Last night the first Excellence Awards was presented at the International Film Festival Summit in Las Vegas. Git Scheynius received the International Director Award for her work with the Stockholm International Film Festival.
The director of the Stockholm Film Festival, Git Scheynius, received the newly-instituted award for her ability to constantly develop and improve the concept of the Stockholm International Film Festival.

- It’s a great honor to be selected among all the festivals in the world. We are incredibly proud to be internationally recognized, says Git Scheynius.

The International Film Festival Summit is an annual conference and trade show for the film festival industry which started in 2004. This year, for the first time, a number of awards where presented during the three-day-long conference to national and international festivals that has made significant contributions. The winners will receive special mention in Screen and Variety.

During this years International Film Festival Summit, the focus has been on discussing the impact of new technology, branding and how to build festival awareness online, among other things.

Git Scheynius was presented the award by actor Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters), at the ceremony held at the Loews Lake Resort in Las Vegas.