Provincetown Film Festival Winners

The Provincetown International Film Festival (PIFF) announced the award winners of this year’s 20th anniversary film festival. The award winners are: HBO Audience Award/ Best Narrative Feature: AND BREATHE NORMALLY, directed by Ísold Uggadóttir, HBO Audience Award / Best Documentary Feature: TIME FOR ILHAN, directed by Norah Shapiro, The John Schlesinger Award for Narrative Feature, presented to a first time feature filmmaker: THE CAKEMAKER, directed by Ofir Raul Graizer, The judge for the John Schlesinger Award for Narrative Feature was filmmaker Dan Minahan (“Game of Thrones,” “True Blood,” SERIES 7), The John Schlesinger Award for Documentary Feature, presented to a first time feature filmmaker: A FINE LINE, directed by Joanna Jame,s The judge for the John Schlesinger Award for Documentary Feature was Richard Lawson, chief critic, Vanity Fair. Winner of the HBO Documentary Short Film was LANDLINE, directed by Matt Houghton, Here Media Best Queer Short Film: MARGUERITE, directed by Maria Gracia Turgeon, Best Narrative Short Film: WREN BOYS, directed by Harry Lighton, Best Animated Short Film: NEGATIVE SPACE, directed by Max Porter & Ru Kuwahata, Best New England Short Film: BECAUSE YOU’RE HERE, directed by Mike Syers & Best Student Short Film was GIRL FRIEND, directed by Chloe Sarbib. As previously announced, Sean Baker was presented with the 2018 Filmmaker on the Edge Award in conversation with filmmaker John Waters; Molly Shannon received the Excellence in Acting Award in conversation with film scholar B. Ruby Rich; & Chloë Grace Moretz received the Next Wave Award in conversation with Sundance Film Festival’s John Cooper.
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