Since 1957 the San Francisco International Film Festival has presented the best in world cinema. Submissions are open tonarrative features, documentaries, shorts, animation, experimentaland television productions on film, video and digital media. The four divisions include: Filmand Video, for independently produced documentaries, shortnarratives, shorts for children and animation; Television, forcurrent commercial, noncommercial and cable television production;New Visions, for experimental works that challenge the language offilm and video and where personal expression and aestheticexploration are the primary concerns; and Bay Area, for documentariesand shorts from Northern California. Golden Gate Award winners in theFilm and Video, New Visions and Bay Area divisions receive a US$500cash honorarium. An international jury will award Grand Prizes forBest Short and Best Bay Area Short. The Grand Prize winners will eachreceive a $1,000 honorarium.
