The Award Ceremony for the Global Impact Film Festival took place on Sunday, August 26th, 2018 at the Washington Renaissance in DC.
       
      2018 OFFICIAL GLOBAL IMPACT FILM FESTIVAL
      NOMINEES AND WINNERS
       
      DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY
       
      BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
      Back to the Roots
      Climate Heroine
      Mexico Looking for Lost Migrants
      Paglaki Ko “When I Grow Up”
      WINNER: Climate Heroine
       
      BEST DIRECTOR
      Insulin for Life
      Unbroken Paradise
      Second Assault
      Through My Eyes: Hani’s Journey
      WINNER: Second Assault
       
      BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
      Refugee Wave
      Resilience at the Roots
      The Toucan
      Grassroots
      WINNER: Resilience at the Roots
       
      BEST EDITOR
      Fox2-O
      $15 Kicks
      Insulin for Life
      Vagilant
      WINNER: Insulin for Life
       
      BEST SOUND DESIGN
      Capoeira: Play
      Living in Chains
      The Quare in There
      The Ripple Effect
      WINNER: The Ripple Effect
       
      BEST STUDENT DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
      Chloe
      Diego
      T(HE)Y
      Facing East
      WINNER: Diego
       
      SPECIAL JURY RECOGNITION
      DC Hero Aniekan Udofia
      Dovere for Camden
      The Color of the Current
      The Rest of Your Life
      WINNER: DC Hero Aniekan Udofia
       
      SPECIAL JURY RECOGNITION
      Fox2-O
      Little Fiel
      Living in Chains
      Refugee Wave
      WINNER: Refugee Wave
       
       
      NARRATIVE CATEGORY
      BEST NARRATIVE FILM
      Bebe
      Five O’Clock Shadow
      Who Are They
      Disfluency
      WINNER: Bebe
       
      BEST DIRECTOR
      America, I Too
      Bebe
      Leia’s Army
      Living Together
      WINNER: Leia’s Army
       
      BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
      Make America Black Again
      Small Town Hitman
      Refuge Island
      War Has No Eyes
      WINNER: Refuge Island
       
      BEST EDITOR
      Five O’Clock Shadow
      Leia’s Army
      Pressed Leaves
      Sinner
      WINNER: Five O’Clock Shadow
       
      BEST SOUND DESIGN
      A Day at Primary School for the Girl with Curly Hair
      Lovers
      Tapferkeit
      Who Are They
      WINNER: Who Are They
       
      BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
      Small Town Hitman
      Disfluency
      Ghandi V.S. Justice
      Moksha
      WINNER: Disfluency
       
      BEST STUDENT NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
      She Survivor
      Pressed Leaves
      Sinner
      Recovery One
      WINNER: Recovery One
       
      Congrats to our nominees and winners!
       
      Submissions for our 5th annual Global Impact Film Festival will officially open December 1st, 2018 on FilmFreeway.