The 2018 Richmond International Film & Music Festival (RIFF) wrapped on Sunday and handed out lots of awards to the wining writers, filmmakers, and musicians. The Richmond International Film Festival featured seven days of 150 cutting edge award-winning films from 35 countries – from France to Brazil, Australia to Cuba – plus up to 50 bands, panels, and daily events at various venues across Richmond.
2018 Richmond International Film & Music Festival Winners
2018 PIONEER AWARD
Excellence in Public Service & Leadership
Governor Terry McAuliffe
2018 LEGACY AWARD
Danny Glover
2018 FOUNDERS AWARD
Kate Bosworth
RIFF GRAND JURY AWARDS
2018 BEST FEATURE FILM
Best of All Worlds
2018 BEST SHORT FILM
Bagheera
2018 BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
Wonder Drug
2018 BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
Mused
BEST OF FEST AWARDS
2018 BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Streaker
2018 BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Becoming Who I Was
2018 BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Whole World For A Little World
2018 BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Two Steps Back
2018 BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Negative Space
2018 BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
The Last Dance
2018 BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Glendale
2018 BEST WEB SERIES
Dear Mankind
OUTSTANDING MERIT AWARD
2018 TRIBUTE AWARD
“OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC”
James Carrington for Edge of Daybreak
MUSIC AWARDS
2018 GRAND JURY PRIZE
Rodney “The Soul Singer” Stith
2018 BEST AMERICANA
Ezra Vancil
2018 BEST ALTERNATIVE INDIE
Lauren Marsh
2018 LOCAL FAVORITE
Mighty Joshua
2018 BEST WORLD
Rumput Band with Danis Sugiyanto
2018 BEST R&B
Zaxai
2018 BEST HIP HOP
Angelo
2018 BEST CONTEMPORARY POP
Kendra Black
2018 BEST ROCK
Virginia Man
2018 BEST COUNTRY OR FOLK
Mariana Bell
2018 BEST DJ
Blacklight
2018 CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Marcaux
TRIBUTE AWARD
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC
Sparky Quano
CERTIFICATES FOR MUSIC
2018 INNOVATION AWARD
Jump In
2018 EMERGING ARTIST AWARD
Tahj
CERTIFICATES FOR FILM
2018 BEST DIRECTING
Can Ulkay for Ayla Daughter of War
2018 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Edwin Stevens for Hunting Lands
2018 BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
40 Years In The Making: The Magic Music Band
2018 BEST ACTOR
Danila Kozlovsky for In The Hood
2018 BEST ACTRESS
Sulem Calderon for Nona
2018 BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
My Brothers
2018 RISING STAR AWARD
Jeremy Miliker for Best of All Worlds
2018 RISING STAR AWARD
Kyung-kin Lee for Ayla Daughter of War
2018 BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (TIE)
Michael Polish for Nona
Sophie Davout for My Brothers
SCREENPLAY GENRE WINNERS
2018 BEST ORIGINAL GENRE SCREENPLAY
Amanda Keener for Fireflies
2018 BEST ORIGINAL FAMILY SCREENPLAY
Lawrence Whitener for Finding Grace
2018 BEST ORIGINAL THRILLER SCREENPLAY
Paul Littell for Breakthrough
2018 BEST ORIGINAL COMEDY SCREENPLAY
Brian Schwab for Out Of The Woods
2018 BEST ORIGINAL ACTION SCREENPLAY
Todd Sorrell for Parousia
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
FOR BEST FEATURE FILM
Young and Innocent
FOR BEST SHORT FILM (TIE)
An Act of Terror
The Break
2018 GRAND JURY HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS
That Way Madness Lies
UNAUTHORIZED! The Fighting Sioux
In Faith We Grow: The Story of Pasture Valley Children’s Home
2e: Teaching the Twice Exceptional
FIDDLIN’
Life Goes On
Voices Beyond the Wall- Twelve Love Poems from the Murder Capital of the World
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM AND PUBLIC SERVICE
Spec Campen
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC
James Carrington for the film Edge of Daybreak