Awards of Merit July 2023

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July 2023

Impact Documentary Film Festival

Documentary Film festival

Alessandra Carlino (USA), Going Home, Documentary Short
Benjamin Allen Cha (USA), Food For Thought, Documentary Short (Student), Young Filmmaker – 17 and younger
Cliff Springs (USA), Beloved Children of the Holocaust, Documentary Feature
Diogo Varela Silva (Portugal), João Ayres, an Independent Painter, Documentary Feature
Duy Huynh and Andrew Kelly (Australia), How to Thrive, Documentary Feature, Health / Medicine / Science
Șerban Georgescu (Romania), Our Daily Bread, Documentary Feature
Julio Mendez, Kristy Espinoza and Yulma Garcia (USA), 5 Ways to Live Before You Die, Documentary Short
Lyle Gibson (USA), The Journey of Pentecostalism from Tennessee to Kansas, Documentary Feature
Peter Williams (United Kingdom), LIDICE – THE VILLAGE THAT REFUSED TO DIE, Documentary Feature
Philip Richard Sugden (USA), Activismo: Art & Dissidence in Cuba, Documentary Feature
Susan Morgan Cooper (USA), I Can’t Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story, Documentary Short
Tyler Wursta (USA), A New LVHS: Pioneering Animal Welfare in the Lehigh Valley, Documentary Short, Viewer Impact: Content / Message Delivery
Yeeun Lee, Yujeong Noh, Dabeen An and Soyeon Kim, PoljjakFilm (Korea), HAEIL, Documentary Feature (Student), Women Filmmakers (Student)

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Aleš Urbanczik, Grzegorz Oleksa (Switzerland), Finding the Line – An Exploration of Structural Integration, Narration / Voice-Over Talent, Research
Luciano Barsuglia (USA), The Horror We Make, Documentary Feature
Charles and Mary Love (USA), Women’s Suffrage, Documentary Feature
Claudie Simard (Canada), Resilience in Midwifery, Documentary Feature
Cynthia N. White and Alexander S White (USA), Sticks and Stones, Documentary Short
Daniel W. Smith (USA)Anonymous Mom, Documentary Short
Dave Garcia (USA), Led by Compassion, Viewer Impact: Motivational / Inspirational
Dave Garcia (USA), BENNY: Our Musical Lineage, History / Biographical
David Brown (USA), Breaking The Stigma: ADHD in African Americans, Documentary Feature (Student)
Elisa Mereghetti and Marco Mensa (Italy), 5 Nanomoles – the Olympic Dream of a Trans woman, Documentary Feature, Use of Film / Video for Social Change
Gary Stuart Turner, Thrive Films (Canada), REAL, Documentary Feature

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Genevieve Sulway (United Kingdom)
, I am Kanaka, Documentary Short
Gillian Fritzsche (USA), Reopening, Documentary Short, Viewer Impact: Motivational / Inspirational
Hallie Harper (USA), Eva’s Journey, Documentary Short (Student), History / Biographical (Student), Direction (Student)
Hilary Fennell, 3 Rock Productions (United Kingdom), The Secret Artists, Documentary Feature
Huayu Yang (China), New Creation in Love, Documentary Feature
Julio Mendez, Kristy Espinoza and Yulma Garcia (USA), 5 Ways to Live Before You Die, Script / Writer (Yulma Garcia and Sandra Orellana), Health / Medicine / Science
Kate P.R. Dunn and Gary Hayes (Canada), Wholistic Conversations on Liver Wellness: An Indigenous Perspective, Documentary Short (Student), Native Peoples (Student)
Khabu (China), Water Mill at Badi, Documentary Short
Mike Hill (Australia), Sam’s Story, Documentary Short

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Mitra Elena Ghaffari (Cuba)
, Bicycle Island (A Donde nos Lleva), Documentary Short (Student), Original Score (Student)
Prof. Amir Har-Gil (Israel), Poetry Zaban, Documentary Feature
Qing Li (China), Xu Aihua: A story of a Zhejiang Entrepreneur, Documentary Feature
Randy Michael Stoudt (USA), Woven the Documentary, Documentary Feature
Robert William Connolly (Canada), Tesla’s Medicine: The Universal Fluid, Documentary Feature
Robin Rayne (USA), Unmet: North Carolina’s Disability Crisis, Documentary Short
Sean James Spencer (USA), Nguyen, Documentary Feature
Sebastian Rogers (USA), Case Notes, Documentary Short
Sharon Ann Rowland (Australia), Alchemy: Pathway to Profound Powers, Documentary Feature
Viknesh Saravanan Kasthuri and Alexander Si-Yuan Homer (USA), A World of Hurt: How Medical Malpractice Fails Everyone, Documentary Short (Student)
Yue Wang (China), The Way of Heaven, Documentary Short (Student)
Zoya Dimitrova (Bulgaria), Happy Stones, Documentary Feature

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