CAROLINE LEAF
CURRICULUM VITAE:

FILM AWARDS

• 5th Annual Chicago International Film Festival, 1968
  Special Jury Prize for Animation Silver Hugo
  
  
• Chicago International Film Festival
  1st prize Animation Student Category
  
  
• Annecy International Animation Festival, Annecy, France, 1969
  in competition screening
  
  
• National Endowment for the Arts Short Film Showcase, Washington D.C., 1974
  nomination for inclusion
  
  
• Cine Golden Eagle, 1971

• Zagreb International Animation Festival, Zagreb, Yugoslavia, 1973
  in competition screening
  
  
• US Industrial Film Festival, 1973
  Cine Golden Eagle

• U.S. Industrial Film Festival, 1972
  Cine Golden Eagle
  
  
• Brussels International Film Week, Brussels, Belgium, 1972
  Golden Camera Award

• 10th Annecy International Animation Festival, Annecy, France, 1975
  Prix Special 'Emile Renaud'
  
  
• Canadian Film Awards, Niagara-on-the-Lake, OntarioÈ, 1975
  Etrog for Best Animated Film
  
  
• British Academy of Film And TV Arts, London, England, 1976
  Nomination for outstanding achievement during 1975
  
  
• 25the Melbourne Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 1976
  Third Prize, Silver Boomerang, Victorian Government Prize
  
  
• First Philip Morris International Animation Festival, Melbourne,Sydney,Brisbane, Adelaide, Australia, 1976
  First Prize
  
  
• Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, 1976
  First Prize in the category 'Films for Children'
  
  
• Information Film Producers' Association Convention (IFPA), Hollywood, Cal.,1976
  Silver Award
  
  
• Cindy Competition, Hollywood, Cal., 1976
  Silver Cindy Award (2nd place), Language Arts Category
  
  
• 19th Annual American Film Festival, New York, N.Y., 1977
  Red Ribbon Award, Language Arts Category
  
  
• 2nd International Short Film Festival, Linz, Austria, 1977
  First Prize

• Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, 1976
  Grand Prix of the Festival
  
  
• 12th International Film Festival, Chicago, Ill., 1976
  Gold Hugo
  Norman McLaren Award (given to the best film in the international short subject category which employs unusual animation or innovative film techniques)
  
  
• Canadian Film Awards, Toronto, Ont., 1976
  Etrog for Best Animated Film
  
  
• International Film Festival, San Francisco, Cal., 1976
  Certificate for outstanding achievement, Short Film Division
  
  
• 19th Annual American Film Festival, New York, N.Y., 1977
  Blue Ribbon Award, Language Arts Category
  
  
• Cork Film International, Cork, Ireland, 1977
  Bronze Statuette of St. Finbarr (1st Prize) Animated Films Category
  
  
• 25the Melbourne Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 1977
  Special Prize
  
  
• Film Council of Greater Columbus International Film Festival, Ohio, 1977
  Chris Bronze Plaque
  
  
• 49th Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Hollywood, Cal., 1977
  Oscar Nomination
  
  
• 12th Tehran International Festival of Films for Children and Young Adults, Tehran, Iran, 1977
  Special Award given by the Ministry of Culture and ArÌts
  
  
• First Annual High Plains Film Festival, Texas Tech U., Lubbock, 1977
  First Prize
  
  
• International Animation Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal, 1977
  Silver Dolphins for the Best Film between 3 - 11 minutes
  
  
• International Festival of Short and Documentary Films, Lille, France, 1977
  Special Jury Mention
  
  
• 6th International Short Film Festival, Huesca, Spain, 1978
  'Recreational Club Pena Zoiti' Award for Best Animation Film
  
  
• First Annual AMER Film Awards, Dubuque, Iowa, 1979
  Amer Golden Eye Award, Judaism Category
  
  
• American Occupational Therapy Assoc. Film Awards, San Antonio, Texas, 1981
  Special Recognition
  
  
• Learning Magazine, Palo Alto, Cal., 1982
  Learning A-V Award
  
  
• 2nd Best Film of All Time in the World, chosen by the Olympiad of Animation, Los Angeles, 1984. Sponsored by International Animated Film Association and the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee.
  
  
• North Carolina International Film and Video Festival, Fayetteville, N.C., 1991

• 11the Annecy International Animation Festival, Annecy, France, 1977
  Critics' Prize and 1st choice of the public
  
  
• International Film Festival, Athens, Ohio, 1978
  Merit Award
  
  
• 15th International Festival of Short Films, Cracow, Poland, 1978
  Grand Prix of the Festival
  Diploma of Distinction for artistic qualities to the Canadian short film
  
  
• Cork Film Festival, Cork, Ireland, 1978
  Certificate of Merit, Animated Films Category
  
  
• International Animation Film Festival Ottawa '78, Ottawa, 1978
  Special Jury Award
  
  
• 22nd Annual San Francisco International Film Festival, San Francisco, Cal., 1978
  Certificate for Outstanding Achievement
  
  
• 4th International Film Festival, Hong Kong, 1980
  Certificate for an Outstanding Film
  
  
• 28th Annual International Film Festival, Columbus, Ohio, 1980
  Honorable Mention, Art and Culture Category
  
  
• Hemisfilm '81, San Antonio, Texas, 1981
  Best animation film (shared with 'A Christmas Gift', W. Vinton)
  
  
• National Endowment for the Arts Short Film Showcase, Washington, D.C.,1981

• World -Film Festival, Montreal, Quebec, 1979
  Jury Award for Best Short Film
  
  
• First World Animated Film Festival, Varna '79, Varna, Bulgaria, 1979
  First Prize, 5 - 15 minute category
  
  
• 29th Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia, 1980
  Grand Prix/Golden Boomerang/Victorian Government's Prize

• Annecy International Animation Festival, Annecy, France, 1991
  First Prize, 5 - 15 minute category
  
  
• 4th Los Angeles International Animation Celebration, Los Angeles, California,1991
  Grand Prix
  
  
• Uppsala 10th International Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden, Oct. 1991
  Best Animation
  
  
• Espinho 15th International Animation Festival, Espinho, Portugal, 1991
  Best in category of qualityof production for films 10 - 40 min
  
  
• Included in the National Film Board of Canada's Animation Festival in collòaboration with Expanded Entertainment of Los Angeles, playing theatrically across North America 1991/1992
  
  
• 22nd International Short Film Festival, Tampere, Finland, March 1992
  Best Film, Animation Category
  
  
• 22nd National Educational Film and Video Festival, Oakland, California, May 1992
  Silver Apple Award
  
  
• 34th Annual American Film and Video Festival, Chicago, Illinois, May 1992
  Honorable Mention, the Family Category
  
  
• Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Ontario October 1992
  Grand Prix and Best Story Award
  
  
• 2nd International Animation Festival, Shanghai, China, December 1992
  Special Jury Award
  
  
• Alberta-Québec Prize for Cinema from SOGIC and Alberta Foundation for the Arts,
  December 1992

• American Broadcast Arts Award, Seattle, Washington, June 1992 Bronze Award

• Bronze medalfor animation, International Film and TV Festival of New York, New York, 1994