DC Independent Film Festival
dc independent film festival dciff film festival washington dc launched dciff exhibit feature animation short documentary around world focusing cuttingedge idea new vision advance craft filmmaking festival host world premiere seminar workshop also sponsor discussion topic impact independent filmmaker particular annual hill hearing hosted congressional entertainment caucus festival includes dedicated polidocs section documentary film shed light human right politics social justice international high school film competition started festival also oral history collection program going movie documenting role moviewatching u cultural history dciff continued essentially volunteerrun festival dciff curated festival exception retrospective honoree film screened chosen submission process festival embraced concept deep discussion film increased interaction film filmmaker audience festival founded carol bidault de lisle executive director deirdre evanspritchard assumed role held arleigh burke theater festival hosted documentary quantum tamer revealing weird wired future animated short roue festival held february march honored documentarian le blank best fest ultrasonic film best feature caretaker best documentary shining night portrait composer morten lauridsen best short fiction zombie bohemia best experimentalanimation drained festival held february dciff selected film best fest aint mouse music directed chris simon maureen gosling best feature greencard warrior directed miriam kruishoop best documentary ofir directed mark mcdannald best international film mile limit directed craig newland best metro dc blood circumstance directed tim gordon best narrative short halina directed francesco ricci lotteringi best animation virtuos virtuell directed thomas stellmach maja oschmann th annual festival held february th burke carnegie theater washington dc best fest congo directed daniel mccabe usa min best feature closure directed alex goldberg usa min best documentary generation zapped directed sabine el gemayel usa min best documentary short daddy directed john gallen alex faoro usa min best international film little fiel directed irina patkanian mozambique usa minute best animation negative space directed max porter ru kuwahata france min best short fiction moving violation directed laura hinson usa min best metro dc change family directed sam hampton usa min high school film award st place invisible directed matthew gannon usa min nd place aftershock directed ryan beard ceci becker alexander gaither stephen gentry usa min rd place credit directed david murillo chile min th annual festival held march th miracle carnegie theater washington dc included retrospective work australian director phillip noyce best fest world ursula k le guin directed arwen curry usa min best feature film touched directed barak barkan usamins best international film penguin highway directed hiroyasu ishida japan minsanimation best documentary wbcn american revolution directed bill lichtenstein usa min best metro dc film dakota directed roberto carmona usa min best short film – fiction scorpion tail directed jhosimar vasquez usa min best short film – documentary local dc directed david ross lloyd foster kavon martez usa min best web series pilot vow directed ginny leise usamins best animation alef b’tamuz directed yael reisfeld israel min best film woman director inaugural award facing dragon directed sedika mojadidi afghanistan min high school film competition winner st place finding home directed volanda morrison usa minsdocumentary nd place broken directed abrielle yen marsden usa minsanimation rd place blagden alley nw directed nyrene monteforte usa minsdocumentary st annual festival held march – washington dc best metro dc film imminent expiration seth dodson usaminsfiction directed alex craig best narrative short fiction maradonas leg germanymins directed firas khoury best series pilotepisode good gene usamins directed hannah welever best documentary short alexandria usamins directed robin hamilton best documentary feature film medicating normal usamins directed lynn cunningham wendy ractliffe best animated short film chapped usa minsstopaction animation directed chelsea rugg best international filmsema speak demrep congominsfeature directed macherie ekwa bahango best feature film love type ukmins directed sasha collington best fest life synchro usaminsdocumentary directed angela pinaglia best high school film first place program usa min directed autumn morgan second place happy pill usamins directed wyatt richards third place static usamins directed jackson little nd annual festival dciffs first ever hybrid festival held march washington dc best fest bear pine ridge directed noel bass best narrative feature juliet must die directed marco gadge best documentary leave door open directed umran safter best narrative short princessproblems directed maritza gomez best animated short film alien nightmare directed lauriane balestrat marc antoine alonzo alexis sabalza elie berhoumieux lucas soupou best international film soul cyclist directed nuno tavares best dc metro film legacy session directed william ashton high school film competition st disowned directed andrew stevens nd dare directed sebastian plaza rd marked directed samantha cohn madeline simpson rd annual festival held march march washington dc best fest adam water directed matthew appleby usa best feature film americanish directed iman zawahry usa best documentary feature living delusionville directed constant van hoeven usa best international film childhood country directed phil grabsky shoaib sharifi ukdocumentary best documentary short brother deaf directed peter hoffman kimball usa best narrative short normalized directed ziad foty usa best animation short form one last drop directed simon schnellman switzerland best metro dc hit directed chris halsne usa httpswwwwashingtonpostcomexpressyearsdcindependentfilmfestivalhasbeenantisundancethatshowtheylikeit 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