Check out our Grand Rapids Film Festival Winners!
2023 Winners Circle
FEATURE AWARD WINNERS
Best Feature Film - Smile as You Kill
Best Feature Documentary - Behind Our Walls
Best Student Feature - Skip Liberty: Shooting in Vietnam
Best Directing - The Nana Project
Best Documentary Directing- When Hope Breaks Through
Best Concept - Lead and Copper
Most Original - Being Satori Circus
Best Writing - Earlybird
Best Acting - Smile as You Kill
FEATURE SHORT WINNERS
Best Short Film - Golden
Best Short Documentary - Aris Demetrios
Best Student Short - Not without a trace
Best Directing - Dear Owner
Best documentary Directing- When Hope Breaks Through
Best Concept - Lead and Copper
Most Original - Open for Breakfast
Best Cinematography - The Bathtub
Best Documentary Cinematography - Strings of Tradition
Best Editing - Mystic Michigan
Best Writing - A Tuesday Afternoon
Best Acting - If These Walls Could Walk
Short Film Finalist: Searching for Sasquatch, Give Us A Smile, Sisters, Betrayal of Justice
Short Honorable Mention: Stunner, Black is Beautiful, Buck Marshal Inner Space, An Actor Prepares
Student Short Honorable Mention: Boys Will Be, Farewell Tour, The Countryman
MUSIC VIDEO WINNERS
Best Music Video - Shotgun Wedding
Audience Choice: Down A Legend
Best Directing - Gold In Them Hills
Best Concept - Thinkin Bout You
Most Original - Pink Sky - Behind The Sun
Best Cinematography: Molly - Don't Be Suprised
Best Editing: Shotgun Wedding
Best Performance: 3am in Cincy
COMMERCIAL WINNERS
Best Commercial - Always A Pilgrim
Best Directing - The Dove Family Dentistry - Legacy
Best Concept - That Was Me
Best Editing: Michigan State University Esports Promo 2022
24 HR MICRO FILM WINNERS
Best Micro Film - Lunch
Audience Choice - Mural Man
Jury Pick - Mural Man
Best Directing - Dances with Walls
Most Original - The Italianizer 5000
Best Cinematography -Lunch
Best Editing - Dances with Walls
2022 Winners Circle
After 2 years of social distancing we partnered with Celebration Cinema and came back in full force with a 3 day festival.
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Most Original Feature & Best Student Film - Severe Decline
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Best Documentary Feature - Chromosomally Enhanced
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Best Feature Cinematography - Attack on the Flies
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Best Feature Editing - Bonnie Thunders
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Best Feature Acting - LEO
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Best Feature Director - Driftless
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Best Feature Writing - Quicksand
2021 Winners Circle
We couldn’t let COVID stop us from telling great stories! So we partnered with Muse GR and held an outdoor challenge at the newly designed Muse Art Pod for ArtPrize. Filmmakers had 24 hours to incorporate 3 creative elements (potato, Term: C47 & GR landmark) into a 60 second film.
2019 Winners Circle
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story can make all the difference.
36 Hour Film Challenge Winners
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The Gary Glenn Award
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Best of Show Award
Audience Choice Award
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Best Professional Team Award
Best Editing Award
Best Directing Award
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Best Writing Award
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Best School Team Award
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Best Acting Award
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Best Cinematography Award
Best Poster Award
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Best Sound Award