Awards - Provincetown Film

Honorees

Filmmaker on the Edge

Andrew Haigh

Andrew Haigh is an award-winning British writer-director, known for tender and emotionally revealing works. His most recent film, the critically acclaimed All of Us Strangers, starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy and Jamie Bell, received six BAFTA nominations, including Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Haigh.

Excellence in Acting

Colman Domingo

Colman Domingo is an award-winning actor, playwright, director, and producer. In other words, he’s a mega talent. A 2024 Oscar, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe, and Critics Choice Award nominee for his starring role as Bayard Rustin in Rustin, Domingo also starred last year as Mister in The Color Purple.

Next Wave Award

Joel Kim Booster

Comedian, writer, and actor Joel Kim Booster is perhaps best known for writing and starring in the breakout hit Fire Island (PIFF 2022), for which he received two Emmy nominations along with a “Best First Screenplay” nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards.

AUDIENCE AWARDS

Every year, PIFF audiences are encouraged to vote for their favorite feature films at the festival. Paper ballots are distributed at the theaters with a rating system of 1-4 (with 4 being the best) and collected after the screenings. We then tally the votes and present our Audience Awards at the conclusion of the festival. Watch a film and then cast your vote!

Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature

Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature: THELMA, directed by Josh Margolin
Opens Friday at Waters Edge Cinema!

Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature

Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature: RECOVERY CITY, directed by Lisa Olivieri

JOHN SCHLESINGER AWARDS

Each year, PIFF recognizes two first-time feature film directors whose work commemorates the legacy of one of our finest American directors. John Schlesinger (1926-2003) gave us such exemplary works as Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man, The Day of the Locust, and Sunday Bloody Sunday. When asked to give advice to first-time directors, Schlesinger responded, “Never take ‘no’ for an answer. It’s a long business getting something off the ground and it takes great determination.”

Award for Best Director of a Narrative Film

John Schlesinger Narrative Award: Robert Kolodny for THE FEATHERWEIGHT

Award for Best Director of a Documentary Film

Ed Archie NoiseCat grapples with the shocking truth of his secretive birth at St. Joseph's Mission Indian residential school. (Credit: Emily Kassie/Sugarcane Film LLC)

John Schlesinger Documentary Award: Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie for SUGARCANE

JURIED SHORTS AWARDS

The Provincetown International Film Festival is very proud to be an Academy-qualifying film festival in 3 short film categories: Narrative, Documentary, and Queer Short. Films awarded by our jury in those categories may qualify to enter the Academy Awards® race for the concurrent season.

The Provincetown International Film Festival offers 5 juried shorts awards: Best Narrative Short Film, Best Documentary Short Film, Best Animated Short Film, Best Queer Short Film, and Best New England Short Film.