California Women’s Film Festival
Audience Award Winners
(Audience Winners will be posted by July 19th)
1st Place
Completely Normal Dir. Kaleigh Spencer
2nd Place
Ang Motel Dir. Jon Matthews
3rd Place
Women in the Front Seat Dir. Indy Saini
Jury Category Winners
(Category Winners will be presented at the end of the film’s screening block)
Best Feature Film
True Believer Dir. Alana Purcell
(Presented at the end of Block 5 on Saturday 7/16/2022)
Best Short Film
Off Side Dir. Sophie Martin
(Presented at the end of Block 3 on Sunday 7/17/2022)
Best Feature Documentary
Women in the Front Seat Dir. Indy Saini
(Presented at the end of Block 2 on Saturday 7/16/2022)
Best Short Documentary
Fresh to Frightening - The Sharon Green Story
Dir. Gareth Kelly
(Presented at the end of Block 2 on Friday 7/15/2022)
Best Student Film
Stay Dir. Sonya Padalka
(Presented at the end of Block 1 on Friday 7/15/2022)
Best Foreign Film
For I Am Dead Dir. Patricia Delso Lucas
(Presented at the end of Block 2 on Friday 7/15/2022)
Best Animation
Cenote Dir. Daniel Villanueva Avalos
& Samantha Barroso
(Presented at the end of Block 3 on Saturday 7/16/2022)
Best Music Video
HEARTS FOR PEACE Dir. Brent Kravitz
(Presented at the end of Block 2 on Saturday 7/16/2022)
Best Experimental Film
Neckline Dir. Savannah M. Ryan
(Presented at the end of Block 2 on Friday 7/15/2022)
Best Feature Script
Cold War Charlie by Cheryl Gallegos & Ron Osborn
(Presented at the end of Block 3 on Saturday 7/16/2022)
Best Short Script
A Leap by Kendra Sanders
(Presented at the end of Block 2 on Saturday 7/16/2022)
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Feature Script Finalist
Amy and Angel by Julia Verdin & Deedee Benkovich
Canary by BetteLou Tobin
Catfished by Lesley Manuel
Centurions by Sally Claire Stubbs
Coven Lake by Sabrina Wheeler
Hashtag Blessed The Movie by Dalea Cherie Faulkner
He’s Just A Boy by Melanie Sovran Wolfe
I’ll Give You My Heart by Tamara Steren
The Strays by Eli Rose
While I Wait by Beverly Gandara
Wombman, The Play by Evy Trezvant
Short Script Finalist
Appearances by Joan Tofteland
Backwater by Klara Chmelarova
Cold Service by Peter Strupp
Down With It by Melanie Sovran Wolfe
Fluid by Chon-Chun Huang
Never Better by Kathleen M Caprario Ulrich
Parry by Lexi Jamieson Marsh
Post Production by Ray Rocky
South For Winter by Jill Ferrari
Thingamajigs — An American Fairy Tale by A. S. Templeton
Jury Creative Nominees
(Creative Winners will be announced and presented during the opening night party on Friday, July 13th which starts at 10pm)
Best Director
Zara Sengstock - Boyfriend
Lucinda Spurling - Maternal Secrets
Maria Alice Arida - Instinct
Johanna Demetrakas - Feminists: What Were They Thinking
Xiao-xiao Cai - Inadvertently
Best Actress
Susan Gallagher - Picking Back Up
Kate Mansi - Maternal Secrets
Julia Parker - Passage
Laura Grady - Boyfriend
Christine Kellogg-Darrin - Instinct
Best Supporting Actress
Ellen Gerstein - Passage
Jordan Monaghan - Instinct
Kelly Mcgillis - Maternal Secrets
Lillie Richardson - The Conversation
SJ Mendelson - Maw Kitty
Best Actor
Sean Stolzen - Maternal Secrets
Billy Bob Thornton - Stand Down
Joe Klocek - Boyfriend
Justin Deeley - The Get Through
Joe Willand - Because We Can
Jury Creative Winners
(Creative Winners will be announced and presented during the opening night party on Friday, July. 13th which starts at 10pm)
Best Director
Lucinda Spurling - Maternal Secrets
Best Actress
Julia Parker - Passage
Best Supporting Actress
SJ Mendelson - Maw Kitty
Best Actor
Joe Willand - Because We Can
Call For Entries Now Open
Jury Creative Winners
Best Director
Sophie Martin - Off Side
(Presented at the end of Block 3 on Sunday 7/17/2022)
Best Actress
Coralie Russier - Off Side
(Presented at the end of Block 3 on Sunday 7/17/2022)
Best Supporting Actress
Ferelith Young - True Believer
(Presented at the end of Block 5 on Saturday 7/16/2022)
Best Actor
Al Nazemian - For I Am Dead
(Presented at the end of Block 2 on Friday 7/15/2022)
9th Annual California Women’s Festival trophies provided by
CWFF - January 6th -8th 2022
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