$1,000
The Audience Choice Award is chosen via ballot by all festival passholders.

Winner: 17 Blocks

$1,000
Charlie Fowler was a world-class climber and Telluride crag pioneer who died on a 2006 expedition in China with his partner Christine Boskoff. He’s represented in spirit by this juried award that goes to a climbing or adventure film.

Winner: Queen Maud Land

$1,000
A jury will select the feature documentary with the most compelling story, artful cinematography and high-caliber filmmaking.

Winner: 17 Blocks

$3,000
This prize supports a nonprofit featured in a festival film. It is given based on the mission, scope, impact and need of the nonprofit’s work.

Winner: Kifaru

$1,000
The great polar explorer Norman Vaughan was a friend to Mountainfilm whose motto was "Dream big and dare to fail." Funded by his widow Carolyn Muegge-Vaughan, Rick Silverman and Lindsey Walker, this award is given to a film that epitomizes Vaughan's indomitable spirit.

Winner: For Sama

$600
High-school students in Mountainfilm’s Mountainfilm for Students festival program select the film that they think will most inspire their generation.

Winner: Youth Unstoppable