Tuesday, September 2, 2008

~ Winners 2008 ~

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