The Cuban horror film Is That You? (¿Eres tu, Papá) directed by Rudy Riverón Sánchez was awarded the top jury prize for Best Film at the 2019 Richmond International Film Festival. Prescience starring Eric Roberts, and the psychological thriller Nesting Dolls tied to win the Audience Award for Best Feature Film.
Paris Song, based on a true story of a small-town Kazakh singer, Amre Kashaubayev, who journeys to Paris to compete in the international singing competition at the 1925 Paris Expo, was awarded Best of Fest – Narrative Feature. Elephant Path which captures the beauty and behavior of the rare and elusive Forest Elephants won Best of Fest – Documentary Feature.
Richmond International Film Festival 2019 Awards
2019 PIONEER AWARD
Excellence in Public Service & Leadership
Andy Stefanovich
2019 LEGACY AWARD
Eric Roberts
2019 FOUNDERS AWARD
Alfre Woodard
RIFF GRAND JURY AWARDS
2019 BEST FEATURE FILM
¿ERES TÚ, PAPÁ?
2019 BEST SHORT FILM
Pepper
2019 BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY
The Lease Of Nature
2019 BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY
Witness
2019 BEST TELEPLAY
Trench
BEST OF FEST AWARDS
2019 BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
Paris Song
2019 BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Elephant Path
2019 BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Man Stands Still
2019 BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Feel Of Vision
2019 BEST ANIMATED SHORT
The Fox
2019 BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT
The Cage Of Sand
2019 BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Stand Down
2019 BEST WEB SERIES
The Amazing Gayl Pile
OUTSTANDING MERIT AWARD
2019 TRIBUTE AWARD
“OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM”
Blue Notes Records: Beyond The Notes
2019 TRIBUTE AWARD
“OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC”
Rudy Love & The Love Family Band
MUSIC AWARDS
2019 GRAND JURY PRIZE
Rodney “The Soul Singer” Stith
2019 BEST FOLK
Katie & Kelly Music
2019 BEST REGGAE
Mighty Joshua
2019 BEST ALTERNATIVE INDIE
Barefoot Modern
2019 LOCAL FAVORITE
Mass FX
2019 BEST WORLD
Sara Ontaneda
2019 BEST R&B
One
2019 BEST HIP HOP
Miah Travis
2019 BEST JAM
Hambone Relay
2019 BEST EMERGING ARTIST
Brother Jerome
2019 BEST JAZZ
Butcher Brown
2019 CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARD
Kendall Street Company
CERTIFICATES FOR MUSIC
2019 INNOVATION AWARD
Jump In
2019 EMERGING ARTIST AWARD
Tahj
CERTIFICATES FOR FILM
2019 BEST DIRECTING
Kostadin Bonev for AWAY FROM THE SHORE
2019 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Sunny Zhao for GIFT
2019 BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC
Phoebe Ryan, Jake Etheridge, and Christian Medice for DAKOTA
2019 BEST ACTOR
Sanjar Madi for PARIS SONG
2019 BEST ACTRESS
Michelle Monaghan for SAINT JUDY
2019 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
David Neal Levin for HUDSON
2019 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Angie Duke for BURNING KENTUCKY
2019 BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Michelle Monaghan, Leem Lubany, Common, Alfre Woodard & Alfred Molina for SAINT JUDY
2019 RISING STAR AWARD
Robbie Snow for NESTING DOLLS
2019 RISING STAR AWARD
Gabriela Ramos for ¿ERES TÚ, PAPÁ?
2019 BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Erwan Marinopoulos, Oliver Maltman, & Jean-christophe Establet for KILL BEN LYK
SCREENPLAY GENRE WINNERS
2019 BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA SCREENPLAY
BLACK SEA ROSE
2019 BEST ORIGINAL FAMILY SCREENPLAY
Where Do The Clouds Go
2019 BEST ORIGINAL THRILLER SCREENPLAY
Perry
2019 BEST ORIGINAL COMEDY SCREENPLAY
El Camino De Milagros
2019 BEST ORIGINAL ACTION ADVENTURE SCREENPLAY (TIE)
SAVING ESPERANZA and ARGUMENT FOR THE EXISTENCE OF THE ISLAND SAUDADIA
2019 AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARDS
FOR BEST FEATURE FILM (TIE)
PRESCIENCE and NESTING DOLLS
FOR BEST SHORT FILM
The Abused
FOR BEST WEB SERIES
One True Loves
FOR BEST BAND OR ARTIST
SoulBurst