2021 Festival Wrap-up and Winners:
(OIL CITY, PA) - The 2021 Oil Valley Film Festival featured twenty-two films representing nine different countries, and screened mostly online, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, at the sixth annual Oil Valley Film Festival from September 10-14. The festival was comprised of competitive sections for American and international narrative and documentary films, both feature-length and short. It was presented via the Festivee platform.
The 2021 Oil Valley Film Festival was presented by and in partnership with Videomaker Magazine, InkTip, and Robot Blonde. The Oil City Library, Oil City Civic Center, and Bridge Builders Community Foundations are also instrumental in the success of the Oil Valley Film Festival every year. As always, a special thanks was given to Arts Oil City and the Oil City Main Street Program.
The following is a list of the winners from the 2021 Oil Valley Film Festival. The award categories were condensed again this year, but will expand again as the pandemic lessens.
BEST PICTURE, FEATURE - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - SHELLFISH - Dir. Hunter Hopewell
BEST PICTURE, SHORT - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - A GODLESS COUNTRY - Dir. Jesse Richardson
BEST DIRECTOR, FEATURE - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - Dir. Paul Andrew Kimball - THE COLOUR OF SPRING
BEST DIRECTOR, SHORT - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - Dir. Gavin Michael Booth - RENT DO
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LEAD ACTING - Savanah Joeckel - SHELLFISH
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LEAD ACTING - Taylor Olson - BONE CAGE
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SUPPORTING ACTING - Brent Dunner - A GODLESS COUNTRY
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SUPPORTING ACTING - Sarah Booth - RENT DO
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY, FEATURE - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - Pablo Diez - MY TRUE FAIRYTALE
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY, SHORT - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - Michal Babinec - FLORA
BEST EDITING, FEATURE - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - Marlis Ernst, LEAD EDITOR - THE GAME IS UP: DISILLUSIONED TRUMP VOTERS TELL THEIR STORIES
BEST EDITING, SHORT - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - Sarah Iseley - CONGRATULATIONS (MABROOK)
OUTSTANDING SCREENWRITING, FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Michael Greene - THE BRIDGE BUILDER
OUTSTANDING SCREENWRITING, SHORT SCREENPLAY - Laura Wagner - THE BOY WHO NEVER EXISTED
OUTSTANDING SCREENWRITING, HOUR-LONG PILOT - Julianna Pitt - THE WOLFE-POINTE
(OIL CITY, PA) - The 2021 Oil Valley Film Festival featured twenty-two films representing nine different countries, and screened mostly online, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, at the sixth annual Oil Valley Film Festival from September 10-14. The festival was comprised of competitive sections for American and international narrative and documentary films, both feature-length and short. It was presented via the Festivee platform.
The 2021 Oil Valley Film Festival was presented by and in partnership with Videomaker Magazine, InkTip, and Robot Blonde. The Oil City Library, Oil City Civic Center, and Bridge Builders Community Foundations are also instrumental in the success of the Oil Valley Film Festival every year. As always, a special thanks was given to Arts Oil City and the Oil City Main Street Program.
The following is a list of the winners from the 2021 Oil Valley Film Festival. The award categories were condensed again this year, but will expand again as the pandemic lessens.
BEST PICTURE, FEATURE - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - SHELLFISH - Dir. Hunter Hopewell
BEST PICTURE, SHORT - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - A GODLESS COUNTRY - Dir. Jesse Richardson
BEST DIRECTOR, FEATURE - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - Dir. Paul Andrew Kimball - THE COLOUR OF SPRING
BEST DIRECTOR, SHORT - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - Dir. Gavin Michael Booth - RENT DO
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LEAD ACTING - Savanah Joeckel - SHELLFISH
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LEAD ACTING - Taylor Olson - BONE CAGE
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SUPPORTING ACTING - Brent Dunner - A GODLESS COUNTRY
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SUPPORTING ACTING - Sarah Booth - RENT DO
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY, FEATURE - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - Pablo Diez - MY TRUE FAIRYTALE
OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY, SHORT - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - Michal Babinec - FLORA
BEST EDITING, FEATURE - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - Marlis Ernst, LEAD EDITOR - THE GAME IS UP: DISILLUSIONED TRUMP VOTERS TELL THEIR STORIES
BEST EDITING, SHORT - NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY - Sarah Iseley - CONGRATULATIONS (MABROOK)
OUTSTANDING SCREENWRITING, FEATURE SCREENPLAY - Michael Greene - THE BRIDGE BUILDER
OUTSTANDING SCREENWRITING, SHORT SCREENPLAY - Laura Wagner - THE BOY WHO NEVER EXISTED
OUTSTANDING SCREENWRITING, HOUR-LONG PILOT - Julianna Pitt - THE WOLFE-POINTE
