1999 Flicker’s Rhode Island International Film Festival

THE RIIFF AWARDS 1999:

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