(OIL CITY, PA) – The 2022 Oil Valley Film Festival featured twenty-three films, representing nine different countries, at the seventh annual Oil Valley Film Festival from September 9-11. The festival was comprised of competitive sections for American and international narrative and documentary films, both feature-length and short. It was presented in-person at the Oil City Library and the National Transit Building in downtown Oil City, Pennsylvania.

The 2022 Oil Valley Film Festival was presented by and in partnership with Robot Blonde, InkTip, HomeLight, The George A. Romero Foundation, Virtual Pitch Fest, Entertainment Oxygen, The Oil City Library, and Oil City Civic Center. As always, a special thanks was given to Arts Oil City and the Oil City Main Street Program.

The following is a list of the winners from the 2022 Oil Valley Film Festival. The award categories were again condensed this year, but will expand in future iterations.

BEST PICTURE, FEATURE – NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY – BEYOND THE LAKE – Dir. Domenic Porcari

BEST PICTURE, SHORT – NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY – HEAVY PETTING – Dir. Brendan Prost

BEST DIRECTOR, FEATURE – NARRATIVE – Dir. Domenic Porcari – BEYOND THE LAKE

BEST DIRECTOR, SHORT – NARRATIVE – Dir. Max Kane – HOUSE OF BROTHERLY LOVE

BEST DIRECTOR, DOCUMENTARY – SHORT OR FEATURE – Dir. Iiris Harma – SHEPHERDS OF THE EARTH

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LEAD ACTING – FEATURE – David Socolar – BEYOND THE LAKE

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LEAD ACTING – SHORT – Allison Tolman – RETURN TO SENDER

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SUPPORTING ACTING – FEATURE – Cloris Leachman – NOT TO FORGET

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SUPPORTING ACTING – SHORT – Brooke Gardner – HOUSE OF BROTHERLY LOVE

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE IN ACTING – Rainey Qualley – DELILAH

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE IN VOICE ACTING – Stephen Fry – IT’S ALWAYS SOMETHING

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY, FEATURE – NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY – Visa Koiso-Kanttila – SHEPHERDS OF THE EARTH

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY, SHORT – NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY – Bryan Perido – IT’S ALWAYS SOMETHING

BEST EDITING, FEATURE – NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY – Eric Randolph – MATCH STRUCK

BEST EDITING, SHORT – NARRATIVE OR DOCUMENTARY – Ben Simon – APING EDWIN PORTER

OUTSTANDING SCREENWRITING, FEATURE SCREENPLAY – Angelise Milton – AREN’T YOU THE FAMILY?

OUTSTANDING SCREENWRITING, SHORT SCREENPLAY – Diana Foronda – CANDYBYTE

OUTSTANDING SCREENWRITING, HOUR-LONG PILOT – Dean C. Cummings – CANAJOHARIE