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George Lindsey UNA Film Festival Winners 1998-2022
2024
​
​Best of Show
Handle With Care
 
Professional Narrative Feature
Sam's World
 
Professional Narrative Short
Room Tone
 
Professional Documentary
Homeschooled
 
Student Narrative 
Bless the Child

 
Student Documentary
Portrait of MeMe
 
Vanguard
Rad Dad
 
Youth Film
Bus Stop
 
Feature Screenplay
Kara Doesn't Stand a Chance in the Wild, Wild West
 
Short Screenplay
Slice of Heaven
 
Clyde “Sappo” Black Sweet Home Alabama Award
Second Chances
 
Best Comedy
Poetry Night
 
Mitchell-West: Inclusion Award
Second Chances
 
Mitchell-West: Female Filmmaker Award
Lakebed
 
Jason Flynn Award for Best UNA Student Film
Clancy's Puppet Club

Best Director
Mitch Blummer and Christopher Jason Bell (Failed State)
 
Festival Spirit Award
Sawa Kawakami

2023
​
​Best of Show
Waiting for the Light to Change
 
Professional Narrative Feature
Waiting for the Light to Change
 
Professional Narrative Short
Mother F*cker
 
Professional Documentary
Warrior Retreat
 
Student Narrative Short
Smart Ass
 
Student Documentary
In Sausage Row
 
Vanguard
Lily’s Mirror
 
Youth Film
Hardcore
 
Feature Screenplay
Desert Canary
 
Short Screenplay
The Chair at the Edge of the Woods
 
Clyde “Sappo” Black Sweet Home Alabama Award
Last Request
 
Best Comedy
Last Request
 
Mitchell-West: Inclusion Award
An Act of Worship
 
Mitchell-West: Female Filmmaker Award
Experimental Curator
 
Jason Flynn Award for Best UNA Student Film
Playlist
 
UNA International Affairs Award for Best International Film
Speak in a Whisper

2022
Professional Narrative Feature
     Actual People
Professional Documentary
     Sylvie from the Sunshine State
Professional Narrative Short
     Paper Geese
Student Narrative
     I Remember it Rained
Student Documentary
     Tin Sandwich Blues: A Musician’s Journey
Vanguard
      A Few Things I’m Beginning to Understand
Youth Film
     Therapy Dogs
Best in Show
     Therapy Dogs
Feature Screenplay
     Death of a Bachelor
Short Screenplay
     Stuck

2021
Best in Show
     Mister Limbo
Professional Narrative Feature
     A Dim Valley
Professional Documentary
     Bury Me at Taylor Hollow
Professional Narrative Short
     Feeling Through
Vanguard
     Kin
Student Narrative
     Échappé
Student Documentary
     Pink, White & Blue
Youth Film
     Mom
Feature Screenplay
     Bayou Goula
Short Screenplay
     Breathless



2020
Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 George Lindsey UNA Film Festival

Best in Show:
Sanzaru, Xia Magnus
Professional Narrative Feature Film:
Thunderbolt in Mine Eye, Sarah Sherman and Zachary Ray Sherman
Professional Documentary:
Alice is Still Dead, Edwin P. Stevens
Professional Narrative Short Film:
Black Dispatch, Shea Sizemore
Vanguard:
You Can Go Now, Marisa Merkl
Student Narrative:
Think Tank, Merri Beth Stanfield
Student Documentary:
Ready to Work, Seth Farmer and Reagan Wells
Youth Film (Tie)
Colors Run, Olivia Carter
Double Vida, Sharleny Gonzalez
UNA Mitchell-West Award for Diversity in Film:
Queen of Lapa, Carolina Monnerat and Theodore Collatos
Best Comedy in Show:
Cherry, Stacey Davis
Jason Flynn Memorial Award:
It Lives in Color, Trent Frederick
Special Jury Award for Directing:
Sanzaru, Xia Magnus
Clyde "Sappo" Black Sweet Home Alabama Award:
The Mayberry Effect, Christopher Hudson
Feature Screenplay
A Native Land, Caitlin McCarthy
Short Screenplay
Banana, Mary Charles Ramsey



2016
Category Winners
Feature Screenplay 
     “Blue Monday”

Short Screenplay 
     “Whitewashed”

Youth Filmmaker
     “Tree Hugger”

Vanguard
     “Makeshift Satellite”

Student Documentary
     “Sharing the Secrets”

Student Narrative
     “Bright Black”

Professional Narrative Short
     “Across”

Professional Narrative Feature
     “The Mourning Hills”

Professional Documentary
     “No. 2: Story of the Pencil”

​
Special Awards
Best of Show – “Bright Black”
Clyde “Sappo” Black Sweet Home Alabama Award – “The Mourning Hills”
Hero of Film Award – “Titanic Boy”
30IN24 Winner – “Immoral Beloved”


2015

Young Filmmaker 
       “MONA”

Vanguard 

       “The Glass Hedgehog

Student Documentary 

       “Sound Thief”

Student Narrative 

       “Home”

Professional Narrative Short 

       "Dead Hearts”

Professional Narrative Feature 

        “Stories Forlorn”

Professional Documentary 

       “Something You Can Call Home”

Clyde Sappo Black 

        “River Dreams”

Best of Show 

        “Dead Hearts”


2014 

 Young Filmmaker
      Writing the Big One
       Evan Sennett, Director
     
Vanguard
     System Preference
     Anya Belkina, Director

Professional Narrative
      Pechorin
      Roman Khrushch, Director
    
Student Narrative
     East of Kensington
     Kellen Moore, Director
    
Professional Documentary
    The Man Left Behind
     Greg Tomlin, Director
   
Student Documentary
    Ditching School to Whistle   
     Ien Chi, Director

Feature Screenplay
    Second Last Breath
    Amanda Creiglow, Screenwriter

Short Screenplay
    More Than Life
    Ashley Matteson, Screenwriter

Best of Show
   East of Kensington
   Kellen Moore, Director

Clyde “Sappo” Black Sweet Home Alabama Award
  Mt. Pleasant
   Raymond Clayton Thomas, Director

2013

Grandmothers:
“Best of Show”
“Best Student Documentary”
“Best Story”
“Best Cinematography”
“Best Editing”

Favourite Thing:
“Best Professional Narrative”
“Best Actor”
“Best Actress”
“Best Sound Design”

Reconvergence:
“Best Professional Documentary”
“Best Score”

My Friend Erhan:
“Best Student Narrative”
“Best Directing”

In Her Blacksmith Eye:
“Best Vanguard”

Alone Together:
“Best Young Filmmaker”

William, Will You Dance:
“Best Feature Screenplay”

Accident:
“Best Short Screenplay”

Eating Alabama:
“Best of State”

Day of Silence:
“Audience Choice”


2012 
  • Best of Show
    I'm with Phil
  • Clyde "Sappo" Black Sweet Home Alabama Award
    I'm with Phil
  • Feature Film
    I'm with Phil
  • Feature Screenplay
    Gossamer Folds
  • Short Screenplay
    Wisdom of the Ancients
  • Professional Short Documentary
    Making More Off of Less
  • Professional Short Narrative
    Psycho Therapy
  • Student Short Documentary
    Come on Down and Pick Me Up
  • Student Short Narrative
    Made in China
  • Vanguard Short
    Just Another Thing
  • Young Filmmaker Short
    Blank Canvas
  • Shoals Spotlight
    Little Boy Lost
  • Jury Awards:
    Best Story: I'm with Phil
    Best Directing: I'm with Phil
    Best Actress: Melora Walters (Missing Pieces)
    Best Actor: Mark Boone Jr. (Missing Pieces)
    Best Sound Design: Little Boy Lost
    Best Score: Come on Down and Pick Me Up (The Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad)
    Best Editing: I'm with Phil
    Best Cinematography: Little Boy Lost
    Audience Choice: Missing Pieces

2011
  • Best of Fest
    Achille
  • Clyde “Sappo” Black Sweet Home Alabama Award
    Secret to a Happy Ending
  • Feature Screenplay
    Winslow and the Emperor
  • Short Screenplay
    Canvas
  • Feature Film
    Double Loss
  • Professional Documentary
    Sloss: Industry to Art
  • Professional Narrative
    Scent
  • Student Documentary
    The Time Machine
  • Student Narrative
    Achille
  • Vanguard
    The Birds Upstairs
  • Young Filmmaker
    Charlie's Closet
  • Jury Awards
    Best Story: The Time Machine
    Best Directing: Scent
    Best Actress: Monica Scattini (Achille)
    Best Actor: Lando Buzzanca (Achille)
    Best Sound Design: Scent
    Best Score: Achille
    Best Editing: Scent
    Best Cinematography: The Birds Upstairs
    Audience Choice: Michael & the ah of life









2010
  • Best of Fest
    The Frost
  • Clyde “Sappo” Black Sweet Home Alabama Award
    Collecting Chloe<br/>
  • Professional Feature Documentary Golden Lion Award
    Cody
  • Professional Feature Narrative Golden Lion Award
    The Frost
  • Professional Short Documentary Golden Lion Award
    I Am A Man, From Memphis
  • Professional Short Narrative Golden Lion Award
    Interpretation
  • Student Narrative Golden Lion Award
    One Day
  • Young Filmmaker Golden Lion Award
    Crippled
  • Vanguard Golden Lion Award
    Elephants
  • Shoals Spotlight Golden Lion Award
    Collecting Chloe
  • Feature Screenplay Golden Lion Award
    Sophronia L.
  • Short Screenplay Golden Lion Award
    Culling Hens
  • Jury Awards
    Best Actor: Jeffrey Buckner Ford
    Best Actress: Aitana Sanchez-Gijon
    Best Cinematography: The Frost
    Best Directing: Elephants
    Best Editing: The Frost
    Best Score: Slim
    Best Sound Design: The Frost
    Best Story: Crippled
    Audience Choice: Running Away with Blackie

2009
  • Best of Show
    Proud Iza
  • Clyde “Sappo” Black Sweet Home Alabama Award
    Eugene Walter: Last of the Bohemians
  • Professional Documentary Golden Lion Award
    The Day After Peace
  • Professional Narrative Golden Lion Award Short
    Proud Iza
  • Professional Full-Length Narrative Golden Lion Award
    A Line In The Sand
  • Professional Animation Golden Lion Award
    Ate’Ao Tect To do Mundo (To the Top of the World)
  • Faculty Golden Lion Award
    Honorable Mention-Seed to Stalk – A Sorghum Tradition
  • Student Narrative Golden Lion Award College
    Land Gewinnen (Gaining Ground)
  • Student Documentary Golden Lion Award College
    Attack of the Sea Slugs
  • Student Animation Golden Lion Award College
    Sebastian’s Voodoo
  • Young Filmmakers Golden Lion Award 9-12
    Two Wolves
  • Young Filmmakers Golden Lion Award K-8
    Honorable Mention - Adventures Through Time

2008
  • Best of Show
    The Sunday Man
  • Clyde Sappo Black Sweet Home Alabama
    Like Moles, Like Rats
  • Professional Full-Length Narrative
    The Flyboys (Golden Lion)
    Greetings from the Shore (Honorable Mention)
  • Professional Short Narrative
    Hartslagen (Golden Lion)
    Son (Honorable Mention)
  • Professional Documentary
    Mr. Dial Has Something to Say (Golden Lion)
    The Sweet Lady With the Nasty Voice (Honorable Mention)
  • Animation
    Simulcra (Golden Lion)
    A Faerys Tale (Honorable Mention)
  • College Student
    The Sunday Man (Golden Lion)
    The Vaudevillian (Honorable Mention)
  • Faculty
    Horsepower (Golden Lion)
    Scripture Cake (Honorable Mention)
  • Golden Lion Young Filmmaker K-8
    Prank Call (Golden Lion)
  • Golden Lion Young Filmmaker 9-12
    Schaffenskrise (Golden Lion)
    Speaking Truth to Power: The Story of the Farm Labor Committee (Honorable Mention)
  • Music Video
    Siempre Pude Ver

2007
  • BEST OF SHOW
    Binta and the Great Idea
  • SWEET HOME ALABAMA
    Richard Johnson: Hill Country Troubadour
  • PROFESSIONAL FULL-LENGTH NARRATIVE
    Beautiful Dreamer
  • PROFESSIONAL SHORT NARRATIVE
    Binta and the Great Idea
  • PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENTARY
    Richard Johnson: Hill Country Troubadour
  • PROFESSIONAL ANIMATION
    Big Dreams
  • MUSIC VIDEO
    Everything You Said
  • FACULTY
    Eric Essix: At Home
  • STUDENT COLLEGE NARRATIVE
    Dancing Ground
  • STUDENT COLLEGE DOCUMENTARY
    Saying I Do
  • STUDENT COLLEGE ANIMATION
    Mirage
  • YOUNG FILMMAKERS - GRADES 9-12
    The First Day at the Firm
  • YOUNG FILMMAKERS - GRADES K-8
    Unexpected News

2006
  • BEST OF SHOW
    Chasing Daylight
  • SWEET HOME ALABAMA
    Charles Moore: I Fight with my Camera
  • PROFESSIONAL FULL-LENGTH NARRATIVE
    Self-Medicated
  • PROFESSIONAL SHORT NARRATIVE
    Vietnam Light
  • PROFESSIONAL DOCUMENTARY
    Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
  • PROFESSIONAL ANIMATION
    Joyride
  • PROFESSIONAL MUSIC VIDEO
    Wont it Be!
  • FACULTY
    Root Doctor
  • STUDENT SHORT NARRATIVE
    Chasing Daylight
  • STUDENT DOCUMENTARY
    Our Road to Kosovo
  • STUDENT ANIMATION
    Juxtaposer
  • LION CUB
    The Gnome Diaries

2005
  • Professional Short Narrative
    The Victim
  • Professional Documentary
    Kathryn: The Story of a Teller
  • Professional Animation
    Captain Amazing-Lad
  • Professional Music Video
    Ride to Live, Live to Ride
  • Faculty
    Minnie Adkins: Portrait of a Folk Artist
  • College Short Narrative
    David & Dee
  • College Animation
    9
  • High School Short Documentary
    If This is the Will of God...Who Needs God?
  • High School Animation
    Pet Store
  • Best of Show - Professional
    Kathryn: The Story of a Teller
  • Best of Show - Student
    9

2004
  • Professional Full Length Narrative
    Lightning Bug
  • Professional Short Narrative
    The Bug Man
  • Professional Documentary
    The Enemy
  • Professional Animation
    Blue
  • Faculty
    Dead Write
  • College Narrative
    Rabbit Cage
  • College Annimation
    Teddy's End
  • High School Narrative
    A Girl and a Boy
  • High School Animation
    Under Construction
  • Lion Cub
    I Am Kudzu, What Can I Do For You?
  • Best of Show - Professional
    Lightning Bug
  • Best of Show - Student
    Teddy's End

2003
  • Full Length Narrative
    Standard Time
  • Professional Short Narrative
    Abracdabra
  • Professional Short Documentary
    Pol'e Pol'e
  • Music Video
    Lilith
  • Animation
    Intelligent Life
  • Faculty
    Doppelgangster
  • Student Short Narrative
    Birth of a Rebellion
  • Student Short Documentary
    Mistaken Identity: Sikhs In America
  • Lion Cub
    A Day In The Life Of Zach and James
  • Best of Show - Professional
    P.S. Your Cat Is Dead
  • Best of Show - Student
    One Small Step: The Story Of The Space Chimps

2002
  • Professional Full Length Narrative
    Growing Up Still Born
  • Professional Short Narrative
    E=mc3
  • Professional Short Documentary
    The FBI Files
  • Professional Music Video
    CP Video - We Are the Shoals
  • Faculty
    Chronicle of an American Suburb
  • Student Full Length Narrative
    Red Light Green Light
  • Student Short Narrative
    Noble Chrome Pirates
  • Student Short Documentary
    Peace on the Highway
  • Student Music Video
    My Chaos

2001
  • Professional Full Length Narrative
    A Good Baby
  • Professional Short Narrative
    APOGEE
  • Student Full Length Narrative
    Kites Toward Heaven
  • Student Short Narrative
    Flowers & Freckle Cream
  • Best of Show - Professional
    A Good Baby
  • Best of Show - Student
    Flowers & Freckle Cream

2000
  • Professional Full Length Narrative
    Southern Heart
  • Professional Short Narrative
    Fifty Odd Dollars
  • Professional Short Documentary
    Brad Austin: Making Music
  • Professional Music Video
    You Need a Rock
  • Student Full Length Narrative
    Campus Under Siege
  • Student Short Narrative
    Heart Of The Warrior
  • Student Short Documentary
    Street Life: Poems From The Block
  • Student Music Video
    A Song for Mama
  • Best of Show - Professional
    Fifty Odd Dollars
  • Best of Show - Student
    Heart of the Warrior

1999
  • Professional Full Length Narrative
    Night Orchid
  • Professional Short Narrative
    Detached
  • Professional Short Documentary
    Roses of Crimson
  • Professional Music Video
    Some Broken Hearts
  • Student Short Narrative
    Screwed
  • Student Short Documentary
    PaPa
  • Student Music Video
    It Weeps in My Heart
  • Best of Show - Professional
    Night Orchid
  • Best of Show - Student
    Screwed

1998
  • Professional Full Length Narrative
    Cut
  • Professional Short Narrative
    Regina
  • Professional Short Documentary
    Horace: The Bridge Builder King
  • Professional Music Video
    The Lewis Family Live and Pickin
  • Student Full Length Narrative
    The Watershed
  • Student Short Narrative
    Rough Crossing
  • Student Short Documentary
    Americana: Forever A Rebel
  • Student Music Video
    Crowded Street
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