Winners
2021 Poe Film Festival Award Winners
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR OUTSTANDING OFFICIAL SELECTION FILMMAKERS!
Judges' Selection Best of Fest
The Contract Musical
directed by Chris Cole (PA)
Audience Selection Best of Fest
The Issue with Elvis, directed by Charlotte Wincott
Vivien's Picture, directed by Eric Kosonen
Eternal Immurement, directed by Joseph Pascaretti
Best Original Film
The Issue with Elvis
directed by Charlotte Wincott (DC)
Best Adapted Film
Evermore Nevermore
directed by Amber Ray Snyder (IL)
Best Original Short Film
The Contract Musical
directed by Chris Cole (PA)
Best Documentary Film
Lessons
directed by Jude Kalman (Australia)
Best Animated Film
The Wake-Up Call
directed by James Kahn (CA)
Best Quarantine Film
Bandwidth
directed by Pat Battistini and Robert Francke (CA)
Best College Film
A Lonely Conversation
directed by Harrison Dove-Green
Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA
2020 Director's Award
Dave Matthews, founder of the Dave Matthews Band
and Charlottesville area philanthropist
Best Feature Screenplay
A Love Story
by John Hancock
Best Short Screenplay
The Ready Heart
by Caroline Rovello
Best Teleplay
Classified
by Eric Pace
Festival Director's Favorites (FWIW)
The Wake-Up Call by James Kahn
Welcome to Forever by John Gray
A New York Story by Paul Schwartz