GOLDEN GATE AWARD: FEATURES

Investigative Documentary Feature
Last Train Home, Lixin Fan (Canada/China 2009)

Documentary Feature
Pianomania, Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis (Austria/Germany 2009)

Bay Area Documentary Feature
Presumed Guilty, Roberto Hernández, Geoffrey Smith (Mexico 2009)

New Directors Award
Alamar, Pedro González-Rubio (Mexico 2009)

FIPRESCI Prize
Frontier Blues, Babak Jalali (Iran/England/Italy 2009)

GOLDEN GATE AWARD: SHORT FILMS

Youth Work
Moon Shoes, Joel Vanzeventer (USA 2009)

Honorable Mention
Alisha, Daniel Citron (USA 2009)

Work for Kids and Families
Leonardo, Jim Capobianco (USA 2009)

Honorable Mention
The Mouse That Soared, Kyle Bell (USA 2009)

Animated Short
Tussilago, Jonas Odell (Sweden 2010)

New Visions
Release, Bill Morrison (USA 2009)

Bay Area Short, First Prize
Embrace of the Irrational, Jonn Herschend (USA 2009)

Bay Area Short, Second Prize
Leonardo, Jim Capobianco (USA 2009)

Documentary Short
The Shutdown, Adam Stafford (Scotland 2009)

Narrative Short
The Armoire, Jamie Travis (Canada 2009)

SFIFF53 AUDIENCE AWARDS

Best Narrative Feature
Winter’s Bone, Debra Granik (USA 2009)

Best Documentary Feature
Budrus, Julia Bacha (Palestinian Territories/Israel 2009)