SFIFF54 Announces Award Winners

Golden Gate Award Documentary Feature Winners

Investigative Documentary Feature:  

Crime After Crime, Yoav Potash (USA 2011)

 · Winner receives $25,000 cash prize

Documentary Feature:  

Better This World, Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway (USA 2011)

 · Winner receives $20,000 cash prize

Bay Area Documentary Feature:  

Better This World, Kelly Duane de la Vega and Katie Galloway (USA 2011)

 · Winner receives $15,000 cash prize and $2000 laboratory services from EFILM Digital Laboratories.

New Directors Award:  

The Journals of Musan, Park Jung-bum (South Korea 2010)

 · Winner receives $15,000 cash prize

FIPRESCI Prize:  

The Salesman, Sébastien Pilote (Canada 2011)

Golden Gate Award Short Film Winners

Narrative Short: Blokes, Marialy Rivas (Chile 2010)

 · Winner receives $5,000 cash prize

Documentary Short: Into the Middle of Nowhere, Anna Frances Ewert (Scotland, England 2010)

 · Winner receives $5,000 cash prize

Animated Short: The External World, David O'Reilly (Ireland 2010)

 · Winner receives $2,000 cash prize and Maya animation software provided by Auto Desk

Bay Area Short, First Prize: Tourist Trap, Skye Thorstenson (USA 2010)

 · Winner receives $2,000 cash prize

Bay Area Short, Second Prize: Young Dracula, Alfred Seccombe (USA 2010)

 · Winner receives $1,500 cash prize

New Visions: Lost Lake, Zackary Drucker (USA 2010)

 · Winner receives $1,500 cash prize and 1,000 feet of Kodak film stock

Work for Kids and Families: Specky Four Eyes, Jean-Claude Rozec (France 2010)

 · Winner receives $1,500 cash prize

Youth Work: Z-Man, Nat Talbot (USA 2010)

 · Winner receives $1,500 cash prize

Youth Work Honorable Mention: The Snowman Kelly Wilson, Neil Wrischnik (USA 2010)

Youth Work Honorable Mention: The Math Test, Sam Rubin (USA 2010)