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.