The 46th Ann Arbor Film Festival awards have been selected by this year's jury. Twenty-five filmmakers from around the world were awarded more than $18,000, with experimental, documentary, narrative and animation all represented. To learn more about each awarded film, you can easily search on the festival website.
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Ken Burns Award for Best of the Festival - $3,000
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) - Ellen Kuras
Gus Van Sant Award for Best Experimental Film - $1,000
Office Suite - Robert Todd
Michael Moore Award for Best Documentary Film - $1,000
kids + money - Lauren Greenfield
Lawrence Kasdan Award for Best Narrative Film - $1,000
Diente por Ojo - Elvind Holmboe
Chris Frayne Award for Best Animated Film - $1,000
Spontaneous Generation - Andrew Cahill
The Mermaid - Lisa Barcy
The Barbara Aronofsky Latham Award for Emerging Experimental Video Artist - $1,000
Energie! - Thorsten Fleisch
Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker - $1,000
Doxology - Michael Langan
Peter Wilde Award for Most Technically Innovative Film - $500
Yours Truly - Osbert Parker
Prix DeVarti for Funniest Film - $1,000
On the Assassination of the President - Adam Keker
Griot Editorial Award for Best Editing - $500
I, of the Cyclops - George Kuchar
autFILM Award for Best LGBT Film - $500
Cat Dancers - Harris Fishman
Award for Best International Film - $500
Nijuman no Borei - Jean-Gabriel Periot
The VUE/DFC Award for Best Michigan Filmmaker - $750
Mort - Dean Denell
buzzards steal your picnic - Terri Sarris
The EMPA Work Life Award - $1,300
Beginning Filmmaking - Jay Rosenblatt
Kodak/Filmcraft Imaging Award for Best Cinematography - $1,500
Li: Patterns of Nature - John Campbell
Ghostly Award for Best Sound Design - $500
Observando El Cielo - Jeanne Liotta
The Eileen Maitland Award - $500
Teat Beat of Sex - Signe Baumane
Honorable Mentions - $1,050
The Last Moment - Deco Dawson
Number One - Leighton Pierce
The Juche Idea - Jim Finn
Faux Mouvements (Wrong Moves) - Pip Chodorov
My Olympic Summer - Daniel Robin
Victory Over the Sun - Michael Robinson
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 Ellen Kuras (from The Betrayal) Energie! Cat Dancers Office Suite |
