To celebrate the close of the 34th Philadelphia Film Festival, the Philadelphia Film Society has announced the PFF34 Audience Award Winners, as voted by festival goers. 

PFF34 featured large audiences across all three venues in the city, including the newly renovated downtown Film Center. 

The 34th edition of the festival saw guest Q&As across a wide variety of the 100+ titles in the lineup, including Colman Domingo, who was presented with the festival’s Lumiere Award after a screening of his latest film, Dead Man’s Wire.

The Audience Award Winners join the previously announced Jury Award Winners listed below.

Audience Award Winners

Narrative – Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, Dir. Matt Johnson

Documentary – Butthole Surfers: The Hole Truth And Nothing Butt, Dir. Tom Stern

Local – What The Hell Happened? Dir.  Matt Wilkins, Dir. Eliza Fox

Jury Award Winners

Narrative Feature

Best Narrative Feature – A Poet, Dir. Simón Mesa Soto

Honorable Mention for Best Narrative Feature – Woman And Child, Dir. Saeed Roustayi

Documentary Feature

Best Documentary Feature – Natchez, Dir. Suzannah Herbert

Short Film

Best Short Film – Vultures, Dir. Dian Weys (Live Action Shorts)

Honorable Mention for Best Short Film – Winter In March, Dir. Natalia Mirzoyan (Animated Shorts)

Honorable Mention for Best Short Film – As If Swallowed By Earth, Dir. Natalia León (Animated Shorts)

Filmadelphia

Best Local Feature Film – Alice-Heart, Dir. Mike Macera

Honorable Mention for Best Local Feature – What The Hell Happened? Dir.  Matt Wilkins, Dir. Eliza Fox

Best Local Short Film – All Things Corrode, Dir.  Sidney Kreitzer (After Hours Shorts)

Honorable Mention for Most Philly Film – They Put Us In The Woods, Dir.  Cristin Stephens (Filmadelphia Shorts)

Honorable Mention for Best Chemistry – Ruby Modine & Mikaela Hoover, Dead Giveaway, Dir. Ian Kimble

Honorable Mention for Best Local Short Film – Georgie, Dir. Jennie Butler (Filmadelphia Shorts)

Update Courtesy of Danny Jarabek

Feature Image Still from ‘Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie’ via Elevation Pictures & Variety