The award winners for AFI FEST 2015 presented by Audi were announced at a special brunch ceremony this morning at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
NEW AUTEURS AWARDS
- New Auteurs Grand Jury Award
Land and Shade, directed by César Augusto Acevedo
- Special Jury Mention for Direction
Disorder, directed by Alice Winocour - Special Jury Mention for Screenplay
Desde Allá, written by Lorenzo Vigas
- Breakthrough Section
Ma, directed by Celia Rowlson-Hall - New Auteurs Section
Mustang, directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven - American Independents Section
James White, directed by Josh Mond - World Cinema Section
Landfill Harmonic, directed by Brad Allgood, Graham Townsley & Juliana Penaranda-Loftus
- Grand Jury Award for Live Action Short
Boys, directed by Isabella Carbonell
- Grand Jury Award for Animated Short
World of Tomorrow, directed by Don Hertzfeldt - Live Action Short Special Jury Mention for Innovative Storytelling
Rate Me, directed by Fyzal Boulifa - Live Action Short Special Mention for Nonfiction Filmmaking
The Reagan Shorts: Ronald Reagan Lights the Lights, Ronald Reagan Pardons a Turkey, Maryland Public Television Interviews the Reagans, directed by Pacho Velez - Animated Short Special Jury Mention for Screenwriting
Teeth, written by Tom Brown & Daniel Gray - Animated Short Special Jury Mention for Creative Vision
Manoman, directed by Simon Cartwright
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