Award Winners List

The San Francisco International Film Festival Announces Award Winners at Golden Gate Awards Ceremony

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

VirginMega Audience Award—Best Narrative Feature
THE MIRACLE OF BERN (Germany), Sönke Wortmann, director

VirginMega Audience Award—Best Documentary Feature
DOUBLE DARE (USA), Amanda Micheli, director

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 $1,000 cash prize

Golden Gate Award—Work for Kids and Families
CIRKUSTOUR (Denmark), Michael Varming, director
Awarded $1,000 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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