2020  Festival Event

Screening

  • Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the screening event will take place on Sptember 6, 2021. at Gene Siskel Film Center, 1pm.  
  • Program & Schedule To Be Determined. Stay tuned and check back on our website for the schedule. 

    • Awards

  • A trophy will be mailed to the winner's address on Filmfreeway project file

    • Quick Links

  • Rules and Guidelines
  • Marks of Honor (Laurels)
  • Blowup IMDB awards page
  • Screener formats
  • Technical and Special Nominations
  • Official Selection & Nomination List
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    Main Categories Awards

    		 Winners
    Animation - Norman McLaren Award Helfer (Hungary)
    Documentary Feature - Dziga Vertov Award Born Just Now (USA)
    Documentary Short - Lumière Brothers Award The Creativity Delusion (Romania)
    Experimental (USA) - Andy Warhol Award Auricular Confession (USA)
    Experimental (International) - Eisenstein Award Our Love Was Fiction (Brazil/Germany)
    Feature (USA) - Stanley Kubrick Award The Big Nothing
    Feature (International) - Antonioni Award Creature, where are you going?
    Narrative Short (USA) - Charlie Chaplin Award Eat the Rainbow (USA)
    Narrative Short (International) - Vittorio De Sica Award Under the Flag (China)
    Best Student Film Our Boy (USA)
    TV/Web Series Episode Parts & Labor (USA)
    Best Music Video Devotchka (USA)
    New Media 36 HATS (USA)

    Technical & Special Awards

    		 Winners
    Best Director - Tarkovsky Award John Meyers - Being Dead
    Best Writing - Tonino Guerra Award Matthew Nash, Jason Egan - Walk Away
    Best Actor - Marcello Mastroianni Award Ryan Dorsey - Parts & Labor
    Best Actress - Monica Vitti Award Elizabeth Marvel - Being Dead
    Best Cinematography - John Alcott Award Ayrton Carrazco - Queen of the Dead
    Best Soundtrack - Nino Rota Award Anna Drubich - Those who don't like Handel...