2016 Winners
2016 Mountain Film Festival Winners
Grand Jury Prize
Winter Project directed by Kyle Aramburo
Jury Prize
Operation Moffat directed by Claire Carter, Jen Randall
Best Action Sports Film
The Perfect Man directed by Kasper Kiertzner
Best Documentary Feature
One Hundred Mules Walking The Los Angeles Aqueduct directed by Bruce Dickson
Best Animation
Wildless directed by Kev McCrae & Jonny Harris
Best Documentary Short
Into The Unknown directed by Matt Pain
Best Feature Film
Harvest directed by S. Cagney Gentry
Best Environmental Feature
GOSHEN directed by Dana Richardson & Sarah Zentz
Best Environmental Short
Co2ld Waters directed by Jeremy Roberts
Best TV Pilot
Life On Mars directed by Brandon Baer
Best Director
Let's Play Ghost directed by Damien Dematra
Best Actor
Florin Marksteiner in Daugher of a King directed by Matthew R. Marshall
Best Actress
Debra Van Gaalen in Daughter of a King directed by Matthew R. Marshall
Best Music Video
Seen By My Eyes, Hong Kong directed by Francis So
Best Short Film
Two Roads directed by Christine Chen & Adam Duncan
Best Student Film
Kids Who Jump Off Bridges directed by Zoe Neary
Best Mountain Film
The Forecaster: A Message From The Backcountry directed by Greg Hackett & Alex Hamlin
Best Foreign Film
Oridevudoy directed by Sriram Vegaraju
Best Documentary Director
Matterhorn, The Birdwoman's Dream directed by Rinaldo Marasco & Jérôme Piguet
2016 Sir Edmund Hillary Award Winners
Action Sports Competition
Sugar Mountain directed by Richard James
Peeled Faces on the Amazon - The Story of the Amazon Express directed by West Hansen
The Great Shark Hunt directed by Filippo Salvioni
Documentary Competition
Goldlust directed by Neil Hollander
Whiteout directed by Rafael Duarte
Blood On The Coal directed by Jeff Bird
Overburden directed by Chad A. Stevens
First Ascent- Kuyang Chhish East directed by Matteo Vettorel
USA Project directed by Miguel Herrero Herrero
I Lost my Dream directed by Stefan Hunt
Animation Competition
September Sketch Book directed by Ronnie Cramer
The Distant Touch directed by jun chen, Yang Yang
Student Film Competition
Sir Knight of Nothing directed by Georden Whitman
The Sugar Bug directed by Will Hanley
Gone Into the Clearing directed by Meredith Veach
Mountain / Environmental Competition
Run Free - The True Story of Caballo Blanco directed by Sterling Noren
The Vision Within directed by Michael O. Snyder
Short Film Competition
PRINCESS directed by Vito D'Agostino
An Inconvenient Ruth directed by J. Samuel Ryan
Women in Adventure - Kate Worthington directed by Rob Johnson
Feature Film Competition
A Wheel Out Of Kilter directed by Ross Morin
Agnus Dei directed by Agim Sopi
Foreign Film Competition
Maskoun directed by Krystle Houiess, Sharif Abdunnur
Vibrant Highland, Commercial Love directed by Matt Dworzanczyk
2016 Sierra Nevada Award Winners
Action Sports Competition
spurbar[the fascination] directed by Daniel Falk
Slacker directed by Inci Arici & Lech Wojas
Documentary Competition
The Ratu River Expedition directed by Isaac Kerlow
No Permission Needed directed by Christian Schultz
Planet Ice - The Himalayas, the abode of snows directed by Yanick Rose
What's Going On with Wolves? directed by Eric Simon
Chimborazo directed by Alexandre Dertkigila
Dirty South Bounders directed by
The Rediscovered Valley directed by Erica Liffredo
Student Film Competition
To Live Forever directed by Jennifer Dean
Shoreline directed by Yalitsa Riden
#3C directed by Mischa Auzins
Mountain / Environmental Competition
Defendant 5 directed by Heidi Lee Douglas
Ceolchuairt Mongolia directed by Paddy Hayes
Zero Zero directed by Tristan Seniuk
The Storm Downstream directed by Jesseca Simmons
Short Film Competition
The Eve directed by Luca Machnich
Land of Kings directed by Wayne Wilson , Bhavani Lee
Feature Film Competition
From Seoul To Jakarta directed by Damien Dematra
Quad X: Rise of the Beaver Slayer directed by James Christopher
2016 Seven Summits Award Winners
Action Sports Competition
When the mountains were wild directed by Johannes Hoffmann
Dog Days Of Winter directed by Brian Gilmore
Documentary Competition
Northern Grease directed by Erica Liffredo
One Simple Question directed by Derek Rowe
Beyond Glory directed by Larry Brand Derek Alan Rowe
Behind the Emerald Curtain directed by Shane Anderson
Trailblazers: The Story of Ring the Peak directed by Steve Bremner
The Discovery of Santos directed by Ralph Isenberg
Ben Jackson, Never Finished directed by Shawn Corrigan & Steve Boyle
Mountain / Environmental Competition
A Simple Machine: The Life and Death of The La Grave Cablecar directed by Greg Hackett, Alex Hamlin
Extraordinary People directed by Orhan Tekeoglu
One Seven Eight: One Swede's Quest To Ski Every Peak in Jamtland directed by Greg Hackett, Alex Hamlin
2016 Screenplay Competition Winners
Grand Prize Winners Feature
Northern Lights written by Tom Rico
1st Love written by Bill Redding
2nd Letters from Thurgood written by Robert Redmond
3rd The Connect written by Katherine Sainz
Honorable Mentions
Loveband written by Nicola Pedrozzi
Troublesome Creek written by Wesley Mullins
The First Real Halloween written by Ron Riekki
The Cold Alone written by Lance Ochsner
Finding Jane written by Virgina Shaffer
The Key for Hope written by Federico Ferrero
Shoot if you Can written by Sandy Brown
Crime town written by Nico Tatalovic
Good Behavior written by R M Brockman
Grand Prize Winners Short
Gone into the Clearing written by Brad Riddell
1st An Inconvenient Ruth written by James Ryan
2nd Dakota Caves written by Robert Rogers
3rd Chomolungma written by Amin Shaikh
Grand Prize Television Pilot
Duncan, Upside Down written by Robert Shill
1st Quarry written by Aisling Corristine
2nd From Schmear To Eternity written by Jim Norman
3rd Two emperors 110116 written by Paul Gross