‘Land and Shade’
With this year’s AFI Fest in Los Angeles wrapping up, it’s time to announce the award winners from the festival. Earlier today, AFI revealed who won it’s jury and audience awards, which you can check out below.
The 2015 AFI Fest featured 130 films from 45 countries.
Jury Awards
New Auteurs Grand Jury Award: “Land and Shade,” dir. César Augusto Acevedo
Special Jury Mention for Direction: “Disorder,” dir. Alice Winocour
Special Jury Mention for Screenplay: “Desde Alla,” Lorenzo Vigas
Grand Jury Award for Animated Short: “Boys,” Isabella Carbonell
Grand Jury Award for Animated Short: “World of Tomorrow,” Don Hertzfeldt
Live Action Short Special Mention for Innovative Storytelling: “Rate Me,” dir. Fyazl Boulifa
Live Action Short Special Mention for Nonfiction Filmmaking: “The Reagan Shorts,” dir. Pacho Velez
Animated Short Special Jury Mention for Screenwriting: “Teeth,” dir. Tom Brown, Daniel Gray
Animated Short Special Jury Mention for Creative Vision:“Manoman,” dir. Simon Cartwright
Audience Awards
World Cinema Audience Award: “Mustang,” Deniz Gamze Erguven
New Auteurs Audience Award: “Landfill Harmonic,” dir. Brad Allgood, Graham Townsley, Juliana Penaranda-Loftus
American Independents Audience Award: “James White,” dir. Josh Mond
Breakthrough Audience Award: “Ma,” dir. Celia Rowlson-Hall
