Festival Winners

2024

• Angels Of Dirt
  Driftless Award for Excellence in Filmmaking
• The Exchange. In White America. King And Kaukauna 50 Years Later
  Best Feature Documentary
• Never Not Yours
  Best Feature Narrative
• Emma Siewert
  Best Director — Love Differently
• Love Differently
  Audience Favorite
• As Easy As Closing Your Eyes
  Best Narrative Short Film
• Paint The City 2
  Best Documentary Short Film
• A Room Alive!
  Best Student Short Film
• Spark Plug
  Best Cinematography
• Just Above The Surface Of The Earth
  Best Sound Design
• The Mistletoe Dart
  Spirit of Independent Film
• The Blacksmith’s Curse
  Spirit of the Driftless Area

2023

• Best Feature Film
  Loteria
• Best Short Film
  We’ll Want For Nothing
• Best Director – Feature Film
  Michael Moshe Dahan, Yes Repeat No
• Best Director – Short Film
  Tate Justin Bunker, The Inhabitants
• Audience Favorite – Feature Film
  Love & Irony
• Audience Favorite – Short Film
  Banana Triangle Six
• Spirit of Independent Filmmaking
  T.J. Hill, A Cloudy Moon

2012

• Audience Award – Dramatic
  Little Red
• Audience Award – Documentary
  Bidder 70
• Audience Award – Short
  Grandma Fern
• Directing Award – Dramatic
  Terry Green – No God No Master
• Directing Award – Documentary
  Brad Lichtenstein – As Goes Janesville
• Special Jury Prize – Documentary
  Bending Toward The Light
• Special Jury Prize for Acting
  Mark Metcalf – Little Red
• Special Jury Prize for Acting
  Jane Wilson – Janeane From Des Moines
• Excellence in Cinematography Award
  Carlo Besasie – Little Red (feature) & The Wheel (short)