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Tacoma Film Festival (TFF)
LocationTacoma, Washington, United States
Founded2006
LanguageEnglish
Websitetacomafilmfestival.com

The Tacoma Film Festival (TFF) is a film festival held annually in Tacoma, Washington, United States. It usually takes place in October.

It is one of the largest festivals in Washington, and features programming of independent American and foreign films, and a strong contingent of documentaries, with an emphasis on films produced in the Pacific Northwest.[1]

History

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Founded in 2006, the Tacoma Film Festival (TFF) has been hosted annually at the Grand Cinema.[2][3] Created with the intention to foster the film community in Tacoma and the broader Pacific Northwest region, the festival has grown from a small regional event to a prominent fixture in the region's cultural landscape.[4][5] TFF provides a platform for regional and international filmmakers[6][7] and has been described as the "Sundance of the Pacific Northwest," emphasizing its growing reputation and influence in the region's film community.[8]

Awards

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2007

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2007 Tacoma Film Festival Awards
Category Film Title Director(s)
Best Narrative Feature Rain in the Mountains Joel Metlen; Christine Sullivan
Best Documentary Feature Spitfire 944 William Lorton
Best Narrative Short Full Disclosure Douglas Horn
Best Local Film GPS - The Movie Eric Colley
Audience Choice My Left Hand Joshua Isaac

2009

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2009 Tacoma Film Festival Awards
Category Film Title Director(s)
Best Narrative Feature White on Rice Dave Boyle
Best Documentary Feature Freeing Silvia Baraldini Margo Pelletier; Lisa Thomas
Best Narrative Short Sebastian's Voodoo Joaquin Baldwin
Best Regional Film Otis v Monster Patrick Neary
Audience Choice The Stairwell Andrew Finnigan

2010

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2010 Tacoma Film Festival Awards
Category Film Title Director(s)
Best Narrative Feature Earthwork Chris Ordel
Best Documentary Feature Back to the Garden Kevin Tomlinson
Best Narrative Short Ana's Playground Eric D. Howell
Best Regional Film Shuffle Garrett Bennett
Best Animated Film A Complex Villainelle Nathan Billington, Howard Cook, Rebecca Forth, Bart Ovaitt, & Ryan Porter
Audience Choice Wheedle's Groove Jennifer Maas

2011

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2011 Tacoma Film Festival Awards
Category Film Title Director(s)
Best Narrative Feature This Narrow Place Sooney Kadouh
Best Documentary Feature The Two Escobars Jeff Zimbalist; Michael Zimbalist
Best Regional Film Connect To Sam Nuttmann
Best Animated Film The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore William Joyce & Brandon Oldenburg
Best Narrative Short Thief Julian Higgins
Audience Choice Fort McCoy Kate Connor & Michael Worth
Local Audience Choice Half Empty (Fantastic Confabulations) Andrew Finnigan

2012

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2012 Tacoma Film Festival Awards
Category Film Title Director(s)
Best Narrative Feature Dead Man's Burden Jared Moshe
Best Documentary Feature Lemon Laura Brownson; Beth Levison
Best Animated Film Thumb Snatchers from the Moon Cocoon Brad Schaffer
Audience Choice The Magic Life Nelson Cheng
Local Audience Choice Shadowed Joey Johnson
Best Narrative Short Curfew Shawn Christensen
Best Documentary Short Odysseus' Gambit Alex Lora

2013

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2013 Tacoma Film Festival Awards
Category Film Title Director(s)
Best Narrative Feature Euphonia Danny Madden
Best Documentary Feature A River Changes Course Kalyanee Mam
Best Regional Film Improvement Club Dayna Hanson
Best Animated Film Woody Stuart Bowen
Audience Choice Her Aim is True Karen Whitehead
Best Narrative Short The Telegram Man James Francis Khehtie

2014

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2014 Tacoma Film Festival Awards
Category Film Title Director(s)
Best Narrative Feature Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter David Zellner
Best Documentary Feature The Immortalists David Alvarado; Jason Sussberg
Best Regional Film Koinonia Andrew Finnigan
Best Animated Film Yearbook Bernardo Britto
Audience Choice Life Partners Susanna Fogel
Local Audience Choice Laggies Lynn Shelton
Best Narrative Short What Cheer? Michael Slavens
Best Documentary Short David Hockney in the NOW Lucy Walker

2015

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2015 Tacoma Film Festival Awards
Category Film Title Director(s)
Best Regional Film Even the Walls Sarah Kuck & Saman Maydani
Best Narrative Short The Chicken Una Gunjack
Best Documentary Short Live Fast Draw Yung Stacey Lee & Anthony Mathile
Best Director The Chicken Una Gunjack
Best Cinematography Mathias Pilz for The Chicken Una Gunjack
Best Screenplay Eric Fallen & Moon Molson for The Bravest, the Boldest Moon Molson
Best Actress Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris for The Bravest, the Boldest Moon Molson
Best Actor Joseph Smith for Hagereseb Zia Mohajerjasbi
Audience Choice Feature Landfill Harmonic Brad Allgood; Graham Townsley
Audience Choice Short Birthday Chris King
Local Audience Choice Feature The Glamour & the Squalor Marq Evans
Local Audience Choice Short Big Boy Bryan Campbell

2016

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2016 Tacoma Film Festival Awards
Category Film Title Director(s)
Best Narrative Short Home Daniel Mulloy
Best Actor (Narrative) Abraham Attah in Out of the Village Jonathan Stein
Best Actress (Narrative) Charlie Chan Dagelet in Hold One Charlotte Scott-Wilson
Best Screenplay (Narrative) Christophe M. Saber for Discipline Christophe M. Saber
Best Cinematography (Narrative) Paul MacKay; Victor Seguin for Home Daniel Mulloy
Best Director (Narrative) And Nothing Happened Naima Ramos-Chapman
Best Documentary Short The Carousel Jonathan Napolitano
Best Cinematography (Documentary) Nathan Golon for I Am Yup'ik
Best Director (Documentary) The Tricks List Brian Bolster
Local Audience Choice Short Phil's Camino Annie O'Neil
Local Audience Choice Feature As You Are Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
Audience Choice Short Out of the Village Jonathan Stein
Audience Choice Feature Score: A Film Music Documentary Matt Schrader


2017

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2017 Tacoma Film Festival Awards
Category Film Title Director(s)
Best Narrative Feature Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town Christian Papierniak
Best Director (Narrative) Everything Beautiful is Far Away Pete Ohs; Andrea Sisson
Best Cinematography (Narrative) Christian Sorensen Hansen and Pete Ohs for Everything Beautiful is Far Away Pete Ohs
Best Performance (Narrative) Jun Zhao in King of Peking Sam Voutas
Best Performance (Narrative) Mackenzie Davis in Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town Christian Papierniak
Best Screenplay (Narrative) Sam Voutas for King of Peking Sam Voutas
Best Narrative Short Import Ena Sendijarevic
Best Cinematography in a Narrative Short Christian Houge Laursen in Forever Now
Best Performance in a Narrative Short Max Jenkins for The Mess He Made
Best Performance in a Narrative Short Nicole Williams in Game Kristian Håskjold and Trille Cecilie Uldall-Spanner
Best Screenplay in a Narrative Short Forever Now
Best Director in a Narrative Short Ena Sendijarevic for Import Ena Sendijarevic
Best Regional Film Little Potato
Audience Choice Best Local Short Richard Twice
Audience Choice Best Local Feature Semi-Iconic: The Ballad of Dick Rossetti
Audience Choice Short Game
Audience Choice Feature A Shot in the Dark
Best Documentary Feature For Ahkeem
Best Director of Documentary Feature Mike Day for The Islands and the Whales
Best Cinematography in a Documentary Feature Mike Day for The Islands and the Whales
Best Documentary Short Wildland
Best Director of Documentary Short Lauren Frohne for The Legacy of Linc's Tackle Lauren Frohne
Best Cinematography in a Documentary Short John Pope for The Wizard Oz

2018

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2018 Tacoma Film Festival Awards
Category Film Title Director(s)
Best Narrative Feature Drift Helena Wittman
Best Director - Narrative Feature Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer for Empty Metal Adam Khalil; Bayley Sweitzer
Best Cinematography - Narrative Feature Ashley Connor for Mountain Rest Ashley Connor
Best Screenplay - Narrative Feature Bryce Richardson for I Want More, I Want Less Bryce Richardson
Best Performance - Narrative Feature Sophia Mitri Schloss for I Want More, I Want Less Bryce Richardson
Best Narrative Short Nettles Raven Jackson
Best Director - Narrative Short Faren Humes Macho Faren Humes
Best Cinematography - Narrative Short Shawn Peters for Piu Piu Naima Ramos-Chapman
Best Performance - Narrative Short Dymond Veve in Kira Burning Laurel Parmet
Best Screenplay - Narrative Short Mariama Diallo for Hair Wolf Mariama Diallo
Best Documentary Feature Distant Constellation Shevaun Mizrahi
Best Director - Documentary Feature Daniel Patrick Carbone for Phantom Cowboys Daniel Patrick Carbone
Best Cinematography - Documentary Feature Erick Stoll for America Chase Whiteside; Erick Stoll
Best Documentary Short Silica Pia Borg
Best Director - Documentary Short Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil, and Jackson Polys for The Violence of Civilization Without Secrets Adam Khalil; Zack Khalil; Jackson Polys
Best Cinematography - Documentary Short Luis Gutierrez Arias and John Henry Theisen for It's Going to Be Beautiful Luis Gutierrez Arias; John Henry Theisen
Best Pacific Northwest Film Civil Stephen Takashima
Best Pierce County Film Medieval Martha Stewart Taylor Hawkins
Audience Choice - Best Short The Burden Niki Lindroth von Bahr
Audience Choice - Best Feature Dawnland Adam Mazo; Ben Pender-Cudlip
Audience Choice - Best Regional Short Medieval Martha Stewart Taylor Hawkins
Audience Choice - Best Regional Feature Boom! A film about The Sonics Jordan Albertsen
Best Virtual Reality Film 1 Swampscapes Liz Miller; Juan Carlos Zaldavar; Kim Grinfeder
Best Virtual Reality Film 2 Biidaaban: First Light Lisa Jackson

2019

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2019 Tacoma Film Festival Awards
Category Film Title Director(s)
Best Narrative Feature Mad Dog Labine Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr; Renaud Lessard
Best Director - Narrative Feature Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer for Empty Metal
Best Cinematography - Narrative Feature Christopher Rejano for Knives and Skin
Best Screenplay - Narrative Feature The Plagiarists James N. Kienitz Wilkins; Robin Schavoir
Best Performance - Narrative Feature

Zoé Audet for Mad Dog Labine

Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr; Renaud Lessard
Best Narrative Short Dios Nunca Muere Barbara Cigarroa
Best Director - Narrative Short Barbara Cigarroa for Dios Nunca Muere Barbara Cigarroa
Best Cinematography - Narrative Short for All These Creatures Adric Watson
Best Performance - Narrative Short Tamar Amit-Joseph in Halayla
Best Screenplay - Narrative Short for Halayla Emily Shir Segal
Best Narrative Short Honorable Mention 1 New Land Broken Road Kavich Neang
Best Narrative Short Honorable Mention 2 Dumpling Xiaolu Wang
Best Documentary Feature Caballerango Juan Pablo González
Best Director - Documentary Feature Kavich Neang for Last Night I Saw You Smiling Kavich Neang
Best Cinematography - Documentary Feature Juan Pablo González for Caballerango Juan Pablo González
Best Documentary Short La Flaca Adriana Barbosa; Thiago Zanato
Best Director - Documentary Short Darius Clark Monroe for Black 14 Darius Clark Monroe
Best Cinematography - Documentary Short Juanita Onzaga for Our Song to War
Documentary Short Honorable Mention 1 La Flaca Adriana Barbosa; Thiago Zanato
Documentary Short Honorable Mention 2 Prisoner of Society Rati Tsiteladze
Best Pacific Northwest Narrative Feature Where the House Was Ryan Adams
Best Pacific Northwest Narrative Short RESPEK Kamari Bright
Best Pierce County Film #StopErasingBlackPeople Tacoma Action Collective
Pacific Northwest Narrative Short Honorable Mention 1 Cold Holy Water Rankin Renwick
Pacific Northwest Narrative Short Honorable Mention 2 All on a Mardi Gras Day Michal Pietrzyk
Audience Choice - Best Short Kamali Sasha Rainbow
Audience Choice - Best Feature The Infiltrators Cristina Ibarra; Alex Rivera
Audience Choice - Best Pacific Northwest Short Sepulcher Stephen Takashima
Audience Choice - Best Pacific Northwest Feature 1 Stories of Us: Camp Second Chance Melinda Raebyne
Audience Choice - Best Pacific Northwest Feature 2 My Mother Was Here Rustin Thompson
Best Music Video Shambles Jonathan Salmon
Best Animated Film KIDS Michael Frei

2021

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2021 Tacoma Film Festival Awards
Category Film Title Director(s)
Best Narrative Feature Potato Dreams of America Wes Hurley
Best Director - Narrative Feature Charles Mudede for Thin Skin Charles Mudede
Best Cinematography - Narrative Feature Alex Grigoras for Wood and Water Jonas Bak
Best Screenplay - Narrative Feature Brielle Brilliant for Firstness Brielle Brilliant
Best Performance - Narrative Feature for Alia's Birth Nikohl Boosheri
Best Narrative Short The Unseen River Pham Ngoc Lan
Best Director - Narrative Short Affonso Uchoa for Seven Years in May Affonso Uchoa
Best Cinematography - Narrative Short Giorgos Valsamis for I Am Afraid to Forget Your Face Sameh Alaa
Best Performance - Narrative Short Nadir Saribacak in Leylak Dennis Latos; Scott Aharoni
Best Screenplay - Narrative Short Pham Ngoc Lan for The Unseen River Pham Ngoc Lan
Best Documentary Feature Acts of Love Isidore Bethel; Francis Leplay
Best Director - Documentary Feature Jessica Kingdon for Ascension Jessica Kingdon
Best Cinematography - Documentary Feature Goga Devdariani; Salome Jashi for Taming the Garden Salomé Jashi
Best Documentary Short Surviving You, Always Morgan Quaintance
Best Director - Documentary Short Adam Khalil and Adam Piron for Halpate Adam Khalil; Adam Piron
Best Cinematography - Documentary Short Sean Hanley for The Whelming Sea Sean Hanley
Documentary Short Honorable Mention 1 Orbita Udval Altangerel
Documentary Short Honorable Mention 2 Luces Del Desierto Felix Blume
Best Pacific Northwest Feature A Black Rift Begins to Yawn Matthew Wade
Best Pacific Northwest Short Film See Me Dawn Jones Redstone
Audience Choice - Best Short Undercut Kelly Pike
Audience Choice - Best Feature 1 Thin Skin Charles Mudede
Audience Choice - Best Feature 2 Missing in Brooks County Lisa Molomet; Jeff Bemiss
Audience Choice - Best Pacific Northwest Short 1 Now is the Time Christopher Auchter
Audience Choice - Best Pacific Northwest Short 2 A Dinner Party from Hell Derek Schneider
Audience Choice - Best Pacific Feature 700 Feet Down Carly Vester; Peter Bortel
Best Animation Our Bed is Green Maggie Brennan
Best Music Video Kreis Kilian Immervoll & Anna Sophia Rußmann
Best Late Night Film The Following Year Miguel Campana

2022

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2022 Tacoma Film Festival Awards
Category Film Title Director(s)
Best Narrative Feature Utama Alejandro Loayza Grisi
Best Cinematography - Narrative Feature Silvan Hillman for Unrest (Unrueh) Cyril Schäublin
Best Screenplay - Narrative Feature Zia Mohajerjasbi for Know Your Place Zia Mohajerjasbi
Best Performance - Narrative Feature Matthew Jeffers for Unidentified Objects Juan Felipe Zuleta
Best Narrative Short asi en la tierra como en el cielo Mireya Martinez
Best Screenplay - Narrative Short Brian Imakura for Some Vile Beast Brian Imakura
Best Cinematography - Narrative Short Ray Huang for little trumpet Megan Trufant Tillman
Best Performance - Narrative Short Gil Fishman in Glow Stick
Best Screenplay - Narrative Short Brian Imakura for Some Vile Beast
Best Documentary Feature After Sherman Jon-Sesrie Goff
Best Sound Design - Documentary Feature Gods of Mexico Helmut Dosantos
Best Cinematography - Documentary Feature Melisa Cardona for Powerlands
Documentary Feature Honorable Mention 1 What We Leave Behind Iliana Sosa
Documentary Feature Honorable Mention 2 Freedom from Everything Mike Hoolboom
Best Documentary Short Kicking the Clouds Sky Hopinka
Best Sound Design - Documentary Short Home When You Return Carl Elsaesser
Best Cinematography - Documentary Short Yanbin Zhao for Remaining Silent
Documentary Short Honorable Mention 1 Blue Room Merete Mueller
Documentary Short Honorable Mention 2 Strangers Rajee Samarasinghe
Best Pacific Northwest Narrative Feature The Diaper Cake Anastasia Babenko
Best Late Night Pacific Northwest Film Sojourn Nesib Shamah
Best Pacific Northwest Documentary Feature Up on the Mountain Olivier Matthon; Michael Reis
Audience Choice - Best Short Dana Lucia Forner Segarra
Audience Choice - Best Feature Butterfly in the Sky Bradford Thomas; Brett Whitcomb
Audience Choice - Best Pacific Northwest Documentary Buffalo Soldiers: Fighting on Two Fronts Dru Holley
Audience Choice - Best Pacific Northwest Feature Know Your Place Zia Mohajerjasbi
Best Animation No Leaders Please Joan C. Gratz
Best Music Video June Magdalena Zielinska
Jurors' Award - Best Experimental Film El Gran Movimiento Kiro Russo
Best Late Night Film The Timekeepers of Eternity Aristotelis Maragkos

2023

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2023 Tacoma Film Festival Awards
Category Film Title Director(s)
Best Narrative Feature Fancy Dance Erica Tremblay
Best Documentary Feature Brief Tender Light Arthur Musah
Best PNW Film Fantasy A Gets a Mattress Noah Zoltan Sofian; David Norman Lewis
Best PNW Documentary Short They Scream Freedom (Ellos Gritan Libertad) Melinda Raebyne
Best Narrative Short Black Seed Amirhoman Khosravani
Best Documentary Short Buurman Abdi Douwe Dijkstra
Best PNW Narrative Short In This Neighborhood Lilly Lion
Best PNW Documentary Short Savi the Cat Netsanet Tjirongo; Bryan Tucker
Best Animated Short Film The Old Young Crow Liam Lopinto
Best Late Night Short Film Unknown Heavens Erik M.G. Fox
Best Experimental Short Film Lotus-Eyed Girl Rajee Samarasinghe
Audience Choice Award, PNW Film Punderneath It All Abby Hagan
Audience Choice Award, Feature Film Immediate Family Denny Tedesco
Audience Choice Award, Short Film Confessions Stephanie Kaznocha

References

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