Upcoming Events
- Nov 11: Film Treatments: Protecting your Plot by Registering with the Writer's Guild of America - Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington
- Nov 11: La poesie de Kiyumi, la broderie de Sayuru at Art off the Square @ The MAC - Peggy R. McConnell Arts Center of Worthington
- Nov 13: CIFVF Sponsor Appreciation Day
- Nov 14: Stonewall and the CIFVF: LGBT Shorts - Gateway Film Center
- Nov 15: Student Shorts curated by Matt and Nicolette Swift - Canzani Center at the Columbus College of Art & Design
- Nov 16: Cloudburst - Canzani Center at the Columbus College of Art & Design
- Nov 17: Movies+Mead - Canzani Center at the Columbus College of Art & Design
- Nov 17: Saturday Morning Cartoons From Around The World - Canzani Center at the Columbus College of Art & Design
- Nov 18: Planeat - Gateway Film Center
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Awards
Past Award winners:
If you wish to order an Award Statuette, Plaque, or Certificate that you have won please download the award order form here:
https://www.chrisawards.org/download/DupForm.pdf
Best Of Festival Award
This special award is presented to the film or video that is judged “Best of Festival”. A special panel will choose the best of the Silver Chris winners for the Best of Festival Award. The 12″ statuette is mounted on a 7″ high walnut base. 
Silver Chris Award
The “Silver Chris Award” will be presented to the the production deemed over-all best in each division. These “Silver Chris” winners will compete for the “Best Of Festival Award”. This special competition will be judged by a blue-ribbon panel not affiliated with any specific division and chaired by the executive director of the festival.
Chris Award
“The Chris Statuette” is the next highest award given to film or video productions. Entries are judged on a seven point rating system. A superior rating of seven is required for winning the Chris. Productions are competitively evaluated against other productions in their division and category as well as on the merits stated above. Chris winners are widely recognized as receiving the hallmark of superior quality.
Bronze Plaque
“The Bronze Plaque” award is presented only to productions of high merit, which in the opinion of the judges will be effective and useful contributions to their subject area. Bronze Plaques are presented to productions receiving a rating of six.
Certificate of Honorable Mention
“The Certificate of Honorable Mention” is awarded to an entry based on its overall quality or based on particular production values that are notable. Honorable Mention is presented to productions with a rating of five.
