Athens International Film and Video Festival

Athens, United States April 2009, TBA
Call for Entry Deadline: January 2009, TBA
Festival Data:
- Established: 1974
- Genre: General
- Attendance: 7000
- Total Number of Films Submitted: 350
- Total Number of Films Screened: 78
- # of Shorts Screened: 60
- # of Features Screened: 18
- Accreditations: AMPAS
- Competitive
- Has Panels
Festival Website:
http:/ / www.Athensfest.org/
Festival Description:

The Athens International Film and Video Festival was founded in 1974, and since then has presented independent films from around the world. The Festival is sponsored by the Athens Center for Film and Video, a project of the College of Fine Arts at Ohio University.

The competition process:
Each year, a Prescreening Committee comprised of artists, students, and community activists watch all the films and videos entered in the competition.

After all entries have been watched, the prescreeners vote on which films to include in public screenings. A majority (if not unanimous!) vote is required to include a work in the Festival.

Cash prizes are awarded by guest jurors, in four categories: documentary, experimental, narrative, and animation. Festival Jurors will be announced just prior to the Festival. Awards will be announced on the final day of the Festival.

The Black Bear Award
In honor of our friend and mentor, John Butler, the Festival has initiated the Black Bear Award. This $ 500 prize will go to the film/video that demonstrates the best use of sound.

To date, contributors to the Black Bear Award include:
Professional Sound Service & Rich Topham, Charlie Humphrey, Charles Clift, David Descutner
Film Submissions:
- Submission formats: Beta-SP, 16mm, 35mm, DVD, MiniDV
- Call for Entry: http:/ / www.athensfest.org/ call4entries08/ 2008entryform.pdf
Email: bradley(at)ohio.edu

Phone: (1) 740-593-1330

Fax: (1) 740 597-2560

Mailing Address: 75 W. Union Street Room 407,
Athens, Ohio 45701
USA

Email:	bradley(at)ohio.edu
Phone:	(1) 740-593-1330
Fax:	(1) 740 597-2560
Mailing Address:	75 W. Union Street Room 407, Athens, Ohio 45701 USA

JUN 18 03:50PM FFW Festival Editor writes:

Award Winners for the 2008 Athens International Film and Video Festival

EXPERIMENTAL

FIRST PRIZE: "Dear Bill Gates"
director: Sarah Christman $300

SECOND PRIZE (TIE): "Trinity"
director: Michelle Carpenter $200
and "Tokens"
director: Julie Casper Roth $200

THIRD PRIZE (TIE): "Bereavement"
director: Louis Libitz $100
and "August"
director: Vanessa O'Neil $100
and "Casting Pearls"
director: Andrea James $100

HONORABLE MENTIONS: "Good Riddance Chief Illini"
director: Torry Mendoza
and "Karaoke Show"
director: Karl Tebbe
and "Chicago Landscape No. 3"
director: Elizabeth Hoffman

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

FIRST PRIZE:
"Begging Naked"
director: Karen Gehres $500

SECOND PRIZE:
"Charging The Rhino"
director: Simcha Jacobovici & Bruce Thorson $300

THIRD PRIZE:
"Profit Motive"
director: John Gianvito $200

HONORABLE MENTIONS: "Mackenzie Brown" (The Adventure Of The Lost Child)
director: Aleks Gezentsvey
and "I Too Am America"
director: Joonhee Park
and "Wiener Takes All"
director: Shane MacDougall Canada

DOCUMENTARY SHORT:

FIRST PRIZE: "SHIKASHIKA"
director: Stephen Hyde U.S.A. $500

SECOND PRIZE (TIE): "The Ladies"
director: Christina Voros $300
and "Por Mi Hijos"
director: Ayme Cruzalagui $300

THIRD PRIZE: "10 Short Documentaries About My Childhood Home"
director: Dorothea Braemer $200

HONORABLE MENTION: "Out Of Print"
director: Danny Plotnick

ANIMATION

"Nasten Someni Famijen"
director: Astrid Goransson $500

NARRATIVE SHORT

FIRST PRIZE: "El Pasajero"
director: Andres Faucher $500

SECOND PRIZE: "Regarding Sarah"
director: Michelle Porter $300

THIRD PRIZE: "La Parabolica"
director: Xavi Sala $200

HONORABLE MENTION: "Hold On"
director: Jackie Julio & Doug Olear

NARRATIVE FEATURE:

FIRST PRIZE: "Mutluluk"
director: Abdullah Oguz $600

SECOND PRIZE: "Cornelius"
director: Giovanny Blanco $400

BLACK BEAR AWARD (BEST USE OF SOUND): "With A Little Patience"
director: Laszlo Nemes $500
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