2019 Honorary Trailblazer Award - Presented to fork films founder & CEO Abigail E. Disney

Julie Taymor (left) with Abigail Disney (right)

Julie Taymor (left) with Abigail Disney (right)

Renowned producer, activist and philanthropist Abigail E. Disney received the Honorary Trailblazer Award for her work creating film and television programming centered around promoting social justice. The award was presented to Disney by 2018 honorary Maverick Award recipient Julie Taymor.

Awards for Woodstock Film Festival 2019 films were presented in the following categories:


Best Narrative Feature - Swallow, by Carlo Mirabella-Davis with an honorable mention to Once Upon a River, directed by haroula rose.

The jurors also gave special recognition to actors Haley Bennett for best female performance in Swallow and Tim Guinee for best male performance in Ash.

Jurors: Julie Taymor, David Dinerstein, Rebecca Miller, Alex Smith

Award sponsored by Gigantic Pictures


Best Documentary Feature - 17 Blocks, directed by Davy Rothbart with honorable mentions to maxima, directed by Claudia Sparrow, and Accept the call, Directed By Eunice Lau.

Jurors: Joe Berlinger, Roger Ross Williams, Pamela Yates


Best Narrative Short - The Neighbor's Window, directed by Marshall Curry with an Honorable Mention to Tattoo, directed by Farhad Delaram.

Jurors: Karen Allen, Dan O'mara, Rita Taggart


Best Short Documentary - A Sister's Hope, directed by Michael Marantz.

Jurors: Curry Marshall, Lacey Schwartz Delgado, Robert Stone

Award sponsored by Markertek.com


Best Student Short - Marriage Material, the Musical!, directed by Oran Zegman with an Honorable Mention to Miller & Son, directed by Asher Jelinsky

Jurors: Jane Applegate, Isil Bagdadi, Declan Baldwin


Ultra Indie Award - Seneca, directed by Jason Chaet with an honorable mention to Tawny Cypress for her performance as "Inez" in Inez & Doug & Kira.

Jurors: Jamin O'Brien, Harris Doran, Lori Singer

Award sponsored by Gray Schwartz LLP


Animation Award - Sweet Night by Lia Bertels and Honorable Mention goes to Anna Samo, Lisa LaBracio for The Opposites Game.

Jurors: Lizzi Akana, Joy Buran, Noelle Buran


Haskell Wexler Award for Best Cinematography - Ash, directed by Andrew Huculiak, cinematography by Joseph Schweers.

Jurors: Ellen Kuras

Award sponsored by Panavision


James Lyons Editing Award for Narrative Feature - Daren Navarro and Tom Quinn for ColewellHonorable Mentions for Alex Lora and Frank Dale Arroyo for The Garden Left Behind.

Jurors: Naomi Geraghty, Nick Houy, Kate Williams, Sabine Hoffman


James Lyons Editing Award for Documentary Feature - Jennifer Tiexiera for 17 Blocks.

Jurors: Ian Olds, Toby Shimin, Sabine Hoffman

Carpe Diem Andretta Award - Youssef Delara for his film Foster Boy.

Award sponsored by the High Rocks Charitable Trust