Photo by Alan Spearman
The Oxford Film Festival presents The Spirit of the Hoka Award, designed by local sculptor Bill Beckwith, to our winners.
Princess Hoka, a Chicaksaw, is important to the history of Oxford, Mississippi not only for being the namesake of the famed Hoka Theater (1977-1996), but also for being among the first names on the land deed of Lafayette County.
The Spirit of the Hoka has been awarded to a number of films in different categories.
Animated Short
- 2013 = Grandmothers (Abuelas)
- 2012 = 5 Minutes Each
- 2011 = The Birds Upstairs
- 2010 = Topi
- 2009 = Symphony
- 2008 = Voodoo Bayou
- 2007 = Mirage
- 2005 = Learn Self Defense
- 2004 = Birdon
- 2003 (category not awarded)
Audience Award
- 2013 = (will be announced after Sunday ballots are counted)
- 2012 = Showtime
- 2011 = Mississippi Innocence
- 2010 = The Last Survivor
- 2009 = Prom Night in Mississippi
- 2008 = The Elephant King
- 2007 = Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life
- 2005 = Glorious Mail
- 2004 = Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
- 2003
Documentary Feature
- 2013 = An Ordinary Hero
- 2012 = Rhino Resurrected
- 2011 = The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: An Urban History
- 2010 = The Last Survivor
- 2009 = Crude Independence
- 2008 = The Listening Project
- 2007 = Darius Goes West: The Roll of His Life
- 2005 = You See Me Laughin: The Last of the Hill Country Bluesmen
- 2004 = Turned Out: Sexual Assault Behind Bars
- 2003
Documentary Short
- 2013 = Reborning
- 2012 = Saint
- 2011 = Sand
- 2010 = Dive!
- 2009 = Mississippi Drug War Blues
- 2008 = Gimme Green
- 2007 = Bodies and Souls
- 2005 (shorts category not divided)
- 2004 (shorts category not divided)
- 2003
Experimental Short
- 2013 = Don’t Break Down
- 2012 = Only in Dreams
- 2011 = Inside Out/Side One
- 2010 = Utsav Mela
- 2009 = Grand Wheel
- 2008
- 2007 = What the Water Saw
- 2005 = Hallaig
- 2004 (category not awarded)
- 2003
Music Video
- 2013 = Growing Pains
- 2012 = Positions in Space
- 2011 = Cold Red Clay
- 2010 (category not awarded)
- 2009 = Crystal
- 2008 = Temporary Virgin
- 2007 = Seabeast
- 2005 = Moving Along
- 2004 (category not awarded)
- 2003
Mississippi Film (Documentary and/or Narrative)
- 2013 = April’s Way / Tube
- 2012 = Showtime / Old Oak
- 2011 = The South Will Rise Again / Murderabilia
- 2010 = Now or Never
- 2009 = Neshoba
- 2008 = Sorry We’re Open
- 2007 = Whole Hog
- 2005 (category not awarded)
- 2004 (category not awarded)
- 2003 (category not awarded)
Narrative Feature
- 2013 = The Discoverers
- 2012 = Perfection
- 2011 = Prairie Love
- 2010 = Carried Away
- 2009 = Make Out with Violence
- 2008 = Kabluey
- 2007 = Wristcutters: A Love Story
- 2005 = The Milk Can
- 2004 = Blackballed: The Bobby Dukes Story
- 2003
Narrative Short
- 2013 = Deafblind
- 2012 = Fresh Skweezed
- 2011 = Pillow
- 2010 = Birthday
- 2009 = The Wednesdays
- 2008 = Aquarium
- 2007 = Mother
- 2005 = Lift
- 2004 = The Anniversary (Ngay Gio)
- 2003
The Hoka Award for Achievement in Film
- 2010 = Ray McKinnon (writer, director, actor)
The Lisa Blount Memorial Award for Acting
- 2013 — Rebecca Jernigan, Tube
- 2012 — Christina Beck, Perfection
- 2011 — Ed Lowry, Pillow
