The Oregon Documentary Film Festival Winter 2019 Was So Much Fun!
The 5th Oregon Documentary Film Festival event took place on Saturday December 7, 2019 in Portland at the Avalon Theatre. Five hours of short Documentary Films on the Film Festival Circuit from all over the world screened for the Portland Audience. A special thanks goes out to all of the filmmakers that joined us for the awards, photos and networking mixer at the Soma Kombucha Taproom. Most of these films, have never screened in the state of Oregon. Thank you for joining us for this Independent Documentary Film experience. Please connect with us on Facebook,Instagram or Twitter and please use #OregonDocumentaryFilmFestival in your social media posts related to this event.
Oregon Documentary Film Festival Winter 2019 Award Winners
Best Cinematography - Belong, Directed by Dillon M. Banda (Singapore/Vietnam)
Best Director - How to Bend Concrete in 108 Easy Steps, Directed by Mahesh Madhav
Best Docuseries - DayJob: Andrea Jones-Rooy, Directed by Rob Langhammer and Felicitas Hammerstein (New York)
Best Editing - The Mettle Behind the Merit, Directed by John Mollison (South Dakota)
Best International Director - Little Bastard, Directed by Harun Hazar
Best International Film - Badlaav Republic, Directed by Manahar Kumar (India)
Best International Micro Short Film - The Venus Project, Directed by Jack Major (Canada)
Best Micro Short Film - 6th and San Pedro, Directed by Scott Pommier
Best Oregon Film - Root Shocked, Directed by Cecilia Brown
Best Picture - Never Give Up - Never Give Up, Directed by Jonathan Schörnig (Malta)
Most Original Concept - Through the Eyes of a Wrestler, Directed by John Proper
Oregon Documentary Film Festival Winter 2019 Official Selections
6th and San Pedro, Directed by Scott Pommier (California/Oregon)
Aaron Durogati - Playing With The Invisible, Directed by Matteo Vettorel and Damiano Levati (Italy)
A Story About Lights, Directed by James Barahanos (Australia)
An Unanswered Telephone Call, Directed by Aziz Isa Elkun (United Kingdom)
Squeegee, Directed by Khalid Ali (Maryland)
Night and Day, Directed by Peter Anthony (Massachusetts)
Watch These Documentary Films Now
Just in case you missed the event. Some of the films that screened at the Oregon Documentary Film Festival Winter 2019 have been released online.
Belong, Directed by Dillon M. Banda (Singapore/Vietnam)
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