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Competition Winners!

35th Athens International Film and Video Festival
Competition Award Winners

EXPERIMENTAL

FIRST PRIZE:
Dear Bill Gates dir. Sarah Christman $300

SECOND PRIZE (TIE):
Trinity dir. Michelle Carpenter $200
Tokens dir. Julie Casper Roth $200


THIRD PRIZE (TIE):
Bereavement dir. Louis Libitz $100
August dir. Vanessa O'Neil $100
Casting Pearls dir. Andrea James $100


HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Good Riddance Chief Illini dir. Torry Mendoza
Karaoke Show dir. Karl Tebbe
Chicago Landscape No. 3 dir. Elizabeth Hoffman

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

FIRST PRIZE: Begging Naked dir. Karen Gehres $500

SECOND PRIZE:
Charging The Rhino dir. Simcha Jacobovici & Bruce Thorson $300

THIRD PRIZE:
Profit Motive dir. John Gianvito $200

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Mackenzie Brown (The Adventure Of The Lost Child) dir. Aleks Gezentsvey
I Too Am America dir. Joonhee Park
Wiener Takes All dir. Shane MacDougall Canada

DOCUMENTARY SHORT:

FIRST PRIZE:
SHIKASHIKA dir. Stephen Hyde U.S.A. $500

SECOND PRIZE (TIE):
The Ladies dir. Christina Voros $300
Por Mi Hijos dir. Ayme Cruzalagui $300

THIRD PRIZE:
10 Short Documentaries About My Childhood Home dir. Dorothea Braemer $200

HONORABLE MENTION:
Out Of Print dir. Danny Plotnick

ANIMATION

Nasten Someni Famijen dir. Astrid Goransson $500

NARRATIVE SHORT

FIRST PRIZE:
El Pasajero dir. Andres Faucher $500

SECOND PRIZE:
Regarding Sarah dir. Michelle Porter $300

THIRD PRIZE:
La Parabolica dir. Xavi Sala $200

HONORABLE MENTION:
Hold On dir. Jackie Julio & Doug Olear

NARRATIVE FEATURE:

FIRST PRIZE:
Mutluluk dir. Abdullah Oguz $600

SECOND PRIZE:
Cornelius dir. Giovanny Blanco $400

BLACK BEAR AWARD (BEST USE OF SOUND):

With A Little Patience dir. Laszlo Nemes $500