1999 Film Festival Award Winners
3rd Annual Festival Concludes Screening Amazing Films from Across the Globe
This was year three of the Festival and the second year for film awards. The Festival also moved officially this year to the City of Providence. More than 600 films were entered in competition this year, a steep climb from 1998 which saw 236 entries. 1998 saw amazing panels, multiple venues, a barbeque, and the first use of the Veternan's Memorial Auditorium.
Festival Personnel: George T. Marshall, Executive Director; Betty Newberry, Managing Director; Carolyn Testa, Artistic Director; Samina Arif and Christian De Rezendes, Programming.
List of Award Winners:
BEST FEATURE:
(EASTMAN KODAK VISION AWARD)
Went to Coney Island on A Mission
from God...Be Back By Five
D. Richard Schenkman
Evenmore Entertainment, Hollywood, CA USA
BEST DIRECTOR
(NEW ENGLAND): (TOURISME QUEBEC)
Ground Zero/Sacred Ground
Karen Aqua, Dir/Prods.
Cambridge, MA USA
BEST DIRECTOR:
The Waiting Game
D: Ken Liotti
Absolute Films, New York, NY USA
Went to Coney Island on A Mission
from God...Be Back By Five
D. Richard Schenkman
Evenmore Entertainment, Hollywood, CA USA
BEST DOCUMENTARY:
Grand Prize:
The Personals
D. Keiko Ibi
Keiko Films, New York, NY USA
(Screening of the full-legth film expanded from 1998 Premiere of the Documentary Short)
First Prize:
The Return of Paul Jarrett
D. Clark Jarrett
Jarrett Production Group, Los Angeles, CA USA
BEST ANIMATION:
Grand Prize:
Rolie Polie Olie
D. Mike Fallows
Nelvana Limited, Toronto Canada
First Prize:
The Room
D. Claire Ellenwood
Late Bloomer Productions, Toronto, Canada
EXPERIMENTAL:
Grand Prize:
La Casa Del Nonno
D. Lisa Sfriso
Les Productions du Goeland, Quebec, Canada
First Prize:
Po Mo Knock Knock
D. Greg Pak
Pak Man Prods. New York, USA
THE ANTHONY JOAQUIM TESTA
FOREIGN FILM AWARD:
Grand Prize:
Charles Dandelin, Des Mains et
Des Mots
D. Richard Lavoie
Richard Lavoie, Inc., Rawdon, Quebec, Canada
First Prize:
Couer Ouvert (Open Heart)
D. Denis Boivin
Les Productions de Film Dionysos Inc.; Loretteville,
Quebec, Canada
BEST SHORT:
Grand Prize:
The Guests
D. Daniel Libin
Kinetic Arts Inc. New York, NY USA
First Prize:
Big Canyon
D. David Agosto
HTF, Inc., Los Angeles, CA USA
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Grand Prize:
The Offering
D.Paul Lee
Ganymedia, Inc., Toronto, Canada
BEST SCORE:
Grand Prize:
Dumbarton Bridge
D. Charles Koppelman
Bridge Partners, Inc. Berkeley, CA USA
BROOKS PHARMACY POSITIVE LIFESTYLE AWARD:
Grand Prize:
Like This...
Vince Morton/Harlene Stein, Prod.
Perma Entertainment, Chatsworth, CA USA
First Prize:
Beyond Words: A Breast Cancer
Documentary
D. Andre Aloshine/Linda Phalen-McCoy
The Healing Co-op, Portsmouth, RI USA
THE FINAL DRAFT ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY AWARD:
The Materialists
D. David F. McQuillen, Dir/Prod.
Q Productions; Evanston. IL USA
The Final
D. George D'Amato
Laughing Dog Films, Inc., Toronto, Canada
Freshmen
Tom Huang
Stoddard Temple Prods., Los Angeles, CA USA
Fishing with Gandhi
Gabe R. Weisert, Dir./Prod.,
San Francisco, CA USA
Protect-O-Man
D. Christopher Shelton
Eagle Rock Films, Los Angeles, CA USA
Jesus 2000
D. Eric Cooper
OK Maybe a Little (But Don't Make a ) Prod.; Malibu,
CA, USA
Burning Passion
D. Brian Belefant
Adequate Films, Santa Monica, CA USA
24 Nights
D. Kieran Turner
Cynical Boy Productions, New York, NY USA
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