MNFF8 Winners

MNFF Collection

Awards, Prizes & Honorees

MNFF8 – 2022 VTeddy Awards

Best Narrative Feature

The Unknown Country

Directed by Morrisa Maltz

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Best Documentary Feature

The High Rock

Directed by Ellen Moore

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Best Narrative Short

Lunch Break

Directed by Nina Kopko

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Best Documentary Short

Freedom Hill

Directed by Resita Cox

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Audience Award – Feature

Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest

Directed by Nancy Svendsen

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Audience Award – Short

Monsieur Le Butch

Directed by Jude Dry

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MNFF8 – 2022 Prizes

AICEF Prize for Cross-Cultural Filmmaking

Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest

Directed by Nancy Svendsen

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VSO Award – Best Integration of Music Into Film

The Social Chameleon

Directed by Alex Ross

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VSO Award – Best Integration of Music Into Film

Born Under Punches

Directed by Gaoyang Ganjin

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Hernandez/Bayliss Prize for Triumph of the Human Spirit

Charm Circle

Directed by Nira Burstein

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Clio Visualizing History Prize for the Advancement of Women in Film

The Automat

Directed by Lisa Hurwitz

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Clio Visualizing History Prize for the Advancement of Women in Film

Pasang: In the Shadow of Everest

Directed by Nancy Svendsen

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Gaia Prize for Environmental Filmmaking

Hiding in the Walls

Directed by David Sebastiao

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Shouldice Family Prize for Best Vermont-Made Film

The Life of Stephen Bates

Directed by Chris Spencer

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Thaddeus Stevens Prize for Social Engagement 

Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America

Directed by Emily Kunstler, Sarah Kunstler

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Thaddeus Stevens Prize for Social Engagement 

Bad Axe

Directed by David Siev

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Ralph Steiner Prize for Poetic Cinema

The Unknown Country

Directed by Morrisa Maltz 

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Kate Hearst Prize for Human Connectivity

The Pomegranate Tree

Directed by Kanika Vora

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Gamble-Paison Prize for Best International Feature Film

Clouds of Chernobyl

Directed by Ligia Ciornei

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MNFF8 – 2022 Honorees

Honoree for Outstanding Achievement on Both Sides of the Camera

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Honoree for Sustained Excellence in Independent Filmmaking

Marc Levin

Honoree for Sustained Excellence in Film Producing

Tyler Davidson

Honoree for Sustained Excellence in Independent Filmmaking

Nora Jacobson

Honorees for Sustained Excellence in Film Scoring

Judy Hyman & Jeff Claus

Pioneer in Pursuing Film as Journalism

Lindsay Crouse

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