We’ve finished the festival with the first Oak Park IL Film Festival awards!

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HONORABLE MENTION

 

Animation
Get Away Driver’s Ed - Ali Weber
Lunchbox Armageddon - Adam Tock, Kevin O’Rourke, Joe Gustav
 

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SPECIALTY AWARDS

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Best Visual Elements
Family for Christmas

Get Away Driver's Ed

Middle of Nowhere

That thing we all share - Michèle Jedlicka

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Best Cinematography
Hillbilly

Stairs - Jeph Porter

When the Clock Strikes

Wonderlost

 

Best Actor
Jeremy Pfaff - ADA

Josh Bywater - Inferno

Ben Montague - Favor

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Best Actress
Donna Anderson - When the Clock Strikes

Joyce Porter - Stairs

Samantha Isler - Breakup Season

Meghan Maureen McDonough - Gray Area

 

Best Director

Ashley York, Sally Rubin - Hillbilly

Colin C. Hughes - Fire Department Inc.

Michèle Jedlicka - That thing we all share

 

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''BEST OF'' AWARDS

 

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Best Music Video
Middle of Nowhere

Windy & Warm - Eric Henry, director

 

Best Narrative Short
ADA

Favor

Inferno - Wendy Roderweiss, director

Stairs

That thing we all share

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Best Documentary
Fire Department Inc.

Forgiveness Project

Guaranteed in Gary

Hillbilly - Ashley York, Sally Rubin, director

 

Best Feature
Breakup Season

Driftless

Student Athlete

 

Founder's Award
Festival founder and president, Joyce Porter

 

 

 

 

 

 

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THANK YOU to everyone who joined us, to our sponsors and

supporters, and to the filmmakers who submitted work.

 

That’s a wrap … see you next year!