2018 Festival Winners
2018 WTxFF Best Feature
Rich Kids
Director: Laura Somers
A group of troubled teens from a low-income community break into “Los Ricos”, the local mansion with a border fence, and spend the day pretending to be rich in order to forget their difficult lives.
2018 WTxFF Leader Award for Best Director
Mixed Signals
2018 WTxFF Storyteller Award for Best Writing
Bad Things
Director: Mira Lippold-Johnson
When her older sister gets unjustly suspended from school, 8-year-old Sue Ellen starts to doubt that brains and hard work are enough to keep her out of trouble. Bad teachers, prejudices, a bully: There are impediments to success. So Sue Ellen takes a drastic step to take control.
2018 WTxFF Radical Award for Most Visionary
Skinny
Director: Natalie Dickinson and Arianne Martin
Writer: Natalie Dickinson
A woman white-knuckling her eating disorder recovery starts to unravel as her life becomes increasingly chaotic.
