April 29, 2004

SFIFF: Winners.

SFIFF 47 The award-winners were announced last night at the San Francisco International Film Festival and yet, with the exception of Brian Brooks's piece in indieWIRE on the atmo in the City as the fest winds down this evening and a brief one in the Moscow-based Mosnews on the short A Diary From the Next World nabbing an award, there isn't a whole lot of reportage on the prizes just yet.

But in the interest of getting word out and giving a virtual shout out to the winners, click below for the press release with its complete list.

47TH SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS AT GOLDEN GATE AWARDS CEREMONY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, April 28, 2004

SKYY PRIZE WINNER – FIRST NARRATIVE FEATURE
SQUINT YOUR EYES (Poland), Andrzej Jakimowski, director
AWARDED $10,000

FIPRESCI PRIZE WINNER
THE STORY OF THE WEEPING CAMEL (Mongolia), Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni, directors

GOLDEN GATE AWARD – DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
CHECKPOINT (Israel), Yoav Shamir, director
AWARDED $5,000 cash prize and Final Cut Pro Software from Apple

GOLDEN GATE AWARD – BAY AREA DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
GIRL TROUBLE (USA), Lexi Leban and Lidia Szajko, directors
AWARDED $2,500 cash prize and $2,000 worth of lab services from AlphaCine Labs

GOLDEN GATE AWARD – DOCUMENTARY SHORT
A LIFE TO LIVE (Poland), Maciej Adamek, director
AWARDED $1,500 cash prize

GOLDEN GATE AWARD – BAY AREA DOCUMENTARY SHORT
CRYSTAL HARVEST (USA), Annelise Wunderlich, director
AWARDED $1,500 cash prize

GOLDEN GATE AWARD – NEW VISIONS
PAPILLON D'AMOUR(Belgium), Nicolas Provost, director
AWARDED $1,500 cash prize

GOLDEN GATE AWARD – NARRATIVE SHORT
CHINESE DREAM (USA), Victor Quinaz, director
AWARDED $1,500 cash prize

GOLDEN GATE AWARD – BAY AREA NON-DOCUMENTARY SHORT
THE GREATER VEHICLE (USA), Robert Fox, director
AWARDED $1,500 cash prize

GOLDEN GATE AWARD – ANIMATED SHORT
THE WAY (South Korea), Jung Min-Young, director
AWARDED $1,500 cash prize

GOLDEN GATE AWARD – YOUTH WORK
FOUR SHORT FILMS ABOUT LOVE (USA), New Jewish Film Project, directors
AWARDED $1,500 cash prize

GOLDEN GATE AWARD – WORK FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES
CIRKUSTOUR (Denmark), Michael Varming, director
AWARDED $1,500 cash prize

GOLDEN GATE AWARD – TV NARRATIVE LONG FORM
SO CLOSE TO HOME (Australia), Jessica Hobbs, director

GOLDEN GATE AWARD – TV NARRATIVE SHORT FORM
LOT (Netherlands), Tamar van den Dop, director

GOLDEN GATE AWARD – TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY LONG FORM
BAD BEHAVIOUR (Netherlands), Hilary Clarke, director

GOLDEN GATE AWARD – TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY SHORT FORM
A DIARY FROM THE NEXT WORLD (Russia), Oxana Barkovskaya, director



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Posted by dwhudson at April 29, 2004 10:43 AM

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For what it worth the top five of the fest for me was:

1. Triple Agent (Eric Rohmer)
Like LADY AND THE DUKE, this doesn't seem like prime material for a new Eric Rohmer film from synopsis (which includes secret agents and a war) but the film is every bit a Rohmer film; from his observations about his characters to the (SPOILER) somewhat open ending.

2. Ana and the Others (Celina Murga)
This film almost out-Rohmers Rohmer with its quiet attention to detail and lovely bits of insight regarding Ana and what it means to come back to your former home after being away from a few years. A very promising debut film for Murga, whom quickly announces herself as a major player in the international film scene.

3. Doppelganger (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
The funniest Kurosawa film I have seen (which isn't really saying much - since I don't remember laughter being one of my major responses to his previous films) but this film really embodies its central gimmick very well and makes very effective use of split-screen.

4. Dig!
A fascinating insight into The Brian Jonestown Massacre and (less so for) The Dandy Warhols, and the eventually rivalry that sprouted up between the two (formerly friendly) bands. This will open in October and run on the Sundance channel for that same period.

5. Playing 'In the Company of Men'
An intriguing mixture of corporate maneuvering and theatre, underling the performance quality inherent in both. A film that (among other things) is in love with the very act of weaving a story.

Also I must give credit to THE 5 OBSTRUCTIONS and DOUBLE DARE which I saw and liked at other festivals.

I didn't see any of the films that won awards!

Posted by: Jason at April 30, 2004 2:50 PM