Past Awards
West Chester Film Festival 2012
| Best Drama | Winner | Raju | Max Zahle | Hamburg, Germany |
| Best Comedy | Winner | Time Freak | Andrew Bowler, Gigi Causey | New York, NY USA |
| Best Documentary | Winner | Look to the Cookie | Lindsay Lindenbaum | New York, NY USA |
| Best Animated Film | Winner | Live Outside the Box | Shu-Hsuan Lin | Fremont, CA USA |
| Best Student Film | Winner | The Road Home | Rahul Gandotra | London, UK |
| Best Experimental/Art Film | Winner | Danse Macabre | Danny Lennon | Montreal, Canada |
| Best Woman Filmmaker Presented by the Regional Center for Women in the Arts | Winner | The Maiden and the Princess | Ali Scher | Burbank, CA USA |
| Best PA Filmmaker | Winner | Following Chase | Greg Koorhan | Philadelphia, PA USA |
| H. Paul Fitzpatrick People's Choice Award | Winner | Raju | Max Zahle | Hamburg, Germany |
West Chester Film Festival 2011
| Best Drama | Winner | Little Children, Big Words (Sma Barn, Stora Ord) | Lisa James-Larsson | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Best Comedy | Winner | God of Love | Luke Matheny, Gigi Dement | Brooklyn, NY USA |
| Best Documentary | Winner | Revolutionary Microphone | Therese Tran | Austin, TX USA |
| Best Animated Film | Winner | Prayers for Peace | Dustin Grella | New York, NY |
| Best Student Film | Winner | The Confession | Tanel Toom | Beaconsfield, UK |
| Best Experimental/Art Film | Winner | Sensology | Michel Gagne | Bellingham, WA USA |
| Best Woman Filmmaker Presented by the Regional Center for Women in the Arts | Winner | Little Children, Big Words (Sma Barn, Stora Ord) | Lisa James-Larsson | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Best PA Filmmaker | Winner | Coming off the DL | Dan Hunt, John O’Leary | Villanova, PA USA |
| H. Paul Fitzpatrick People's Choice Award | Winner | Reco | Chris Adler, Mary Boregino | Salt Lake City, UT USA |
West Chester Film Festival 2010
| Best Drama | Winner | Zand | Joost van Ginkel Helen Zwaan | Utrecht, Netherlands |
| Best Comedy | Winner | Le Hobby | Nicolas Zappi | Paris, France |
| Best Documentary | Winner | Nico's Challenge | Steve Audette | Concord, MA USA |
| Best Animated Film | Winner | Garbage Angels | Pierre M. Trudeau | Montreal, Canada |
| Best Student Film | Winner | Time Machine | Mark Kendall | Brooklyn, NY USA |
| Best Experimental/Art Film | Winner | Becoming | Ayelen Liberona Joseph Johnson Cami | Toronto, Canada |
| Best Woman Filmmaker Presented by the Regional Center for Women in the Arts | Winner | Down in Number 5 | Kim Spurlock | Brooklyn, NY USA |
| Best PA Filmmaker | Winner | Squared | Jeremy Braverman | Pittsburgh, PA USA |
| Audience Choice Award | Winner | Level Up | Greg Koorhan | Philadelphia, PA USA |
West Chester Film Festival 2009
| Best Drama | Winner | The Line | Kent Bassett | Los Angeles, CA USA |
| Best Comedy | Winner | Tripping Up | Greg Koorhan | Philadelphia, PA USA |
| Best Documentary | Winner | Flowers of Rwanda | David Munoz | Madrid, Spain |
| Best Animated Film | Winner | Red & Blue | Tyler Ayres | Columbus, OH USA |
| Best Student Film | Winner | Open Your Eyes | Susan Cohen | Pasadena, CA USA |
| Best Experimental/Art Film | Winner | Magritte Moment | Ian Fischer | New York, NY USA |
| Best Woman Filmmaker Presented by the Regional Center for Women in the Arts | Winner | Mother, Mine | Susan Everett | Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK |
| Best PA Filmmaker | Winner | Charlie Applebee | Patrick Taggart | Philadelphia, PA USA |
| Audience Choice Award | Winner | Charlie Applebee | Patrick Taggart | Philadelphia, PA USA |
West Chester Film Festival 2008
| Best Drama | Winner | Silver Tongues | Simon Arthur | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Best Drama | Honorable Mention | Now You See Me, Now You Don't | Attila Szasz | Budapest, Hungary |
| Best Comedy | Winner | I'm in the Mood for Death | Carolyn London | New York, NY USA |
| Best Comedy | Honorable Mention | Dog Down | Brian Loschiavo & Ryan Ogden | West Hollywood, CA USA |
| Best Documentary | Winner | The Tribe | Tiffany Shlain | Mill Valley, CA USA |
| Best Documentary | Honorable Mention | Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art | Jim Ruxin | Burlingame, CA USA |
| Best Animated Film | Winner | Simulacra | Tatchapon Lertwirojkul | Jersey City, NJ USA |
| Best Animated Film | Honorable Mention | First Memories | Soo See Han | Jersey City, NJ USA |
| Best Student Film | Winner | In Between | Jose E. Inglesias Vigil | Przykop, Purda, Poland |
| Best Student Film | Honorable Mention | Rabia | Muhammad Ali Hasan | Orange, CA USA |
| Best Experimental/Art Film | Winner | Glimpse | Dustin Grella | New York, NY USA |
| Best Experimental/Art Film | Honorable Mention | Backyard Shadow | Karl Staven | Philadelphia, PA USA |
| Best Woman Filmmaker Presented by the Regional Center for Women in the Arts | Winner | I'm in the Mood for Death | Carolyn London | New York, NY USA |
| Best Woman Filmmaker | Honorable Mention | War Hero | Alison Heather | Sydney, Australia |
| Best PA Filmmaker | Winner | Four Thorns for Aidan | Josh Smith | Berwyn, PA USA |
| Best PA Filmmaker | Honorable Mention | Broken Wind | Brian Lipko | West Chester, PA USA |
| Audience Choice Award | Winner | Life in a Bowl – Todd Bieber & Juliana Brafa – Winfield, PA USA | Patrick Taggart | Philadelphia, PA USA |
| Audience Choice Award | Honorable Mention | Four Thorns for Aidan | Josh Smith | Berwyn, PA USA |
West Chester Film Festival 2006
| Best Drama | Winner | Binta and the Grand Idea | Javier Fesser | Madrid, Spain |
| Best Comedy | Winner | Pitch | Ian Gelfand | New York, NY USA |
| Best Documentary | Winner | Alex Scott: A Stand for Hope | Larry Mendte | Philadelphia, PA USA |
| Best Animated Film | Winner | Moongirl | Henry Selick | Portland, OR USA |
| Best Student Film | Winner | Charlie | Matt Tegtmeier | Los Angeles, CA USA |
| Best Experimental/Art Film | Winner | Missing Pages | Jerome Olivier | Tokyo, Japan |
| Best Woman Filmmaker Presented by the Regional Center for Women in the Arts | Winner | Twitch | Leah Meyerhoff | New York, NY USA |
| Best PA Filmmaker | Winner | Benjamin Franklin: Stealing Lightning from the Sky | Larry Mendte | Philadelphia, PA USA |
| Audience Choice Award | Winner | Rent Control | Tesia Barone | Philadelphia, PA USA |
West Chester Film Festival 2005
| Best Drama | Winner | Maree | ||
| Best Comedy | Winner | Pee Shy | ||
| Best Documentary | Winner | Shadow Of Liberty | ||
| Best Animated Film | Winner | Dear Sweet Emma | ||
| Best Student Film | Winner | Perils in Nude Modeling | ||
| Best Experimental/Art Film | Winner | Modus Vivendi | ||
| Best Woman Filmmaker Presented by the Regional Center for Women in the Arts | Winner | Pee Shy | ||
| Best PA Filmmaker | Winner | Snyder & Newton | ||
| Audience Choice Award | Winner | Canta |
