50th San Francisco International Film Festival Winners Announced at Golden Gate Awards Ceremony

May 9, 2007

SKYY Prize: The Violin, Francisco Vargas (Mexico, 2006)
FIPRESCI Prize: A Parting Shot, Jeanne Waltz (France, 2006)
Chris Holter Humor in Film Award: The Silly Age, Pavel Giroud (Cuba/Spain/Venezuela, 2006)

Golden Gate Awards
Documentary Feature: Souvenirs, Shahar Cohen and Halil Efrat (Israel, 2006)
Bay Area Documentary Feature: The Key of G, Robert Arnold (USA, 2006)
Documentary Short: Sari’s Mother, James Longley (USA, 2006)
Bay Area Documentary Short: Outsider: The Life and Art of Judith Scott, Betsy Bayha (USA, 2006)
Narrative Short: The Tube with a Hat, Radu Jude (Romania, 2006)
Bay Area Non-Documentary Short: Muse of Cinema, Kerry Laitala (USA, 2006)
Animated Short: Never Like the First Time!, Jonas Odell (Sweden, 2006)
New Visions: Dear Bill Gates, Sarah J. Christman (USA, 2006)
Work for Kids and Families: The Fan and the Flower, Bill Plympton (USA, 2006)
Youth Work: Focus, Edward Elliott (USA, 2006)

Previously announced Golden Gate Award winners (Television)
TV Documentary Long Form: My Father the Turk, Marcus Vetter, Ariane Riecker (Germany, 2006)
TV Documentary Short Form: Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a White Man’s World, Annette von Wangenheim (Germany, 2006)
TV Narrative Long Form: Rage, Züli Aladag (Germany, 2006)
TV Narrative Short Form: Capelito, Rodolfo Pastor (Spain, 2006)