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    Golden Gate Award

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    Best Short Film

    • [object Object]
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      Utopia Parkway

      6.3 (6)
      Joanna Priestley

    Golden Spire

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    Bay Area Film & Video - Documentary

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      Jesse's Gone

      Michael S. Smith

    Bay Area Film & Video - Short Works

    • Winner
        Not awarded.

      Film & Video - Animation

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        Film & Video - Biography

        • Winner

          Independent Little Cuss

          Jeff Patterson

        Film & Video - Current Events

        • [object Object]
          Winner

          Never Again, Forever

          8.6 (22)
          Pierre Chainet
          Danae Elon

        Film & Video - Environment

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            Not awarded.

          Film & Video - First-Person Documentary

          • [object Object]
            Winner

            Nobody's Business

            8.0 (971)
            Alan Berliner

          Film & Video - History

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            Papierove hlavy

            7.5 (99)
            Dusan Hanák
          • [object Object]
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            American Experience

            8.6 (2.4K)
            Richard P. Rogers
            For episode "A Midwife's Tale (#10.8)".

          Film & Video - Media & Society

          • [object Object]
            Winner

            The Ad and the Ego

            7.8 (46)
            Harold Boihem

          Film & Video - Music Video

          • Jem Cohen
            Winner
            • Jem Cohen
            For R.E.M.: E-Bow.

          Film & Video - Short Documentary

          • Winner

            In the House

            Lisa Rinzler
            Peter Stastny

          Film & Video - Short Narrative I (15 Minutes and Under)

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            Pieces of the Moon

            Kirkham Jackson

          Film & Video - Short Narrative II (16-30 Minutes)

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              Not awarded.

            Film & Video - Short Narrative III (31-60 Minutes)

            • [object Object]
              Winner

              Madame Jacques sur la Croisette

              6.4 (19)
              Emmanuel Finkiel

            Film & Video - Sociology-International

            • Vitaliy Manskiy
              Winner
              • Vitaliy Manskiy

            Film & Video - Sociology-U.S.

            • Winner
                Not awarded.

              Film & Video - The Arts

              • [object Object]
                Winner

                Colors Straight Up

                7.2 (79)
                Michèle Ohayon

              Film & Video - Youth Works

              • Winner

                Tenderloin Stories: Just Deal with It

                Christina Duculan

              New Visions - Film

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                New Visions - Video

                • Joshua Oppenheimer
                  Winner
                  • Joshua Oppenheimer

                Television - Animation

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                  Spaceship Earth

                  9.0 (44)
                  Nicolas Gessner

                Television - Children's Programs

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                    Not awarded.

                  Television - Comedy

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                      Not awarded.

                    Television - Current Events

                    • [object Object]
                      Winner

                      Donka, X-Ray of an African Hospital

                      7.4 (11)
                      Thierry Michel

                    Television - Drama-60 Minutes or Less

                    • [object Object]
                      Winner

                      An Angel Passes By

                      6.9 (60)
                      David Baillie

                    Television - Drama-Miniseries

                    • [object Object]
                      Winner

                      The Sculptress

                      7.3 (418)
                      Stuart Orme

                    Television - Drama-Television Feature

                    • Winner
                      • Eric Styles

                    Television - Environment

                    • Winner
                      • Christopher Walker

                    Television - History

                    • Winner
                      • Jonathan Gili

                    Television - Media & Society

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                        Not awarded.

                      Television - Performance Special

                      • [object Object]
                        Winner

                        Enter Achilles

                        8.3 (90)
                        Clara van Gool

                      Television - Public Service Announcements

                      • David Weissman in We Were Here (2011)
                        Winner
                        • David Weissman
                        For "HIV un-infected ? un-affected".

                      Television - Science & Nature

                      • Winner

                        Television - Sociology

                        • Winner
                          • Sonia El Eini

                        Television - The Arts

                        • [object Object]
                          Winner

                          American Masters

                          8.2 (1.3K)
                          Susan Lacy
                          For episode "Lena Horne: In Her Own Words".

                        Silver Spire

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                        Bay Area Film & Video - Documentary

                        • [object Object]
                          Winner

                          It's Elementary: Talking About Gay Issues in School

                          8.0 (100)
                          Debra Chasnoff

                        Bay Area Film & Video - Short Works

                        • Winner
                          • Myke Zykoff

                        Film & Video - Biography

                        • [object Object]
                          Winner

                          Mandela

                          7.0 (422)
                          Jo Menell
                          Angus Gibson

                        Film & Video - Current Events

                        • [object Object]
                          Winner

                          Green Chimneys

                          6.7 (26)
                          Constance Marks

                        Film & Video - First-Person Documentary

                        • [object Object]
                          Winner

                          The Miniskirted Dynamo

                          Rivka Hartman

                        Film & Video - Music Video

                        • Winners
                          • Jes Benstock
                          • Luke Losey
                          For Orbital: The Box.

                        Film & Video - Short Documentary

                        • Winner

                          2 or 3 Things But Nothing for Sure

                          7.3 (11)
                          Tina Di Feliciantonio
                          Jane Wagner

                        Film & Video - Short Narrative I (15 Minutes and Under)

                        • Winner

                          Why I Don't Go to the Movies

                        Film & Video - Short Narrative III (31-60 Minutes)

                        • Winner

                          Groove on a Stanley Knife

                          6.8 (14)
                          Tinge
                          Beth Azore

                        Film & Video - Sociology-International

                        • Winner

                          Fredens port

                          7.2 (7)
                          Thomas Stenderup

                        Film & Video - Sociology-U.S.

                        • Winner

                          All Visitors Must Be Announced: The Lives and Loves of Doormen in New York City

                          Dree Andrea
                        • [object Object]
                          Winner

                          Under New York

                          5.9 (21)
                          Jacob Thuesen

                        Film & Video - The Arts

                        • Winner

                          Anti-Sisyphus

                          Dominik Wessely

                        Film & Video - Youth Works

                        • Winner

                          New Visions - Film

                          • Winner
                            • Lawan Jirasuradej

                          New Visions - Video

                          • Winner

                            Television - Animation

                            • [object Object]
                              Winner

                              Famous Fred

                              6.0 (252)
                              Joanna Quinn

                            Television - Children's Programs

                            • [object Object]
                              Winner

                              How Do You Spell God?

                              5.9 (50)
                              Ellen Goosenberg Kent
                              Amy Schatz
                            • [object Object]
                              Winner

                              Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

                              Episode: 

                              The Winter's Tale

                              7.8 (407)
                              Renat Zinnurov

                            Television - Comedy

                            • [object Object]
                              Winner

                              The Newsroom

                              7.9 (603)
                              Ken Finkleman
                              For episode "Walking Shoe Incident".

                            Television - Current Events

                            • Winner

                              Shaheed

                              Dan Setton

                            Television - Drama-Miniseries

                            • [object Object]
                              Winner

                              Wilderness

                              6.4 (248)
                              Ben Bolt

                            Television - Drama-Television Feature

                            • [object Object]
                              Winner

                              The Road to Galveston

                              7.2 (116)
                              Michael Toshiyuki Uno

                            Television - History

                            • Winner
                              • Catrine Clay

                            Television - Media & Society

                            • Aleksandr Adabashyan in 12 (2007)
                              Winner
                              • Aleksandr Adabashyan

                            Television - Public Service Announcements

                            • Winner
                              • Stephen Minichiello
                              For "Alone".

                            Television - Sociology

                            • Winners
                              • Sun-Kyung Yi
                              • John Westheuser

                            Television - The Arts

                            • Winner

                              Three Knocks on the Door

                              Kevin Lucas

                            Certificate of Merit

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                            Bay Area Film & Video - Documentary

                            • Winner
                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Miriam Is Not Amused

                                Kim Roberts

                              Bay Area Film & Video - Short Works

                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Birdhouse

                                Rich Zim
                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Canhead

                                6.5 (245)
                                Timothy Hittle
                              • Winner

                                Lark Rhapsody

                                Lou Weinert

                              Film & Video - Animation

                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Monkey Love

                                6.1 (13)
                                Jim Keeshen
                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Quest

                                7.1 (831)
                                Tyron Montgomery
                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Utopia Parkway

                                6.3 (6)
                                Joanna Priestley
                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                The Wind of Changes

                                7.1 (76)
                                Phil Mulloy

                              Film & Video - Biography

                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask

                                6.5 (224)
                                Isaac Julien
                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Oskar and Jack

                                7.6 (17)
                                Frauke Sandig

                              Film & Video - Current Events

                              • Winner

                                A Balkan Journey: Fragments from the Other Side of War

                                Brenda Longfellow
                              • Winner

                                Rape: A Crime of War

                                5.4 (14)
                                Shelley Saywell

                              Film & Video - First-Person Documentary

                              • Winner

                                Letters to Srebrenica

                                3.5 (10)
                                Daniel von Aarburg
                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Frontline

                                8.6 (2.5K)
                                Ross McElwee
                                For episode "Six O'Clock News (#15.2)".

                              Film & Video - History

                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Malajunta '76

                                7.5 (10)
                                Eduardo Aliverti
                                Pablo Milstein
                                Javier Rubel
                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                El abuelo Cheno y otras historias

                                7.6 (36)
                                Juan Carlos Rulfo

                              Film & Video - Media & Society

                              • Winner

                                Dreamworlds II: Desire, Sex, Power in Music Video

                                6.9 (69)
                                Sut Jhally
                              • Winner

                                Mercury Falling

                                Paul Chan

                              Film & Video - Music Video

                              • E. Elias Merhige
                                Winner
                                • E. Elias Merhige
                                For Marilyn Manson: Anti-Christ Superstar.
                              • Peter Christopherson
                                Winner
                                • Peter Christopherson
                                For Rage Against the Machine: Bulls on Parade.

                              Film & Video - Short Documentary

                              • Winner

                                Marzenia klauna

                                Song Il-gon
                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                A Drop of Blood

                                Ken Piaskowski
                              • Winner

                                Itsembatsemba: Rwanda One Genocide Later

                                7.6 (10)
                                Alexis Cordesse
                                Eyal Sivan

                              Film & Video - Short Narrative I (15 Minutes and Under)

                              • Winner

                                Heart Race

                                Laurent de Bartillat

                              Film & Video - Short Narrative III (31-60 Minutes)

                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Parklands

                                5.5 (174)
                                Kathryn Millard
                              • Winner

                                Puk Nini

                                6.5 (19)
                                Fanta Régina Nacro

                              Film & Video - Sociology-International

                              • Winner

                                Besser und besser

                                Alfredo Knuchel
                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Billal

                                7.2 (13)
                                Tom Zubrycki
                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Inside Out: Portraits of Children

                                7.8 (20)
                                Joanna Lipper
                              • Winner

                                Zica zivota

                                Momir Matovic

                              Film & Video - Sociology-U.S.

                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Licensed to Kill

                                7.0 (251)
                                Arthur Dong
                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Wonderland

                                7.2 (145)
                                John O'Hagan

                              Film & Video - The Arts

                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                O Amor Natural

                                7.4 (208)
                                Heddy Honigmann
                              • [object Object]
                                Winner

                                Bruce Nauman - Make Me Think

                                7.0 (20)
                                Heinz Peter Schwerfel
                              • Winner

                                Moments in Time

                                Ville Suhonen

                              Film & Video - Youth Works

                              • Winner
                                • [object Object]
                                  Winner

                                  Scared Stiff

                                  Kevin MacLean

                                New Visions - Film

                                • Winner

                                  Far from You

                                  Sami Alkassim
                                • Winner

                                  The Shanghaied Text

                                  Ken Kobland

                                New Visions - Video

                                • Winner

                                  Puppy-Go-Round

                                  5.9 (8)
                                  Leighton Pierce
                                • Winners
                                  • Jim Fetterley
                                  • Rich Bott

                                Television - Animation

                                • Winner

                                  Combination Skin

                                  6.0 (18)
                                  Anthony Hodgson
                                • [object Object]
                                  Winner

                                  Testament: The Bible in Animation

                                  7.1 (175)

                                Television - Children's Programs

                                • Winner
                                  • [object Object]
                                    Winner

                                    Lifestories: Families in Crisis

                                    7.0 (219)
                                    Frank Doelger
                                    Howard Meltzer
                                    For episode "Someone Had to Be Benny (#1.15)".

                                  Television - Comedy

                                  • [object Object]
                                    Winner

                                    Father Ted

                                    8.6 (47K)
                                    Declan Lowney
                                  • [object Object]
                                    Winner

                                    Chris Rock: Bring the Pain

                                    8.2 (4.4K)
                                    Keith Truesdell

                                  Television - Current Events

                                  • [object Object]
                                    Winner

                                    Escape from Tibet

                                    9.0 (10)
                                    Nick Gray
                                  • [object Object]
                                    Winner

                                    Jesus in Russia

                                    Elliott Halpern

                                  Television - Drama-60 Minutes or Less

                                  • Winner
                                    • Winner

                                      De malle tennispet

                                      7.0 (6)
                                      Anne van der Linden
                                    • Winner
                                      • Gerrard Verhage

                                    Television - Drama-Miniseries

                                    • Winner
                                      • Luiz Fernando Carvalho
                                    • [object Object]
                                      Winner

                                      Our Friends in the North

                                      8.6 (2.5K)
                                      Simon Cellan Jones
                                      Pedr James
                                      Stuart Urban

                                    Television - Drama-Television Feature

                                    • [object Object]
                                      Winner

                                      Bastard Out of Carolina

                                      7.3 (5K)
                                      Anjelica Huston
                                    • [object Object]
                                      Winner

                                      Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

                                      7.6 (3.3K)
                                      Christopher Walker
                                    • [object Object]
                                      Winner

                                      Truth or Dare

                                      7.1 (353)
                                      John Madden

                                    Television - Environment

                                    • Winner
                                      • Janet Thomson

                                    Television - History

                                    • Winner

                                      Canterbury Tales

                                      6.4 (13)
                                      John Brownlow
                                    • Winner
                                      • Jane Treays

                                    Television - Media & Society

                                    • Winner
                                      • Neil Docherty

                                    Television - Performance Special

                                    • Winner
                                      • Winner

                                        Television - Public Service Announcements

                                        • Winner
                                          • Charlie Canfield
                                          For "Rock the Vote: Ocean".

                                        Television - Science & Nature

                                        • Winner
                                          • Sanjida O'Connell
                                        • [object Object]
                                          Winner

                                          The Matter of the Heart

                                          7.0 (13)
                                          Tamás Almási
                                        • Winner
                                          • Klaus Toft

                                        Television - Sociology

                                        • Winner
                                          • Winner
                                            • Heiny Srour

                                          Television - The Arts

                                          • Winner

                                            Adrienne Clarkson Presents: Infused with Light: A Journey with Mary Pratt

                                            Patricia Smith-Strom

                                          SKYY Prize

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                                          Best First Feature

                                          • [object Object]
                                            Winner

                                            Honey and Ashes

                                            7.7 (96)
                                            Nadia Fares

                                          Golden Gate Persistence of Vision Award

                                          Edit
                                          • Jan Svankmajer
                                            Winner
                                            • Jan Svankmajer

                                          Mel Novikoff Award

                                          Edit
                                          • Winner
                                            • Film Arts Foundation
                                          • Winner
                                            • Judy Stone

                                          Peter J. Owens Award

                                          Edit
                                          • Annette Bening in The Face of Love (2013)
                                            Winner
                                            • Annette Bening

                                          Akira Kurosawa Award

                                          Edit
                                          • Francesco Rosi
                                            Winner
                                            • Francesco Rosi

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                                          April 24, 1997 - May 8, 1997

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