Teen’s courage honor highlights film fest awards

An award given to Connor Jarnagan, who continues to advocate for laws to help keep young people safe, was one of the highlights of a Feb. 2 awards ceremony.

Jarnaged received the Dr. A.J. Chandler Award for his courage at the Chandler International Film Festival's annual awards gala.

Here’s the full list of award winners:

Best New Filmmaker: Storming by Nobuko Kato

Best Student Filmmaker: QUIRK by Emilie Grimes

Best Comedy Short Film: Don’t Look Now by Geno Marx

Best Action/Adventure Short Film: Bastard Toadflex by Koka Singh Arora

Best Suspense/Thriller Short Film (Block A): Honor’s Half Life by Robert Flowers

Best Suspense/Thriller Short Film (Block B): Sahasra by Sai Srujan Pelluri

Best Screenplay: LALA , My Redhead by Nellie K and Deniz Nala

Best Horror Short Film: Curio by Angel Ruiz

Best International Short Film : A Pinch Of Salt by Tathagata Bhowmik

Best Woman Short Film (Block A): Single Buffalo by Laura Anastasia Jones

Best Woman Short Film (Block B): Music To Die For by Rebecca Doherty

Best Short Film (Block A): Again? by Rodney Simmons Jr

Best Short Film (Block B): Damaged by Dana Kippel

Best Short Film (Block C): Yellow by Paul J Lane / Adam Richards

Best Documentary Short Film: From Pen To Paper by Paul and Lori Sutton

Career Icon Award: Bourke Floyd

Dr. A. J. Chandler Award: Connor Jarnagan

Best Drama Short Film: Real Mother by Tobin Carter

Best Asian Film: Paper Flowers by Mahesh Pailoor

Best Spanish/Latin Film: Voces Del Destino by Yoying Eng

Jury’s Choice Award: Dia Ocho (Day Eight) by Jose Gomez and Angela Medina

Best Indian Film: Jama by Pari Elavazhagan

Best Pan-African Film: The Legend Of The Vagabond : Queen Of Lagos by The Agbajowo Collective

Best Western Film: Sod And Stubble by Ken Spurgeon

Best Western Short Film: A Woman With No Name by Rowdy Olson

People’s Choice Award: Merlin by Webster Batista

Best International Narrative Feature Film: En Lo Profundo (In The Deep) by Jairo Alberto Estrada Montoya

Best US Narrative Feature Film: Operation Taco Gary’s by Michael Kvamme

Best Faith/Family Film: Gloria by Hope Martinez

Best Arizona Short Film: BORDERS by Kenneth Shirley and Adam Conte

Best Documentary Feature Film: Robert Shields: My Life As A Robot by Mark Bonn

Best Late Night Feature Film: Astral Plane Drifter by Mike Caravella and Scott Slone

Spotlight Award: Tara Reid

Mayor’s Choice Award: Punjabi Protector by Daniel Locicero and Keeran Panesar

Lifetime Achievement Award: Sean Mcnamara

CIFF Art Award : Ballet Folklorico Quetzalli-AZ

Best Actor: Emilie Hirsch in Bau, Artist At War

Best Actress: Tara Reid in Dr. Quarantine

Best Director: Sean Mcnamara - Bau, Artist At War

Best Feature Film: Paper Flowers by Mahesh Pailoor

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