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Golden Space Needle History 2021–

2025

Best Film -Tinā (dir. Miki Magasiva (Samoan), Aotearoa New Zealand)
Best Short - Five Star (dir. Kai Hasson, USA)
Best Documentary - Come See Me in the Good Light (dir. Ryan White, USA)


2024

Best Film - Sing Sing (dir. Greg Kwedar, USA)
Best Short - Jellyfish and Lobster (dir. Yasmin Afifi, United Kingdom)
Best Documentary - Porcelain War (dir. Brendan Bellomo, Slava Leontyev, Ukraine/USA/Australia)


2023

Best Film - Dancing Queen (dir. Aurora Gossé, Norway)
Best Short - Donkey (dir. Matt Kazman, USA)
Best Documentary - 26.2 to Life (dir. Christine Yoo, USA)


2022

Best Film - Know Your Place (dir. Zia Mohajerjasbi, USA)
Best Short - Long Line of Ladies (dir. Reyka Zehtabchi, Shaandiin Tome, USA)
Best Documentary - The Territory (dir. Alex Pritz, Brazil/Denmark/USA)


2021

Best Film - There Is No Evil (dir: Mohammad Rasoulof, Germany/Czech Republic/ Iran)
Best Short - My Neighbor, Miguel (dir. Danny Navarro, USA)
Best Documentary - Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America (dir. Sarah Kunstler, Emily Kunstler, USA)

Tribute - Tom Skerritt


2020

Festival canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.