On October 6, 2019 the 2nd Annual Mystic Film Festival announced its 2019 winners at an awards ceremony held at the Mystic Luxury Cinemas in Mystic, Connecticut, wrapping up five days of film, panel discussions, workshops, and networking events.
We honored the late Joel McCrea and Frances Dee, one of Hollywood’s legendary on-screen couples, with the 2019 Mystic Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award. The award was accepted by their son, Peter McCrea.
Lifetime Achievement Award
JOEL MCCREA & FRANCES DEE
Best Documentary Short
THE LAST TRAP FAMILY
Best Feature Documentary
THE MAMBONIKS
Best Screenplay Narrative Short
INTERMEDIUM
Best International Narrative Short
ELEPHANTBIRD
Best Comedy Narrative Short
SAC DE MERDE
Best Dramatic Narrative Short
SIMMER
Best Screenplay Narrative Feature
AROUND THE SUN
Best International Narrative Feature
JULIA BLUE
Best Narrative Feature
THE INCOHERENTS
Best New Director
STEPHEN BISACCIA
Best New England Film
PIZZA, A LOVE STORY
Human Rights Award
FINDING BOBBI: A SEARCH FOR SELF
Best Conservation Film Award
THE WILD
Best Cinematography
SEW THE WINTER TO MY SKIN
Best Student Film
ECLIPSE
Grand Jury Prize Documentary Short
BENEATH THE INK
Grand Jury Prize Narrative Short
THE GIRL NEXT DOOR
Grand Jury Prize Feature Documentary
GOING ATTRACTIONS: THE DEFINITIVE STORY OF THE MOVIE PALACE
Grand Jury Prize Narrative Feature
LIFT
Audience Choice Award
WHERE WERE YOU
Audience Choice Award Student Films Showcase
HIDDEN
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2019 Program and Film Slate Downloads
Click here to download the 2019 Mystic Film Festival Slate of Films.
Click here to download the 2019 Mystic Film Festival Program Schedule.
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
- Finding Bobbi (Canada), Directed by Scot Morison
- Going Attractions: The Definitive Story Of The Movie Palace (USA), Directed by April Wright
- Humpback Whales – A Detective Story (UK), Directed by Tom Mustill
- JFK The Last Speech (USA), Directed by Bestor Cram
- Manry At Sea ~ In The Wake Of A Dream (USA), Directed by Steve Wystrach
- One Big Home (USA), Directed by Thomas Bena
- Pioneers In Skirts (USA), Directed by Ashley Maria
- Pizza, A Love Story (USA), Directed by Gorman Bechard
- Six Locked Doors: The Legacy of Cocoanut Grove (USA), Directed by Zachary Graves-Miller
- Somewhere To Be (USA), Directed by Peter Odabashian
- The Mamboniks (USA), Directed by Lex Gillespie
- The Wild (USA), Directed by Mark Titus
- Tidewater (USA), Directed by Roger Sorkin
FEATURE FILMS
- Around The Sun (UK), Directed by Oliver Krimpas
- Julia Blue (Ukraine), Directed by Roxy Toporowych
- Lift (USA), Directed by Alexander Kaminer
- Mass Hysteria (USA), Directed by Jeff Ryan
- Sew The Winter To My Skin (South Africa), Directed by Jahmil XT Qubeka
- The Incoherents (USA), Directed by Jared Barel
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
- Baba’s Next Chapter (China), Directed by Jamie C.X. Wang
- Beneath The Ink (USA), Directed by Cy Dodson
- Love Birds (USA), Directed by Ashley Mosher
- Outside The Box:
Inside The Mind Of An Artist On The Autism Spectrum (USA), Directed by Morgan Giosa - Quiet Hours (USA), Directed by Paul Szynol
- Sacheen (USA), Directed by Peter Spirer
- The Last Trap Family (USA), Directed by Hudson Lines
- The Guy: The Brian Donahue Story (USA), Directed by E.J. McLeavey-Fisher
- The Pull (USA), Directed by Paul Szynol
- The Ocean Knows No Borders (USA), Directed by Jack Gordon
SHORT FICTION
- Acts Of Contrition (USA), Directed by Stephen Bisaccia
- After 48 Hours (USA), Directed by Dani Scott
- An Evening At The Diner (USA), Directed by Daniel Zagayer
- Barking Mad (Australia), Directed by Kostiantyn Liakhov
- Cavan (USA), Directed by Dave Solomon
- Coma (USA), Directed by Chen Su
- Dispel (USA), Directed by Kylie Eaton
- Dodgson (USA), Directed by Dan Michael
- Dreamers (USA), Directed by Ryan Stottle
- Eclipse (USA), Directed by Council Brandon
- Elephantbird (Iran), Directed by Masoud Soheili
- In A Bind (USA), Directed by Adam Berlingeri
- In A Landscape, Dreaming (USA), Directed by Ross Morin
- Intermedium (USA), Directed by Erik Bloomquist
- Home Is Where (USA), Directed by Susan McCormick
- Lawyer Lady (USA), Directed by Katarzyna Kochany
- Mama It’s Cold Inside (USA), Directed by Bryan Metzger
- Maybe Tomorrow (USA), Directed by Jenifer Stockdale
- Now Or Never (USA), Directed by Rose Schimm
- Participant (USA), Directed by John Piazza
- Processing (USA), Directed by Tommy Butler
- Ready To Go (USA), Directed by Lynda Reiss
- Sac de Merde (USA), Directed by Greg Chwerchak
- Simmer (USA), Directed by Owen Schwartzbardj
- Sorry, Not Sorry (USA), Directed by Monique Sorgen
- Still Young (UK), Directed by Marcos Spalding
- The Bumbry Encounter (USA), Directed by Jay K Raja
- The Girl Next Door (USA), Directed by Donna Bonilla Wheeler
- The Last Call (USA), Directed by Marcus Slabine
- Trop C’est Trop / I’ve Had Enough! (France), Directed by John M. Keller
- Tumble Dry (USA), Directed by Delia Kelly & Stephen Riscica
- Ways To Look At The Moon (USA), Directed by Katherine Clark
- Where Were You (USA), Directed by Rob Levinson
- Within and Without (USA), Directed by Frank S. Petrilli