the Awards
and Jury members
THE VANYA EXERJIAN AWARD
Founder's Award given to a film or person/s Empowering Women & Girls
NARRATIVE FEATURE film jury
Eve Pomerance
Sebastian Sisak
Eran Polishuk
Dirk Robertson
Flo Ankah
THE INDIEPIX VISION AWARDs - by IndiePix (*)
Erica Peek
SCRIPTWRITING COMPETITION jury
Gabriele Sindler
Brigitte Gauthier
Therese Gilardi
DOCUMENTARY film jury
Tatiana Daniliyants
Alice Kanterian
Edwin Gerard
Essam Nagy
NARRATIVE SHORT film jury
Doris Saba
Jaclyn S Powell
Jon Russell Cring
WFCC (Women Film Critics' Circle) AWARD jury
Liron Cohen & Mimi Torchin
Maria Rodriguez
Latoya Austin
Simonie Wilson
Shaye Wyllie
Andrea Chase
DOCUMENTARY SHORT film jury
Carmen Labaki
Joanna Louise Johnson
Cordula Kablitz
Eve Pomerance
Dirk Robertson
Brigitte Gauthier
Edwin Gerard
Erica Peek
Liron Cohen & Mimi Torchin
Alice Kanterian
Andrea Chase
Cordula Kablitz
Latoya Austin
Shaye Willie
Jaclyn Powell
John Russell Cring
Doris Saba
Essam Nagy
Tatiana Daniliyants
Flo Ankah
Sebastian Sisak
Gabriel Sindler
Eran Polishuk
Carmen Labaki
A word of gratitude to our diligent jury members
for their dedication and time in choosing the winners.
The Madagascar Silk Bandana Scarf by
Lost Pattern (*)
(*) The Award
The award trophies this year are special LOST PATTERN scarves graciously donated by Lost Pattern to the winning filmmakers.
The Awards & Prizes
Awards by SR Socially Relevant Film Festival NY
The Vanya Exerjian Award
Best Narrative Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Best Narrative Short
Best Documentary Short
(*) The IndiePix Vision Award
Awarded to a film of exceptional merit and commercial prospect.
It consists of a distribution offer from IndiePix Films, including––
but not limited to–– an exclusive DVD release in North America
and placement on the IndiePix Unlimited Amazon Prime Video Channel.
Consultancy session with CinemaLibre Studio
The feature film winners in the Narrative Feature and Documentary feature categories are offered an hour-long free consultation and first choice for the distribution of their film.
The WFCC Award
Presented to an outstanding woman director in the belief
that women's perspectives and voices in film need to be recognized fully.
The Scriptwriting Competition
Three winners (first place, second place, third place), certificates of inclusion on the InkTip site respectively.
Winners will receive a 4-month InkTip Pro Membership. As an InkTip Pro Member, thousands of filmmakers can find and read the scripts, and scripwriters will be able to pitch directly to production companies every week. With over 3,000 options and 400 movies made, InkTip is the place for independent film.
