The 48th San Francisco International Film Festival (April 21May 5, 2005) unveiled its official selection for the Golden Gate Awards (GGA) competition, which honors innovation in documentary, animation, shorts, experimental, television and works by youth. Winners will be announced at the Golden Gate Awards ceremony on May 4, at the Cowell Theater, Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. Official selections will be screened in a variety of curated programs throughout the festival to give audiences the opportunity to savor the talents of diverse filmmakers from around the globe. More than 1,400 entries were submitted and the final program offers 57 films from more than 21 countries.
The Golden Gate Awards films have been an essential element of the San Francisco International Film Festival ever since the first San Francisco Film Festival in 1957, said Roxanne Messina Captor, executive director of the Festival. The Golden Gate Awards ceremony has become such a popular celebration that we have grown into a bigger venue, the Cowell Theater, where we invite the public to join us as we announce the award-winning works in all categories, along with the SKYY Prize and FIPRESCI Jury Prize winners.
The animated shorts nominees are:BUTLER, Erik Rosenlund (Sweden, 2005)FROG, Christopher Conforti (USA, 2004)RYAN, Chris Landreth (Canada, 2004)THE SHADOW IN SARA, Karla Nielsen (Denmark, 2004)THE TOOTH, Nathan Stone (Australia, 2004)
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