Best In Festival

The Best In Festival is chosen from these three winners:
Best Drama, Best Comedy or Musical, Best Documentary

The Best Drama, Comedy or Musical, and Documentary is chosen from the following:


Best Animation Feature (Narrative)
Best Appalachian Feature (Narrative or Documentary)
Best Art Film Feature (Non-Traditional Format or Story Structure)
Best Children’s Feature (Narrative or Documentary)
Best Cultural Minority Feature (Narrative or Documentary)
Best Environmental Feature (Narrative or Documentary)
Best Foreign Language Feature (Narrative or Documentary)
Best Gender Issue Feature (Narrative or Documentary)
Best Horror Feature (Narrative)
Best Independent Documentary Feature
Best Independent Narrative Feature
Best Student Feature (Narrative or Documentary)

The following awards are chosen from all entrants in the festival (Feature or Short) and are nominated by the curators of each screen genre.

Best Cultural Minority Feature Film--Bicycle Bride
Best Foreign Language Feature Film--Empire of Silver
Best Documentary Feature Film--Malayaka House
Best Independent Feature Film--All for Liberty
Best Art/Experimental Feature Film--Bodmer's Reise (Bodmer's Journey)
Best Southern Feature Film--Displaced: The Unexpected Fallout from the Cold War
Best Appalachian Feature Film--Broken Springs: Shine of the Undead Zombie Bastards
Best Horror Feature Film--True Nature
Best Environmental Feature Film--The End of the Line
Best Gender Issues Feature Film--Toe to Toe
Best GLBT Feature Film--Sasha

Best Short Drama--The Desperate
Best Short Documentary--Homegrown Revolution
Best Short International--Requiem for Kosova
Best Short Comedy--Love Does Grow on Trees

Best Actor--Eric Sweeney, Blue Ridge
Best Actress--Whitney Powell, Moonshine Inc.
Best Supporting Actor--Tyler Rollinson, Trailer Park
Best Supporting Player--William Belli, Defying Gravity
Best Director--Patrick Steele, True Nature
Best Screenplay--Vince Sweeney, Blue Ridge
Best Adapted Screenplay--Patrick Muhlberger, Johnny Look, Nick Knittel, Jeff Bowers; Trailer Park
Best Editing--Empire of Silver
Best Cinematography--Empire of Silver
Best Score--Empire of Silver

"Basement Jack"
Best Horror Film SOAPIFF 2008

"911/911" by Mel Chin
Best Art Film SOAPIFF 2008

Mary Jane Coleman Award
DishMag.com Award
iTunes U Peoples Choice Awards

2010 SOAPIFF Festival Awards

Mary Jane Coleman Awards

DishMag.com Peoples Choice Awards

iTunes U Peoples Choice Awards