The 46th Ann Arbor Film Festival awards have been selected by this year's jury. Twenty-five filmmakers from around the world were awarded more than $18,000, with experimental, documentary, narrative and animation all represented. To learn more about each awarded film, you can easily search on the festival website.
Ken Burns Award for Best of the Festival - $3,000
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) - Ellen Kuras
Gus Van Sant Award for Best Experimental Film - $1,000
Office Suite - Robert Todd
Michael Moore Award for Best Documentary Film - $1,000
kids + money - Lauren Greenfield
Lawrence Kasdan Award for Best Narrative Film - $1,000
Diente por Ojo - Elvind Holmboe
Chris Frayne Award for Best Animated Film - $1,000
Spontaneous Generation - Andrew Cahill
The Mermaid - Lisa Barcy
The Barbara Aronofsky Latham Award for Emerging Experimental Video Artist - $1,000
Energie! - Thorsten Fleisch
Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker - $1,000
Doxology - Michael Langan
Peter Wilde Award for Most Technically Innovative Film - $500
Yours Truly - Osbert Parker
Prix DeVarti for Funniest Film - $1,000
On the Assassination of the President - Adam Keker
Griot Editorial Award for Best Editing - $500
I, of the Cyclops - George Kuchar
autFILM Award for Best LGBT Film - $500
Cat Dancers - Harris Fishman
Award for Best International Film - $500
Nijuman no Borei - Jean-Gabriel Periot
The VUE/DFC Award for Best Michigan Filmmaker - $750
Mort - Dean Denell
buzzards steal your picnic - Terri Sarris
The EMPA Work Life Award - $1,300
Beginning Filmmaking - Jay Rosenblatt
Kodak/Filmcraft Imaging Award for Best Cinematography - $1,500
Li: Patterns of Nature - John Campbell
Ghostly Award for Best Sound Design - $500
Observando El Cielo - Jeanne Liotta
The Eileen Maitland Award - $500
Teat Beat of Sex - Signe Baumane
Honorable Mentions - $1,050
The Last Moment - Deco Dawson
Number One - Leighton Pierce
The Juche Idea - Jim Finn
Faux Mouvements (Wrong Moves) - Pip Chodorov
My Olympic Summer - Daniel Robin
Victory Over the Sun - Michael Robinson
03.04.2008 | Editor's blog
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