2024 Festival Award Winners

Congratulations to our 2024 Copper Quill Winners:

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE: TO DIE ALONE

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT: CALF

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:  WHERE IS HEAVEN?

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: PEOPLE & WOLVES

BEST ANIMATED SHORT: TRUTH DETECTOR

BEST MIDWEST ROOTS: SHANNON IS STRANGE

BEST STUDENT SHORT: PHASE III

BEST FAMILY FRIENDLY: WIDER THAN THE SKY

2023 Festival Award Winners

Congratulations to our 2023 Copper Quill Winners:

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE: I BRING JOY

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT: PINTS

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:  SAVAGE WATERS

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: THE LUMINARIANS: MAKING THE LUMINARY LOPPET

BEST ANIMATED SHORT: CREATURES PART 1

BEST MIDWEST ROOTS: DA UNION

BEST STUDENT SHORT: THE HOUSE ON THE MOON

BEST FAMILY FRIENDLY: LOVE DON’T BULLY

2022 Festival Award Winners

Rough  Best Narrative Short, Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson, Ireland

Greyland   Best Documentary Feature, Alexandra Sicotte-Lévesque, Canada

Chaos and Quiet   Best Documentary Short, Fiachra O Longain and  Sean Coyle, United Kingdom

Second Degree Bern: A Bern Notice Story  Best Animated Feature, Aaron M. Brigman, USA

Chopping Block   Best Midwest Roots, Tim Schwagel, USA

Ruthless  Best Family Friendly, Matthew McGuigan, Ireland

Best Foot Forward  Best Student Short, Seán Hart, Ireland

2021 Festival Award Winners

Body of Water  Best Narrative Feature, Lucy Brydon, United Kingdom

Brother and Sister   Best Narrative Short, Coralie Lavergne, France

Last of Us: The Last Fishermen of the Lake   Best Documentary Short, Andrea Marcovicchio, Italy

On / Off   Best Animated Short, Nicolas P. Villarreal, Argentina

Scotch Tension   Best Midwest Roots, Grant Brown and Samuel Kasper, USA

Inbox  Best Student Short, USA

2020 Festival Award Winners

Repossession  Best Narrative Feature, Goh Ming Siu, Singapore

The Boy Who Wanted To Fly  Best Narrative Short, Jorge Muriel, Spain

The Last Day On Duty  Best Documentary Feature, Jon Cortegoso Otaduy, Spain

The Vasectomy Doctor  Best Documentary Short, Paul Webster, Ireland

Hot Diggity Best Animated Short, Danielle Pedersen, USA

Father's Girl  Best Midwest Roots, Luke Ailabouni, USA

A Home for Curiosities, Best family Friendly, Ben Tobin, USA

Shots  Best Student Short, Lukas Medin, USA

2019 Festival Award Winners

All Eyes on You  Best Narrative Feature, Felix Maxim Eller, Germany

The Graveyard Shift Best Narrative Short, Michael Price, USA

Decoding the Driftless Best Documentary Feature, Jonas Stenstrom, USA

SPiN  Best Midwest Roots, Jon Paul Wheeler, USA

Overnight  Best Student Short,  Thomas Mendolia, USA