Closing Ceremonies and Awards

15TH ANNUAL NHFF GRANNY AWARDS

The 2015 New Hampshire Film Festival recognizes the best films in several categories by presenting our Granny Awards. The Granny is a celebration of NHFF’s award-winning films and also pays homage to our beloved Granite State. Weighing in at about 10 pounds, the Granny is surely the most physically significant award in the indie world. Hand-carved from granite, it’s also the heaviest award in the film industry.

GRAND JURY AWARD —
DOCUMENTARY AND NARRATIVE
The Grand Jury Award is NHFF’s most prestigious award. New this year is a Grand Jury Award specifically for feature length documentaries, selected by a separate Documentary Grand Jury. Also new this year, a prize package for an all-expenses-paid trip for the director or producer to NYC for an industry meeting with Oscilloscope Laboratories (Narrative winner) or A&E Indie Films (Documentary winner) has been added to the esteemed awards. The top three undistributed films in each category as selected by NHFF executive staff, board and screening committee compete for this year’s Grand Jury Awards.

BEST FEATURE NARRATIVE

All feature length narrative films are nominated for Best Feature. Feature length narrative films must be 60 minutes or longer. Selected by the screening committee, board and executive staff, this award recognizes the Best Feature film in NHFF 2015.

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

All feature length documentary films are nominated for Best Documentary. Feature length documentary films must be 60 minutes or longer. Selected by the screening committee, board and executive staff, this award recognizes the Best Documentary film in NHFF 2015.

AUDIENCE CHOICE —
DOCUMENTARY AND NARRATIVE
A sure measure of success for filmmakers is winning the Audience Choice Award. Movies are nominated for this award by the screening committee and then voted on by the 2015 NHFF audience throughout the festival. Crowds, social media attention and audience buzz will determine the Audience Choice Award winners in both the feature narrative and feature documentary categories.

BEST SHORT COMEDY

All short comedic films (under 60 minutes) are nominated for Best Short Comedy.

BEST SHORT DRAMA

All short dramatic films (under 60 minutes) are nominated for Best Short Drama.

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY

All short documentary films (under 60 minutes) are nominated for Best Short Documentary.

BEST ANIMATED FILM

All animated short and feature length films are nominated for Best Animated Film.

BEST STUDENT FILM

Student films of all genres and lengths compete for this award.