Winners of the 2009 ‘Golden Reel Award’

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

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]