Thank you to everyone who joined us—in person or virtually—for this year’s 35th Annual Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. We hope you enjoyed the selections!
As we wrap this year’s festival, we’d like to take a moment to celebrate our 2020 award winners:
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Star on the Horizon: Kate Katzman
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Lifetime Achievement: Pierce Brosnan
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Best Foreign Film: UNDER THE STARS OF PARIS, France 2020, directed by Claus Drexl
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Best American Indie: DINNER IN AMERICA, USA 2020, directed by Adam Rehmeier
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Best Documentary: FRANCESCO, Italy-USA 2020, directed by Evgeny Afineevsky
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Intrepid Award: ANCIENT CAVES 3D, USA 2020, directed by Jonathan Bird
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Best Comedy: I HATE SUMMER, Italy 2020, directed by Massimo Venier
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Best Drama: THE RED COLLAR, France 2020, directed by Jean Becker
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Best Short: Officer Down, UK 2020, directed by Simon Pearce
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Best Short Doc: Son of A Street Sweeper, USA 2020, directed by Dr. Lisa Mills
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Best Animation: Pile, France 2020, directed by Tony Auberg
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Best Florida Short: Miss Florida, USA 2020, directed by Patrick Alexander
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Best Broward Doc: Open Dialogues: Stories From the LQBTQ Community, USA 2020, directed by Freddy Rodriguez
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Audience Award, Best Film: UNDER THE STARS OF PARIS, France 2020, directed by Claus Drexl
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Audience Award, Best Drama: ADVENTURES OF A MATHEMATICIAN, Poland-Germany-UK, directed by Thor Klein
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Audience Award, Best Doc: STOP THE BLEED, USA 2020, directed by Emily Evan Rae
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Audience Award, Best Comedy: DINNER IN AMERICA, USA 2020, directed by Adam Rehmeier
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Audience Award, Best Short: The Honey Makers, UK 2020, Jeneffa Soldatic
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President’s Award, Best Film: ADVENTURES OF A MATHEMATICIAN, Poland-Germany-UK, directed by Thor Klein
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President’s Award, Humanitarian: FRANCESCO, Italy-USA 2020, directed by Evgeny Afineevsky
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President’s Award, Best Director: Massimo Venier, I HATE SUMMER, Italy 2020
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President’s Award, Best Actor: (tie) Francois Cluzet, THE RED COLLAR, France 2020
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President’s Award, Best Actor: (tie) Luke Oparah, VAGRANT, USA 2020
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President’s Award, Best Actress: (tie) Catherine Frot, UNDER THE STARS OF PARIS, France 2020
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President’s Award Best Actress: (tie) Emily Skeggs, DINNER IN AMERICA, USA 2020
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Spirit of Independents: BEAUTIFUL DREAMER, USA 2020, directed by Amy Glazer
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Spirit of Independents: THE DOG SNATCH, Italy 2020, directed by Fulveo Risuleo
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Spirit of Independents: THE LUNCHROOM, Argentina-Uruguay 2020, directed by Ezequiel Radusky
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Spirit of Independents: NIGHT OF THE BEAST, Colombia 2020, directed by Maurizio Levia Cock
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Spirit of Independents: PUPPY LOVE, USA 2020, directed by Michael Maxxis
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Spirit of Independents: PUREZA, Brazil 2020, directed by Renato Barbieri
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Best College Short: Nuovo Cinema Para-Virus, Italy 2020, directed by Danielle Pignatelli
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Best College Long Narrative: How To Care For Strangers, USA 2020, directed by Rebecca Penner & Carver Bain
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Best College Doc: Inside Out The Doc, USA 2020, directed by Rocio Sullivan
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Best College Animation: Rocky Road, USA, Madison Crisp & Victoria Sosa
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Best High School Video: Wreathless, Greece 2020, George Sefer
Please join us in congratulating our FLiFF 2020 award winners and celebrating all of the talented FLiFF 2020 filmmakers who made this year great!
