the Awards
and Jury members
THE VANYA EXERJIAN AWARD
Founder's Award given to a film dealing with Empowering Women & Girls
NARRATIVE FEATURE film jury
Eve Pomerance
Léon Desclozeaux
Dirk Robertson
Thomas Simon
Darine Hotait
DOCUMENTARY film jury
Linda Selman
Edwin Gerard
Shar Olivier
Matthias Leupold
NARRATIVE SHORT film jury
Ronald Cohen
Jillie Simon
Arpiar Elmayan
Maria Cristina Rodriguez
Eric Shahinian
DOCUMENTARY SHORT film jury
Timothy Schwab
Alessandra Giordano
Francesco Capuano
Robert Tutak
Gregg Jamback
FIVE INDIEPIX VISION AWARDs - by IndiePix (*)
Erica Peek
LOCKDOWN, CHILDREN, ANIMATION film jury
Mark Brystowski
Erica Peek
Maria Estevez
SRFF - Team favorites
Nora Armani
And the SRFF Team
SCRIPTWRITING COMPETITION jury
Bill Black
Charlie Allenson
Brigitte Gauthier
WFCC (Women Film Critics' Circle) AWARD jury
Edie Nugent
Andrea Chase
Latoya Austin
Maria Rodriguez
Maria Estevez
Liron Cohen & Mimi Torchin
Alessandra Giordano
Mark Brystowski
Matthias Leupold
Robert Tutak
Ronald Cohen
Dirk Robertson
Brigitte Gauthier
Erica Peek
Darine Hotait
Arpiar Elmayan
Charlie Allenson
Eric Shahinian
Maria Esteves
Edwin Gerard
Edie Nugent
Eve Pomerance
Francesco Capuano
Linda Selman
Maria Cristina Rodriguez
Leon Desclozeaux
Jillie Simon
Gregg Jamback
Thomas Simon
Shar Olivier
Timothy Schwab
Liron Cohen & Mimi Torchin
Will Black
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 Trophy
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 films 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.
