Winners of the 2009 "Golden Reel Awards"

Tiburon International Film Festival is pleased to announce the winners of its 8th annual Golden Reel Awards:



Best Film: Guard No. 47 [Czech Republic]

Best Director: Filip Renč for Guard No. 47 [Czech Republic]

Best Actor: Nicke Lignell for Colorado Avenue [Finland]

Best Actress: Lucia Siposova for Guard No. 47 [Czech Republic]

Best Documentary: Final Image directed by Andres Habegger [Argentina]

Best Cinematography: Karel Fairaisl for Guard No. 47 [Czech Republic]

Humanitarian Award: Familiar Voices by Danny Mendoza [Canada]

Best Musical: Paraiba My Love by Bernard Robert-Charrue [Switzerland]

Best Score: South of the Moon by Antonio DiVerdis [Canada]

Best Short: Directions by Kasimir Burgess [Australia]

Best Music Video: License to Love by Steve Gatlin [US]

Best Dance Short Film: Nora by Alla Kovgan & David Hinton [Mozambique]

Best Animation: Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley [US]

Best Short Animation: Disbelief Will Save Your Soul by Samuel Weikopf [Germany]

Best Sports Film: Lift by Anthony Green from [US/France]

Federico Fellini Award: Joe Chowfor for Seventeen [China]

Orson Wells Award: Jonathan Lawton for Jackson [US]

Best Experimental Film: Colour Test.6 by Gerd Conradt [Germany]

Best Student Film: The Fenceline by Brian Rasmussen [US]

Best Comedy: The Grapes by Tomáš Barina [Czech Republic]

Best Children’s Film: The Map Reader by Harold Brodie [New Zealand]