2024 Award Winners
Best of the Fest
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The Best of the Fest award recognizes the film that combines a thought-provoking fungi-related topic with high-quality production.
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2020: Namai by Francesca Pazniokas
2021: Terres Amères by Axel Cohen
2022: Wrought by Joel Penner, Anna Sigrithur
2023: Lichen by Anita Pico
Freshest Fungi Film
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The FFF’s FFF award honors the film with the most innovative presentation of fungi or fungi-related topics.
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2020: Fly Amanita by David Fenster
2021: The Boat by David Robinson & Bryan Michael Mills
2022: Who’s Who in Mycology by Marie Dvorakova2023: Of Dreaming by Brad Necyk and Gary James Joynes
Avant-Myco
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This award recognizes the film that presents fungi in the most eclectic, unorthodox, or radical manner.
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2020: The Place With the Whales by Matthew Pfeffer
2021: The Hat Ballad by Nikodem Płaczek
2022: Beneath by Beth Walker2023: Ergot by Mariela Schöffmann
Most Edutaining
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This award honors the top film that is highly entertaining, richly informative, and accessible to a wide variety of audiences.
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2020: Shiitake Mushroom Farming by Costa Boutsikaris
2021: A Flower by Pascal Gaubert
2022: Azurescens: Through the Blue Lens by Hamilton Pevec
2023: Medzz Too Strong by Cody Lucich
Audience Choice
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The Audience Choice is picked at the Fest’s premiere screening in Portland, Oregon.
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2020: Touch: an e(rot)ic film by Bradley Williams
2021: Grateful Dean by Gabriel Joncas, Kenzo Suzuki, and Guillaume Dubois
2022: Wrought by Joel Penner and Anna Sigrithur2023: The Inner Rat by Katrina Mortko