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The 2000 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 animator Faith Hubley.

The Arts
GOLDEN SPIRE: An Angel Passes, Penelope Price, USA
SILVER SPIRE: Global Player, Tom Meffert, Germany/Benin/Togo
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Mokarrameh, Memories and Dreams, Ebrahim Mokhtari, Iran/France
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Voyage to Cythera, Frank Scheffer, Netherlands

Biography
GOLDEN SPIRE Missing Boy, Tove Torbiornsson, Sweden
SILVER SPIRE Out of Orbit, Carl Bessai, Canada
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT The Jazzman from the Gulag, Pierre-Henry Salfati, France
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Terry Eichler--Beyond Duc My, Jan Dirk Mittmann, Australia

Current Events
GOLDEN SPIRE The Valley, Dan Reed, England
SILVER SPIRE New Times at Crossroad Street, Ivars Seleckis, Latvia
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Punitive Damage, Annie Goldson, New Zealand
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Well-Founded Fear, Shari Robertson, Michael Camerini, USA

First Person Documentary
GOLDEN SPIRE Our Silent Traces, Sophie Bredier, Myriam Aziza, France
SILVER SPIRE The Long Holiday, Johan van der Keuken, Netherlands
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack, Aiyana Elliott, USA CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Life Without Death, Frank Cole, Canada
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT One of Us, Susan Korda, USA

History
GOLDEN SPIRE: Angelos' Film, Peter Forgacs, Netherlands
SILVER SPIRE: Stranger with a Camera, Elizabeth Barret, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Another Country, Sergio Trefaut, Portugal
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT: Oh Freedom After While, Steven J. Ross, USA

Short Documentary
GOLDEN SPIRE Part of the World That Belongs to You, Karin Wegsjo, Sweden
SILVER SPIRE Beyond the Clouds, Lee Phillips, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Contacts Nan Goldin, Jean-Pierre Krief, France
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT You Are What You Were Born For, Roberto Berliner, Brazil

Society & Culture U.S.
GOLDEN SPIRE American Gypsy: A Stranger in Everybody's Land, Jasmine Dellal, USA GOLDEN SPIRE Sound and Fury, Josh Aronson, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT The Gospel According to Mr. Allen, Edward Rosenstein, USA CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Legacy, Tod S. Lending, USA

Society & Culture International
GOLDEN SPIRE Where the Sky Meets the Land, Frank MŸller, Germany
SILVER SPIRE The Gospel According to the Papuans, Thomas Balmes, France
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Price of Knowledge, Ugyen Wangdi, Bhutan
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Pripyat, Nicholas Geyrhalter, Austria
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Separated, Antonio Escudeiro, Portugal
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Us Boys, Lionel Mill, Ireland

Animation
GOLDEN SPIRE When the Day Breaks, Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis, Canada
SILVER SPIRE Mister Smile, Fran Krause, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Fractured Fairy Tales: The Fox, the Box and the Lox, Oscar Moore, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT To Build a Better Mousetrap, Christopher Leone, USA

Music Video
GOLDEN SPIRE Music Videos, Jonathan Inksetter, Canada
SILVER SPIRE 2 Spellbound, Les LeVeque, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Oz Mix, Harada Ippei, Japan

Short Narrative
GOLDEN SPIRE The Tale of the Rat That Wrote, Billy O'Brien, England
GOLDEN SPIRE When the Sun Goes Down, Jens Arentzen, Denmark
SILVER SPIRE The Case of Majella McGinty, Kirsten Sheridan, Ireland
SILVER SPIRE Hungry, Richard Clark, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT One Night, Veena Sud, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Solid Waste, Michael Lander, USA

Youth Works
GOLDEN SPIRE Real Men Wear Hawaiian Shirts, Ryan McCulloch, USA
SILVER SPIRE Crossing Borders, Skyline Community Students, USA
SILVER SPIRE What the Pho?, Jonathan Chen, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Civil War Essay, Teodora Mihai, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Of Me I Sing, Ava Sadripour, USA

Current Events
GOLDEN SPIRE Paying for the Piper, Ed Punchard, Julia Redwood, Prospero Productions, Australia
SILVER SPIRE Justice, Olivier Ballande, Jacques Bidou, JBA Production, Madagascar/France
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Laredo and the Law, Folke Ryden, Sveriges Television, Sweden
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT The Magazine: As Time Goes By, Pat Softly, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada

Environment
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Champions of the Wild--Season III: Bald Eagles, Christian Bruyere, Omni Film Productions Ltd., Canada
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Javelina: A Desert Stew, James Horner, Liz McBee, Brown Bag Pictures, USA

History
SILVER SPIRE Far Out, Steve Humphries, Miriam Akhtar, Testimony Films, England
SILVER SPIRE Fists of Freedom: The Story of the '68 Summer Games, Ross Greenburg, Home Box Office, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT American Masters: Paul Robeson: Here I Stand, St. Clair Bourne, Susan Lacy, American Masters, Thirteen/WNET, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Untangling the Mind: The Legacy of Dr. Heinz Lehmann, Catherine Mullins, Tom Puchniak, Green Lion Productions, CanadaScience & Nature
GOLDEN SPIRE Our Stork, Livia Gyarmathy, Hungary
SILVER SPIRE Intimate Strangers: Unseen Life on Earth, RM Associates, Baker & Simon Associates, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Pandemic: Case of the Killer Flu, Elliott Halpern, Simcha Jacobovichi, Associated Producers/GOSH! Films, CanadaSociety & Culture
GOLDEN SPIRE In Time's Shadow, the Hegis, David Way, Rudy Buttignol, TV Ontario, Canada
SILVER SPIRE The Personals: Improvisations on Romance in the Golden Years: Cinemax Reel Life, Keiko Ibi, Home Box Office, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT A Calcutta Christmas, Maree Delofski, Film Australia, Australia
ANIMATION CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Animated Epics: The Canterbury Tales, Christopher Grace, Jonathan Meyerson, Home Box Office, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Weird-Ohs, Owen Hurley, Mainframe Entertainment, Canada

Children's Programs
SILVER SPIRE The Artists' Specials: Mary Cassatt: An American Impressionist, David Devine, Richard Mozer, Home Box Office, USA
SILVER SPIRE Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids: The New Nanny, Jamie Rix, Sara Bor, Simon Bor, A Honeycomb Animation & Elephant Production for Carlton Televison, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT The Bremen Town Musicians: An Animated Special from Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, Anthony Bell, Libby Simon, Home Box Office, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT The Day I Decided . . . Tatjana, Machteld van Gelder, Nederlandse Omroepprogramma Stichting, Netherlands

Comedy
SILVER SPIRE Heat Vision and Jack, Robert Greenblatt, David Janollari, Ben Stiller, The Greenblatt Janollari Studio, USA SILVER SPIRE Screwed in Tallinn, Tomas Alfredson, Sveriges Television, Sweden
DRAMA--60 MINUTES OR LESS
GOLDEN SPIRE Gypsies, Elizabeth Wong Lo Tak, Willy Ngai Kwok Wai, Radio Television Hong Kong, Hong Kong
SILVER SPIRE Ballykissangel: He Healeth the Sick, Chris Clough, Mike Cocker, BBC Northern Ireland Drama, Northern Ireland
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Shift, Kelly Anderson, Anderson Gold Films, USA CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Taxi, Episode 50, Sven Clausen, DR TV, Denmark

Drama--Miniseries
GOLDEN SPIRE The Secrets of Kineret, Omri Levy, Micha Shagrir, Shiba Communication, Ltd., Israel
SILVER SPIRE The Waiting Time, Stuart Orme, Chris Burt, Carlton Televison, England
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT The Bubi Scholz Story, GŸnter Rohrbach, MTM West Produktion/Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Germany
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Eureka Street, Adrian Shergold, Sophie Gardiner, Euphoria Films for BBC Northern Ireland in Assocation with RTE, Northern Ireland

Drama--Television Feature
SILVER SPIRE A Lesson Before Dying, Joseph Sargent, Robert Bendetti, Home Box Office, USA
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT The Rest Is Silence, Frans Weisz, Nederlandse Omroepprogramma Stichting, Netherlands
CERTIFICATE OF MERIT RKO 281, Benjamin Ross, Su Armstrong, Home Box Office, USA

Video
GOLDEN SPIRE Wood, Leighton Pierce, USA SILVER SPIRE Amateurist, Miranda July, USA CERTIFICATE OF MERIT Arise! Walk Dog Eat Donut, Ken Kobland, USA CERTIFICATE OF MERIT The Dead Weight of a Quarrel Hangs, Walid Raad, USA

Short Works
GOLDEN SPIRE Behold the Asian: How One Becomes What One Is, James T. Hong, USA GOLDEN SPIRE Office Furniture, Rebecca Salzer, Chris Brown, USA
GOLDEN SPIRE Sunday Afternoon, Paul Charney, USA
GOLDEN SPIRE Window, Victoria Livingstone, USA

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