2022 Coronado Island Film Festival
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- DirectorSam MendesStarsOlivia ColmanMicheal WardColin FirthA drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.Opening Night Film
- DirectorTom HuangStarsAlly MakiHayden SzetoPeter S. KimMargaret reluctantly goes back to her hometown with her brothers to deal with the sudden depression of their dad.Winner - BEST NARRATIVE
- DirectorChris HaighWhen diagnosed with terminal cancer, a world renowned trumpet player uses music to give hope from concert stages to mountain tops, proving art is essential to survival.Winnder - BEST DOCUMENTARY
EMERALD AWARD - DirectorJessica HenwickStarsDaphne CheungChipo ChungChristopher ChungThe story of an aspiring young female chef JUNE, as she navigates the cutthroat world of high end cooking.BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
MARY PICKFORD AWARD - DirectorGuen MurroniStarsHannah AlmondNice To Meet You All is the celebration of a woman who developed Dissociative Identity Disorder after surviving human trafficking rings in the US. The film shows her alongside five of her sixty-seven "alters" - her different personalities - in their everyday life.SPECIAL JURY MENTION
- DirectorOrlando von EinsiedelStarsMasood AkhtarHeena AkolkarShorba BhattacharyaWhen activist Perween Rahman is murdered, her sister Aquila returns to Karachi, Pakistan, to investigate, and finds herself caught up in powerful forces intent on stealing the city's water. Based on a true story, Into Dust follows the journey of a woman who worked tirelessly to protect the water rights of Pakistan's most poor and ended up making the ultimate sacrifice.BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
- DirectorSeemab GulStarsAyesha Shoaib AhmedQasim AliParizae FatimaZara, a schoolgirl in Karachi, shares a sensual dance video with her virtual boyfriend, who then blackmails her.SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
FRANCIS MARION AWARD - DirectorMarkus WulfStarsMark WaschkeWhen a crown rolled in front of his hooves, Louis, a sheep among other sheep, grabs it, puts it on and becomes king. From then on, he plays through everything that kings do to banish boredom and to demonstrate power.DR. GEORGE M. SANGER STUDENT FILM AWARD - BEST ANIMATION SHORT
- DirectorIda MelumStarsJessica DennisStephen FryRomy HayhurstWhen a power cut ruins Ruby's bedtime routine, she finds herself haunted by some unwanted guests. The only way for Ruby to get a peaceful night of sleep is to confront her visitors.DR. GEORGE M. SANGER STUDENT FILM AWARD - BEST ANIMATION SHORT
- DirectorZahida PiraniStarsEli ZavalaIdalia LimónJose FebusNelly slogs through another unsuccessful day of street vending in Queens, New York. Determined to improve her circumstances, she makes a risky business decision that ends in misfortune.STUDENT GRAND PRIZE AWARD
- DirectorDamaris ZielkeStarsCharlotte BoonLuise LunowGreta is bored with her grandmother, because anything that is fun is not allowed there - and because everything that is boring is among granny's hobbies: hoarding souvenirs and looking at photos of the deceased.BEST ANIMATED STUDENT SHORT FILM
- DirectorLaura MortonVanessa RothStarsJonah BurnsMeredith BurnsNicole CochraneIn 2022, the United States surgeon general warned of a mental health crisis among adolescents, especially anxiety disorders. Filmmakers explore how anxiety shows up in children and offer insights into managing mental health.FEARLESS FEMALE FILMMAKER AWARD
- DirectorMatthew NothelferAlicia WszelakiStarsPaul SteklenskiPamela BeamanKristin BrinsonWelcome to the friendly skies of animal rescue. Saving dogs one flight at a time is the mission, but changing the fate of these lovable creatures is no easy task. Lives are at stake and failure is not an option.EMERALD AWARD HONORABLE MENTION
- DirectorMaria SchraderStarsZoe KazanCarey MulliganPatricia ClarksonJodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's quest to break the Harvey Weinstein scandal.AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
- DirectorDenny TedescoStarsStevie NicksKeith RichardsPhil CollinsDocumentary follows the work and lives of legendary 1970s session musicians who were featured on some of the most iconic recordings of the era.AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- DirectorRicky RhodesStarsMarina ElanaQuenten KirbyIn 1890s New England, Charlotte is suffering from postpartum depression. John, her physician husband, misdiagnoses her with hysteria - a blanket term used for everything that men found mysterious or unmanageable in women. He prescribes her the experimental rest cure treatment and takes her to the countryside where she is confined in a room with no stimuli, except for the yellow wallpaper. Over the course of a summer, Charlotte is drugged, gaslit and isolated in the room, causing her to hallucinate a woman trapped within the patterns of the paper. Charlotte, at the end of her rope, has a mental breakdown climaxing in a Flamenco-inspired dance where she tears off the wallpaper in the room.AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
- DirectorOlivia Martin McGuireA hybrid, poetic documentary interweaving hand-drawn animation and film, which tells the story of a grandfather's perilous swim from China to Hong Kong during the Cultural Revolution.AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT
- DirectorKanika VoraStarsAri DevAnwar MolaniIshika MuchhalBEST EMERGING FILMMAKER
- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsRooney MaraClaire FoyJessie BuckleyDo nothing, stay and fight, or leave. In 2010, the women of an isolated religious community grapple with reconciling a brutal reality with their faith.
- DirectorElegance BrattonStarsJeremy PopeGabrielle UnionBokeem WoodbineA young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside.
- DirectorMaria SchraderStarsZoe KazanCarey MulliganPatricia ClarksonJodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's quest to break the Harvey Weinstein scandal.
- DirectorBilly WilderStarsMarilyn MonroeTony CurtisJack LemmonAfter two male musicians witness a mob hit, they flee the state in an all-female band disguised as women, but further complications set in.
- DirectorBen ProudfootStarsSally SchmittThe French Laundry, run by legendary chef Thomas Keller, has often been recognized as the best restaurant in the world, but few know the story of its original founder, Sally Schmitt. In an emotional final interview before her passing in March 2022, Sally tells her own story as a pioneering chef of California cuisine and sets the table for another way to look at life: where balance, rather than recognition, is the ultimate prize.