2018 Cineyouth Award Winners

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CineYouth 2018

CineYouth 2018 Award Winners

Best Overall Film

Unforgotten

By Alexander Wilson-Flynn (age 19) from Ireland

Award Partner: Cinema/Chicago
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Best Foreign Film

Wild Beasts

By Sverre Kvamme (age 22) from Norway

Award Partner: Byron Pollock

Chicago Award

We’re Here We’re Queer

By Connor O’Keefe (age 20) from Chicago, IL

Award Partner: Allstate Insurance Company
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Reel Women Award

Yasamin

By Julia Elihu (age 20) from San Diego, CA

Award Partner: Flashpoint Chicago, A Campus of Columbia College Hollywood
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Emerging Talent Award

Prom Mom

By Keyonne Barnes (age 18) from Chicago, IL

Award Partner: Chicago International Film Festival Associate Board
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Best Animation Film

Mary and Marsha in the Manor of Madness

By Kris Theorin, Kurtis Theorin (ages 20) from Landenberg, PA

Award Partner: Flashpoint Chicago, A Campus of Columbia College Hollywood
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Best Comedy Film

I Love My Robot Boyfriend!

By Sariah May (age 22) from Provo, UT

Award Partner: Harold Ramis Film School at The Second City

Best Documentary Film

Curious Kaleo

By Judie Muhrez, Shana Kheradyar (ages 22) from Orange, CA

Award Partner: Bloomberg Philanthropies
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Best Drama Film

Degüello

By Luis Treviño, Jaime Herrera, Jr. (ages 20, 21) from Chicago, IL

Award Partner: Loyola University Chicago School of Communication
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Best Experimental Film

Taste Of Love

By Paul Scheufler (age 19) from Austria

Award Partner: Byron Pollock

Outlook Award

Sylvia in the Waves

By Giovana Olmos (age 22) from Canada

Award Partner: Corbin Horn

WTTW Award

 Pilsen

By Andres Aurelio (age 18) from Chicago, IL

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Flashpoint Chicago Scholarship Award

Pilsen

by Andres Aurelio (age 18) from Chicago, IL

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Prodigy Scholarship Award

We Exist

Anabelle Martinez (age 17) from Colorado Springs, CO

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