PAST RSFF WINNERS
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."
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"
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)”
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”
RSFF9
COURAGE
(2018)
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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”
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
(2016)
Grand Prize: "How Far I Want to Go"
RSFF6
BEHIND THE FACES
(2015)
Grand Prize: "Behind the Faces"
RSFF5
DEAD WEEK
(2014)
Grand Prize: Candace Lowry & Mackenna Millet for "Dead Week"
RSFF4
CURRENCY
(2013)
Grand Prize: Ben Holcomb for "Currency"
RSFF3
TED'S GREAT IDEA
(2013)
Grand Prize: David Chang for "Ted's Great Idea"
RSFF2
ELEVEN ELEVEN
(2011)
Grand Prize: Austin Chapman for "Eleven Eleven"
