2017 Oceanside International Film Festival Winners

Oceanside CA— The seventh annual Oceanside International Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday August 13 with its yearly awards ceremony. The festival presented 15 awards at its closing gala, which included awards for both Jury recognition as well as Audience Choice voting.

Although San Diego based filmmakers have won best picture in past years, 2017 marks the first year in which an Oceanside native has taken home the main jury prize. Michael Foster, director of 2017 Best Picture Hush, was raised in Oceanside and was once a student at El Camino High School.

Submissions for the 2018 festival are expected to begin in early Fall of 2017.

Complete List of 2017 Winners

Jury Awards

• Oceanside Intl. Film Festival 2017 Best Picture – Hush (Michael Foster, San Diego)
• Oceanside Intl. Film Festival 2017 Best Narrative Short – Songs of Wild Animals(Mara Weber, Mexico)
• Oceanside Intl. Film Festival 2017 Best Narrative Feature – American Satan(Ash Avildsen, Los Angeles)
• Oceanside Intl. Film Festival 2017 Best Documentary Short – Washed Away(Dana Nachman, Los Altos)
• Oceanside Intl. Film Festival 2017 Best Feature Documentary – No Roads In(Josh Wong, Alberta, Canada)
• Oceanside Intl. Film Festival 2017 Best Animation – A Boy & His Beast(Calley MacDonald, Laguna Beach)
• Oceanside Intl. Film Festival 2017 Best Student Film, High School – Temple of the Ghost Owl(Justin Myhre)
• Oceanside Intl. Film Festival 2017 Best Student Film, College – Pearl(Assia Qianhang Shao, Los Angeles)

Oceanside Spotlight Contest Winner

• Oceanside Intl. Film Festival 2017 Spotlight Contest Winner – Waves N’ Craves: The Yummus Episode(Missy Powers, Oceanside)

Audince Choice Awards

• Oceanside Intl. Film Festival 2017 Audience Choice Best Picture – Our Barrio(Ryan Casselman, San Diego, + $1000 Grand Prize)
• Oceanside Intl. Film Festival 2017 Audience Choice Best Narrative Short – Iron(L. Gabriel Gonda, Seattle)
• Oceanside Intl. Film Festival 2017 Audience Choice Best Short Documentary – Washed Away
• Oceanside Intl. Film Festival 2017 Audience Choice Best Feature Documentary – No Roads In
• Oceanside Intl. Film Festival 2017 Audience Choice Best Animation – A Boy & His Beast
• Oceanside Intl. Film Festival 2017 Audience Choice Best Student Film, High School or College($500 Scholarship Prize) – That Your Body is for Receiving Happiness and Good Stuff(Anna Blum, New York)