SIFF 2022 Award Winners

Eleven days and 263 films later, the Golden Space Needle Audience and Juried Competition Awards have been announced. Congrats to all these award-winning filmmakers, and thanks to our jurors and our treasured audience for a terrific 48th year!

AUDIENCE AWARDS

Best Film - Know Your Place, directed by Zia Mohajerjasbi (USA)

Best Documentary - The Territory, directed by Alex Pritz (Brazil/Denmark/USA)

Best Short Film - Long Line of Ladies, directed by Reyka Zehtabchi, Shaandiin Tome (USA 2022)

Best Performance - Dale Dickey, A Love Song (USA)

Best Director - Horacio Gomez Alcalà, Finlandia (Spain/Mexico)

Lena Sharpe Award for Persistence of Vision - Sweetheart Deal, directed by Elisa Levine and Gabriel Miller (USA)

JURIED AWARDS - FEATURES

Official Competition Grand Jury Prize - Klondike | dir. Maryna Er Gorbach (Ukraine, Turkey)

Official Competition Special Jury Prize - Navalny | dir. Daniel Roher (USA, Russia, Germany)

Official Competition Special Jury Prize - Fire of Love | dir. Sara Dosa (USA, Canada)

Ibero-American Competition Grand Jury Prize - Sublime | dir. Mariano Biasin (Argentina)

Ibero-American Competition Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision - The Sacred Spirit |dir. Chema García Ibarra (Spain/France/Turkey/United Kingdom)

New Directors Competition Grand Jury Prize - Lonely Voices | dir. Andrea Brusa, Marco Scotuzzi (Italy)

New Directors Competition Special Jury Prize - Moneyboys | dir. C.B. Yi (Austria/France/Belgium/Taiwan)

New Directors Competition Special Jury Prize - Tug of War | dir. Amil Shivji (Tanzania/South Africa/Germany/Qatar)

New American Cinema Competition Grand Jury Prize - Know Your Place | dir. Zia Mohajerjasbi (USA)

Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize - Radiograph of a Family | dir. Firouzeh Khosrovani (Iran/Norway/Switzerland)

Documentary Competition Special Jury Prize for Cinematography - Dark Red Forest | dir. Jin Huaqing (China)

JURIED AWARDS - SHORTS

FutureWave Shorts Wavemaker Award - She | dir. Eva Li

Short Film Live Action Grand Jury Prize - Rachels Don't Run | dir. Joanny Causse

Short Film Live Action Special Jury Prize - El Carrito | dir. Zahida Pirani

Short Film Live Action Special Jury Prize - Tank Fairy | dir. Erich Rettstadt

Short Film Documentary Grand Jury Prize - Long Line of Ladies | dir. Rayka Zehtabchi, Shaandiin Tome

Short Film Animation Grand Jury Prize - Love, Dad | dir. Diana Cam Van Nguyen

Short Film Animation Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Directing - Wet | dir. Marianne Bergeonneau, Lauriane Montppert, Mélina Mandon, Cloé Peyrebrune, Elvira Taussac