22nd Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival
Best Of The Festival:
Bliss (Turkey) By Abdullah Oguz
Best International Feature Film:
Maiden And The Wolves (France) By Gilles Legrand
Best First Feature:
International
La Caja (The Wooden Box, Canary Islands, Spain) By Juan Carlos Falcon
USA
Other People’s Parties By R.A.White
Best USA Feature Film:
Crazy By Rick Bieber
Best Short:
International
The Letter (Canada/Russia) By Matvei Zhivov
USA
In The Wake By Craig Strong
Best Documentary:
International
Lucio (Spain) By Aitor Arregi
USA
All In This Tea By Les Blank
Best Eco Cinema:
Feature
Delta – Oil’s Dirty Business (Greece) By Yorgos Avgeropoulos
Short
Lunatic Farmer (USA) By Chris Warner
Best Arts In Film:
Feature
Caravaggio (Italy) By Angelo Longoni
Short
Roca Bon: Searching The Sublime (Spain) By Karlos Alastruey
Best Cinema Of Conscience:
Feature
Jump! The Philippe Halsman Story (Austria) By Joshua Sinclair
Short
I Am A Soldier (USA) By Juan Escobedo
Best Director:
Branko Schmidt
The Melon Route (Croatia)
Best Actress :
Irene Azuela
Burn The Bridges (Mexico)
Best Actor:
Stefano Accorsi
Maiden And The Wolves (France)
Best Cinematography:
Storaro
Caravaggio (Italy)
Best Sound:
Red Like The Sky (Italy) By Cristiano Bortone
Best Music:
Armand Amar, Composer
Bab’Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul
and
Maiden And The Wolves (France)
Special Awards
Margrit And Robert Mondavi Award For Peace And Cultural Understanding:
David And Fatima (USA) By Alain Zaloum
Munyurangabo (Rwanda/USA) By Lee Isaac Chung
Emerging Talent – The Dandy Dwarves Film Group
Film Company Of The Year Award:
Longtale For Prince Of The Himalayas
Looking For Palladin
Milarepa: Magician, Murderer, Saint
Bay Area Legendary Filmmaker Award
Les Blank
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Welcome to the 2008 Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival
Napa and Sonoma Valleys, where locals and visitors alike converge during wine country's oldest and biggest celebration of world cinema, just 45 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge.
You are sitting under the stars in an open air theater venue, sipping good wine, savoring seasonal cuisine, and socializing with new and old friends. Dozens of festivities range from open air film screenings to educational symposia, informal receptions with guest celebrities to over a dozen cooking demos, live entertainment, barrel tastings and fun for all ages.
What sets us apart from the zillion other film festivals worldwide is our distinctive approach to film programming, committed celebrity guests and friendly leisurely pace. You can have plenty of time to enjoy wine country's amenities. Internationally known for our spectacular "Films al Fresco™" open air film screenings, there are several celestial film nights planned for our 20th Anniversary.
A Festival-within-a-Festival, each long weekend or week offers a program of timely and fascinating films which evolve organically from the programming process. A host of special events, tributes & symposia are in the works.
"Films al Fresco™" - Celestial Film Nights
Get ready for an unbelievable experience. Typically festival goers arrive around 6pm to catch a flick in the winery's indoor theater or to participate in a food sampling following a cooking demonstration. There might even be a special barrel tasting! Most nights there is live entertainment before the feature film begins.
Nights are cool so bring a jacket. Chairs are provided and low lawn chairs are welcome.
Some nights you might glimpse a celebrity guest mingling informally with festival goers. Past celebrity guests include Gregory Peck, Teri Garr, Vin Diesel, Nicolas Cage, Richard Dreyfuss, George Lucas, Lynn Redgrave and Kirk Douglas to name a few.
You are sitting under the stars in an open air theater venue, sipping good wine, savoring seasonal cuisine, and socializing with new and old friends. Dozens of festivities range from open air film screenings to educational symposia, informal receptions with guest celebrities to over a dozen cooking demos, live entertainment, barrel tastings and fun for all ages.
What sets us apart from the zillion other film festivals worldwide is our distinctive approach to film programming, committed celebrity guests and friendly leisurely pace. You can have plenty of time to enjoy wine country's amenities. Internationally known for our spectacular "Films al Fresco™" open air film screenings, there are several celestial film nights planned for our 20th Anniversary.
A Festival-within-a-Festival, each long weekend or week offers a program of timely and fascinating films which evolve organically from the programming process. A host of special events, tributes & symposia are in the works.
"Films al Fresco™" - Celestial Film Nights
Get ready for an unbelievable experience. Typically festival goers arrive around 6pm to catch a flick in the winery's indoor theater or to participate in a food sampling following a cooking demonstration. There might even be a special barrel tasting! Most nights there is live entertainment before the feature film begins.
Nights are cool so bring a jacket. Chairs are provided and low lawn chairs are welcome.
Some nights you might glimpse a celebrity guest mingling informally with festival goers. Past celebrity guests include Gregory Peck, Teri Garr, Vin Diesel, Nicolas Cage, Richard Dreyfuss, George Lucas, Lynn Redgrave and Kirk Douglas to name a few.
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