Question 1

2025 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Audience Awards

Audience Award University Of Tampa Short Film  -  LIFT - Kaiden Hancock
Audience Award College Short Film –  POP THE TRUNK-Carl Cinquino
Audience Award Focus On Florida Short Film - TOGETHER FOREVER- Lauren Butterfield
Audience Award Documentary Short Film -  STRONGER THAN THE STORM-Justin Stanley
Audience Award U.S. Narrative Short Film - MEDICINE- William McKegg
Audience Award Focus On Florida Feature Film - HACKED- Shane Brady
Audience Award Documentary Feature Film - ANXIETY CLUB- Dir- Wendy Lobel
Audience Award Int’l Narrative Feature Film – HOME FREE – Avi Federgreen
Audience Award U.S. Narrative Feature Film - ALMOST POPULAR- Grace Santos

Grand Jury

President’s Spotlight Award - MISSISSIPPI SCHOLAR- Director Marcus Bleeker
 Emerging Filmmaker Award - SHANE BRADY- Hacked

Grand Jury Award College Short Film - WHERE THE HEART LIES- Brianna Chapman
Grand Jury Award Focus On Florida Short Film - SILENCE IS GOLDEN- Rory Smith
Grand Jury Award Documentary Short Film - STRONGER THAN THE STORM-Justin Stanley
Grand Jury Award U.S. Narrative Short Film -  ICE CREAM MAN- Robert Moniot
Grand Jury Award Focus On Florida Feature Film - OFF RIP- Jadon Cal
Grand Jury Award Documentary Feature Film -  SUBURBAN FURY- Dir Robinson Devor
Grand Jury Award Best Performance – Female -  JUDY GREER- Eric Larue
Grand Jury Award Best Performance -  Male -  IVAN MARTIN- To Kill a Wolf
Grand Jury Award Int’l Narrative Feature Film - BACK TO LIFE- Alfredo & Luis Carlos Hueck
Grand Jury Award U.S. Narrative Feature Film - TO KILL A WOLF- Dir Kelsey Taylor

High School

Grand Jury Award Best Screenplay - LEAVE A MESSAG - Mason Silva
Grand Jury Award Cinematography - NEARER MY GOD TO THEE - Noah Zayaan Sparkman
Grand Jury Award Best Performance - IMPRESSIONS - Dominic Salazar
Grand Jury Award Best Director - IMPRESSIONS  - Dominic Salazar
Grand Jury Award Best Picture - PURGATORY - Owen McCourt
Audience Award Best Picture - WHEN I WAS YOUNGER  -Alina Tewksbury

Question 2

2024 Awards Winners

Accepted Answer

Grand Jury Best Narrative Feature: LaRay
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: Common Ground
Grand Jury Best Narrative Short: Blue Boy
Grand Jury Best Documentary Short: A Cow in the Sky
Grand Jury Best College Short Film:  Cover
Grand Jury Best Performance Female:  Fiona Glascott - A Martini Shot
Grand Jury Focus on Florida Short: Screaming into the Wind
Grand Jury Focus on Florida Feature: One Second at a Time: Battling the Monster of Addiction

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Audience Award Narrative Feature:  A Great Divide
Audience Award Documentary Feature:  Prototype: The Legacy of Rondé Barber
Audience Award Focus on Florida Feature:  Children of the Pines
Audience Award Focus on Florida Short:  Cletus
Audience Award Documentary Focus on Florida Short:   
Audience Award Documentary Short:  Endless Mile
Audience Award Narrative Short:  Panacea
Audience Award College Short: Daisy
Audience Award University of Tampa Short: Orange
President Spotlight Award: Chelsea & Cathy Cromar
Emerging Filmmaker: Christa Boarini

Question 3

2023 Awards Winners

Accepted Answer

Grand Jury Best Narrative Feature: Shaky Shivers
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: 26.2 to Life
Grand Jury Best Narrative Short: My Dear Aunt Sally
Grand Jury Best Documentary Short: Below Surface
Grand Jury Best College Short Film: Toy Phone
Grand Jury Best Performance Female: Jess Gabor - Gringa
Grand Jury Best Performance Male: Isaiah Lehtinan - I like movies
Grand Jury Florida Production: Have you seen Ratman?
Grand Jury Focus on Florida: 115 Grains
Grand Jury Int'l Narrative Feature: I like movies
Grand Jury Emerging Filmmaker: Law Chen
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Audience Award Best Narrative Feature:  Gringa
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature: Helen Believe
Audience Award Best Focus on Florida Feature:  La Gaceta
Audience Award Best Documentary Focus on Florida Short:   Chasing Justice
Audience Award Best Documentary Short: Below Surface
Audience Award Best Narrative Short: Gloss
Audience Award College Short: Forgive Me, Father
Audience Award University of Tampa Short: When We Met

Question 4

2022 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Grand Jury Best Narrative Feature: The Disappearance of Toby Blackwood
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: Nowhere Man and A Whiskey Girl 
Grand Jury Best Narrative Short: You're Now Beyond Hope, Arizona
Grand Jury Best Documentary Short: Rearranging Skin: A Love Letter to the World
Grand Jury Best College Short Film: Heavy 
Grand Jury Best Performance: Cameron Roberts- Relative
Grand Jury Florida Production: Lioness
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Audience Award Best Narrative Feature:  Mysterious Circumstance 
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature: One Pint at a Time (Florida)
Audience Award Best Documentary Short:   Experience the Adirondracks
Audience Award Best Narrative Short Film: Midnight Screams*
Audience Award Best Animated: Lobstah Love

Question 5

2021 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Grand Jury Best Narrative Feature: Teddy, Out of Tune by Daniel Freeman
 
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: When it Breaks by Todd Tue
 
Grand Jury Best Narrative Short: Sheer Qoorma by Faraz Arif Ansari
 
Grand Jury Best Documentary Short: Those Men That Came Before by Kevin O'Brien

Question 6

2019 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Grand Jury Best Narrative Feature: The Drummer and The Keeper by Nick Kelly 
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: The Biggest Little Farm by John Chester
Grand Jury Best Narrative Short: Latched by Justin Harding
Grand Jury Best Documentary Short: My Paintbrush Bites by Joel Pincosy & Joe Egender
Grand Jury Best College Short Film: The Stranger by Katherine Oostman
Grand Jury Best Performance: Tess Thompson & Lily James - Little Woods
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Audience Award Best Narrative Feature:  Cold Brook by William Fichtner
Audience Award Best Jewish Film Festival Film:  A Fortunate Man by Bill-e August
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature: Parallel Love: Story of a Band Called Luxury by Matt Hinton
Audience Award Best Documentary Short: My Paintbrush Bites by Joel Pincosy & Joe Egender
Audience Award Best Narrative Short Film: Trigger by Chance Chathalansy
Audience Award Best Florida Production:  Save Our Cottages by Lynn Marvin Dingfelder
Audience Award Best College Short Film: Doll It Up by Yalan Hu
Audience Award Best University of Tampa Short: The Story of Nano by Michael Cobuzio
Executive Director's Award Most Buzzworthy Film: Stockholm by Robert Budreau

Question 7

2018 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Grand Jury Best US Narrative Feature: Class Rank by Eric Stoltz
Grand Jury Best International Feature: Killing Jesus by Laura Mora
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: No Man’s Land by David Byars
Grand Jury Best Florida Production:  Between Waves by Joe Herbert
Grand Jury Best Short Film: The Tables by Annie Pace
Grand Jury Best College Short Film: Plush Assassin by Anca Mihai
Grand Jury Best Performance U.S. Narrative: Olivia Holt from Class Rank
Grand Jury Best Performance International Narrative: Rossy de Palma from Madame
Grand Jury Best Animated Short: Arnie Johnstone and the Vulva Tree by Jesse Swenson 
Grand Jury Special Mention Animated Short: Plush Assassin, by Anca Mihai
​Audience Award Best US Feature:  Quest by Santiago Rizzo
Audience Award Best International Feature:  BORG vs McENROE by Janus Metz
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature: Pick of the Litter by Don Hardy and Dana Nachman
Audience Award Best Short Film: The Tables by Annie Pace
Audience Award Best Florida Production:  St. Pete Unfiltered by Caroline Smith
Audience Award Best College Short Film: Pickle by Grant Moore
Audience Award Best University of Tampa Short: Devin by Haley Ricciari
Executive Director's Award Most Buzzworthy Film: Best F(r)iends by Greg Sestero

Question 8

2017 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Grand Jury Best US Narrative Feature: Future 38 by Jamie Greenberg
Grand Jury Best International Feature: Frantz by Francois Ozon
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: Finding Oscar by Ryan Suffern
Grand Jury Best Florida Production:  Turtle Tale by Luc Campeau
Grand Jury Best Short Film: Undertaking by Kevin James O'Neill
Grand Jury Best College Short Film: For the Record by Justin Burt
Grand Jury Best Performance U.S. Narrative: Demetri Martin (Dean)
Grand Jury Best Performance International Narrative: Paula Beer (Frantz)
Grand Jury Special Mention for Best Short: Broken Pines by Anne Pace
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Audience Award Best US Feature: Carrie Pilby by Susan Johnson 
Audience Award Best International Feature:  Handsome Devil by John Butler
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature: Score by Matt Schrader
Audience Award Best Short Film: Daryl and His Friends by Evan Smith
Audience Award Best Florida Production:  The Lost Digit by Garrett Brown
Audience Award Best College Short Film: Stutter by Ivo Huahua
Audience Award Best University of Tampa Short: The Nether World by Creed Smith

Question 9

2016 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Grand Jury Best US Narrative Feature: Truth About Lies by Phil Allocco
Grand Jury Best International Feature: The Debt by Barney Elliot
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: The Forbidden Shore by Ron Chapman
Grand Jury Best Florida Production:  Dooder in the Lighthouse by Lisa Long
Grand Jury Best Short Film: Come Away With Me by Ellen Gerstein
Grand Jury Best College Short Film: Hush by Whitney Clinkscales
Grand Jury Best Male Performance: Joel Kelly Dauten (Remember Me)
Grand Jury Best Female Performance: Christy Carlson Romano (Bear With Us)
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Audience Award Best US Feature:  Bear With Us by William Stribling
Audience Award Best International Feature:  Love & Friendship by Whit Stillman
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature: Craving Cuba by Zuzy Martin Lynch 
Audience Award Best Short Film: Lionheart by Fro Rojas
Audience Award Best Florida Production:  Waiting on Mary by Corey Horton
Audience Award Best College Short Film: Dixie by Armaan Upeleker

Question 10

2015 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Grand Jury Best US Narrative Feature: Wildlike by Frank Hall Green
Grand Jury Best International Feature: The Break In by Marcus Ovnell
Grand Jury Best Documentary Feature: Call Me Lucky by Bobcat Golthwait
Grand Jury Best Florida Production:  Dutch Book by James Repack
Grand Jury Best Short Film: Odessa by Grace Santos
Grand Jury Best College Short Film: Legend of the Flying Tomato by Aurry Tan, Michael Yates, Sharon Huang
Grand Jury Best Female Performance: Ella Purnell (Wildlike)
Grand Jury Best Male Performance: Phillip Thomas (When the Ocean Meets the Sky)
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Audience Award Best US Feature:  The Challenger by Kent Moran
Audience Award Best International Feature:  Ben's At Home by Mars Horodyski
Audience Award Best Documentary Feature: The Poet of Havana by Ron Chapman
Audience Award Best Short Film: Skyship Chronicles by Christian Cashmir
Audience Award Best Florida Production:  American Hostage by Mounir Chakor
Audience Award Best College Short Film: Florida State's First Seminole by Ryan Watson
Audience Award Best University of Tampa Short:Treasure Man by Christian  Fernandez

Question 11

2014 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Grand Jury
Special Jury for Acting – Frederikke Dahl Hansen, “Copenhagen”
Special Jury for Filmmaking – Michael Wechsley, “The Red Robin”
Screenwriting – SJ Thompson, “A Long Way From Paris”
Narrative Feature - “Copenhagen”, Directed by Mark Raso
World Showcase - “Melaza”, Directed by Carlos Lechuga
Documentary - “The Longest Game”, Directed by Camille Thoman
New Visions Presented by Indie Pix - “Sand Castles”, Directed by Clenet Verdi-Rose
Short Film - “God’s Got His Head in the Clouds”, Directed by Gianluca Sodaro
College Showcase - “The Bright Side”, Directed by Sarah Wilson Thacker
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Audience Choice
Short Film - “CHUB”, Directed by Sam Albis
Documentary - “Ride with Larry”, Directed by Ricardo Villarreal and Andrew Rubin
High School Showcase - “Pendemonium”, Directed by Wesley Hayes
College Showcase - “Tobacco Burn”, Directed by Justin Liberman
Best Florida Production - “….And a Bag of Chips”, Directed by Sabyn Mayfield
Narrative Feature - “Boys of Abu Ghraib”, Directed by Luke Moran

Question 12

2013 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Grand Jury Award Winners:
Young Filmmaker- Dangerous Daze, Byron Leon
Special Jury Award for Filmmaking- Against the Grain, Elias Mael
Special Jury Award for Acting- Gina Rodriguez, Filly Brown
Narrative Short- Unburden, Andrew Young
Documentary- GLOW: The Story of the Glorious Ladies of Wrestling, Brett Whitcomb
Narrative- Filly Brown, Youssef Delara & Michael Olmos
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Audience Award Winners:
Young Filmmaker- John Kirk, Not to Scale
College Showcase- William J. Stribling, Beyond Belief
Narrative Short- Ante Novakovic, The Fix
Best Florida Production- Karl Wilson, Breaking Up with Rosie
Documentary- Patrick Burke, Poster Boy’s or The Art of Mobile Recording
Narrative- Lawrence Feeney, Pharmboy

Question 13

2012 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Digital Domain Institute Award for Screenwriting Competition: “Heart of a Family” BY Sharon Duncan
Digital Domain Institute Award for Audience Best Short Documentary: Dialogue from the Steppes
Digital Domain Institute Award for Audience Best Documentary: Teresa Sareo – Alive Again
Digital Domain Institute Award for Audience Best Narrative: Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best
Digital Domain Institute Award for Audience Best Short Narrative: Underground
Florida Governor’s Office Film in Florida Award for Best Florida Prod.: Subprime
Digital Domain Institute Award for Special Mention Male: Michael Weston in “Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best”
Digital Domain Institute Award for Special Mention Female: Danielle Harris
Digital Domain Institute Award for Grand Jury Short Narrative: Wolf Call
Digital Domain Institute Award for Grand Jury Short Documentary: Dilli
Digital Domain Institute Award for Grand Jury Best Documentary: The Loving Story
Digital Domain Institute Award for Grand Jury Animated Short: Live Outside the Box
Digital Domain Institute Award for Grand Jury Narrative: Downtown Express
Digital Domain Institute Grand Jury Award for Young Filmmaker: According to Plan

Question 14

2011 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Audience Short: War of Our Children
Audience Documentary: Voices From Mariel
Audience Narrative: Leave
Best Florida Production: Square Grouper, Godfathers of Ganja
Special Mention Male Performance: Obba Babatunde (Fallen Faithful)
Special Mention Female Performance: Annie Bu Maure, (Los Dioses Rotos)
Grand Jury Short: Missile Crisis
Grand Jury Documentary: Hot Coffee
Grand Jury Narrative: Leave
Grand Jury Young Filmmaker: Civil Indigent

Question 15

2010 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Best Feature: Friends with Benefits
Best Florida production: Endure
Audience prize (short): Seven to Ten Business Days (best short)
Audience prize (documentary): Full Signal
Audience prize (feature): Hope for a Thorn
Special merit awards: Prime of Your Life, The Calling
Special Mention, Male and Female (Merit awards for acting): Ryan Donowho (Prime of Your Life), Margaret Laney (Friends with Benefits)
Young Filmmaker Prize: Kelley Katzenmeyer, To Be Remembered
Grand Jury Best Short: Piece of Paper Honorable mention Jury Prize: Bilal’s Stand

Question 16

2009 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Young Filmmaker Grand Jury: Zona Rossa
Audience Best Short: Gisela’s Closet
Best Local Production: Ghost of Ybor – Charlie Wall 
Special Mention Cinema Award: Clear Lake, WI
Special Mention Cinema Award: Misconceptions
Special Mention Grand Jury: Amal
Grand Jury: Kassim the Dream
Audience Best Documentary: Truth in 24
Audience Best Narrative: What Doesn’t Kill You
Special Mention: Laura Harrington in Drool
Special Mention: Mark Ruffalo in What Doesn’t Kill You

Question 17

2008 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Male Rising Star Award: Shane West
Female Rising Star Award: Brittany Snow
Young Filmmaker Grand Jury: Oneric
Audience Best Short: Oneric
Best Local Production: Gunn Highway
Special Mention Cinema Award: The Flock
Special Mention Grand Jury: Big Rig
Grand Jury: American Fork
Audience Best Documentary: Tocar y Luchar “To Play and To Fight
Audience Best Narrative: The Fly Boys
Special Mention: Arielle Kebbel  “Day Dreamer”
Special Mention: Shane West  “What We Do Is Secret”

Question 18

2007 Award Winners

Accepted Answer

Grand Jury Award: “Say I Do”
Special Grand Jury Mention: “Maroa”
Audience Award, Best Documentary: “Motherland Afghanistan”
Audience Award, Best Narrative Feature: “Immaculate Misconception”
Young Filmmaker Award: “Never Bet the Devil Your Head”
Jury Award, Best Short: “Collision”
Special Mention Award: Johnny Miller, “Toy Attack”
Special Mention Actress: Yorlis Dominguez , “Maroa”
Special Mention Actor: Ben Koldyke , “Say I Do”
Special Mention Cinematography: Armando Salazar, “Que Tan Lejos”

AWARD WINNERS

Tampa Film Institute, Inc.
Gasparilla International Film Festival
Mailing Address:
701 S. Howard Ave. 106-432
Tampa, FL 33606

AWARD WINNERS

Tampa Film Institute, Inc. Gasparilla International Film Festival Mailing Address: 701 S. Howard Ave. 106-432 Tampa, FL 33606

Tampa Film Institute, Inc.
Gasparilla International Film Festival
Mailing Address:
701 S. Howard Ave. 106-432
Tampa, FL 33606