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The 1999 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 documentarian Johan van der Keuken.

The Arts
GOLDEN SPIRE Dancemaker, Matthew Diamond, USA
SILVER SPIRE Urban Clan, Michelle Mahrer, Australia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Forrest Bess: Key to the Riddle, Chuck Smith, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Regardez Moi, Je Vous Regarde, Brigitte Lemaine, France

Biography
GOLDEN SPIRE Voices, Andrey Osipov, Russia
SILVER SPIRE Mob Law, Paul Wilmshurst, USA/England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Takeover: The Trials of Eddie Hatcher, David Hardy, USA

Current Events
GOLDEN SPIRE Megacities, Michael Glawogger, Austria
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT A Murder in Abidjan, Mosco Boucault, France
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT One Girl Against the Mafia, Rosita Bonanno, Italy

First Person Documentary
GOLDEN SPIRE okay bye-bye, Rebecca Baron, USA
SILVER SPIRE Mom's First Olympics, Ran Carmeli, Israel
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Death: A Love Story, Michelle LeBrun, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Sunrise over Tiananmen Square, Shui-Bo Wang, Canada

History
GOLDEN SPIRE The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords, Stanley Nelson, USA
SILVER SPIRE Riviera Hotel, Bernie Ijdis, Netherlands
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Show Girls, Meilan Lam, Canada
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Their Frozen Dream, Jan Troell, Sweden

Short Documentary
GOLDEN SPIRE Welcome to Womanhood, Charlotte Metcalf, England
SILVER SPIRE Relative Strangers, Rosemary Hesp, Australia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Ground Level India, Bradley Morales, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT It Belongs to the Bank, Asaf Bernstein, Israel

Society and Culture--U.S.
SILVER SPIRE On the Ropes, Nanette Burstein, Brett Morgen, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Dirt, David Evans, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Kids by the Bay, Judy Irving, Christopher Beaver, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Riding the Icelandic Horse, Curt Worden, USA

Society and Culture--International
GOLDEN SPIRE Divorce Iranian Style, Kim Longinotto, Ziba Mir-Hosseini, England
SILVER SPIRE Amerasians, Erik Gandini, Sweden
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Children of Gaia, Bente Milton, Denmark
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Lucky People Center International, Johan Soderberg, Erik Pauser, Sweden

Animation
SILVER SPIRE The Bats, Jim Trainor, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Billy's Balloon, Don Hertzfeldt, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Organ Cranker, Jon Foulk, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Silence, Sylvie Bringas, Orly Yadin, England

Music Video
GOLDEN SPIRE Extender, Beat Brogle, Philipp Schmid, Switzerland
SILVER SPIRE Satisfaction Real, Katsushi Boda, Japan
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Alice in Hong Kong, Ernest Fung, Hong Kong

Short Narrative
GOLDEN SPIRE Life on Earth, Abderrahmane Sissako, Mali/France
GOLDEN SPIRE The Lonelys, Henry Barrial, USA
SILVER SPIRE Chinese Food and Donuts, Sunny Lee, USA
SILVER SPIRE Day to Day, Flavio Frederico, Brazil
SILVER SPIRE Rat Race, Valentin Hitz, Austria
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT The Man from the Deep, Martin Hagbjer, Denmark
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Modern Life, Dean Mermell, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Po Mo Knock Knock, Greg Pak, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Toy Boys, Gaby Dellal, England

Youth Works
SILVER SPIRE An African-American in Russia, Jamal Hodge, USA
SILVER SPIRE Put to Sleep, Ryan McCulloch, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Jeremy Yepa--Santa Clara Pueblo Beader, Espanola Valley High School Students, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Weedlife, Dwight Hancel, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Youths Work 4 NYC, Skyline Community Teens, USA

Environment
(No awards given)

History
GOLDEN SPIRE Little Dieter Needs to Fly: Escape from Laos--Cinemax Reel Life, Werner Herzog, Home Box Office, USA
SILVER SPIRE The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs, Norma Percy, Dai Richards, Brian Lapping Associates/BBC, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT City Dump: The Story of the 1951 CCNY Basketball Scandal, George Roy, Steve Stern, Home Box Office, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Timewatch: The Oklahoma Outlaw, Jonathan Gili, BBC, England

Science and Nature
GOLDEN SPIRE The Dragons of Galapagos, David Parer, Elizabeth Parer-Cook, ABC Natural History Unit, Australia
SILVER SPIRE The Human Body--The End of Life, Alan Bookbinder, Lorraine Heggessey, Richard Dale, Christopher Spencer, BBC, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Animalicious, Mark Lewis, Radio Pictures Inc., USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT The Health Show: "Hemorrhoids," Chris Mullington, CBC, Canada

Society and Culture
GOLDEN SPIRE Battu's Bioscope, Andrzej Fidyk, Polish Television, Poland
SILVER SPIRE Lisdoonvarna--Lourdes of Love, Hans Heijnen, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting, Netherlands
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Every Other Saturday, Claudine Bories, Perifilms, France
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT The Farmer's Wife, David Sutherland, WGBH/Frontline, USA

Animation
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Rolie Polie Ollie, Mike Fallows, Rich Ross, Disney Channel, USA
Children's Programs
SILVER SPIRE The Freesia of Eden, Alistair McIlwain, BBC Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland
SILVER SPIRE Ready or Not, Pam de Montgomery, Insight Productions, Canada
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Batpig in the Underworld, Heike Sistig, Sabine Huber, Westdeutscher Rundfunk Koln, Germany
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Hervic in Cloudland, Velvy Appleton, Mackenzie Oppenheim, Bill Weir, Wolf Arts/Nickelodeon, USA

Drama--60 Minutes or Less
GOLDEN SPIRE The Tale of Teeka, Tim Southam, Galafilm Inc., Canada
SILVER SPIRE Dangerfield: The Lost Boy, Lawrence Gordon Clark, BBC Birmingham, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT In the Interests of the State, Theo van Gogh, Nederlandse Omroep Stichting, Netherlands
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT That's Life--The Truth Is Out There, Elizabeth Wong Lo Tak, Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Drama--Miniseries
GOLDEN SPIRE A Respectable Trade, Suri Krishnamma, BBC Drama, England
SILVER SPIRE The Unknown Soldier, David Drury, Carlton Televison, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Falling for a Dancer, Richard Standeven, Parallel Films/BBC Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Our Mutual Friend, Julian Farino, Catherine Wearing, BBC Drama, England

Drama--Television Feature
SILVER SPIRE Always Outnumbered, Michael Apted, Home Box Office, USA
SILVER SPIRE Girl's Night, Nick Hurran, Showtime Networks, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Shot Through the Heart, David Attwood, Home Box Office, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Winchell, Paul Mazursky, Home Box Office, USA

Video
VIDEO GOLDEN SPIRE beirut Palermo beirut, Mahmoud Hojeij, Lebanon
SILVER SPIRE Workman, Pierre Yves Clouin, France
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT ALL CHANGE!!!, Kai Syng Tan, England/Singapore

Short Works
GOLDEN SPIRE Catholic School, Jona Frank, USA
GOLDEN SPIRE Jump, Cade Bursell, USA
GOLDEN SPIRE Rubber Gloves, Tom E. Brown, USA
GOLDEN SPIRE Suspension, David Phillips, Paul Rowley, USA

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