San Antonio Film Festival
san antonio film festival safilm founded adam rocha video festival later renamed san antonio underground film festival finally san antonio film festival biggest film festival south texas nonprofit festival held summer tobin center performing art mission serve accessible inclusive platform artist category cinema provide cinematic culture diverse audience nd annual safilm held july – film screened including local premiere hell high water starring jeff bridge chris pine san antonio actor gil birmingham attended screening festival awarded lifetime achievement award marcia nasatir san antonio native first woman become vicepresident production major motion picture studio united artist sophomore year san antonio college adam rocha invited screen short film san diego latino film festival california experience inspired organize film festival first festival screened dozen film awarded lowrider bike best picture year fredrick weiss founder texas music coalition encouraged rocha develop festival substantial event renamed “the san antonio underground film festival” small festival expanded next five year event attracted wider participation larger audience greater news coverage nonprofit mission statement still drive organization “to offer accessible inclusive platform artist provide cinematic culture diverse audience” maintaining sociable communitycentered atmosphere several year historic instituto cultural de méxico partnered festival provide venue organization adopted current name festival joined force historic pearl offer first safilm – san antonio childrens film festival pearl studio festival returned th year screening film six day three location throughout year safilm volunteer encourage student appreciate art become involved filmmaking visiting high school give guest lecture festival help student begin film career highlight outstanding filmmaker variety award expose rising talent reminds public value art since inception safilm also showcased local visual artist artist mig kokinda james cobb robert tatum rigoberto luna among designed festival poster safilm poster created rigoberto luna selected finalist th annual hollywood reporter key art award theatrical print festival poster safilm award winner jury prize best historical documentary raaby mystery director stian indrevoll grand prize national park story director brendan hall best narrative feature great distance delivers crane director lhapal gyal jury prize best documentary short python huntress director nicholas orris matt deblinger jury prize best animated short torrential melody director josé luis saturno jury prize best music video dirt don’t hurt director orlando torres best high school filmmaker welldying director junhyeok kim best food film terroir table director rasmus dinesen best screenplay grynszpanthompson writer hal lacroix jury prize best performance jacki von preysing american meltdown best children’s film squonk director mike bonthe best series puncher’s chance director garland scott johnny rey diaz jury prize best narrative short last dinner director marieange casalta best documentary feature immediate family director danny tedesco jury prize best performance joshua koopman earlybird best emerging filmmaker string director rodrigo moreno fernandez best san antonio filmmaker black beautiful director marco antonio ortega san antonio high school filmmaker award memento mori director ines wallisch best college film student film director brandon herrera best short script that’s gay writer dr tamecca rogers marcia nasatir award jennifer petrini supporter cinema art award roberto soto safilm award winner lifetime achievement award editor michael jablow best short script runner writer eric coomes best san antonio filmmaker dream carrier director esmeralda hernandez best screenplay faerie ring zina brown grand prize pink lagoon director juan francisco gallo best food film backstreet american dream director patricia nazario san antonio high school filmmaker award gone director kyle ward best childrens film duet director yadid hirschtritt licht best actress leading rolethe pink lagoon mόnica victoria best emerging filmmaker youre beyond hope arizona director nick dugan best high school filmmaker righteous walk director harper sharpe best documentary feature deep heart director ben master jury prize best historical documentary assassination mr paine director max good jury prize best documentary short present letter aptos director brendan lute audience award best narrative feature colineales director jose raul correa fabian correa patricia corres isle de hoyos jury prize best performance last deal anthony molinari jury prize best animated short final deathtination director marika tamura audience award best documentary feature backstreet american dream director patricia nazario jury prize best narrative short divertimento director keyvan sheikhalishahi jury prize best music video angel director shannon greer carl quinn supporter cinema art award scot power official feature selection include celeb feature subject director lanie zipoy jason biggs american pie orange new black character take dramatic turn successful white documentary filmmaker dealing fallout last film caught murder black teenager tape awardwinning doc father’s brother director shawn kelley awardwinning documentary chronicling eight survivor horrific battle vietnam war qa three veteran screening bill woody davis bubber fishburne trailer httpsvimeocom jury prize show got director svetlana cvetko richly filmed black white cityscape los angeles three young millennials meet chance form wholehearted ménage à trois subtly challenge social norm surrounding love sex questioning local filmmaker good wolf director wilfred h shipley made microbudget k comingofage story star vic trevino peewee playhouse american james fugitive unknown past hiding wood meet sam yearold boy treehouse filmmaker attendance horror flick blinder director tyler savage man life turn living nightmare befriends unstable rideshare driver becomes obsessed filmmaker attendance “we’re returning roots” say safilm founder executive director adam rocha celebrated last year’s th annual festival virtually due pandemic “it’s time bring back intimate screening safely like old day celebrate filmmaker cheated showcasing work real audience” safilmsan antonio film festival winner grand prize show got director svetlana cvetko jury prize best performance subject director lanie zipoy jury prize best narrative short shot director adan canto jury prize best documentary short beacon border director andrea garbarini jury prize best historical documentary beethoven beijing director jennifer lin sharon mullally jury prize best animated short king house director zige zhang jury prize best music video home director helena giersz best college filmmaker th order director joshua defour best high school filmmaker instinct director yinuo wei best san antonio filmmaker good wolf director wilfred shipley best actress leading role eileen weisinger woodford county best short script replaceable part writer vance berk best screen play quicksilver pleasure club writer matt pacini best food film sense cocoa director alberto utrera best childrens film circus sam director rayner wang audience choice winner winner audience award best narrative feature good wolf directed wilfred h shipley synopsis made microbudget k good wolf coming age story fugitive named james played vic trevino peewee playhouse american unknown past hiding wood come across treehouse meet sam yearold boy two become unlikely pair friend spend summer together surviving learning one another summer come end police begin get closer finding james whereabouts leaving james limited option survival winner audience award best documentary feature father brother directed shawn kelley synopsis filmmaker interviewed father seven survivor horrific battle jungle vietnam following illconceived order one company platoon blindsided vietcong force separated platoon far rescue suffer intense battle would forever shape life safilmsan antonio film festival winner safilm short screenplay winner “songbird wire” vance berk safilm feature screenplay winner “an undocumented rumor” philip c sedgwick safilm best performance leading role one day notice adam lopez safilm jury prize best narrative short “yes no” “si pero no” directed maria dioni safilm jury prize best documentary short “ texan land lincoln” director ellen brodsky safilm jury prize best historical feature documentary “red dog” director casey pinkston luke dick safilm jury prize best animated short “the admin episode healthy choice v breakfast taco” director robert b gonzales safilm jury prize best music video “subterranean” francis trachta chus sarrión safilm jury prize best college filmmaker “cake” director esmeralda hernandez safilm jury prize best high school filmmaker “sincerely anthony” director max shoham safilm jury prize best san antonio filmmaker “heart gold” director joel cavazos safilm jury prize best actress leading role “ginger” susan gordon safilm director cut award cat moon director alex wolff safilm award winner short screenplay winner “forever waiting” gavin oherlihy feature screenplay winner “john horse” walt alexander james riordan grand prize “stella’s last weekend” director polly draper best performance leading role valentina victoria del rosal jury prize best narrative short “unlucky’s luck” director felipe holguin jury prize best documentary short “do die” director dan klores jury prize best historical feature documentary “fail state” director alexander shebanow jury prize best historical short “towards sun” director monica santis jury prize best animated short “weekends” director trevor jimenez jury prize best narrative feature “the darkest day us” director astrid rondero jury prize best college filmmaker “the letter” director jazmin aguilar jury prize best high school filmmaker “catman love thief” director austin coombsperez jury prize best san antonio filmmaker “tia chuck” director angela walley mark walley jury prize best actress leading role “the butterfly tree” melissa george legacy award actor director jesse borrego lifetime achievement award producer fred roos audience award best narrative feature colossal youth director scott leisk audience award best documentary feature hermanos director laura plancarte safilm award winner grand prize silverfish director matthew thorton jury prize best narrative short nice meet director kaicey chae jury prize best documentary short refugee director joyce chen emily moore jury prize best animated short journey director radheya jegatheva jury prize best college filmmaker mind body director silke c engler jury prize best high school filmmaker three tale coin director nishok nishok jury prize best san antonio filmmaker prayfor director dave sims jury prize best historicalfeature documentary daughter curved moon director miranda morton yap sophie dia pegrum jury prize best narrative feature still director mischa marcus best short screenplay minutia dean friske best feature screenplay clever girl david carren lifetime achievement award harry j ufland safilm award winner grand prize mile end director graham higgins jury prize best narrative short morgue director laurent prim jury prize best documentary short looking trouble director caroline cuny bryan campbell jury prize best animated short one day carver street director azure allen jury prize best college filmmaker zaar director ibrahim nada jury prize best high school filmmaker crisis great lake director griffin olis jury prize best san antonio filmmaker birth killer director daniel maldonado jury prize best historicalfeature documentary director jamila paksima geraldine moriba jury prize best narrative feature second impression director wallace weatherspoon jury prize best documentary feature brewed director marco ortega jury prize best performance kaveh kavian zaar jury prize best actress leading role fabienne hollwege morgue best short screenplay bomb tannaz hazemi james grimaldi best feature screenplay changer j motos gordon supporter cinema art award guerrero cpa principal mr ed guerrero lifetime achievement award marcia nasatir safilm award winner grand prize director david jaure jury prize best performance kathleen chalfant isnt delicious jury prize narrative short fade director parish rahbar jury prize best documentary short king bbq barbecue kuwait director john markus jury prize best animated short driven director michael zachary huber best san antonio filmmaker field afire director underwood best college filmmaker degree director sabrina doyle best independent feature film wisdom know difference director daniel baldwin best high school filmmaker creature hidden realm director alexia salingaros best feature documentary jose canseco truth hurt director bill mcadams audience choice award best documentary feature jose canseco truth hurt director bill mcadams audience choice award best narrative feature wisdom know difference director daniel baldwin safilm award winner audience award best documentary feature along recovery director justin springer audience award best narrative feature schizophrenic love story director glenn levy grand prize portion director gisberg bermudez producer juan villarreal adrian falcon jury prize best performance david diaan mossadegh jury prize best narrative short crescendo directed alonso alvarez jury prize best documentary short innocente producer albie hecht jury prize best animated short world’s apart director michael zachary huber jury prize best college filmmaker child air director damian horan jury prize best high school filmmaker cardiac arrest director maqui gaona jury prize best san antonio filmmaker lilia director sam lerma safilm award winner grand prize crime crime director yoav potash jury prize best college filmmaker shearing director vanessa rojas jury prize best high school filmmaker director amber cordova jury prize best san antonio filmmaker katrina’s son director ya’ke smith jury prize best narrative short homecoming director lorian james delman audience award best narrative feature beautiful silence director jorge jimenez audience award best documentary short operation hand director gary logan audience award best documentary feature harvest director u roberto romano audience award best animated short martyris director luis felipe hernandez audience award best performance beautiful silence director jorge jimenez safilm award winner safilm grand prize twenty five hundred one dir patricia van ryker safilm jury prize best narrative short efrain dir matthew breault safilm jury prize best documentary short last elephant thailand donald r tayloe michelle mizner safilm jury prize best animated short closed zone dir yoni goodman safilm jury prize best san antonio filmmaker fall house usher dir eric fonseca safilm jury prize best high school filmmaker pity dir drew goldsmith safilm jury prize best college filmmaker mashed dir adam fisher safilm jury prize best performance short affair doll alexandra chalupa safilm jury prize best performance feature fanny annie danny jill pixley safilm audience award best narrative feature go dir carmen marron safilm audience award best documentary feature last survivor dir michael pertnoy award winner safilm grand prize funeral march marionette dir eric fonseca safilm jury prize best performance cruzando michael ray escamilla safilm jury prize best narrative short la tangente dir vincent vesco safilm jury prize best documentary short blood dir vianna davila safilm jury prize best animated short funeral march marionette dir eric fonseca safilm best high school filmmaker la memoria de amor dir andie c flores safilm best san antonio filmmaker death rattle dir j garces safilm audience award best narrative feature doctor battle sex crazed reefer zombie dir bryan ortiz audience award best documentary feature beyond call dir adrian belic award winner safilm grand prize adventure power dir ari gold safilm auteur award crawford dir david modigliani safilm auteur award reborn new orleans school dir drea cooper award winner safilm grand prize – get thrashed story thrash metal dir rick ernst safilm indie auteur award – zombie love dir yfke van berckelaer safilm indie max – tijuana make happy dir dylan verrechia san antonio film festival