The San Francisco Film Society announced the 58th San Francisco International Film Festival winners at the Golden Gate Awards party on Wednesday evening.
Laura Bispuri was awarded the New Directors Prize of $10,000 for her film Sworn Virgin (pictured) and was praised for the way she addressed “the contemporary female struggle.”
Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross received $10,000 for their film Western, which earned top honours in the documentary category.
Leah Wolchok took home the Bay Area Documentary Award for Very Semi-Serious, which explores the journeys of those trying to make it in the world of comedy.
Winners in the short film category included Una Gunjak’s The Chicken, Rosie Reed Hillman’s Cailleach and animated short A Single Life from Marieke Blaauw, Joris Oprins and Job Roggeveen.
The Sfiff also awarded the festival’s top honour in the Youth Works category to high school student Joshua Ovalle for his short film Two And A Quarter Minutes.
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Laura Bispuri was awarded the New Directors Prize of $10,000 for her film Sworn Virgin (pictured) and was praised for the way she addressed “the contemporary female struggle.”
Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross received $10,000 for their film Western, which earned top honours in the documentary category.
Leah Wolchok took home the Bay Area Documentary Award for Very Semi-Serious, which explores the journeys of those trying to make it in the world of comedy.
Winners in the short film category included Una Gunjak’s The Chicken, Rosie Reed Hillman’s Cailleach and animated short A Single Life from Marieke Blaauw, Joris Oprins and Job Roggeveen.
The Sfiff also awarded the festival’s top honour in the Youth Works category to high school student Joshua Ovalle for his short film Two And A Quarter Minutes.
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- 5/7/2015
- ScreenDaily
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RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, wrapped last night with Shawkat Amin Korki’s Memories on Stone winning best narrative feature and Hao Zhou’s The Chinese Mayor winning best documentary feature.
In the audience awards, best of the fest went to honoree Stanley Nelson’s The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution; best narrative feature went to Anywhere Else by Ester Amrami; best documentary feature went to Marc Silver’s 3 ½ Minutes and best indie was Proud Citizen by Thomas Southerland.
The festival presented 165 films in total in its 17th annual edition; more filmmakers than ever before attended the event.
“Films showcased at our festival this year reflected diverse stories from around the world, immense talent from directors, many trained in Winston-Salem, and a host of passionate projects that are jewels...
RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, wrapped last night with Shawkat Amin Korki’s Memories on Stone winning best narrative feature and Hao Zhou’s The Chinese Mayor winning best documentary feature.
In the audience awards, best of the fest went to honoree Stanley Nelson’s The Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution; best narrative feature went to Anywhere Else by Ester Amrami; best documentary feature went to Marc Silver’s 3 ½ Minutes and best indie was Proud Citizen by Thomas Southerland.
The festival presented 165 films in total in its 17th annual edition; more filmmakers than ever before attended the event.
“Films showcased at our festival this year reflected diverse stories from around the world, immense talent from directors, many trained in Winston-Salem, and a host of passionate projects that are jewels...
- 4/27/2015
- by wendy.mitchell@screendaily.com (Wendy Mitchell)
- ScreenDaily
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