Cinequest 19 Awards Announced, Congrats to All the Winners!

Excuse the quick copy paste job, wanted to get these up ASAP. Some surprises here and some favorites. How does this list sit with you? Did anyone get robbed?

Film Festival 19 Award Winners:

NARRATIVE FEATURES

Maverick Spirit Award (Cinequest's top prize)
Firaaq
Director: Nandita Das

Best First Feature
The Friend (Der Freund)
Director: Micha Lewinsky

Special Jury Award for Narrative Feature
The Tour (Turneja)
Director: Goran Markovic

DIRECTORS AWARDS

Global Visions Award
Historias Extraordinarias
Director: Mariano Llinas

New Visions Award
Why Am I Doing This?
Directors: Tom Huang

DOCUMENTARY FEATURES

Best Documentary Feature
Heart of Stone
Director Beth Toni Kruvant

Special Jury Award for Documentary Feature
Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders
Director: Mark Hopkins

SHORTS

Best Student Short Film
Thanksgiving
Director: Anja Marquardt

Best Documentary Short Film
Life for a Child
Director: Edward Lachman

Best Animated Short Film
Slaves
Director: Hanna Heilborn, David Aronowitsch

Best Narrative Short Film
Glory at Sea
Director: Benh Zeitlin

AUDIENCE AWARDS

Audience Award for Best Feature (Co-Winners/Tie)
All About Dad
Director: Mark Tran
&
For My Father
Director: Dror Zahavi

Audience Award for Best Documentary
Witch Hunt
Directors: Dana Nachman & Don Hardy

Kaiser Thrive Award:
Heart of Stone
Director: Beth Toni Kruvant

MAVERICK SPIRIT AWARD RECIPIENTS
The following individuals received Maverick Spirit Awards at Cinequest 19 for their Maverick careers in the film industry: Louis Gossett Jr., Kevin Pollak, and Diablo Cody.

SCREENPLAY COMPETITION WINNERS

First Place
Ora by Frederica Bailey

Second Place
Feed the Monster by Rob Rex

Third Place
The Juno Incident by Cody Yarbrough

Finalists: The Circle Cast (Montana Moss); Dog Land (Writer: Jay Nuzum); I Got You Babe (Will Hicks); The Re-Education of David Singer (Todd Friedman); Squirt (Talmage Cooley); Survival High (Aaron Mento); and The Wonder (Gregory Abbey)