Congratulations to Our 2024 Festival Winners!

Winner
BEST FEATURE
"A Pathway Forward"
Jesse Mike Nesser

Winner
BEST SHORT
"Kris & Holly”
KJ Baker

Winner
BEST DOCUMENTARY
"Midwives of a Movement"
Meredith Stone

Winner
BEST EXPERIMENTAL
& NEW MEDIA
"Invocation of the Memory of Mary Turner,
lynched on May 19, 1918”
Justin M. Bozung

Winner
BEST SPORTS
"Just a Bit Outside”
Sean Hanish

Winner
FESTIVAL FAVORITE
"The Kentucky Cowboy"
Chris Thieneman, Mike Goldberg
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THANK YOU TO:
A very big thank you for the many hours of your time making this festival successful.
Cindy Lou Howard, Cletus Evans, Joey Wagner, Rob Fischer, Dwight Turner, Mary and Sam Moseley, Kirt Jacobs, Jenn Keith of TownPlace Suites by Marriott, Andrea Davis and Rick Redman of Louisville Slugger Museum, Kara Wesley and Pacifique Uwayezu of Tito's Vodka, Victoria Carrier of Muhammad Ali Center, George Tanner of Dillard's, Scott Bachmann, Brian Cullinan, Brett Bachmann, Kate Bachmann, Chaz Rough, Brad Knapp, Vicki Rogers of V Media Group, Terry Meiners radio fame, and the many volunteers both here in Louisville and those in Los Angeles who have given their time and efforts to make Louisville's International Festival of Film the success it has become.

Louisville Film Arts Institute, LLC
The Louisville Film Arts Institute, LIFF’s 501(c)(3) non-profit parent, was created to promote and celebrate film arts in Kentucky. We have partnered with the Governor’s Office on a variety of year round initiatives, which will be funded by the festival’s proceeds, to expand educational and economic opportunities in Louisville and around the Commonwealth.