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San Francisco International Film Festival

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    Golden Gate Award

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    Bay Area Documentary Feature

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      Winner

      The Seer and the Unseen

      6.7 (125)
      Sara Dosa
      "A novel approach to belief systems and their power to shape our physical world."

    Best Bay Area Short

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      Winner

      Enforcement Hours

      6.6 (9)
      Paloma Martinez
      "This documentary illuminated the harrowing experience of being undocumented in the United States today without compromising the identities and safety of its subjects. It opened our eyes to the threat that lurks in familiar places, it flooded our ears with firsthand accounts of fear, confusion and spite, and filled our hearts with sympathy."

    Best Documentary Feature

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      Winner

      Midnight Traveler

      7.6 (648)
      Hassan Fazili
      "An incredible document that is beautiful and compelling. A true achievement of filmmaking and parenting."
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      Midnight Family

      7.4 (2.1K)
      Luke Lorentzen
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      The Seer and the Unseen

      6.7 (125)
      Sara Dosa
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      Kabul, City in the Wind

      7.0 (189)
      Aboozar Amini
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      Pahokee

      7.2 (116)
      Patrick Bresnan
      Ivete Lucas
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      Honeyland

      8.0 (20K)
      Tamara Kotevska
      Ljubomir Stefanov
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      American Factory

      7.4 (25K)
      Steven Bognar
      Julia Reichert
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      Always in Season

      6.7 (152)
      Jacqueline Olive
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      La ciudad oculta

      6.4 (125)
      Víctor Moreno

    Best Documentary Short

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      Winner

      Where Chaos Reigns

      9.2 (15)
      Braulio Jatar
      Anaïs Michel
      "For its audacity, its haunting images and its ability to bring us closer to the crisis in Venezuela than anything we've seen thus far in America. In a country grappling with an unprecedented economic and humanitarian crisis, the filmmakers take their cameras to the streets and join the throngs of brave protesters risking arrest, injury and death to call for change. Their unflinching cameras capture singular moments of courage, fearlessness and violence that linger long after the film has ended."
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      Fast Horse

      7.0 (42)
      Alexandra Lazarowich
    • Ad Astra

      Aisha Sultanbekova
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      Edgecombe

      7.0 (15)
      Crystal Kayiza
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      Scenes from a Dry City

      7.8 (34)
      Simon Wood(director)
      Francois Verster(director)
      Field of Vision (II)
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      Lost World

      7.1 (13)
      Kalyanee Mam

    Best Family Film

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      One Small Step

      7.4 (3.1K)
      Andrew Chesworth
      Bobby Pontillas
      "Its complex story arc executed in an imaginative way, and further complimented its "beautiful message of the people who support your dreams are just as important as the achievement itself, and as you achieve your dreams, you carry those people with you."
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      Lost & Found

      7.9 (1.1K)
      Goldy
      Bradley Slabe
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      Belly Flop

      7.1 (32)
      Jeremy Collins
      Kelly Dillon

    Best Narrative Short

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      Brotherhood

      7.0 (1.7K)
      Meryam Joobeur
      "This intimate portrait of a family torn apart by radicalization, loyalties and the desire to serve a greater good is masterfully directed, and brilliantly cast. Its engaging close-ups and beautiful cinematography communicate the pain, love and disillusionment lurking in the subtext of every scene."
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      Green

      6.8 (105)
      Suzanne Andrews Correa
      Mustafa Kaymak
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      Fuck You

      4.5 (307)
      Anette Sidor
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      Accidence

      6.9 (181)
      Evan Johnson
      Galen Johnson
      Guy Maddin
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      Dunya's Day

      7.4 (37)
      Raed Alsemari
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      Director's Commentary

      Jonn Herschend
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      The Slows

      7.9 (38)
      Nicole Perlman
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      Eat the Rainbow

      7.1 (18)
      Brian Benson
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      Green

      6.8 (105)
      Suzanne Andrews Correa
      Mustafa Kaymak

    New Director

    • Lila Avilés
      Winner
      • Lila Avilés
      • The Chambermaid
      "This film drew us into its character's claustrophobic world with precision, sophistication, restraint, and warmth. A devastating portrait of a working class woman who gradually challenges her circumstances, this young filmmaker creates unbearable tension from ordinary, overlooked moments. And yet there's joy, too, and above all the beautiful dignity of its lead actress, Gabriela Cartol, and the co-workers who complicate her days."
      • Sheng Qiu
      • Suburban Birds
    • Michael Tyburski at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival
      • Michael Tyburski
      • The Sound of Silence
      • Ognjen Glavonic
      • The Load
      • Moonika Siimets
      • The Little Comrade
      • Beata Parkanová
      • Moments
      • Vuslat Saraçoglu
      • Debt
      • Etienne Kallos
      • The Harvesters
      • Nathan Ambrosioni
      • Paper Flags

    Best Animated Short

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      Maniac Landscapes

      Matthew Wade

    New Visions - Film

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      Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us

      5.6 (63)
      Akosua Adoma Owusu
      Obibini Pictures

    Special Jury Award

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    Best Documentary Short

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      Edgecombe

      7.0 (15)
      Crystal Kayiza
      "With a lens that was both historical and present, both tender and raw, this documentary transported us to a place and connected us to its community. Through three moving character portraits we saw the ways in which trauma and injustice travel across generations, and yet how hope persists."

    Best Narrative Short

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      Fuck You

      4.5 (307)
      Anette Sidor
      "This film sets out to upend the familiar narrative of teenage sexual awakening, portraying a bold young woman who unapologetically forges her own path of sexual discovery."

    New Director

    • Winner
      • Sheng Qiu
      • Suburban Birds
      "A film that is all contradictions. It's hypnotic and punk rock, languid and jerky. If that weren't weird enough, it's an art film made by a visionary with an engineering degree, and captures the atmosphere of a rapidly developing country that is currently swallowing independent voices in a metaphorical sinkhole."

    Audience Award

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    Best Narrative Feature

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      Booksmart

      7.1 (138K)
      Olivia Wilde

    Documentary

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      Winner

      Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall

      7.3 (222)
      Alfred George Bailey
      Tatiana Kennedy
      Film Constellation
      Sampsonic Media
      Bailey Kennedy Production

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