Festival Awards

COMCAST XFINITY NARRATIVE COMPETITION

The Comcast Xfinity Narrative Competition Award highlights the diversity and ingenuity of modern cinema and recognizes excellence in narrative filmmaking.

2022 NARRATIVE JURY:

Bedatri Choudhury, Managing Director, International Documentary Association
Roddy Bogawa, Filmmaker
Abby Sun, Director of Artist Programs, International Documentary Association

COMCAST XFINITY DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

The Comcast Xfinity Documentary Competition showcases a dynamic selection of films that fearlessly capture the challenging reality and surprising beauty inherent in the human experience.

2022 DOCUMENTARY JURY:

Daniel Chien, Independent Filmmaker
Nicole Tsien, Director, CNN Films
David Lee, President, The Texas Signal

LONI DING AWARD FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE DOCUMENTARY

The Loni Ding Award for Social Justice Documentary recognizes the film and filmmaker that most reflect the passions of late TV producer Loni Ding. Ding devoted her life to advocacy and played a key role in the founding of several public media organizations, including CAAM.

2022 LONI DING AWARD JURORS:
Debbie Lum, Documentary Filmmaker
Stephen Gong, Executive Director, CAAM
Don Young, Director of Programs, CAAM
Sapana Sakya, Talent Development & Special Projects Manager, CAAM

AUDIENCE AWARDS

The Audience Award lets you, our audience, honor your festival favorite. Vote for the narrative that touched your heart or the most eye-opening documentary, and give the directors much-deserved recognition. Check to see if your favorites won on the CAAM website after the end of the festival.