GOLDEN GATE PERSISTENCE OF VISION AWARD
The 2004 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 Jon Else.

FILM AND VIDEO

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Checkpoint (Israel), Yoav Shamir, director

BAY AREA DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Girl Trouble (USA), Lexi Leban and Lidia Szajko, directors

DOCUMENTARY SHORT
A Life to Live (Poland), Maciej Adamek, director

BAY AREA DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Crystal Harvest (USA), Annelise Wunderlich, director

NEW VISIONS
Papillon d'amour (Belgium), Nicolas Provost, director

NARRATIVE SHORT
Chinese Dream (USA), Victor Quinaz, director

BAY AREA NON-DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Greater Vehicle (USA), Robert Fox, director

ANIMATED SHORT
The Way (South Korea), Jung Min-Young, director

YOUTH WORK
Four Short Films About Love (USA), New Jewish Film Project, directors

WORK FOR KIDS AND FAMILIES
Cirkustour (Denmark), Michael Varming, director

TELEVISION
 
TV NARRATIVE LONG FORM
So Close to Home (Australia), Jessica Hobbs, director

TV NARRATIVE SHORT FORM
Lot (Netherlands), Tamar van den Dop, director

TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY LONG FORM
Bad Behaviour (Netherlands), Hilary Clarke, director

TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY SHORT FORM
A Diary from the Next World (Russia), Oxana Barkovskaya, director