Awards
SUN, NOV 15 at 7:00 PM in the Harris Theater
Join us for the Awards Ceremony to see who wins the Three Rivers Film Festival Jury Prizes and Audience Awards voted on by you! Following the Awards Ceremony, we'll screen a selection of the winning short films that represent the Best of the Fest.
Disability Representation in the Arts Award
This $1000 award recognizes films highlighting authentic experiences of people living with disability, chosen by ReelAbilities committee members:
Isabelle Strollo
Leslie Scheunemann
Christie Cyktor
Mia Boccella
Nominees:
Silent Notes
Grace
Our Song
Dad's Not Home
Final Frontier
Diego
The Plea
Them That’s Not
Shorts
Best Animated Short
$1,000 Award juried by:
Brendan Burch
Josh Axelrod
JS Wu
Nominees:
9 Million Colors
Not Dead
Small Talk
Whale 52
Trading Cards
Susurros
Water Girl
Best Documentary Short
$1,000 Award juried by:
Hansen Bursic
Tina Kakadelis
Kristin L Schaffer
Nominees:
Bicycle Face
Brute Force
Free Joan Little
How to Catch a Butterfly
ICED Out of America
Liminal
SCAM SLAVE: From Hell to Home
Best Live Action Narrative Short
$1,000 Award juried by:
Oleksandr Frazé-Frazénko
Cotter Smith
Carrie Collins
Nominees:
Kiloran Bay
Magan's Fare
Marga en el DF
Buah (Fruit)
The Birthday Gift
Meeting Your Maker
We Were Here
Programmers' Choice
$1,000 Award
Our programming team created a special award for a short film that really moved them this season.
Nominees:
Lenka and Phillip Collect Tongs
Scissors
The Zoo
Teen Mary
Homemade Gatorade
i have a
Femcel
Features
Best American Independent Feature
$1,000 Award juried by:
Krystle Grandy
Will Ashton
Chancelor Humphrey
Nominees:
Sinner Supper Club
Jellyfish Season
If I Go Will They Miss Me
Loafers
Genevieve's Garden
Edie Arnold is a Loser
The Gymnast
The Plea
Best International Independent Feature
$1,000 Award juried by:
Morgan Roberts
Brian Hartman
Hannah Frank
Nominees:
The Snake
Lunar Sway
Where the Sun Shines Bright
Olivia and the Clouds
WQED Award for Best Documentary Feature
$1,000 Award juried by:
Minette Seate
Megan McLachlan
Nominees:
Louder than the Odds: The Mr. Smalls Story
Jane Elliott Against the World
All American Girls
Gentle By Birth
We Are Pat
Suzanne and George A. Romero Award for Best Horror Feature
$1,000 Award given by The George A. Romero Foundation
Nominees:
Los Vampires
Grind
Mum I'm Alien Pregnant
Audience Choice Awards
Be sure to vote after each screening to choose the winner of our Audience Choice Awards! Categories include:
• Best Animation
• Best Documentary
• Best Narrative
• Best Comedy
• Best Student Film
• And more!
