Sarasota Film Festival award winners announced
“Best Summer Ever,” a movie that puts a new spin on the teen musical genre, won the best narrative jury prize at the 2021 Sarasota Film Festival, which was presented at the CMX CinéBistro Siesta Key and online April 30-May 9.
The film by Michael Parks Randa and Lauren Smittelli featured eight original songs and a cast and crew made up of people with and without disabilities.
Eden Wurmfeld and Margaret Munzer Loe’s “Chasing Childhood” won the documentary feature jury prize. The jury award for best U.S. narrative short went to “Harana” by Marie Jamora. Said Hamich’s “The Departure” was named best international short, and David Baram’s “One All the Way” won the prize for best documentary short.