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The 2001 Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award™ for lifetime achievement of filmmakers whose work is crafting short films, animation, documentaries or work for television, has been awarded to Kenneth Anger.


The Arts
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Ali Farka Toure: Springing from the Roots, Yves Billon, Henri Lecomte, France
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: El Rey de Rock 'n' Roll, Marjorie Chodorov, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Russia's Wonder Children, Irene Langemann, Germany

Biography
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Southern Comfort, Kate Davis, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Hybrid, Monteith McCollum, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between 2 Worlds, Luiz Buarque de Hollanda, Brazil

Current Events
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: The Land of the Wandering Souls, Rithy Panh, France
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Living Afterwards, Words of Women, Laurent Bécue-Renard, France
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: T-Shirt Travels, Shantha Bloemen, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Tina Machida in Zimbabwe: Rainmakers Series 2, Robbie Hart, Luc Côté, Canada

First Person Documentary
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: I Forgot, I Don’t Remember, Juan Carlos Rulfo, Mexico
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: My Mother Had Fourteen Children, Lars-Lennart Forsberg, Sweden
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Jagadakeer . . . Between the Near and East, Tina M. Bastajian, USA

History
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Stolen Generations, Darlene Johnson, Australia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Francisco Boix, a Photographer in Hell, Lorenzo Soler, Spain
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: I Was a Slave Labourer, Luke Holland, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: My Father's Camera, Karen Shopsowitz, USA

Short Documentary

GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Uncle Eugene, Aaron Lubarsky, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Classifieds, Richard Hill, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Doos and Don'ts, Johan Eriksson, England

Society & Culture U.S.
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Big Mama, Tracy Seretean, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: The First Year, Davis Guggenheim, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Gibtown, Melissa Shachat, USA

Society & Culture International
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Diamonds and Rust, Adi Barash, Ruthie Shatz, Israel
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: La Devinière, Benoit Dervaux, Belgium
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Sister-Wife, Timna Goldstein, Hadar Kleinman, Israel

Animation
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: 1300cc, Eoin Clarke, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: The Moschops, Jim Trainor, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Ramblin' Man, Aaron Augenblick, USA

Short Narrative
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: The Heart of the World, Guy Maddin, Canada
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Bartleby, Miro Bilbrough, Australia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Bullet in the Brain, David Von Ancken, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Cock Fight, Sigalit Liphshitz, Israel
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Joy, Cate Shortland, Australia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Seraglio, Gail Lerner, Colin Campbell, USA

Shorts for Kids
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: 55 Queensberry, Ed Howe, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: The Pirates of Central Park, Rob Farber, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Wee Jimmy, Ian Dixon, Australia

Youth Works
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: From Punishment to Pardon: The Port Chicago Mutiny, Preston Burger, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: All I See Is What I Know, Zachariah Webb, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Charlie Brown, Montera Middle School Students, USA



The Arts
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Tosca, Trevor Graham, Patricia Lovell, Film Austrailia, Australia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Dawn in Granada, Dominique Abel, Idéale Audience, France

Current Events
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Close and Far Away, Tzipi Trope, Israel Film Service, Israel
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Hong Kong Connection—Destitute I & II, Dominica Siu, Hong Kong
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Soldiers in the Army of God, Marc Levin, Daphne Pinkerson, Daniel Voll, USA

Environment
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: The Buffalo War, Matthew Testa, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Breathing Space—Long Valley, Ray Mak Kai Chung, Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong

History
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire, Daniel McCabe, Paul Stekler, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Napolean, David Grubin Productions, USAScience & Nature
GOLDEN GATE AWARD: The Natural History of the Chicken, Mark Lewis, Mark Lewis Radio Pictures, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: A Ballad of a Waterhole, Paul Van Schalkwyk, Namibia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Elephants of the Sand River, Martyn Colbeck, Brian Leith, Scorer Associates, England

Society & Culture
SOCIETY AND CULTURE
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Breakaway—A Tale of Two Survivors, Mathew Welsh, Alchemy Notion Pictures, Canada
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Diving School, Ed Punchard, Julia Redwood, Prospero Productions, Australia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: In a World of Exceptions—Children in Fostercare, Noomi Liljefors, Sveriges Television, Sweden

Children's Programs
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: When We Were Young, Episodes 1 and 2, Natalie Chan, Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Hilltop Hospital, Episode 26: Pamela's Secret, Robin Lyons, Siriol Productions, Wales

Comedy
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Ellen Degeneres: The Beginning, Joel Gallen, Home Box Office, USA

Drama—60 Minutes or Less
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Book Flash: Father, Fung Ka Kin, Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Drama—Miniseries
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Dirty Tricks, Paul Seed, Jo Willett, Carlton Television, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Mists of Avalon, Vli Edel, Turner Network Television, USA

Drama—Television Feature
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Freedom Song, Phil Alden Robinson, Alphaville Carrie Productions, Turner Network Television, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Brimstone and Treacle, URO/De Luwte Film Productions, Netherlands
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Morning Swimmers, Egmond Film and Television



Film
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Wild Blue: Notes for Several Voices, Thierry Knauff, Belgium
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Images of Flying and Falling, Ariana Gerstein-McCollum, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Team Red, Ann Alter, USA

Video
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Apple Grown in Wind Tunnel, Steven Matheson, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: The Back Steps, Leighton Pierce, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: My Home, Andrei Zaitsev, Russia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Triptych, Robert F. Arnold, USA




Documentary
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Divided Loyalties, Sophia Constantinou, USA
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Promises, Justine Shapiro, B.Z. Goldberg, Carlos Bolado, USA
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town, Micha X. Peled, USA
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: We Just Tellin’ Stories, Lawrence Andrews, USA

Short Works
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Could Have Been Utah, Frazer Bradshaw, USA
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Inside/Out, Jennifer Petrucelli, USA
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: Motorcycle, Aditya Assarat, T
hailand/USA
GOLDEN GATE AWARD™: The Ride, Bill Basquin, USA

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