"Wasted Talent," "Buona Notte," and "The Wild Side" among honorees

The following films were also honored by the festival:

• Best Dramatic Short - “Wasted Talent,” directed by Derrick Benton (Oswego / Brooklyn, NY)

• Best Comedic Short- “Buona Notte,” directed by Victor Bindefeld Gregoire Bensimon (France)

• Best Animated Short - “The Statue,” directed by Mohsen Salehi Fard (Iran)

• Best Foreign Language Short - “Deaf,” directed by Nuria Muños-Ortín & Eva Libertad (Spain)

• Best Documentary Short - “Wild Side,” directed by Brian Hansen (Milwaukee, WI)

• Winter Through Film Award - “It’s Cold,” directed by Danil Ivanov (Russia)

• North Country Filmmaker Award - “Murray Triumphs!” directed by Megan MacDonald (Watertown, NY)

• North Country Filmmaker Award - “The Birthday Hunt,” directed by Wayne Landreth Jr. (Black River, NY)

• North Country Filmmaker Award - “The White Throated Sparrow Project,” directed by Tiffany Deater (Clinton, NY)

• North Country Filmmaker Award - “Yancey’s Sugarbush: First Crop of the Year,” directed by Xiuke Wei (Canton, NY)

• Official Selection - “Shred of Decency,” directed by Dan Fowlks

• Official Selection - “Jack Wyatt and the Gun From Hell,” directed by Clay Dumaw

• Official Selection - “Roman Candle,” directed by Joe Blank

• Official Selection - “The Town That Moved a Mountain (and then forgot they did it),” directed by Rick Groleau

• NNY Screenplay Award - “2001,” written by Jagger Walters (Los Angeles, CA)

• The “Write Here” Award for North Country Screenwriters - “Keep Digging,” written by Derek and Daniel Morrow (Alexandria Bay, NY)