SpIFF2015: Audiences have their say

Film festivals traditionally offer up juried awards, which are honors that reflect the opinions of designated festival representatives. The Spokane International Film Festival is no different.

In recent years, though, every festival from SpIFF to Sundance has offered audiences the opportunity to say what they like, too. Thus the era of the Audience Awards was born. The Audience Awards for SpIFF 2015, as determined by those little slips of paper festival attendees turned in, are as follows:

Best Feature: Belle and Sebastian (Nicolas Vanier, France)

Best Documentary: Flore (Jean-Albert Lièvre, France)

Best International Short: Carry On (Yatao Li, China)

Best of the NW, Short: From the Sky (Ian Ebright, USA)

Best Animated Short: The Dam Keeper (Robert Kodo and Dice Tsutsumi, USA)

Thanks to SpIFF programmer Vaughn Overlie for compiling and counting the Audience Award ballots.