The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) announced its set of winners for the 2016 Golden Space Needle Audience and Competition Awards.The 25-day festival began May 19 and featured 421 films representing 85 countries.
“The 42nd Seattle International Film Festival celebrated extraordinary cinema from 85 countries from around the world for a marathon 25 days. We are especially excited with the success of the films in our newly inaugurated Official Competition,” said Festival Director Carl Spence in a statement. Adding that the Golden Space Needle Awards for Best Film and Best Documentary went to films with ties to Washington state.
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Read on below for the list of winners:
Golden Space Needle Audience Award Best Film – “Captain Fantastic”
Golden Space Needle Audience Award Best Documentary -“Gleason”
Golden Space Needle Audience Award Best Director – Javier Ruiz Caldera, “Spy Time”
Golden Space Needle Audience Award Best Actor – Rolf Lassgård, “A Man Called Ove”
Golden Space Needle Audience Award Best Actress – Vicky Hernandez, “Between Sea and Land”
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SIFF Official Competition Grand Jury Prize – “Girl Asleep”
SIFF Ibero-American Competition Grand Jury Prize – “You’ll Never Be Alone”
SIFF New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize – “Sand Storm”
SIFF New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize – “Middle Man”
SIFF Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize – “Death By a Thousand Cuts”
SIFF Youth Jury Award for Best Futurewave Feature – “Girl Asleep”
SIFF Youth Jury Award for Best Films4Families Feature – “Oddball”
SIFF Wavemaker Award – “Sable Mire”
SIFF Futurewave Audience Award – “The Archer Hadley Story”
Prodigy Camp Scholarship – “Children”
SIFF Short Film Live Action Grand Jury Prize – “Killer”
SIFF Short Film Documentary Grand Jury Prize – “These C*cksucking Tears”
SIFF Short Film Animation Grand Jury Prize – “Carlo”
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