2025 Awards: Port Townsend Film Festival

JURY AWARDS ANNOUNCED

We had a wonderful time celebrating this year’s Jury Award winners at the Awards Party on September 20, 2025 at Vintage. We are pleased to share the winners in each category:

• Best Feature Documentary
  Come See Me in the Good Light
  Ryan White

• Best Feature Narrative
  Village Keeper
  Karen Chapman

• Best Short Documentary
  Tessitura
  Lydia Cornett & Brit Fryer

• Best Short Narrative
  Such a Pretty Girl
  Deborah Puette

• Best Local Short
  Style: A Seattle Basketball Story
  Bryan Tucker

• Jim Ewing Award (for first-time director of a feature film)
  Remaining Native
  Paige Bethmann

• Women & Film Award
  Kelli Garner

• Lifetime Achievement Award
  Tom Skerritt

The categories of Best Feature Documentary and Best Feature Narrative each receive cash prizes of $2,500. The winner of the Jim Ewing Award receives a $1,000 cash prize.

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Jury Commendations

In addition to our primary awards, our Jury gave several commendations:

• Jury Commendation for Original Voice
  View From the Floor

• Jury Commendation for Captivating Subject
  Desert Angel

• Jury Commendation for Activism
  Her Fight, His Name: The Story of Gwen Carr and Eric Garner

• Jury Commendation for Indomitable Spirit
  Comparsa

THANK YOU TO THE 2025 JURY

Let’s take a moment to thank the jury members who reviewed hours of films as part of their process determining our 2025 award winners.

Feature Documentary

• Ross Kauffan

• Greg Sorvig

• Robin Robinson

Feature Narrative

• Jane Charles

• Rachel Noll James

Short Documentary

• Brian Lindstrom

• Brad Forder

• Nadia Gill

Short Narrative

• Jean-Pierre Caner

• Nancy Collet

• Rachel McDonald

Local Short

• Janette Force

• Zach Carver

• Jordan Lucas

Jim Ewing Award (for first feature)

• Barbara Ewing

• Jennifer Ewing

Once again — Congratulations to all the filmmakers!