert and Ben Garvin.
Audience Favorite Award. Love Them First. Lindsey Seavert and Ben Garvin.
Best Documentary. From Seed to Seed. Katharina Steiffenhofer.
Best Short. Wanted: Strong Woman. Marilyn Cooke.
Best Short-Short. Fairy Tail. Justin and Kristin Schaack.
Loren Savitsky Young Filmmaker Award. Ouroboros. Emma Keehan.
Honorable Mention. Fraser Syndrome and Me. Kyle Anne Grendys.
2018
Best Feature. Manry at Sea~In the Wake of a Dream. Steve Wystrach.
Audience Favorite Award. Risking Light. Dawn Mikkleson.
Best Documentary. Beneath the Ink. Cy Dodson.
Best Feature. Saving Brinton. Tommy Haines and Andrew Sherburne.
Audience Favorite Award. Waabooz. Molly Katagiri.
Best Feature. Saving Brinton. Tommy Haines and Andrew Sherburne.
Best Documentary. The Ragman: A Hobo’s Story Untold. Cy Dosson.
Loren Savitsky Young Filmmakers Award. fifteen. Kara Hakanson.
Doyenne of Documentaries Award. Melody Gilbert.
2016
Audience Favorite. I Had a Bloody Good Time at House Harker. Clayton Cogswell
Best Feature. The Great Alone. Greg Kohs
Best Documentary. Ghost Town to Havana. Eugene Corr
Best Short. Mousse. John Hellberg
Best Short-Short. Fish. Saman Hosseinpuor
Loren Savitsky Young Filmmakers Award. Smoke that Travels. Kayla Briet.
Honorable Mention. Women Outward Bound. Maxine Davis
2015
Audience Favorite. Appleton. Jimmy Costa
Best Feature. The Public Domain. Patrick Coyle
Best Documentary. Old Fashioned. Holly De Ruyter
Best Short. Counting Wolves. George Desort
Best Short-Short. Isola del Giglio. Tom Schroeder
Loren Savitsky Young Filmmakers Award. Nobody. William Bryan.
Honorable Mention. Taking Alcatraz. John Ferry
2014
Audience Favorite. American Heart. Chris Newberry.
Best Feature. Wicker Kittens. Amy C. Elliott and Mike Scholtz.
Best Documentary. The Starfish Throwers. Jesse Roesler.
Best Short. Contorsion. Ingrid Chikhaoui.
Best Short Short. Ice Dream: Protect our Water. David Doering.
Young Filmmaker. Deliver Us from Evil. Robert McDermott.
Honorable Mention- Feature. Fragmented. Douglas Elford-Argent.
2013
Best Feature: Awful Nice, Todd Skylar and Brock Williams.
Best Documentary: Gold Fever, JT Haines, Tommy Haines and Andrew Sherburne.
Best Short Film: World Fair, Amanda Murray.
Best Short Short: Woman Who Hates Plants, Morgan Miller.
Audience Favorite: Battle for the Elephants, J.J. Kelley.
Loren Savitsky Young Filmmaker Award: Protect Our Future, Jordan Principato, Ahpahnae Thomas and Shania Jackson.
Honorable Mention (Feature): The Guide, John Meyers.
2012
Audience Favorite: Go Ganges!, J.J. Kelly and Josh Thomas.
Best Feature: Somewhere West, David Marek.
Best Documentary: Smokin’ Fish, Cory Mann and Luke Griswold-Tergis.
Best Short: Prisoner of Her Past, Howard Reich and Gordon Quinn.
Best Short-Short: Bounce, John Akre.
Loren Savitsky Young Filmmaker Award: Lazarus, Nicholas Giombi.
Honorable Mention (Documentary): Wild Bill’s Run, Mike Scholtz.
2011
Best Short Film: Bike Race, Tom Schroeder.
Best Short-Short Film: Girl of My Dreams, Doug White.
Best Documentary: Just Like Us, Ahmed Ahmed.
Best Feature: Rough Tender, Joe Dressel.
Loren Savitsky Young Filmmaker Award: Ink Jet, Tom Radovich.
Audience Favorite: Truck Farm, Ian Cheney.
Honorable Mention (Short): The Letter, Steve Date.
2010
Best Short: Breakfast, Liang Jyan Wang.
Best Short-Short: Frozen Clothesline, Tony Woiak.
Best Documentary: Paddle to Seattle, J.J. Kelly and Josh Thomas.
Best Feature: Into Temptation, Patrick Coyle.
Loren Savitsky Young Filmmaker Award: Marble Rye, Max Rosen.
Audience Favorite: Into Temptation, Patrick Coyle.
2009
Best Short: Chronicles by the Other, Sophie Farkas Bolla.
Best Short-Short: Pete’s Palace, Amanda Becker.
Best Documentary: Women in Horse Racing: The Bettye Gabriel Story, Margaret Orlando, Rosemary Orlando, and Colleen Musker.
Best Feature: The Other Side of Paradise, Justin Hilliard.
Loren Savitsky Young Filmmaker Award: Portrait of an Artist, Jake Ryan and Leo Joseph Marks.
Audience Favorite: Come and Get Your Love, Rhonda Rana.
2008
Best Short: Just One of the Gynos, Brandon Olive annd Alex Ranalvelo.
Best Documentary: Sitting Bull: A Stone in My Heart, John Ferry.
Best Feature: Woodpecker, Alex Karpovsky.
Audience Favorite: Mr. Positive, Mike Hazard and Emily Rumsey.