Oceanside International Film Festival

2020 Grand Jury Award Winners & Nominees: Note: OIFF 2020’s Grand Jury was Comprised of Multiple Industry Professionals Who are in no way affiliated with the Oceanside Intl. Film Festival Staff, Board or Organizational Committee.

2019 Grand Jury Award Nominees & Winners: Note: OIFF 2019’s Grand Jury was Comprised of Multiple Industry Professionals Who are in no way affiliated with the Oceanside Intl. Film Festival Staff, Board or Organizational Committee.

2018 Jury Award Winners: Best Animation: One Small Step (Taiko Studios, Burbank, CA) Best Local Student Film: Alana Nichols’ Story (Eli Bensen, Carlsbad, CA) Best Student Film: White Lines (Stuart Heinlen, East Lansing, MI) Best Documentary Short: From Haarlem to Harlem (David & Barbarella Fokos, San Diego, CA) Best Feature Documentary: Rodents of

OIFF 2017 Jury Award Winners: Best Animation:Â Â A Boy & His Beast (Calley MacDonald, Laguna Beach, CA) Best Student Film – High School:Â Â Temple of the Ghost Owl (Justin Myhre) Best Student Film – College:Â Â Pearl (Assia Qianhang Shao, Los Angeles, CA) Best Short Documentary:Â Â Washed Away (Dana Nachman, Los Altos, CA) Best Narrative Short Film

OIFF 2016 Jury Award Winners: Best Animation: Sea of Ink (Chenxin Yang, New York, NY) Best Student Film - K to Middle School: Cricket (Alyssa Bainbridge, Poway, CA) Best Student Film - College: Jewish Blind Date (Anaëlle Morf, Lausanne, Switzerland) Best Short Documentary: Dead Harvest (Ray McNally, Sacramento, CA) Best Narrative Short Film: 3

OIFF 2015 Jury Awards: Best Student Film, K to Middle School: Save The Date (Jarrod Bainbridge, Poway, CA) Best Student Film, High School: Two and a Quarter Minutes (Joshua Ovalle, Huntington Beach, CA) Best Student Film, College: Somos Amigos / “We Are Friends†(Carlos Solano Perez, Madrid, Spain) Best Short Documentary: Over the Coals : […] Th

OIFF 2014 Jury Awards: BEST STUDENT FILM – K THRU MIDDLE SCHOOL: Mr. McBob (Pierre Schantz, Irvine, CA) BEST STUDENT FILM – HIGH SCHOOL: Water (Kendall Goldberg, Chicago, IL) BEST STUDENT FILM – COLLEGE: Into The Silent Sea (Andrej Landin, Arsta, Sweden) BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY: Baykeepers (Michael J Lutman, Melbourne, Australia) BEST FEATURE

OIFF 2013 Jury Award Winners: BEST STUDENT FILM – K TO MIDDLE SCHOOL: 420 Remix by Boys & Girls Club of Oceanside at MLK Jr Middle School (David Garcia, Oceanside, CA) BEST STUDENT FILM – HIGH SCHOOL THRU COLLEGE: Shoot the Moon (Alexander Gaeta, Los Angeles, CA) BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY:  Threatened The Controversial Struggle Of The […] The po

OIFF 2012 Jury Award Winners: BEST ANIMATION FILM: Thumb Snatchers from the Moon Cocoon (Bradley Schaffer, Los Angeles, CA) BEST STUDENT FILM: Water On Mars (Chase Smith, Los Alamitos, CA) BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM: Angel’s Reach (Al Germani, San Diego, CA) BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM: Working Class (Jeff Durkin, San Marcos, CA) BEST NARRATIV

OIFF 2009 Jury Award Winners: Best Actor: Mark Nilsson, “Ballbusters” Best Actress: Kari Nissena, ‘”Callous” Best Director: Joey Lanai, “Callous” Best Producer: CHSTV, “We Must Remember” Best Animation:Â Perchance to Dream by Lauren Kimball (Miami, FL) Best Student Film:Â Kevin’s Kritters: Dolphin Experience by Kevin Anderson (Fallbrook, CA) Best D