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2024 Awards

2024 Sarasota Film Festival Awards

Jury Awards

Narrative Feature Competition Winner

Thelma

Directed By: Josh Margolin

Sugarcane

Documentary Feature Competition Winner

Sugarcane

Directed By: Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat

Porcelain War

Documentary Feature Jury Special Mention

Porcelain War

Directed By: Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev

Art Thief

Independent Visions Competition Winner

Art Thief

Directed By: Arthur Egeli

Lessons

Narrative Short Competition Winner

Lessons

Directed By: Shawn Butcher

Alok

Documentary Short Competition Winner

Alok

Directed By: Alex Hedison

The Waiting

International Short Competition Winner

The Waiting

Directed By: Voker Schlecht

Audience Awards

Local Audience Award Winner

Into the Spotlight: The Jake Ilardi Story

Directed By: Liam Jordan

Luther: Never Too Much

Industry Audience Award Winner

Luther: Never Too Much

Directed By: Dawn Porter

2024 Sarasota Film Festival Jury

Narrative Feature Jury

Megan Colligan, Veteran Film Executive
Alex Hedison, Photographer and Filmmaker
Katie Martin Kelley, Warner Bros. Pictures Communications Executive
Wynn Thomas, Production Designer and Former Governor of the Designers Branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences

Documentary Feature Jury

Wren Arthur, Producer and Co-Founder, Olive Pictures
Christian Blauvelt, Digital Director, IndieWire
Eric Deggans, TV Critic, NPR
Jaie Laplante, Artistic Director, DOC NYC