It's a wrap for the 21st annual Sonoma International Film Festival. Thousands of moviegoers watched hundreds of movies, ate and drank, shopped the Plaza and enjoyed talking films.
The juried competition winners were revealed at an awards ceremony on Saturday night and the audience award winners were announced on Sunday evening.
Details on all films can be found at sonomafilmfest.org/.
The SIFF 2018 winners
Best American Independent Feature: 'In the Orchard,' directed by Christopher Knoblock
Best World Feature: 'Salyut-7,' directed by Klim Shipenko
Best Documentary Feature: 'The Need to Grow,' directed by Rob Herring and Ryan Wirick
SIFF Audience Awards
The A3 Audience Award for Best Documentary: 'The Push,' directed by Grant Korgan and Brian Niles (co-directors Geoff Callan)
The Stolman Audience Award for Best American Indie: 'Funny Story,' directed by Michael Gallagher
SIFF Award for Best World Cinema: 'Tulipani,' directed by Mike van Diem
SIFF 2018 offered a wide array of American Indies, as well as international films from Europe, South America and Asia. In total 115 from around the world and 200 filmmakers from 28 countries were showcased from March 21 to March 25. The inaugural 'Chefs & Shorts' dinner, done in partnership with the Devour Food & Film Festival of Nova Scotia, included celebrated Michelin chefs who paired their dishes with short films.
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