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2024 AWARDS

We’ve finished the festival with the first Oak Park, IL Film Festival awards!

See complete Awards List

(Winners are in bold​)

HONORABLE MENTION

ANIMATION​​


Get Away Driver’s Ed - Ali Weber
Lunchbox Armageddon - Adam Tock, Kevin O’Rourke, Joe Gustav

 

 

 

YOUNG FILMMAKER

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Hive - Marco Esteban Delgado

AWARDS

BEST VISUAL ELEMENTS​​

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Family for Christmas - Nick Pospisil

Get Away Driver's Ed Ali Weber

Middle of Nowhere - Travis Shields

That thing we all share - Michèle Jedlicka​​​​

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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY​​

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Hillbilly - Ashley York, Sally Rubin

Stairs - Jeph Porter

When the Clock Strikes - Andrew Littlefield

Wonderlost - Michael William Chopra

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BEST ACTOR


Jeremy Pfaff - ADA

Josh Bywater - Inferno

Ben Montague - Favor​

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BEST ACTRESS


Donna Anderson - When the Clock Strikes

Joyce Porter - Stairs

Samantha Isler - Breakup Season

Meghan Maureen McDonough - Gray Area

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BEST MUSIC VIDEO


Middle of Nowhere - Travis Shields

Windy & Warm - Eric Henry

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BEST NARRATIVE SHORT


ADA - Jeremy Pfaff

Favor - Ben Montague

Inferno - Wendy Roderweiss

Stairs - Jeph Porter

That thing we all share - Michèle Jedlicka

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BEST DOCUMENTARY

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Fire Department Inc. - Colin C. Hughes

Forgiveness Project - Sadiyah Hill, Kalyn Jacobs

Guaranteed in Gary - Darryl Parham

Hillbilly - Ashley York, Sally Rubin​​​

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BEST DIRECTOR​

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Ashley York, Sally Rubin - Hillbilly

Colin C. Hughes - Fire Department Inc.

Michèle Jedlicka - That thing we all share​

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BEST FEATURE


Breakup Season - H. Nelson Tracey

Driftless - Harper Philbin

Student Athlete - Jennie Weaver

SPECIAL AWARD

FOUNDER'S AWARD


Festival founder and president, Joyce Porter

THANK YOU

to everyone who joined us,

to our sponsors and supporters,

 and to the filmmakers who submitted work.

 

That’s a wrap … see you next year!

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