The following films were awarded a ceramic tile, like the one pictured above (click to enlarge), during a live-stream announcement on Friday afternoon, April 24 (click image on left to watch the program).  The four “overall” award-winning films also received a cash prize:

 

Overall Awards

Judges’ Choice Winner
Narrative Film
Fall

Judges’ Choice Winner
Documentary Film
Making Sweet Tea

Best Student Film
Libertad

Best Film Poster
Dig

Genre Awards

Narrative Feature
Best Drama
Fever Dreams Movie

Narrative Feature
Best Horror–Sci-Fi
Kesler

Narrative Short
Best Sci-Fi
Alien Guy Tim

Narrative Short
Best Horror
The Scavenger

Narrative Short
Best Comedy
Good Ol’ Bernie

Narrative Short
Best Drama
She Follows Close Behind

Narrative Short
Best Spoken Word
“Godspeed”

Animated Film
Best Overall
Shoot the Moon

Student Film
Best Narrative
Hourglass

Student Film
Best Documentary
Who I Am | Radha Varadan

Documentary Feature
Best Overall
My Father’s Brothers

Documentary Short
Best Overall
All the Possibilities . . .

History⁺ Film
Best Narrative
Deserted

History⁺ Film
Best Documentary
New Bern: Spirit of Freedom

Music Video
Best Overall
“Teresa Ann Ward”

 

We wish to extend a special thank-you to John Rice—a Longleaf judge for 2020 and director of marketing and creative services at CBS17, WNCN-TV, this year’s media sponsor for the festival—for arranging our emcee for the program: morning news anchor Bill Young.

 

Click here to watch the live-stream announcement . . .

Click here for a general summary of Longleaf 2020.
Click here for a list of all Longleaf 2020 Official Selection films.
Click here to see which films were “screened” as part of our
special #AloneTogether viewing event.