2017 Award Winners
Grand Jury Prize
| WINNER | |
| Monday (Los Angeles, CA) | Dinh Thai, Director |
| NOMINEES | |
| Ethnophobia (London, England) | Joan Zhonga, Director |
| Feeding Fate (Portland, OR) | Guy Baker, Director |
| Real Artists (San Francisco, CA) | Cameo Wood, Director |
| Intercept (Portland, OR) | Randall Jahnson, Director |
| The Kenton Lead Blob* (Portland, OR) | Zach Putnam & Richard Percy, Directors |
Best Director
| WINNER | |
| Redemption (Newberg, OR) | Samuel Neff |
| NOMINEES | |
| Monday (Los Angeles, CA) | Dinh Thai |
| Ethnophobia (London, England) | Joan Zhonga |
| Feeding Fate (Portland, OR) | Guy Baker |
| Real Artists (San Francisco, CA) | Cameo Wood |
| The Black Cat (Mumbai, Maharashtra) | Bhargav Saikia |
Best Cinematography
| WINNER | |
| Redemption (Newberg, OR) | Samuel Neff |
| NOMINEES | |
| Feeding Fate (Portland, OR) | Gary Nolton |
| Ethnophobia (London, England) | Joan Zhonga |
| Real Artists (San Francisco, CA) | Kimberly Culotta |
| The Black Cat (Mumbai, Maharashtra) | A. Vasanth |
Best Story
| WINNER | |
| Monday (Los Angeles, CA) | Dinh Thai |
| NOMINEES | |
| Real Artists (San Francisco, CA) | Cameo Wood, Ken Liu |
| Ethnophobia (London, England) | Petros Koskinas |
| Once Upon a Dream (Belgium) | Anthony Nion |
| Redemption (Newberg, OR) | Sarah Klatt, Samuel Neff |
Best Editing
| WINNER | |
| Feeding Fate (Portland, OR) | Guy Baker, Vickie Paul, Gary Nolton |
| NOMINEES | |
| Ethnophobia (London, England) | Irida Zhonga |
| Monday (Los Angeles, CA) | Matt Detisch |
| Real Artists (San Francisco, CA) | Russell August Anderson |
| Whoever Was Using This Bed (Sydney, Australia) | Rolland Gallois, ASE |
| The Kenton Lead Blob* (Portland, OR) | Zach Putnam & Richard Percy |
Best Music/Score
| WINNER | |
| The Black Cat (Mumbai, Maharashtra) | Advait Nemlekar |
| NOMINEES | |
| Ethnophobia (London, England) | Vanias Apergis |
| Feeding Fate (Portland, OR) | Marmoset |
| Monday (Los Angeles, CA) | Greg Johnson, Joshua Falcon |
| Real Artists (San Francisco, CA) | Meredith Yayanos |
Best Actor/Actress
| WINNER | |
| Whoever Was Using This Bed (Sydney, Australia) | Radha Mitchell |
| NOMINEES | |
| Monday (Los Angeles, CA) | Kevin David Lin |
| Once Upon a Dream (Belgium) | Thomas Jeand’heur |
| The Black Cat (Mumbai, Maharashtra) | Tom Alter |
| Real Artists (San Francisco, CA) | Tiffany Hines |
Sunrise Rotary Award
| WINNER | |
| North & Nowhere (Portland, OR) | Scott Ballard, Director |
| NOMINEES | |
| That First Crush (Portland, OR) | Josh Lunden, Director |
| Grip vs Gaff (Newberg, OR) | Cosmo Spada, Director |
| View Master Mind (Oak Grove, OR) | Robert Schmeltzer, Director |
| Crown Point (Beaverton, OR) | Garry Trendell, Director |
| Intercept (Portland, OR) | Randall Jahnson, Director |
| Redemption (Newberg, OR) | Samuel Neff, Director |
| Niqi (Portland, OR) | Bryan Nelson, Director |
| The Kenton Lead Blob* (Portland, OR) | Zach Putnam & Richard Percy, Directors |
| Feeding Fate (Portland, OR) | Guy Baker, Director |
Recology Sustainability Award
| WINNER | |
| The Kenton Lead Blob* (Portland, OR) | Zach Putnam & Richard Percy, Directors |
Will Vinton Award for Best Animated Film
| WINNER | |
| Ethnophobia (London, England) | Joan Zhonga, Director |