2020 CENTRE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

“Teacher, mentor, activist, photographer, filmmaker, even ringleader, the Poet Laureate of the Rust Belt. Think of Walker Evans meeting Mark Twain for a beer at the local.” – Kevin Hagopian

FICTION AWARDS

Best Feature

Feature Film Fiction

Small Time by Niav Conty

Best Short

Short Film Fiction

Curl by Shalom Hager and Sigalit Lipshitz

Best Director

Feature Film Fiction

Small Time by Niav Conty

Best Director(s)

Short Film Fiction

Buck by Jovan James and Elegance Bratton

Best Acting

Feature Film Fiction

Audrey Grace Marshall, Small Time

Best Acting

Short Film Fiction

Dafi Shoshana Alpern, Pop 30

Best Acting

Short Film Fiction

Kevin Mambo, The Henchman of Notre Dame 

Gratitude Award

Feature Film Fiction

#Like by Sarah Pirozek

Gratitude Award

Feature Film Fiction

The Garden Left Behind by Flavio Alves

Best Made in PA

Feature Film Fiction

Definition, Please by Sujata Day

Audience Award

Short Film Fiction

The Henchman of Notre Dame by Tim Naylor

Juror’s Special Recognition Award

Short Film Fiction

Quarantine, I Love You by Nitzan Mager

NON-FICTION AWARDS

Best Feature

Feature Film Non-Fiction

Finding Ying Ying by Jenny Shi

Best Short

Short Film Non-Fiction

R.A.W. Tuba by Darren Durlach and David Larson

Best Director

Feature Film Non-Fiction

Finding Ying Ying by Jenny Shi

Gratitude Award

Feature Film Non-Fiction

The Sit-In by Yoruba Richen

Gratitude Award

Feature Film Non-Fiction

Pier Kids by Elegance Bratton

Gratitude Award

Short Film Non-Fiction

Running Home by Paddy Cotter and John Affleck

Juror’s Choice

Feature Film Non-Fiction

Attla by Catharine Axley

Juror’s Choice

Feature Film Non-Fiction

About A Teacher by Hanan Harchol

Best Made In PA

Feature Film Non-Fiction

Franklin Manor by Richard Sherman and John Beale

Audience Award

Feature Film Non-Fiction

Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story by April Wright

Audience Award

Short Film Non-Fiction

Pandemic Chronicles by Ya’ke Smith

STUDENT

Best Film Non-Fiction

Student Film

Halfway by Morgan Seiff

Best Film Experimental

Student Film

This Is What You Are by Jack Meyer

Best Director

Student Film

Hunger by Ellie Fetting

Juror’s Choice

Student Film

On the Wagon by Christopher Putlock