2011 SRIFF Awards

SPECIAL AWARDS

Aung San Suu Kyi – Robert and Margrit Mondavi Peace & Cultural Understanding Award

1991 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate from Burma will receive SRIFF’s seventh Robert and Margrit Mondavi Peace and Cultural Understanding Award. The award is to be accepted on behalf of Aung San Suu Kyi by Stephen Collins.

 

Sally Kirkland – Career Achievement Award

Sally is best known for Anna, which garnered her the 1987 “Best Actress” Oscar nomination, and the wins for the “Best Actress” Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Awards. She started her career as the youngest member of The Actor’s Studio in the early ‘60s, training with Lee Strasberg. Sally played alongside Kevin Costner in Revenge and in JFK, with Cicely Tyson and Lisa Kudrow in The Heat of Passion, opposite Matthew McConaughey and Jenna Elfman in EdTV, and with Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty. Sally teaches acting, produces and directs numerous projects. She is a painter (her paintings are exhibited in the FHL), a poet and a reverend for the Church of the Movement of Spiritual Inner Awareness.

Stephen Collins – Cinema of Conscience Award

Stephen Collins is a co-founder of Creative Coalition, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group made up of American entertainment industry members. The group educates leaders in the arts community on First Amendment rights, arts advocacy and public education. Collins starred in 7th Heaven, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, First Wives Club, Because I Said So, and more. He brings his first film Next of Kin to SRIFF.

 

Veronica Diaz-Carranza – Rising Star Award

We are thrilled to welcome to Veronica Diaz-Carranza to Santa Rosa, for the Northern California premiere of Mamitas, by award-winning filmmakers from Chapman University. Veronica is a rising star to watch.

 

 

Michael Henry Wilson – SRIFF Modern Masters Award

Michael has authored books on Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, Jacques Tourneur, Raoul Walsh, and Borzage. His documentaries include A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies, In Search of Kundun with Martin Scorsese (a 1998 WCFF award winner), and Clint Eastwood, le franc-tireur. Michael brings to SRIFF his most recent documentary Reconciliation: Mandela’s Miracle.

 

Brad Rosier – Breakthrough Creative Achievement Award

Originally planning to attend medical school, Brad realized that he wanted to work in the arts. He discovered several films made on zero-budgets and as a result he made the extraordinary Currency on a shoestring budget. Brad is a true SRIFF filmmaker discovery!

 

Joshua Dylan Mellars – Distinguished Cinema Artist Award

Joshua is a masterful filmmaker who blends music, imagery, poetry and narrative into his films. His unique style is captivating and will heighten one’s sense of self. He brings to SRIFF Heaven’s Mirror, completing his music documentary trilogy. Tango Illusions received the 2005 Wine Country Film Festival “Best CineLatino” Award.

 

Michael Knowles (actor/writer/director, producer) – SRIFF Maverick Award

“Using our experiences as guideposts we trust our instincts and imagination in our approach to making movies. Staying true to the script story, allowing it to direct us, and letting everyone involved influence the process, we enable ourselves to be creative in every step of making the film.” Michael brings his third feature film, East Fifth Bliss to SRIFF.

 

Santa Rosa International Film Festival 2011 Award Winners

BEST OF THE FESTIVAL

Carlos Saura’s IO, DON GIOVANNI (Italy, Spain)
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BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILMEmre Sahin’s 40 (Turkey)
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JACK LONDON SPIRIT AWARDGerardo Olivares’ AMONG WOLVES (Spain)
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SRIFF CINNOVATION AWARD for Innovative CinemaJanez Burger’s SILENT SONATA (Slovenia)
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THE TERROIR OF CINEMA AWARDMarc Evans’ PATAGONIA (Argentina, Ireland)
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BEST DIRECTORJanez Burger (Silent Sonata) (Slovenia)
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SPECIAL Festival Prize
INSPIRED WORLD CINEMA AWARDDavie Frankel and Rasselas Lakew’s THE ATHLETE (Ethiopia)
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AUDIENCE AWARD – Documentary
Joshua Dylan Mellars’ HEAVEN’S MIRROR: A PORTUGUES ADVENTURE
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AUDIENCE AWARD – Dramatic InternationalJean Becker’s MY AFTERNOONS WITH MARGUERITTE (France)
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AUDIENCE AWARD – Dramatic USMichael Knowles’ EAST FIFTH BLISS
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NEW DIRECTOR PRIZEClay Jeter for JESS + MOSS

and

Brad Rosier’s CURRENCY
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ARTS IN FILM AWARDS

Best Arts In Film Documentary – Feature USAlysa Nahias and Ben Murray’s UNFINISHED SPACES
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Best Arts In Film Documentary – International Short
Angel Urbina’s 9th DAY OF CREATION (Spain)
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Best Arts In Film Dramatic – International Short
Maxi Campo’s FIGURA (Spain)
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Special Dance Film Award – Arts In FilmRon Honsa’s NEVER STAND STILL
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Grand Prize CINE LATINO
Dramatic

Nicolas Ozeki’s MAMITAS
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MONDAVI FILM AWARD FOR PEACE AND CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING

DramaticSrdan Karanovic’s BESA (Solemn Promise) (Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, France)
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TECHNOLOGY IN SERVICE OF ART AWARDEzequiel Degastald ‘s IN A DREAMLAND – 3D (Spain)
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BEST FIRST FEATURE 
International First FeatureEdoardo Leo’s 18 YEARS LATER (Italy)
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BEST FIRST FEATURE – USMinh Duc Nguyen’s TOUCH
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BEST ENSEMBLE CASTAlfonso Bassave, Olivia Molina and Paco León
Joachin Oristrell’s MEDITERRANEAN FOOD (Spain)
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BEST FOOD ON FILM – DocumentaryWalther Grotenhuis’s ENJOY YOUR MEAL! (Belgium, Netherlands)
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WCFF KINO VINO AWARDDaniel Texter’s LINGO VINO (Luxumbourg)
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BEST ANIMATION ShortLuke Eve’s COCKROACH (Australian)
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BEST CINEMA OF CONSCIENCE
International DocumentaryBicycle, Spoon, Apple (Spain)
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BEST CINEMA OF CONSCIENCE
Dramatic Short DomesticNicole Kian-Sadighi’s I AM NEDA
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Cinema of Conscience US Documentary AwardsIara Lee’s CULTURES OF RESISTANCE
andJoshua Atesh Litle’s THE FURIOUS FORCE OF RHYMES
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NARRATIVE SHORT AWARDS
Winner International ShortSlony Sow’s WINTER FROG (France)

Winner Domestic ShortCarlos Baena’s PLAY BY PLAY
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BEST SCREENPLAYLaurence Coriat – Writer – PATAGONIA (Argentina, Ireland)
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BEST ECO CINEMABrian Lilla’s PATAGONIA RISING
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Best CINEMATOGRAPHY

VITTORIO STORARO for IO, DON GIOVANNI
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SPECIAL GAIA AWARDLouie Psihoyos’ THE COVE

 

 

 

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