top of page
226892_DSC_6758.jpg

PAST RSFF WINNERS

Disconnected poster.png

RSFF15

DISCONNECTED (2024)

With the world at our fingertips, technology has become vital to our modern lives, allowing for constant connection and access to unlimited information. When a group of friends living in 1987 get a taste of that technology, will they become more connected- or disconnected from themselves and the rest of the world?

Best Picture:                                             Hali Orefice for "Disconnected"

Best Acting:                                              Hali Orefice for "Disconnected"

Best Screenplay:                                      Hali Orefice for "Disconnected"

Best Directing:                                         Sophie Kairis for "When a Fire

                                                                                             Starts to Burn"

Best Editing:                                             Hali Orefice for "Disconnected"

Best Cinematography:                            Sophie Kairis for "When a Fire

                                                                                             Starts to Burn"

Audience Choice Award:                         Hali Orefice for "Disconnected"

Impact Award:                        Annika Huckeba & Sydney Jean-Simon &

RSFF14

LOOPED!
(2023)

Ari, stressed in the midst of figuring out what her life will look like after college, believes that all she needs is more time......

Best Picture:                                                      Hali Orefice for "Looped!"

Best Acting:                                                    Emily Watson for "Brother"

Best Screenplay:                                               Hali Orefice for "Looped!"

Best Directing:                                                  Hali Orefice for "Looped!"

Best Editing:                                                      Hali Orefice for "Looped!"

Best Cinematography:                     Matthew Hamm for "Sweet Brother

                                                                                 What Have You Done"

Audience Choice Award:                       Cat Masterson for "Love Doctor"

Timeless Award:                        Georgia Zanca for "Hi, This is Georgia."

NAINAI.png

RSFF13

NAI NAI
(2022)

A young Chinese American adult travels across the country to rekindle a fractured relationship.....

Best Picture:                                              Gabbatha Hall for "Nai Nai”​

Best Screenplay:                                                Jake Kim for "Nai Nai”

Best Directing:                                          Gabbatha Hall for "Nai Nai”

Best Cinematography:    Kelly Needleman for "Last Call On Sunset"

Best Editing:                Dane Bruhahn and Christina Buravtsova for

                                     "Finding Empathy: A Glimpse Into the Life of

                                                                                a Paralyzed Surfer"

watermelon poster - Kamryn Calhoun 'student'.jpg

RSFF11

THE WATERMELON (2020)

A young man discovers friendship and life lessons in
unlikely places...

Best Picture:                   Taylor Mathews for "The Watermelon”​

Audience Choice:            Taylor Mathews for "The Watermelon”

Best Directing:                Taylor Mathews for "The Watermelon”

Best Cinematography:              Orion Keen for "Self-Absorbed"

Best Editing:                      Valentine Douglas for "Pepper(fine)”

Focus Poster_Ifeanyi Ezieme.jpg

RSFFX

FOCUS (2019)

Focus is a drama that follows Marcus Olatunji, a college student who sells his prescription Adderall to students to pay for his schooling......

Best Picture:                                         Ifeanyi Ezieme for “Focus”

Audience Choice:                                 Ifeanyi Ezieme for “Focus”

Best Cinematography:                      Moises Barbara for “Focus"

Best Editing:                                        Ifeanyi Ezieme for “Focus”

Screen-Shot-2018-02-06-at-10.40.48-PM.png

RSFF9

COURAGE
(2018)

​​

Best Picture:                                            Mallory Erwin for “Courage”

Audience Choice:                            Moises Barbara for “Mi Soledad”

Best Directing:                                        Mallory Erwin for "Courage"

Best Cinematography:   Gabrielle Norte for “The Wounded Healer"

Best Original Screenplay:                     Mallory Erwin for “Courage”

Best Editing:                                           Mallory Erwin for “Courage”

Best Original Score:                   Jasmine Burkett for “Premonition”

DESARRAIGADOPOSTER.jpg

RSFF8

DESARRAIGADO(2017)

Best Picture:                                      Moises Barba for “Desarraigado”

Audience Choice:                              Moises Barba for “Desarraigado”

Best Directing:                                        Isabella Issa for "Night Lights"

Best Cinematography:                              April Rock for “Night Lights”

Best Original Screenplay:                            Isabella Issa for “Parallels”

Best Editing:                              Briana Chmielewski for “Night Lights”

Best Original Score:                             Nyah Wilson for “Night Lights”

RSFF7 How Far I Want to Go.png

RSFF7

HOW FAR I WANT TO GO (2016)

Grand Prize:             "How Far I Want to Go"

RSFF6 Behind the Faces.png

RSFF6

BEHIND THE FACES (2015)

Grand Prize:                 "Behind the Faces"

RSFF5 Dead Week.png

RSFF5

DEAD WEEK
(2014)

Grand Prize:    Candace Lowry & Mackenna Millet for "Dead Week"

RSFF4 Currency.png

RSFF4

CURRENCY(2013)

Grand Prize:             Ben Holcomb for "Currency"

RSFF3 Ted's Great Idea.png

RSFF3

TED'S GREAT IDEA(2013)

Grand Prize:  David Chang for "Ted's Great Idea"

RSFF2 Eleven Eleven.png

RSFF2

ELEVEN ELEVEN
(2011)

Grand Prize:            Austin Chapman for "Eleven Eleven"

RSFF Awaken Honduras.png

RSFF

AWAKEN HONDURAS
(2010)

Grand Prize:        J.J. Starr for "Awaken Honduras"

bottom of page