This evening the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival, presented by the San Francisco Film Society, announced the juried Golden Gate Award winners, New Directors Prize winner and FIPRESCI Prize winner at a ceremony held at Rasselas Jazz Club and Restaurant in the historic Fillmore district. This year the Festival awarded over $70,000 in prizes to emerging and established filmmakers from nine countries around the globe.
Golden Gate Award Documentary Feature Winners
Documentary Feature: It's the Earth Not the Moon
Gonçalo Tocha (Portugal 2011)
* Winner receives $20,000 cash prize
Honorable Mention: Meanwhile in Mamelodi
Benjamin Kahlmeyer (Germany/South Africa 2011)
Bay Area Documentary Feature: The Waiting Room
Peter Nicks (USA 2011)
* Winner receives $15,000 cash prize and $2,000 lab services from EFILM Digital Laboratories.
New Directors Prize: Policeman
Nadav Lapid (Israel 2011)
* Winner receives $15,000 cash prize
Honorable Mention: OK, Enough, Goodbye.
Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia (Lebanon/UAE 2010)
FIPRESCI Prize: The Exchange
Eran Kolirin (Israel/Germany 2011)
Golden Gate Award Short Film Winners
Narrative Short: Surveillant
Yan Giroux (Canada 2011)
* Winner receives $5,000 cash prize
Documentary Short: I'm Never Afraid!
Willem Baptist (Netherlands 2011)
* Winner receives $5,000 cash prize
Animated Short: Belly
Julia Pott (England 2011)
* Winner receives $2,000 cash prize
Bay Area Short, First Prize: Aquadettes
Zackary Canepari, Drea Cooper (USA 2011)
* Winner receives $2,000 cash prize
Bay Area Short, Second Prize: Workers Leaving the Googleplex
Andrew Norman Wilson (USA 2011)
* Winner receives $1,500 cash prize
New Visions: 20Hz
Ruth Jarman, Joseph Gerhardt (England 2011)
* Winner receives $1,500 cash prize
Family Film: The Storyteller
Nandita Jain (England 2011)
* Winner receives $1,500 cash prize
Family Film Honorable Mention: The Vacuum Kid
Katie Mahalic (USA 2011)
Youth Work: Metro
Eric Brownrout, Nick Escobar (USA 2011)
* Winner receives $1,500 cash prize
Youth Work Honorable Mention: Life as a Collage
Forrest Penrod (USA 2011)
03.05.2012 | Editor's blog
Cat. : Andrew Norman Wilson Benjamin Kahlmeyer Culture of San Francisco, California Daniel Garcia EFILM Digital Laboratories Entertainment Entertainment Eran Kolirin FIPRESCI Prize Forrest Penrod Germany Israel Joseph Gerhardt Katie Mahalic Lebanon Moon Gonçalo Tocha Nadav Lapid Nick Escobar Person Career Peter Nicks POLICEMAN Rania Attieh Rasselas Jazz Club Ruth Jarman San Francisco San Francisco International Film Festival South Africa the 55th San Francisco International Film Festival United Arab Emirates Yan Giroux Zackary Canepari AWARDS