The Coronado Island Film Festival opened with Sam Mendes's Empire of Light is a deeply personal drama starring Academy Award®-winner Olivia Colman, followed with a Centerpiece screening of Elegance Bratton's The Inspection, and finished it's impressive group of Gala selections with a Closing Night presentation of Maria Schrader's She Said starring two-time Academy Award® nominee Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan, along with the film festival's traditional screening of Billy Wilder's classic Some Like it Hot (1959) , which of course shot some of its most memorable scenes at the iconic Hotel Del Coronado.

Over the course of the film festival's four days, CIFF balanced the film lineup with presentations featuring several star-studded honorees and special guests. Those special events included a Master Lab appearance by legendary director Joe Dante, a book signing by two-time Academy Award® winner and screen icon Geena Davis, a conversation on film between Academy Award® nominated and Golden Globe Award® winner, Jacqueline Bisset with Leonard Maltin, a special screening of Bull Durham followed by a Q&A with writer/director Ron Shelton, and a special presentation of Killing Me Softly with His Songs, Danny Gold's documentary of music and composing legend Charles Fox's life, followed by a Q&A with Fox and Gold. Additional special events included the "Babe and Lloyd Return to Coronado" panel featuring Babe Ruth's grandson and Babe Ruth historian, Tom Stevens, Suzanne Lloyd, Harold Lloyd's granddaughter and President of Harold Lloyd Entertainment, TV Celebrity and former announcer for the San Diego Padres, John Weisbarth, and Film historian, Tim Reid, as well as PARALLEL WORLDS: ART IN FILM SERIES featured Danish Director Andreas Koefoed, who screened his acclaimed feature documentary, The Last Leonardo. Famed Australian Digital Artist and Animator, Kathy Smith also presided over a unique presentation and exploration using 2D and 3D animation as an art form of expression with themes covering consciousness.

BEST NARRATIVE
Dealing with Dad
Director: Tom Huang

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Song For Hope - The Ryan Anthony Story
Director: Chris Haigh

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
Bus Girl
Director: Jessica Henwick

SPECIAL JURY MENTION
Nice To Meet You All
Director: Guen Murroni

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY
When I Get Grown-Reflections of a Freedom Rider
Director: Chris Preitauer

BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
Into Dust
Director: Orlando von Einsiedel

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE – INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
Sandstorm (Mulaqat)
Director: Seemab Gul

BEST ANIMATION SHORT
Louis I. King of the Sheep (Louis 1er Roi des Moutons)
Director: Markus Wulf

The Night of the Living Dread
Director: Ida Melum

STUDENT GRAND PRIZE AWARD
El Carrito
Director: Zahida Pirani

BEST STUDENT DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM
Pete the Pond
Director: Will Clothier

BEST ANIMATED STUDENT SHORT FILM
The Most Boring Granny in the World
Director: Damaris Zielke

BEST HIGH SCHOOL FILM
The Oubliette
Director: Max Hendrickson

HIGH SCHOOL AWARD
Miyeok-Guk
Directors: Yezy Suh, Meia Voss, Alexis Applebaum, Michael Gutierrez
Country: United States; Running Time: 9 min

FEARLESS FEMALE FILMMAKER AWARD
Anxious Nation
Directors: Vanessa Roth, Laura Morton

MARY PICKFORD AWARD
Bus Girl
Director: Jessica Henwick

FRANCIS MARION AWARD
Sandstorm (Mulaqat)
Director: Seemab Gul

Song For Hope - The Ryan Anthony Story
Director: Chris Haigh

HONORABLE MENTION
Flying Fur
Directors: Alicia Wszelaki, Matthew Nothelfer

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE
She Said
Director: Maria Schrader

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Immediate Family
Director: Denny Tedesco

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
Yellow Wallpaper
Director: Ricky Rhodes

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
When I Get Grown-Reflections of a Freedom Rider
Director: Chris Preitauer

BEST INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT
Table for 3 (Mesa para 3)
Directors: Ålvaro G. Company, Meka Ribera

BEST INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Freedom Swimmer
Director: Olivia Martin-McGuire

BEST LOCAL FILM
Sole Trail
Directors: Daniel M. Dyer, Petey Dyer

BEST ANIMATION
A Cartoon of a Cat Sleeping
Director: Randall Christopher

BEST EMERGING FILMMAKER - TIE
Little White Shadows
Director: Ayannah Love

The Pomegranate Tree
Director: Kanika Vora