Bridgestone Narrative Competition
Grand Jury Prize – Monument to Michael Jackson, Darko Lungolov, director
Honorable Mention – WildLike, Frank Hall Green, director
Best Actress – Geraldine Chaplin, Sand Dollars
Best Actor – Boris Milivojevic, Monument to Michael Jackson
Best Screenplay – Shonali Bose, Margarita, with a Straw
Film Musicians Secondary Market Fund Award for Best Music in a Feature Film – Ramon Cordero, Benjamin De Menil and Edilio Paredes, Sand Dollars.
The Special Jury Prize for Cinematography – Tony Mirza, Eadweard.
Gibson Music Films/Music City Competition
Grand Jury Prize – Orion: The Man Who Would Be King, Jeanie Finlay, director
Honorable Mention – Sweet Micky for President, Ben Patterson, director
Special Jury Prize for Best Import – Made in Japan, Tomi Fujiyama
Documentary Competition
Grand Jury Prize – Frame by Frame, Mo Scarpelli and Alexandra Bombach, directors
Honorable Mention – Welcome to Leith, Michael Beach and Christopher K. Walker, directors
Special Jury Prize for Direction – Jimmy Chin and E. Chai Vasahelyi, Meru
New Directors Competition
Grand Jury Prize – Songs She Wrote About People She Knows, Kris Elgstrand, director
Honorable Mention – Naz & Maalik, Jay Dockendorf, director
Best Actress – Krisha Fairchild, Krisha
Best Actor – Daniel Cerqueira, Radiator
Special Jury Prize for Direction – Sarah Adina Smith, The Midnight Swim.
Best Original Song
Winner – “One Kind of Love,” Love & Mercy, written and performed by Brian Wilson
Honorable Mention – “Found You,” In My Father’s House, written and performed by Rhymefest
Graveyard Shift Competition
Grand Jury Prize – Alléluia, Fabrice du Welz, director
Grand Jury Prize — They Look Like People, Perry Blackshear, director
Best Actress – Amy Everson, Felt
Best Actor – MacLeod Andrews, They Look Like People.
Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Use of Music – Rain the Color of Blue with a Little Red in It
Ground Zero Tennessee First Competition
Grand Jury Prize – The Keepers, Joann Self Selvidge and Sara Kaye Larson, directors
Tennessee Horizon Audience Award for Best Shorts – Presented by TN Film, Music & Entertainment Commission and Native Magazine
Winner – Daddy’s Little Girl, Chad McClarnon, director
Winner – Usetocould, Drew Maynard, director
Sponsored Awards
NPT Human Spirit Award – My Voice, My Life, Ruby Yang, director
Women in Film & Television Award – Yosemite, Gabrielle Demeestere, director
Outstanding LGBT Film – Naz & Maalik, Jay Dockendorf, director
Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Award – Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. director
Lipscomb University Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Rosenwald, Aviva Kempner, director